About

Shape Shift | Grids and surfaces
Monica Mohnot & Juliette M. Miller Herrera Nickle
Exhibition dates: January 17 - February 15, 2025
Opening reception: Friday January 17th 7-10pm
Performance | 24 hour Endurance performance, A Living Artist in Conversation:
Tuesday January 21st 2025: Doors 3pm through 3pm the next day.
Artist talk: February 2nd 2025, Doors 2pm, Talk starts 2:30pm-3:30pm with (Q&A to follow)
Closing Reception: February 15th, 2025 3-6pm (during gallery hours)

ICOSA Collective is proud to present Shape Shift | Grids & Surfaces. This exhibition spotlights two contemporary artists Monica Mohnot and Juliette M.Miller Herrera Nickle pushing the boundaries of form and material. A dynamic interplay of design bringing art into a shared dialogue of form. Alas Shape Shift.
Mohnot weaves bold shapes onto hand-woven fabric canvases, transforming these surfaces into dynamic, visual playgrounds. The saturated hues are embroidered onto the fabric, turning it into a stage where shapes pulse and interact. She combines paintings and woven textiles through the collage element using techniques such as stitching, quilting, and applique.

Her work is a reconciliation of the diverse cultural spheres she navigates as an Indian American woman. Having immigrated to the United States twenty years ago, Monica’s art reflects her journey as a mother, daughter, spouse, and spiritual being. It explores her ongoing desire to harmonize the various elements that shape her identity and express the complex intersections of these roles.

Nickle’s Neu Bauhaus, T7A$HC073 collages, sculptural in their presence, transform pressed objects into illuminated, grid-zen compositions. These works transcend flatness, evolving into three-dimensional expressions of geometry, vibrating with ethereal tension. In a convergence of Bauhaus-inspired futurism and abstract tactility, Nickle’s large-scale collages are instances resting between huge and fragile, color and shapes oscillate with energy, creating a visual push and pull with Nickle’s structured grids.

László Moholy-Nagy brought the Bauhaus movement to the U.S., establishing the New Bauhaus in Chicago in 1937. This school, later renamed the Institute of Design, adapted Bauhaus principles to American industrial and urban contexts, fostering innovation in design education and shaping modern art, architecture, and design in the 20th century. Nickle's Grandmother, Grandfather, Step Grandfather, and dear close friends all attended the Institute of Design during this time. This school of thinking has transcended time and space to reside with Nickle's entire life practice. Nickle is current Neu Bauhaus futurism carrying forth to continue amongst us.