New York-based Ivan Monforte, born in M?©rida, Yucat??n, M?©xico in 1973, completed a residency at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture in 2004. He received a B.A. from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1996, and an M.F.A. from New York University in 2004. Monforte??™s interdisciplinary practice uses simple gestures and materials, as well as emotional language and content, as strategic tools to address themes of loss and mourning; representations of gender, race and sexuality; and the pursuit of love. He has shown at Bronx Museum of the Arts, New Fest 2005, Haven Artspace, and Longwood Art Gallery, all in New York; MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles; and California Institute of the Arts, Valencia.

At Artists Space as part of Performance as Cultural Gift and Labor curated by Edwin Ramoran.