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Biography
Leo Monahan (1933) is an artist who is known for paper art. Monahan creates paper sculptures with paper which creates a multi-dimensional art work that cannot be represented in two dimensional flat canvas. Monahan was involved with Chouinard Art Institute. Monahan was the first person to receive a Disney Scholarship to attend the Chouinard Art Institute and after graduation he worked for Disney for 50 years.
Education
Chouinard Art Institute 1954-1958
Career
Monahan created his first paper sculpture in 1960. Since that time he became a pioneer of paper sculpture which he refers to as "paper in dimension".
Monahan has worked for Toyota, Coca-Cola, and Nintendo.
One of his works is in the permanent collection of the Smithsonian Institute.
Awards
- Life Time Achievement award from the Society of Illustrators of Los Angeles
- Life Time Achievement award California Institute of the Arts (2019)
Personal
Monahan grew up in North Dakota. He served in the Korean War.