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Leo Monahan
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Leo Monahan works in the paper sculpture/collage
medium, using unique techniques he has developed to
portray images of the environment that he describes as
both impressionistic and surrealistic. Winner of the first
Walt Disney art honor scholarship to Chouinard Art
Institute, Monahan continued to receive numerous
professional honors, including a life achievement award
from the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles.
Monahan is described as the foremost paper sculpture
illustrator in the United States. He began his career in
graphic design and ran his own advertising agency from
1960 to 1987, when he decided to place all of his effort
into his gallery work.
Monahan and his wife, Karen recently relocated to
Asheville from the Los Angeles area, where he made his
art, consulted for Disneyland, and taught at Chouinard Art
Institute, California Institute of Art, the Chouinard
Foundation, The Walt Disney Company and the University
of Southern California. He also has taught at Tokyo
Communication Arts in Japan.
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