Artist/curator Monica d. Church works in mixed media, painting, collage and photography. She has a B.A. from Bennington College and an M.F.A. from The University of Kentucky. In addition, she has studied at Rhode Island School of Design, Vassar College and Semester at Sea. Travel is a key component to Church’s image making- she has traveled to over 25 countries, spending extended periods in Vietnam and Ireland.

 

Church has won awards and fellowships for her work, including two Arts Mid-Hudson Individual Artist Fellowships— one for digital photography and one for painting. 

 

Church has had solo exhibitions at Vassar College’s Palmer Gallery; Washington Gallery at Dutchess Community College, Chapman Friedman Gallery in Louisville, KY; LoRiver Arts Gallery and Go North: A Space for Contemporary Art, both in Beacon NY.  Blue Leaf Gallery showcased her work at the Dublin Art Fair and the Edinburgh Art Fair.

 

Her work is in the collections of Binney and Smith, Southern Vermont Art Center,

Manugistics, Community Bank in Lexington KY, Copper Canyon Press, The University of Kentucky Art Museum, Vassar College Libraries Archives and Special Collections, and Women’s Studio Workshop among others.

 

Church is the Advisor to PHOCUS and The Baldeck Photographic Center at Vassar College and teaches at Dutchess Community College in Poughkeepsie NY.