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Monica DeSalvo Art

Monica DeSalvo is a Boston-based mixed-media artist and designer with a BFA in Visual Design from the University of Massachusetts, Dartmouth. Her work has been featured in juried and invitational exhibitions, as well as in several periodicals, and is part of collections in the United States and Europe. DeSalvo is represented by Fountain Street Gallery based in Boston.

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"Stream of Cobbleness", Abstract, Pink, Blue, Monoprint, Collage, Mixed Media
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Stream of Cobbleness” is a 20 x 16 abstract collage composed of organically shaped fragments of acrylic monoprints in pink, green, yellow, green, teal, and blue. Th...
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2010s Abstract Monica DeSalvo Art

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Monoprint, Monotype

"We'll Know It When We See It", Abstract, Red, Black, Collage, Mixed Media, 2025
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “We’ll Know It When We See It” is a 12 x 18 abstract collage on pale gray paper with a linen finish. Collage elements include a deconstructed monotype on yellow pape...
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2010s Abstract Monica DeSalvo Art

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Monoprint, Monotype, Paint

"Build. Repair. Adjust.", Abstract, Graffiti, Blue, Yellow, Pink, Acrylic, 2020
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Build. Repair. Adjust.” is a 30 x 22 inch abstract graffiti-like acrylic “print” painting on paper. Bold curved shapes inspired by a Bauhaus teapot...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Oil Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper

"A Bus Tour in the Woods—Stage 6", Surreal, Botanical, Green, Collage, 2023
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “A Bus Tour in the Woods—Stage 6” is a 36 x 24 inch surreal collage on a digital enlargement of two acrylic monotypes printed onto archival foamcore. Magenta, violet, green, and creamy yellow organic, botanical forms with impressions of leaves contrast with lists of numbers and vintage document rules. The original images were printed with a Gelli plate...
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2010s Surrealist Monica DeSalvo Art

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Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Monotype, Digital

"We didn't take the plane", Surreal, Abstract, Blue, Mixed Media Collage, 2018
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “We didn’t take the plane—the plane took us!” is a lively 30 x 22 inch surreal collage on paper. Abstract areas of lime green, red, royal blue, and deep yellow embed...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Paper, Pastel, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Color Pencil, Digital, Monotype

"Wind Systems", Abstract, Yellow, Blue, Green, Diptych, Collage, Monotype, 2022
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Wind Systems” is a 16 x 12 inch abstract diptych with asymmetrical collages on chipboard. Bright yellow, blue, green, purple, and gray organic acrylic...
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2010s Abstract Monica DeSalvo Art

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Mixed Media, Monotype, House Paint, Archival Paper

"Cairns", Abstract, Red, Green, Blue, Yellow, Silver, Collage, Mixed Media, 2025
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Cairns” is an 18 x 24 collage made up of a series of 4 individual 11 x 4.25 inch abstract collages with red, silver, chartreuse green, yellow, black, and blue on pa...
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2010s Abstract Monica DeSalvo Art

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Glue, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Paper, Monoprint, Monotype

"Throwing Stones", Abstract, Eggs, Red, White, Green, Collage, Monotype, 2017
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Throwing Stones” is a diptych of two 4.25 x 6 inch collages on abstract acrylic monotypes. Green lettuce, tan and ivory eggs, and blurred fields of red, maroon, and...
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2010s Abstract Monica DeSalvo Art

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Monotype

"Cochlear Conundrum", Abstract, Shell, Blue, Monotype, Collage, Mixed Media
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Cochlear Conundrum” is a 16 x 20 mixed media collage with blue, yellow, and turquoise monotype fragments printed on vintage paper, a ruled xerox report with black type, a white conch...
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2010s Abstract Monica DeSalvo Art

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Paper, Monoprint

"Sunny Side Down", Surreal, Abstract, Landscape, Mixed Media Collage, 2024
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Sunny Side Down” is a surreal mixed media collage over an asymmetrical digital inkjet photo montage on Yupo paper with blue, green, teal, white, and purple. The abs...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Paper, Glue, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Color, Digital, Monop...

"Cochlear Cornucopia", Abstract, Surreal, Green, Collage, Mixed Media, 2023
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Cochlear Cornucopia” is a 15 x 22 inch surreal collage on an abstract acrylic drip painting with dark purple, green, pink, blue, and white. Crisp, elongated paint d...
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2010s Abstract Monica DeSalvo Art

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Glue, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Rag Paper

"The End of Sums", Abstract, Green, Yellow, Monotype, Collage, Mixed Media, 2023
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “The End of Sums" is a mixed-media collage on paper, featuring abstract acrylic monotypes in green, purple, magenta, and yellow. The triptych-like composition has a ...
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2010s Abstract Monica DeSalvo Art

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Paper, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Monoprint, Paint, Glue, Rag...

