BIOGRAPHY -
Monica Magtoto is an artist and energy worker from San Francisco, Ca.Having graduated from Otis College of Art and Design in 2009, Magtoto returned home to San Francisco to earn her teaching credential in Art. Magtoto taught every grade from K-12 while developing her art practice. After leaving SFUSD, she transitioned to working full time with her art practice. For the past decade Magtoto has worked with non-profit organizations, schools, as well as corporate clients and individual clients to execute a wide variety of murals. From small installations in galleries and murals on homes, to signs for small businesses, to seven story murals for large housing complexes including Glide Memorial housing and the Rockwell Apartments in San Francisco, Magtoto has dedicated her practice to bringing light, color, and life to the ordinary and the mundane. As an energy worker and yoga instructor, Magtoto believes that all work is Spirit Work. Everything we do is a collaboration between the universe and ourselves. In her energy work, Magtoto holds space for her clients and students to find their inner strength and wisdom to aid them along their healing path.
Monica Magtoto is an artist and energy worker from San Francisco, Ca.Having graduated from Otis College of Art and Design in 2009, Magtoto returned home to San Francisco to earn her teaching credential in Art. Magtoto taught every grade from K-12 while developing her art practice. After leaving SFUSD, she transitioned to working full time with her art practice. For the past decade Magtoto has worked with non-profit organizations, schools, as well as corporate clients and individual clients to execute a wide variety of murals. From small installations in galleries and murals on homes, to signs for small businesses, to seven story murals for large housing complexes including Glide Memorial housing and the Rockwell Apartments in San Francisco, Magtoto has dedicated her practice to bringing light, color, and life to the ordinary and the mundane. As an energy worker and yoga instructor, Magtoto believes that all work is Spirit Work. Everything we do is a collaboration between the universe and ourselves. In her energy work, Magtoto holds space for her clients and students to find their inner strength and wisdom to aid them along their healing path.
ARTIST'S STATEMENT -
Monica Magtoto expresses issues surrounding her community and heritage through dream-like, and bold, graphic imagery of women. She explores themes of life-long healing from grief through hand drawn and painted typography. Magtoto’s influences include vintage sign painting, Victorian and Japanese art, San Francisco Mural arts, Native American, and Mexican folk art. She draws inspiration from her experiences as a woman of color in a diverse urban landscape.
Monica Magtoto expresses issues surrounding her community and heritage through dream-like, and bold, graphic imagery of women. She explores themes of life-long healing from grief through hand drawn and painted typography. Magtoto’s influences include vintage sign painting, Victorian and Japanese art, San Francisco Mural arts, Native American, and Mexican folk art. She draws inspiration from her experiences as a woman of color in a diverse urban landscape.
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