Monica DiGiovanni (she /they)
BFA: Studio for Interrelated Media 1999, CYT 200
The current exploration of my work investigates themes of birth, death, and rebirth, as well as strength and vulnerability, impermanence, nature, resilience, chaos, and Buddhist studies including consciousness itself.
With isolation and an uncertain future being among the greatest ills of our time, connections to other people and the natural world provide contentment, allowing us to recognizing our individuality as part of the whole. Yoga and meditation enable people to meet themselves in their most vulnerable moments and see beyond their struggles enough to find a connection. I've most recently trained as a death doula and hospice care volunteer. After my own difficult recovery from a traumatic brain injury, I've found inspiration and sympathy keeping company with individuals with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. There is so much to be learned from the complex, heartbreaking, changeable landscape of degenerative mental conditions about how important it is to live fully in every moment.
My creative practice utilizing oil paint, ink, watercolor, and other media, as well as expressive movement, is infused with my 30+ year relationship with yoga and meditation. My art aims to foster deeper self-awareness and compassion in individual viewers, as well as gentler connections within society.
With isolation and an uncertain future being among the greatest ills of our time, connections to other people and the natural world provide contentment, allowing us to recognizing our individuality as part of the whole. Yoga and meditation enable people to meet themselves in their most vulnerable moments and see beyond their struggles enough to find a connection. I've most recently trained as a death doula and hospice care volunteer. After my own difficult recovery from a traumatic brain injury, I've found inspiration and sympathy keeping company with individuals with dementia and Alzheimer's disease. There is so much to be learned from the complex, heartbreaking, changeable landscape of degenerative mental conditions about how important it is to live fully in every moment.
My creative practice utilizing oil paint, ink, watercolor, and other media, as well as expressive movement, is infused with my 30+ year relationship with yoga and meditation. My art aims to foster deeper self-awareness and compassion in individual viewers, as well as gentler connections within society.
Bio
Monica DiGiovanni studied painting and drawing at the Pacific Northwest College of Art before transferring to the Massachusetts College of Art. There, she graduated in 1999 with a BFA in Studio for Interrelated Media, focusing on creative movement and the human body as a medium, as well as a variety of other multimedia disciplines and public art. Between 2012 and 2013, she spent four months in residency at Welcome Hill Studios in West Chester, NH, taking the time to reconnect with and unleash her creative spirit from many years of dormancy. In 2021, she received a fellowship to participate in the Creative Imperative online residency through the Vermont Studio Center. She had been selected to participate in VSC’s Vermonters’ Week Residency in 2020, which unfortunately didn’t take place due to the pandemic. Currently, she is a co-owner, along with over 20 other artists, of The Front cooperative gallery in Montpelier. She lives and works in Montpelier, VT. In addition to being an artist and a Zen practitioner, she loves her role as a yoga and meditation teacher. For more information on her classes, visit www.montpelieryoga.com. Monica has also produced significant non-profit events over 300 people.