Adam Monohon

about

Adam Monohon is a passionate and accomplished scholar and curator of photography, with a particular interest in shaping more global histories of the medium. He possesses deep expertise in the history of photography, a keen interest in global and regional modernisms, and a commitment to shaping more accurate and inclusive histories of the medium.

Monohon is a PhD Student in Art History at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a graduate of the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS), University of London’s MA History of Art and Archaeology of East Asia program and Pratt Institute’s BA History of Art and Design program. He has held curatorial roles at the Henry Art Gallery, Center for Creative Photography, and the J. Paul Getty Museum, among work at other arts organizations.

education

University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, United States

PhD Student in Art History, In Progress

School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS)
, University of London, London, United Kingdom  

MA in History of Art and Archaeology of East Asia, with Distinction 

Thesis: “The April Photography Society: ‘Nature, Society, Man’ and the Redefining of Chinese Photography in the Wake of the Beijing Spring,” supervised by Charlotte Horlyck, Ph.D. 

Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York, United States   

BA in History of Art and Design, with Honors 
 

Other Education:

Shaanxi Normal University, Xi’an, China

Intensive Intermediate Chinese Language Program

East China Normal University, Shanghai, China 

Intensive Elementary Chinese Language Program


exhibitions

curated

A/political Rocks
July 2022 – January 2023
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA

Edward Weston’s Leaves of Grass
May 11, 2019 – November 30, 2019 
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, AZ


co-curated

Farewell Photography: The Hitachi Collection of Postwar Japanese Photographs, 1961-1989
January 19, 2022 – June 26, 2022
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Curated with Audrey Sands, Ph.D., Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography, Phoenix Art Museum and Center for Creative Photography

Finding Meaning: An Offering of Photographs for an Uncertain Time
Oct. 28, 2020 – May 30, 2021
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona (virtual)
Curated by Brian Ganter; Meg Jackson Fox, Ph.D.; Adam Monohon; Audrey Sands, Ph.D.; and Rebecca Senf, Ph.D.

Mexican Photographers, Mexican Views
December 1, 2018 – June 9, 2019
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, Arizona
Co-curated with Rebecca Senf, Ph.D., Chief Curator, Center for Creative Photography and Vanessa Davidson, Ph.D., Shawn and Joe Lampe Curator of Latin American Art, Phoenix Art Museum


assisted (selected)

Paul Mpagi Sepuya: Monsen Photography Lecture
June 4, 2022 – September 25, 2022
Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
Curated by Nina Bozicnik, Curator, Henry Art Gallery

Freedom Must Be Lived: Marion Palfi’s America, 1940-1978
July 21, 2021 – January 2, 2022
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix, AZ
Curated by Audrey Sands, Ph.D., Norton Family Assistant Curator of Photography, Phoenix Art Museum and Center for Creative Photography

The Qualities of LIGHT: The Story of a Pioneering New York City Photography Gallery
December 14, 2019 – May 30, 2020
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona 
Curated by Rebecca Senf, Ph.D., Chief Curator, Center for Creative Photography

Ansel Adams: Examples
February 23, 2019 – May 4, 2019
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
Curated by Rebecca Senf, Ph.D., Chief Curator, Center for Creative Photography

Richard Avedon: Relationships 
December 15, 2018 – May 15, 2019
Center for Creative Photography, Tucson, Arizona
Curated by Rebecca Senf, Ph.D., Chief Curator, Center for Creative Photography

Icons of Style: A Century of Fashion Photography
June 26, 2018 – October 21, 2018
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
Curated by Paul Martineau, Associate Curator, Photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum

Paper Promises: Early American Photography
February 27, 2018 – May 27, 2018 
J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, California
Curated by Mazie Harris, Ph.D., Assistant Curator, Photographs, J. Paul Getty Museum

contact

email:   adammonohon[at]gmail.com

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