ARTIST STATEMENT
Monica Guillory is a contemporary realist artist whose work explores the impermanence of memory through evocative imagery inspired by vintage family photographs from the 1960s. By reinterpreting these nostalgic snapshots, she investigates how recollections fade, shift, and distort over time. Her layered compositions blur the lines between past and present, inviting viewers to question the reliability of personal and collective memory.
Her work has been widely exhibited in juried and national exhibitions, including Art of the Heartland at Mena Gallery, Expressions West at Coos Art Museum—where she received a 2nd Place Award— and MGAL National Juried Exhibition with the Memphis Germantown Art League. They have also received honors such as Best in Show at the Coastal Art League’s Annual Juried Competition and an Honorable Mention at M S Rezney Gallery’s not BIG(3) exhibition. Her work has been featured in American Art Collector magazine, further establishing their presence in the contemporary art scene.
Through a process of layering, erasure, and abstraction, she captures the fleeting nature of memory, transforming personal history into a universal meditation on time, joy, and remembrance.
EXHIBITIONS
Art of the Heartland, Mena Gallery, October 2016
Maui Open Studios 2016, Hui No‘eau Visual Arts Center, February 13 & 14, 2016
Art of the Heartland, Mena Gallery, October 2015
not BIG(3), M S Rezney Gallery, August 2015, Honorable Mention
MGAL National Juried Exhibition, Memphis Germantown Art League, August 2015
Artist's Vision Exhibit Lake Oswego Festival of the Arts, Lakewood Center, June 2015
Expressions West 2015, Coos Art Museum, April - June 2015, 2nd Place Award & Entry of Merit
30th Annual Juried Competition, Coastal Art League, December 2014, Best in Show
Fresh Art 2014, Marin Society of Artists, September 2014
Women Artist Art Exhibition, Focus Point and Shape, Online Exhibition, August 2014
103rd Exhibition 2014, Connecticut Academy of Fine Art, June 2014
What's So Funny: Humor in Art, Monmouth Museum, May 2014
24 and Under, Las Lagunas Gallery, January 2014
Catalyst, Gallery Route One, January 2014, Certificate of Merit
2013 National Juried Exhibition, Memphis/Germantown Art League, August 2013
Light & Shadow, Blanche Ames Gallery, November 2013
PUBLICATIONS
American Art Collector, Issue 120, October 2015