| MOMO is an artist working outdoors with systems and homemade tools. His “Tag the Width of Manhattan” utilized the existing street grid and a custom bicycle paint dispensing unit to write his name the width of New York City. His Street Collage demonstrates a minimalist postering technique free of printing. The MOMO Maker group of works are serial, and installed in the city with invented equipment. PLAF is an unauthorized sculpture project in New York’s water ways, taking power from NY’s tides and currents. Most recently Practical Geometry is a developing set of tools to draft, design, and organize wall murals with adapted masonry techniques.
Born in San Francisco, MOMO has travelled most of his life, lived in New York for six years and currently keeps a studio in New Orleans. He has collaborated with Marie Lorenz, Melissa Brown, Piet Dieleman, Eltono, and Yohji Yamamoto. In 2008 Rojo published his first monograph “3AM-6AM”, in 2012 Studio Cromie published his second, “In 74 Pieces”. In 2009 Y-3/Adidas produced the “MOMO” shoe after a collaborative F/W Y-3 show on a 5000 sq ft catwalk mural. Arts residency The Studios of Key West hosted his “Public Art in Private Spaces” project in Key West, Florida in 2010. In 2011 the Fountainhead Residency in Miami hosted production of his “Miami Paintings” series.
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Selected Exhibitions
Wynwood Walls (Art Basel) Miami, Florida 2012
thewynwoodwalls.com/
Bien Urbain Besançon, France 2012
bien-urbain.fr/
Fame Grottaglie, Italy 2010, 2011, 2012
famefestival.it/
Outdoor Rome 2012
out-door.it/
Milestone Project Girona, Spain 2012
milestoneproject.cat/
Open Walls Baltimore Baltimore, Maryland 2012
openwallsbaltimore.com/
Amber Dubois, Steven Riddle and MOMO Philadelphia 2011
space1026.com
Incubate Tilburg, Holland 2011
incubate.org
Outomatic Leuven, Belgium 2011
outomatic.blogspot.com
Nova Contemporary Culture Rio De Janeiro, Brazil 2011
rojo-nova.com/2011/rio/
Crono Festival Lisbon, Portugal 2011
cronolisboa.org
Artscapes Scion Installation Space
Los Angeles 2010
scion.com/space
Nova Museu da Imagem e do Som
São Paulo, Brazil 2010
rojo-nova.com
Post-Graffiti, Geometry, and Abstraction
Fundación Caixa Galicia
LaCoruna, Spain 2010
muau.org
TNT3 Kunst Halle
Seoul, South Korea 2009
tntnt.org
Y-3 F/W 2009 NY Fashion Week Show
(68′x82′ Runway and Clothing)
Pier 40 New York 2009
adidas.com/y-3
PLAF Collaboration with Eltono
Anonymous Gallery, New York NY 2008
anonymousgallery.com
MMMB Collaboration with Melissa Brown
Espeis Archetype Gallery, Williamsburg NY 2008
espeis.com
11 Spring New York NY 2006
woostercollective.com
What Moves You Miami (Scion) Miami 2006
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Selected Publishing
MOMO in 74 Pieces Artist Monograph, Studio Cromie 2012
studiocromie.org/
Abstract Graffiti Cedar Lewisohn
Merrell Publishers 2011
merrellpublishers.com
An Artist’s Alfresco John Hancock
New York Times 09/18/2010
nytimes.com
Trespass Uncommissioned Urban Art Taschen 2010
taschen.com
Beyond the Streeet The 100 Leading Figures in Urban Art
Gestalten 2010
gestalten.com
Y-3 x MOMO Limited Edition Sneakers 2009
adidas.com
3AM-6AM 160 page Artist Monograph 2009
rojo-magazine.com/shop
Out3 Two Billboards published in Barcelona 2009
rojo-magazine.com/out/
Espeis Archetype Gallery Prints 2008
espeis.com
Paper Monster Prints 2007, 2009
papermonster.net
Neo2 June 2007
neo2.es/
Lectures
Maryland Institute College of Art Baltimore, Maryland 2012
mica.edu
University of Maryland Maryland, Baltimore 2011
Prof. Michael Stanton
Incubate DIY Conference Tilburg, Holland 2011
incubate.nl
Residencies
Fountainhead Residency Miami, Florida 2011
fountainheadresidency.com
TSKW Key West, Florida 2010
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