Dan Monteavaro

Dan Monteavaro dba MONCHO 1929
(Puerto Rico, b. 1975)

Originally from South Bronx, Dan Monteavaro’s artwork can be found in the multiple private, city, and corporate collections; from Google, Inc. to the French Consulate of the US, and from The City of New York, Paramount, the NBA, MLS and Universal Pictures, to the Public Art collections of cities like Glendale, Los Angeles, and West Hollywood.

Most recently, Dan Monteavaro’s work was acquired for the permanent collection of Iowa Museum of Modern Art (The Figge), exhibited at The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art and he was included in the juried BP Portrait Awards for The National Portrait Gallery in the United Kingdom.

Dan currently lives and works out of Los Angeles, CA

Moncho1929, (Dan Monteavaro), creates captivating works of art the challenge his audiences to reconcile with the dualities of contemporary life. With exhibitions around the world and even a recent invitation to the prestigious Venice Biennale, Moncho1929 has been producing work under the radar from the prying and commodifying eyes of the arts industry, yet stunning his growing audiences internationally. As the pandemic forced the world indoors, Moncho 1929 used this time to explore, contemplate, an...

St. John the Divine Cathederal apprenticeship under Gregg Wyatt for sculpture
Buffalo University BFA
Ramapo College

Solo Exhibitions

2021
Chimera, Done Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Chimera, Nuehouse, Hollywood, CA

2020
Alum and then some, Pascal Gallery,
Berrie Center, Ramapo College

2016
Moncho 1929, Bruce Lurie Gallery,
Culver City, CA.
Organically Known, Lab Art LA,
Los Angeles, CA.
Metro Dreams, Gabba Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA.

2015
Playground Bully, O Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.

2014
Versus, Lab Art, Los Angeles, CA.

2013
Conversations, Wallspace Gallery,
Los Angeles, CA.
Conversations, Soho House, Los Angeles, CA.

Group Shows
2022
Exhibition at The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art

2019
New Acquisitions, FIGGE Art Museum, IA

2018
Street Surface Benefit Exhibition, Venice2018
Street Surface Benefit Exhibition, Venice, CA.
Art at the Rendon, Los Angeles CA.
Into Action, LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA.

2017
25 Years Later; Race Riots and Reform,
Gallery 38, Los Angeles, CA.
Street Art for ACLU, Benefit Exhibition, Los Angeles, CA.
Aqua Art Miami, Gallery 38, Miami, FL.
Nomenclature, Art + Design Collabs, Los Angeles, CA.
Summer Street Art Show, DTR Modern, Boston, MA.

2016
Art Unified, LA Art Show, Los Angeles, CA.
Juried Exhibition, PAMM + Los Angeles Art Association, Los ...