Marge Monko's Artistic Focus on Gender and Labor in Psychoanalytic Context
Marge Monko, an artist from Tallinn born in 1976, mainly works with photography and video. Her art delves into psychoanalysis and how it influences gender representation in visual culture. Lately, she’s been examining gendered labor amid evolving labor policies. After earning her MA in Photography from the Estonian Academy of Arts in 2008, she also studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna. Monko has held solo exhibitions in Tallinn and Helsinki and participated in notable group shows like Manifesta 9 in Genk, Belgium, in 2012, and the 2007 Biennale of Young Artists in Tallinn. Currently, she teaches at the Estonian Academy of Arts and is part of a feminist reading group. An interview with her was published in June 2012.
Key facts
- Marge Monko was born in 1976 and works in Tallinn, Estonia.
- She uses photography and video as main artistic mediums.
- Monko explores psychoanalysis and gender representation in visual culture.
- Her recent focus is on gendered work amid labor policy changes.
- She studied at the Estonian Academy of Arts and the University of Applied Arts in Vienna.
- Monko has exhibited in Manifesta 9 in Genk, Belgium, in 2012.
- She teaches at the Estonian Academy of Arts and is part of a feminist reading group.
- An interview with her was published on June 12, 2012, by ARTMargins Online.
Entities
Artists
- Marge Monko
- Sven Spieker
- Cuathémoc Medina
- Rael Artel
- Anneli Porri
- Cuauhtémoc Medina
Institutions
- Estonian Academy of Arts
- University of Applied Arts in Vienna
- Manifesta 9
- Biennale of Young Artists in Tallinn
- The Elfriede Jelinek School of English Language
- ARTMargins Online
Locations
- Tallinn
- Estonia
- Helsinki
- Finland
- Genk
- Belgium
- Vienna
- Austria
Sources
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