Background
Monroe was born in Cooperstown, New York and spent his childhood in Reston, Virginia, a planned community 25 miles outside of Washington, District of Columbia
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Ian Monroe
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Monroe received his Bachelor of Fine Arts (Bachelor of Fine Arts) from Washington University in Saint Louis in 1995.
Career
He went on to complete an Master of Arts (again in visual art) from Goldsmiths College, London, in 2002. The main work he exhibited at his Master of Arts show, Canyon Recreated, was bought by Charles Saatchi. Monroe came to public attention in 2003 when this piece was featured in the opening exhibition at the new Saatchi Gallery.
Since then, Monroe"s work has been acquired by a number of international museums and private collections.
Monroe makes large-scale images of illusionistic spaces via the medium of collage as well as sculpture using text to form structures. Monroe"s work is primarily concerned with investigating both the visual and conceptual possibilities of the technological landscape.
