Monica Wickeler

Also known as monicaonthemoon in the public art industry. When Monica isn't found on tip-toes at the top of scaffolding or balancing a ladder just so to reach the top corner of a mural, she can be found sharing her joy of mural/street art with school students and sharing how it can transform a community or forgotten space in the most beautiful way.

Monica is a trained visual artist who has worked in the large-scale painting industry in Toronto for many years. In outdoor advertising, as a mural artist and in the film and television, as a scenic artist. More recently she can be found reclaiming community spaces with her vibrant public art. Painting community murals in playgrounds, on wading pools, in pedestrian laneways, on construction hoarding and on just about anything that stays still long enough.

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Artist Statement

As an LGBTQ2S+ public artist working out of my Toronto and  Northern studio in Port Severn, I think engaging with the community where my artwork will live is the most essential aspect of my artistic process—creating a piece of artwork that will bring the community together, engaging and encourage them to feel proud of their surroundings.

I am a seasoned mural painter/ public artist and an emerging three-dimensional artist. I successfully completed the creative welding course at the Stratford Theatre School of Art, discovering how to conceptualize and fabricate using metal.