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Jun5

Pepsi Refresh Project

Some of you reading this may already know about Pepsi Refresh…for those of you that don’t it’s basically this project where Pepsi is giving away millions of dollars to fund different projects that “refresh the world”. The non-profit arts organization I’m a part of Big Car, is trying to get $25,000 to help transform the [...]

Tags: arts organization, Big Car, Firestone Tire Center, Firestone Tire Service Center, Indiana, Indianapolis, Lafayette Square, Lafayette Square Mall, non-profit, pepsi refresh, pepsi refresh project, service center, service center for contemporary culture and community

This entry was posted on Sunday, June 5th, 2011 at 11:13 pm and is filed under blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
May25

Commissioned Work and Dojo Show

Recently, the very talented Joey Molinaro approached me about creating an original collage piece for him. It won’t hang on the wall, instead it will be stomped on by Joey while he masterfully plays his violin. His latest project is an acoustic grindcore violin with foot percussion including a complete interpretation of “The Inalienable Dreamless” [...]

Tags: cincinnati, circuit bending, circuit bent, dojo, foot percussion, Indianapolis, joey molinaro, mala in se, nathan monk, show, skateboard, the dojo, The Inalienable Dreamless, violin, virgin mary industrial complex

This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 25th, 2011 at 11:40 pm and is filed under blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
Apr5

WhoisLouis – SeldomScene Artwork

Here’s a recent project that just got finished. I was lucky enough to create the “SeldomScene” album art for local MC/Producer JasonMann aka WhoisLouis. “The album is journey through struggle, being yourself, and trying to find a way to survive and support a family along the way.” WhoisLouis has a lot to say and [...]

Tags: Album, Audio Recon, Cover Art, Defame, hip hop, Independent Music, Indy, Jason Mann, Local, Music, Seldom Scene, SeldomScene, Who is Louis, Whois Louis, WhoIsLouis

This entry was posted on Tuesday, April 5th, 2011 at 11:28 pm and is filed under blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
Mar4

Nathan Monk In NoSpace: A collaboration with Tré Reising – Preview

Last night, Tré Reising and I spoke with Charles Fox about our current collaborative show, opening tonight at the Wheeler Arts Community. There is a great write up with some photographs as well as a short video of us discussing the show over at OnTheCusp.org. Do yourself a favor and check out all the material [...]

Tags: Benjamin Franklin Gallery, Charles Fox, collaboration, Indianapolis, Indy, Interview, No Space, NoSpace, On The Cusp, OnTheCusp, preview, Tre Reising, video, Wheeler Arts, Wheeler Arts Com

This entry was posted on Friday, March 4th, 2011 at 1:26 pm and is filed under blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
Feb27

City360.tv Interview

A few days ago, I was fortunate enough to be interviewed for City360.tv’s Art Beat segment. I got the chance to talk a little bit about my art process, show images of my recent work, and share with the viewers my upcoming shows in March. I haven’t done many video interviews but I think it [...]

Tags: art, Art Beat, Benjamin Franklin, City360, City360.tv, City360TV, collaborative, First Friday, found objects, Fountain Square, green, Indianapolis, Interview, March, mixed media, Nathan Monk Art, Nathan Monk In NoSpace, No Space, NoSpace, recycling, reuse, shows, Tre Reising, video, Wheeler, Wheeler Arts, Wheeler Community Arts

This entry was posted on Sunday, February 27th, 2011 at 2:49 pm and is filed under blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
Feb24

March Madness

March Madness….I couldn’t resist a cheesy reference. It has been pretty busy lately though. I’m currently getting ready for two exhibitions for the month of March. First off, I will have a small collection of work hanging at Henry’s Coffee Bistro on East St. downtown Indianapolis for the entire month of March. This is a [...]

Tags: art, Art Beat, City 360, City360TV, collaboration, collaborative, collage, Henry's, Henry's Coffee Bistro, Indianapolis, Indy, Interview, mixed media, No Space, NoSpace, Tre Reising, Wheeler, Wheeler Arts, Wheeler Communtiy Arts

This entry was posted on Thursday, February 24th, 2011 at 3:41 am and is filed under blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
Feb7

RECAP – Set Me Free @ Studio 303

What a night! If you weren’t able to make it out to the show last Friday, that’s alright. I figured it would be neat to create a little time lapse video of the installation so you could get a ‘behind the scenes’ look at how it all came together. The installation took about 8 hours [...]

Tags: art, artwork, Audio Recon, collage, Echomaker, found objects, Indianapolis, installation, mixed media, Murphy Arts Center, Murphy Building, nathan monk, paper, Pattern Hungry, recycling, reuse, Set Me Free, Studio 303, time lapse, video, youtube

This entry was posted on Monday, February 7th, 2011 at 3:45 pm and is filed under blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
Jan28

Set Me Free @ Studio 303

Next Friday, I will be showing some of my work at Studio 303 (ECHOMAKER’s studio) in the Murphy Arts Center. The pieces will range from collage on different found objects to more relief-type sculptural pieces made from recycled paper. Along with my art being on display, there will be performances from the guys in ECHOMAKER [...]

Tags: art, collage, Echomaker, First Friday, Fountain Square, Murphy, Murpy Arts Center, Set Me Free, Studio 303

This entry was posted on Friday, January 28th, 2011 at 9:45 am and is filed under blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
Jan5

Free Work Wednesday – The end….for now.

Well, I think last week was the last Free Work Wednesday I’m going to do for a while. The week goes by too fast and the past couple weeks I’ve been running behind on creating a piece. 16 weeks in a row, one piece each week….my creativity is low and I don’t want to force [...]

Tags: Big Car Gallery, F.W.W., Fandango, Free Work Wednesday, Harrison Center, Horizon House, Made For Each Other, The Sign Show

This entry was posted on Wednesday, January 5th, 2011 at 3:15 pm and is filed under blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.
Dec29

Free Work Wednesday – 12.29.10

Welcome back for the 16th installment of Free Work Wednesday. If this is your first time checking out F.W.W. then that’s great too. It’s real simple. Every Wednesday I post a recently created original piece of art and ask for title submissions. Post your name, email, and title suggestion in the comments section below and [...]

Tags: circles, collage, F.W.W., Free Work Wednesday, handmade paper, mixed media, owl, telephone

This entry was posted on Wednesday, December 29th, 2010 at 12:27 pm and is filed under blog. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can skip to the end and leave a response. Pinging is currently not allowed.

ABOUT

Hello - my name is Nathan Monk. I live and work as an artist on the north west side of Indianapolis, Indiana.

I attended the Herron School of Art and Design in Indianapolis, and now live with my wife, Rachel, and my son, Jonathan.

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Email ....................... nathanmonkart@gmail.com

Pepsi Refresh Project

Commissioned Work and Dojo Show

WhoisLouis – SeldomScene Artwork

Nathan Monk In NoSpace: A collaboration with Tré Reising – Preview

City360.tv Interview

March Madness

RECAP – Set Me Free @ Studio 303

Set Me Free @ Studio 303

Free Work Wednesday – The end….for now.

Free Work Wednesday – 12.29.10

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