"A Different Plateau", Abstract Landscape, Blue, Collage, Mixed Media, 2018
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “A different plateau” is a 20 x 16 inch collage with watery acrylic paint and a black line drawing on printmaking paper. Hand drawn dia...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Oil Pastel, Acrylic, Archival Paper

"A Bus Tour in the Woods—Stage 5", Abstract, Black, Green, Orange, Collage, 2023
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “A Bus Tour in the Woods—Stage 5” is a 22 x 30 inch triptych with three collages on acrylic monotypes with black, gray, dark and lime greens, orange, pink, purple, and white. Botanical and abstracted forms ranging from crisp to distressed are printed on vintage papers—ruled math homework, cream ledger paper with handwriting, and graph paper—once belonging to DeSalvo’s late father. Many of the collage elements are fragments of monotypes, and all monotypes were created by using a Gelli plate...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Monotype, Foam Board

"It's nature leaving you alone", Surreal Landscapes, Blue, Green, Collage, 2020
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “It’s nature leaving you alone” is a 28 x 22 inch surreal collage on archival watercolor paper. Aerial photos of expansive landscapes a...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Paper, Mixed Media, Color Pencil, Digital

"This is a Leaky Place", Surreal, Cranes, Orange, Pink, Blue, Collage, 2021
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “This is a Leaky Place” is a 36 x 24 inch surreal collage on watercolor paper. A digital montage of two photos in opposite orientations show illuminated cloudy skies...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Paper, Mixed Media, Digital

"Threshold", Contemporary, Surreal, Orange, Red, Leaf, Mixed Media Collage, 2023
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Threshold” is an 18 x 24 inch surreal mixed media collage comprised of a red and orange acrylic monotype on felt textured paper with cut-out leaf forms, and an abstract collage on cream ledger paper with black distressed writing, brown, gray, and gold. A cluster of images with lily pads connects the two halves. Collage elements include DeSalvo’s late father’s paper memorabilia such as the ledger paper, black and white cavalry horses, and legs sitting in a chair. Print fragments are from work created using a Gelli plate...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Monotype

"Space Junk", Abstract, Surreal, Peach, Collage, Monotype, Mixed Media, 2023
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Space Junk” is a 22 x 30 inch surreal collage on a digital enlargement of an abstract acrylic monotype with pink, tan, orange, peach, sage, and white. Soft textures and depth are created by the uneven distribution of color and layering a day’s worth of final pulls with a Gelli plate, capturing faint impressions of items such as a feather. Collage elements include monotype fragments with botanical forms and vintage textbook...
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2010s Abstract Monica DeSalvo Art

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Rag Paper, Monotype, Digital

"Dressed Up Properties", Abstract, Pink, Red, Yellow, Blue, Mixed Media, 2023
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Dressed Up Properties” is a 22 x 30 inch triptych composed of three abstract acrylic monoprints with leaf forms. Red, yellow, royal blue, magenta, pink, sky blue, and hints of green and orange run from bright and crisp to muted and distressed. Handwritten math equations are exposed through the imagery on the left and right panels printed on vintage ruled...
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2010s Abstract Monica DeSalvo Art

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Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Monotype, Acrylic, Rag Paper

"From Here to the End", Surreal, Abstract, Purple, Collage, Monotype, 2017
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “From here to the end, which isn’t very far away” is a 9.5 x 9.5 inch abstract collage over an acrylic on paper. Golden hair, a bronze wing, clear gemstones, and yellow flowers blend into ethereal violet purple tones accented with lavender dots. Soft gray yarn and a matrix of curved blocks add contrasting textures, enhancing depth. The underlying monotype was made using a Gelli plate...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Paper, Acrylic, Monotype

"What about the numbers?", Surreal, Abstract, Blue, Red, Collage, Monotype, 2022
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “What about the numbers?” is a 48 x 24 inch surreal collage built on a digital enlargement of collaged monotype fragments and a black a...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Paper, Monotype

"Thar She Blows", Abstract, Yellow, Green, White, Acrylic, Monoprints, 2020
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Thar She Blows” merges two acrylic abstract monoprints into a 20 x 16 inch work with a vertical seam. Crisp masses of yellow and oliv...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Mixed Media, Acrylic, Monotype, Archival Paper

"Two Spaghetti Spoons", Contemporary, Italian, Blue, Acrylic Painting, 2020
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Two Spaghetti Spoons'' is a 28 x 20 inch playful acrylic painting on 100% cotton archival printmaking paper with deckled edges. Bold b...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Acrylic, Archival Paper

"Swinging against plumb", Surreal, Blue, Yellow, Collage, Monoprints, 2019
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Swinging against plumb” is a 36 x 24 inch surreal collage on a digital enlargement of two adjoined acrylic monoprints on paper. Wavy l...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Mixed Media, Archival Paper, Digital, Monoprint

"Lucidity", Surreal, Yellow, Pink, Red, Monotype, Collage, Mixed Media, 2018
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Lucidity” is a 38 x 24 inch digital reproduction of a surreal collage on paper embellished with mixed media. Yellow arcs cascade into ...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Paper, Mixed Media, Digital

"The Red Book", Surreal, Abstract, Graphic, Green, Collage, Mixed Media, 2018
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “The Red Book” is a 37 x 24 inch digital enlargement of a surreal collage on paper embellished with mixed media. The abstract base contai...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Paper, Mixed Media, Digital

"A Golden Place", Minimalist, Abstract, Wheat Field, Blue, Collage, 2021
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “A Golden Place” is a 16 x 12 inch abstract minimalist collage on paper with a golden wheat field, a bold graphic shape containing brig...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Paper, Monotype

"Up Sun Down", Surreal, Abstract, Landscape, Desert, Mixed Media Collage, 2024
By Monica DeSalvo
Located in Franklin, MA
Monica DeSalvo’s “Up-sun-down” is a surreal mixed media collage over a digital inkjet photo montage printed on Yupo paper. The abstract montage of blue, tan, sage green, yellow, and ...
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2010s Contemporary Monica DeSalvo Art

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Paper, Glue, Mixed Media, Acrylic, Archival Paper, Monoprint, Monotype, ...

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