
Mona Gazala
Mona Gazala
Visual and Multi-Disciplinary Artist
735 Sullivant Ave., Columbus OH 43222 216-571-7354
Education
The Ohio State University
BFA, summa cum laude, excellence in the arts award. 1988
MFA Sculpture 2020
Select Exhibitions and Screenings
Given the Circumstances. solo exhibition. project 612, peoria, illinois. march, 2018
Home Town. solo exhibition. second sight project, columbus. january, 2018
This is Now - Video Series. Screening of “24 Days in Franklinton.” gateway film center, columbus. september, 2017
What Remains. solo exhibition. second sight project, columbus. july, 2017
What Remains. solo exhibition. hugh n ronald gallery, portland indiana. june 2017
Property. group exhibition roman susan gallery, chicago, illinois. april 2017
Artist Residency. bunker projects, pittsburgh, pennsylvania. march-april 2017
Common Objects. group exhibition union street gallery, chicago, illinois. march 2017
Politics & Power. group exhibition. anne street gallery, newburgh new york. oct-nov 2016
Fragmented Histories. solo exhibition. columbus cultural arts center. jan-feb 2016
Without a Country. site-specific installation. sign house, columbus. april 2016
Material Evidence. artist & curator, social engagement piece. ease gallery. columbus. oct 2015
The Artifact Project. solo exhibition. osu hopkins hall gallery. columbus. july 2015
Remnants, Iteration 2. site-specific installation. rooms-to-let exhibition. cleveland. may 2014
Back to the Garden: Ode to Eve’s Revolution. site-specific installation. house tremont . cleveland jan-feb 2015
Remnants. solo exhibition – six installations, showpods public art spaces. chicago. sept-oct 2014
Bodies at Rest: Bound Up in This Place. solo exhibition/installation. hopkins hall gallery. ohio state university. june 2014
Six in Studio Project. residency, site-specific installations. cleveland west art league. march-april 2014
Lost in Translation. solo exhibition. hermann fine arts center. marietta college. jan-feb 2014
Reliquary. site specific installation. second sight studio. columbus. december 2013
All Greek(to me). 2 artist exhibition. gallery 831. columbus. april 2013
Atlantis (we are not lost). site-specific installation. 400 west rich. columbus. june 2012
Galvanized Neoclassical. solo exhibition. studio 11. cleveland. october 2011
Midwest Laurels. site specific installation. osu urban arts space. columbus. oct 2010-jan 2011
Select Publications
Mona Gazala’s big dig.
http://www.columbusalive.com/entertainment/20170712/mona-gazalas-big-dig
Second Sight features faces, residents http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2016/09/08/arts-preview-second-sight-features-faces-residents.html
Mona Gazala = Second Sight Project
Artist Mona Gazala’s Fragmented Histories at Columbus Cultural Arts Center
Mona Gazala incorporates discarded items in her creations.
Beyond Art: Mona Gazala’s Second Sight is the house open to all artists.
Cleveland West Art League’s Tall Walls returns this Friday.
Franklinton Abode Doubles as a Home for Creativity
Second Sight Studio is Home to Miracle on Bellows Ave.
No Vacancy: Art Occupies Empty Spaces in Columbus’s Franklinton
http://rustwire.com/2013/10/02/no-vacancy-art-occupies-empty-spaces-in-columbus-franklinton/
Second Sight Studio Represents New Beginnings http://www.columbusalive.com/content/stories/2012/12/13/second-sight-studio-in-franklinton-represents-new-beginnings.html
Herding Cats: Four Artist Organizers Discuss the Hows and Whys http://canjournal.org/2012/12/herding-cats-four-artist-organizers-discuss-the-hows-and-whys
Affiliations
The Ohio State University, MFA Fellow, september 2017-may 2020
Second Sight Project, Franklinton. founding artist. september 2012 – present
German Village Art League. membership/marketing chair. jan 2013 – 2014
Franklinton Arts District. board member. jan 2013 – 2014
Cleveland West Art League. founding director. june 2010 – sept 2013
Call for Art Cleveland, group creator and administrator, march 2011 – june 2017
In the collections of:
Holly Wilson, Pratt Institute Librarian, New York, NY
Michelle Murphy, Interdisciplinary Artist, Chicago, Illinois
Dr. Melanie Corn, President, CCAD, Columbus Ohio
Dan Bush, Owner, 78th Street Studios, Cleveland
Kent and Tasi Rigsby, Restauranteurs, Columbus, Ohio