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Monica Cioppettini

Associate chair, foundation studies

Education

  • M.F.A., painting, Savannah College of Art and Design
  • B.A., art, Monmouth University

Credentials

Academic experience

  • Associate chair of foundation studies, 2025–present, Savannah College of Art and Design, Savannah, GA
    Professor of foundation studies, 2022–25
    Professor of SCAD Rising Star painting program, 2023
    Instructor of mixed media, SCAD Summer Seminar, 2022
    SCAD alumni atelier associate, 2021
    Teaching assistant, 2019

Professional experience

  • Contracted art handler, 2020–22, SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah, GA
  • Artist assistant to Sally Mayer Seidl, 2020, Savannah, GA
  • Vice President of the Alexander Collective, 2019–20
  • Gallery assistant at Detour Gallery, 2016–17, Red Bank, NJ
  • Artist assistant to Mike Richison, 2016, Long Branch, NJ
  • Artist assistant to Holly Suzanne Rader, 2016–17, Neptune, NJ

Awards, recognitions, and honors

  • Featured artist for SCAD Guests and Gusto, 2020
  • Honorable mention for best in show, Grand Opening, The Hen House, Savannah, GA, 2019
  • The Lisa Pearson Scholarship, Monmouth University, 2017
  • The Nicholas Aristovulos Scholarship, Monmouth University, 2016

Publications and presentations

Selected publications

  • Artsy.net, "Detour Gallery — Inside and Out"
  • Artsy.net, "Fierce ...  Alluring ... and Killer"

Selected exhibitions

  • ArtFields Competition Artist, ArtFields, Lake City, SC, 2024
  • Cast Paper Sculpture Exhibition, Penland School of Craft, Penland, NC, 2024
  • Fine Arts Showcase, Savannah College of Art and Design, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA, 2024
  • Foundations Faculty Exhibition, Savannah College of Art and Design, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA, 2024
  • Fine Arts Showcase, Savannah College of Art and Design, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA, 2023
  • The Odd, The Weird, The Strangely Fabulous, OLOGY, Savannah, GA, 2023
  • Things That Have Never Been, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA, 2023
  • Materia Prima, Sulfur Studios, Savannah, GA, 2023
  • On Display, Troupial, Savannah, GA, 2022
  • Supernatural, The Gutstein Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2022
  • ReJeweled, solo exhibition, SCAD Museum Of Art, Savannah, GA, 2021
  • Black Mass, Chapel Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2021
  • SCAD Open Studio, Savannah College of Art and Design, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA, 2021
  • Semi-Precious, solo exhibition, The Corkhouse Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2020
  • Annual Small Works Exhibition, The Corkhouse Gallery, Savannah, GA, 2020
  • Off the Chain, solo exhibition, THE 2201, Savannah, GA, 2019
  • A Grave Affair, The Hen House at the Stables, Savannah, GA, 2019
  • SCAD Open Studio, Savannah College of Art and Design, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA, 2019
  • Consumption, spotlighted artist in two-artist show, The Hen House, Savannah, GA, 2019
  • Works on Paper, The Hen House, Savannah, GA, 2019
  • Grand Opening, The Hen House, Savannah, GA, 2019
  • Alexander Collective Salon Show, FABRIK, Savannah, GA, 2018
  • Anthropocene, Savannah College of Art and Design, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA
  • Bromance, Savannah College of Art and Design, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA
  • SCAD Painting Winter Showcase, Savannah College of Art and Design, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA
  • Alexander Collective Salon Show, Non-Fiction Gallery, Savannah, GA
  • Other People's Bodies, Savannah College of Art and Design, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA
  • SCAD Painting Winter Showcase, Savannah College of Art and Design, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA, 2018
  • SCAD Fall Open Studio, Savannah College of Art and Design, Alexander Hall, Savannah, GA, 2018
  • Simulations, Post 135, Savannah, GA, 2017
  • Cusp, Brooklyn Bazaar, Brooklyn, New York, 2017