Miguel Monroy is a Mexico City-born artist whose work engages with the deconstruction of everyday objects and systems, expressed through video, photography, and sculpture. He earned an MFA in Art Practice from Stanford University (2020) and a Diploma in Photography and New Media from Centro de la Imágen (2001), alongside a BA in Visual Arts from UNAM. Monroy’s art has been featured in exhibitions and cultural spaces across Switzerland, Brazil, Spain, the United States, Belgium, and beyond. His published works include Why “all together” is written separatedly and “separatedly” all together (2023) and Transported Transport (2012).
In 2016, Monroy presented his project Art Heist at ZonaMACO Sur, and in 2018 he received the Edwin Anthony and Adalaine Boudreaux Cadogan Fellowship from The San Francisco Foundation. His career has included artistic residencies in Switzerland (2006), Quebec (2012), and Mexico (2012 and 2015), along with teaching contemporary art workshops in Mérida, Puebla, Mexico City, and California. Since 2015, Monroy has been a member of the FONCA National System of Creators.