Mona Monroe

My work is a visual language built on symbols, memories, and hidden histories. Using layered imagery, abstract forms, and rich textures, I create magical narratives that explore the connections between what we see and feel.

Repetition plays a central role, echoing rhythms of incantation and prayer. Layers of pigment are built up, then carved away, mirroring the natural process of erosion and revealing hidden meanings. My calligraphic drawings evolve into symbols reminiscent of ancient scripts—an intuitive language connecting past and present. These protective marks serve as personal emblems and universal relics of our instinct to safeguard against the unknown.

Binding is an essential part of my practice—a physical and symbolic gesture that reinforces themes of protection, restraint, and preservation. The act of wrapping serves as both a protective barrier and a form of storytelling.

I work with buried textiles, stitched elements, and tactile surfaces, channeling talismanic energy and the concept of healing through creation. Sewing becomes an act of care—binding the surface, offering a shield of both material and spirit for the viewer.

The work questions what it means to protect, to remember, and to find meaning in marks left behind. I’ve always been drawn to the spiritual, using art as a way to escape the discomfort of reality. My work explores themes of loss, searching, and transformation—inviting viewers into a world of symbols, fragments, and quiet revelations.