Known for thinly painted, large scale, vibrantly colored abstract paintings, Monique Prieto is a California artist whose work sometimes results in images that appear to be looming and insect-like---"funky biomorphic forms". (SMoCA) A mother of young children, she does much of her drawing on a computer screen, a method she finds flexible and convenient, and reminders of domestic life often find their way into her work.

Prieto was born in Los Angeles to Mexican-American parents in a household where "art was always present." (SMoCA) She earned her BFA from the University of California, Los Angeles, and a second BFA and her MFA from the California Institute of the Arts in Valencia. She began exhibiting her work ...