public works

With its emphasis on movement, his work captures the raw dynamism of early subway graffiti, which passengers enjoyed as they sped through dimly lit stations on elevated tracks.

Moncho’s public works rely on easily appreciable geometric shapes and color gradients, while his paintings combine opposing images that create new dialog from disparate threads of cultural thought.

Today, Monteavaro’s work can be found in multiple city, corporate, and private collections. Most recently, his work became part of The Figge Museum’s permanent collection, exhibitions at The Tokyo Metropolitan Museum of Art and was included in the juried BP Portrait Awards for The National Portrait Gallery in the UK. Dan Monteavaro currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA.

“Motion, and the suggestion of motion, are first and foremost,”