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Jonathan Monk

Biography

Jonathan Monk (b. 1969, United Kingdom) is a British contemporary artist whose work often engages with the history of conceptual art, frequently incorporating photography, text, and installation. His practice is known for its playful, ironic, and self-referential qualities.

Monk often revisits and reinterprets works by earlier conceptual artists, using repetition, appropriation, and subtle variation to question authorship, originality, and artistic value. Photography plays a key role in documenting and extending these conceptual gestures.

His work has been widely exhibited internationally and is included in major collections. For collectors, Monk’s work is valued for its intellectual wit, conceptual rigor, and its dialogue with the legacy of 20th-century conceptual art.