Priscilla Monge. Cancha de fútbol / Soccer field, 2004 Color photograph on Endura Metallic paper, 150 x 300 cm. Overall, 1995. Sanitary pads and metal buckle, 157 x 60 x 2 cm. Balón de Fútbol / Soccer ball, 1996- 2012. Sanitary pads and black leather, 30 cm diameter.
The Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea (CGAC) in Santiago de Compostela presents Cuestiones de vida o muerte (Questions of Life and Death), a landmark retrospective dedicated to Priscilla Monge, whose practice has, for more than three decades, powerfully redefined the terms for sculpting visibility out of silence. Curated by Santiago Olmo and open from June 13 to October 5, 2025, the exhibition invites visitors into a world both tactile and conceptual, where domestic materials and subtle gestures become tools for unraveling the structures of violence, gender, power, and resilience that shape women’s experience in the contemporary world.
Born in San José, Costa Rica, in 1968, Monge’s career is distinguished by an unwavering commitment to confronting what society prefers to ignore—realities marked by oppression, trauma, exclusion, and systems of control that govern both the body and the psyche. Rather than seeking explicit confrontation or spectacle, her artistic language is defined by restraint and nuance, often filtered through quiet irony and a poetic sensibility that transforms the most familiar materials into vessels of both comfort and disquiet.
Born in San José, Costa Rica, in 1968, Monge’s career is distinguished by an unwavering commitment to confronting what society prefers to ignore—realities marked by oppression, trauma, exclusion, and systems of control that govern both the body and the psyche. Rather than seeking explicit confrontation or spectacle, her artistic language is defined by restraint and nuance, often filtered through quiet irony and a poetic sensibility that transforms the most familiar materials into vessels of both comfort and disquiet.
October 4, 2025
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