Monster Chetwynd
Monster Chetwynd (b. 1973, London) lives and works in Zürich.
Chetwynd graduated from the Royal College of Art with an MA in painting (2004), following a BA in Fine Art at the Slade School of Art (2000) and a BA in Social Anthropology and History at UCL (1995) (all London). Known for her exuberant and fun performance pieces, featuring handmade costumes, props and sets. Chetwynd describes her work as ‘impatiently made’, often re-using materials that are easy to process and to use by the many performers she invites to participate, emphasizing the notion of collective development that informs much of the artist’s work
Artworks
Exhibitions
Biography
Solo exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2025
PRC, Lanterfly Ballet Curated by Alexie Glass-Kantor, Pacific Place - Offsite Encounters Art Basel Hong Kong, Hong Kong
DK, CC Create x Monster Chetwynd, Copenhagen Contemporary
, Copenhagen
2024
AT, Moths, Bats and Velvet Worms! Moths, Bats and Heretics!
Curated by Axel Köhne, Belvedere 21, Vienna
I, Zuul, Istituto Svizzero, Milano
PRC, Ｍonster & The Nocturnal Pollinators, Beiqiu Musuem of Contemporary Art, Nanjing
L, Play, Life, Illusion – a Retrospective, MUDAM The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2023
UK, Moths, Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute
CH, Profusion Protrusion, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich
CH, Head-Less-Ness, Cabaret Voltaire, Zurich
F, Hungry Eyes, MASSIMODECARLO Pièce Unique, Paris
D, A Cat Is Not A Dog, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt
UK, Art on the underground commission, Solo exhibition Gloucester Road underground station, Londra
2022
F, Surrealist influenced Curated by Alice in Wonderland, Strasbourg Museum of Contemporary Art, Strasburgo
UK, The Cat’s Whiskers, Sadie Coles HQ, London
S, Monster Loves Bats, Konsthall C, Stockholm
CH, Monster Chetwynd, Migros Museum, The Löwenbräukunst-Areal, Züruch
I, Lysistrata, Galerie Gregor Steiger, Milano
2021
UK, Free Energy (The Life of Nikola Tesla), Studio Voltaire, London
Golden Rose, MASSIMODECARLO, VSpace
CH, Tears, Art Basel Messenplatz, Basel
CH, Either This Coat’s Inhabited or I’m Inhibited, Galerie Gregor Steinger, Zurich
PRC, Bat Opera Hong Kong, MASSIMODECARLO, Hong Kong
S, Monster Loves Bats, Konsthall C, Stockholm
2019
F, Monster Rebellion, Villa Arson, Nice
UK, Esther Teichmann and Monster Chetwynd: Phantasie Fotostudio II, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
UK, Esther Teichmann and Monster Chetwynd: Phantasie Fotostudio II, John Hansard Gallery, Southampton
UK, Hell Mouth 3, Eastside Projects, Birmingham
CH, Monster Chetwynd, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich
NL, Toxic Pillows, De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg
2018
UK, Winter Commission, Tate Britain, London
F, L'homme aux cent yeux (performance), Frac Île-de-France, Paris
UK, Decolonising the Medical Curriculum (performance), Whittington Hospital, London
Group exhibitions
Year
Country, Exhibition Name, Location
2025
D, Play, Life, Illusion. Xanti Schawinsky + Monster Chetwynd “Xanti Shenanigans”, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld
2024
CH, Symmetrical Space Pops Curated by Monster Chetwynd, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich
S, The Evolution of Cat People, On the Absurd Drama That Is Also Life, Moderna Museet, Malmö
UK, PERFORMER AND PARTICIPANT, Tate Modern, London
UK, Monster Chetwynd, Christopher Stewart, Norman Adams: Swoop Swirl Swarm, Peter Scotto Gallery, Lancaster
S, On the Absurd Drama that is also Life, Moderna Musseet, Stockholm
LU, Xanti Schawinsky: Play, Life, Illusion – a Retrospective + Monster Chetwynd: Xanti Shenanigans, MUDAM The Contemporary Art Museum of Luxembourg, Luxembourg
2023
PL, Spring Never Comes Again... Children and Art in the 20th & 21st Centuries Curated by Joanna Kordjak, Zachęta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
CH, Time Will Tell, Kunsthalle 800, Wädenswil
2022
DK, Art in a Day 2022, Copenhagen
CH, RACHAL BRADLEY, VITTORIO BRODMANN, MONSTER CHETWYND, FLORIAN GERMANN, LUCY STEIN, NORA TURATO, Limmatstrasse, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zürich
CH, MATHIS ALTMANN, RACHAL BRADLEY, VITTORIO BRODMANN, MONSTER CHETWYND, FLORIAN GERMANN, RAPHAEL HEFTI, LUCY STEIN, NORA TURATO, Zollikerstrasse, Galerie Gregor Staiger, Zurich
I, Balancing Act, MASSIMODECARLO, Milano
UK, The Life of Saint Bede, Glass Exchange, National Glass Centre, Durham Cathedral, Durham
UK, REPEATER, Sadie Coles HQ, Kingly Street, London
UK, Testament, Goldsmiths CCA, London
DK, Art in a Day Copenhagen performance, Copenhagen Contemporary, Copenaghen
UK, The Horror Show: A Twisted Tale of Modern Britain, Somerset House, London
F, Surréalice: Lewis Carroll and the Surrealists, Musée d’Art Moderne Contemporain, Strasbourg
B, Rinus Van De Velde, BOZAR, Brussels
2021
D, Ruhr Ding: Klima, Urbane Künste Ruhr, Bochum
2020
D, Reverie, Efremidis, Berlin
2019
D, Michael Jackson: On The Wall, Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
USA, People, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles
I, The Dark Side. Chi ha paura del buio?, Musja, Roma
D, Michael Jackson: On the Wall (touring), Bundeskunsthalle, Bonn
UK, 60 Years, Tate Britain, London
TR, 16th Istanbul Biennial, İstanbul Foundation for Culture and Arts, Istanbul Biennial, Istanbul
USA, People, Jeffrey Deitch, Los Angeles
FIN, Michael Jackson: On The Wall, EMMA, Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
FIN, Michael Jackson: On the Wall (touring), EMMA Espoo Museum of Modern Art, Espoo
2018
UK, Art and Conflict: Works from the Swindon Collection, Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon
Bibliography
Year
Author, Publication Title, Date
2019
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2018
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2016
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2015
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2014
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2011
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2010
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2009
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2008
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Public collections
Country
Location
France
FRAC - Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain, Île-de-France
Le Consortium, Dijon
Musée des Beaux-Arts de Dijon
Italy
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino
Switzerland
Migros Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Zürich
The Netherlands
De Pont, Tilburg
United Kingdom
Arts Council Collection, London
New Walk Museum & Art Gallery, Leicester
Swindon Museum and Art Gallery, Swindon
Tate Collection, London
Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool