whether we are seeing a nest of just-opening creatures emerging from eggs or a mysterious alien fruit, wyatt’s repetition of form creates meaning. suspended in the gallery’s center, gossamer flight (2023) is the stuff of dandelion seeds and caterpillars from space. the graceful ballet of cactus on mars #2 (2023) is created with silver wire forming dendrite branches which bloom spiky, white zip-tie blossoms tipped with liquid red.  more…

March 7, 2023

wyatt, in this show, has really hit her stride. the hanging sculptures in the main space are constructed with plastic vials and possess a delicate beauty and geometry that seem simultaneously random and rooted in a methodical and mathematical precision. this dichotomy runs throughout her work as well as the contrasts between textures: sleek plastic versus unruly fibers, machined, metal bobbins versus organic forms. her use of materials is sensitive, highlighting tactile qualities while sublimating their original, intended purposes. more…

april 30, 2022

monica wyatt’s “c u r i o u s e r – assemblage creations from wonderland” is a magical mystery tour of immersive experience. wyatt offers work that is, at turns, whimsical, wild, and ephemeral. created of repurposed materials, her detailed, intricate work floats and gleams, incandescent, dazzling sculptures created in large part during the pandemic, and transcending any sense of confinement. more…

april 28, 2022

“i grew up in santa barbara with my workaholic physicist/inventor dad, travel agent mom, two brothers, and a great dane and siamese cat rounding out our squad. during high school, i worked as my dad’s janitor and chief bottle washer. his dr. demento-like lab was a wonderland of invention, with petri dishes, test tubes, confounding gizmos, and lasers. Here i witnessed the spirit of creation, making something from nothing, which would come full circle for me many years later.” more…

april 22, 2022

monica wyatt is enamored of the textures, surfaces, eerie materiality and shapely splendor of overlooked, abandoned, utilitarian objects and their components. she’s especially intrigued when the tactile, reflective, strange bits and bobs are removed from their functional contexts, and gathered together en masse to generate something entirely new. more…

april 18, 2022

“are you nuts?”

this was practically the unanimous reaction of friends and colleagues when monica wyatt decided to leave her highly successful career as a tv producer/director to become a “dumpster-diving sculptor, drawing inspiration from abandoned, overlooked objects and turning them into poetic, sophisticated works of art.” more…

april 7, 2022

monica wyatt shares her journey from top tv producer (providence, relativity, my so called life, la law) to being an accomplished mixed media artist who reimagines unexpected and overlooked materials, transforming them into captivating sculptures. more…

april 5, 2022

assemblage artist monica wyatt discusses her upcoming solo show at MorYork, a magical space filled with unreal sculptures, assemblages and fascinating objects that doubles as the studio of craftsman extraordinaire, Clare Graham. more…

march 29, 2022

monica wyatt uses discarded items and creates sculptural masterpieces. produced by gerri s. constant. more…

february 19, 2020

monica wyatt is a los angeles based mixed media artist who re-envisions unexpected and overlooked materials, transforming them into intimate assemblage sculpture.  more…  

december 4, 2019