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 her love of her community, multicultural heritage, and spiritual practice through dream-like, bold, imagery and typography where they explore themes of life-long healing and finding joy as a Queer woman of color in an urban landscape. Through the use of watercolor, ink, and coffee grounds, Magtoto brings the viewer on an empowering journey through her point of view. In their murals, Magtoto invites the community to go on a healing journey with them, reconnecting the viewer to the earth with vibrant colors, plants, and animals.
Monica Magtoto expresses her love of her community, multicultural heritage, and spiritual practice through dream-like, bold, imagery and typography where they explore themes of life-long healing and finding joy as a Queer woman of color in an urban landscape. Through the use of watercolor, ink, and coffee grounds, Magtoto brings the viewer on an empowering journey through her point of view. In their murals, Magtoto invites the community to go on a healing journey with them, reconnecting the viewer to the earth with vibrant colors, plants, and animals.
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