Chris Mona was born in Washington, DC in 1961, graduating from the University of Virginia with a
Bachelor of Arts in 1983, and from Pratt Institute with a Master of Fine Arts in 1985. Mona completed
the Aluminum Plate Lithography Workshop at Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM, under the
direction of Rodney Hamon. He was full professor of art at Anne Arundel Community College,
Arnold, MD for 38 years, where he directed its printmaking studio, Aqua Regia Press. Mona has
received grants from Artists Space, NY, NY, and the Maryland State Arts Council. His work is in
public collections, including Homestead National Monument, Beatrice, Nebraska; The Rooms Art
Gallery of Newfoundland, St. John’s, Canada; College of Notre Dame, Baltimore, MD; Columbia
College, Chicago, Ill; and Franklin Furnace Archive, NY, NY. Recent national juried shows include
“28th Parkside National Print Exhibition,” U. Wisconsin Parkside; “Ink Press Repeat” Wm. Patterson
University, NJ; and “Contested Spaces,” Harnett Museum of Art, U. of Richmond. Solo exhibitions
include “Millennial Dreams and Dramas,” Creative Alliance, Baltimore; “Out of this World,” Bromo
Seltzer Arts Tower, Baltimore; and most recently “in the time of not yet,” with collaborations with
Helen Frederick, Rice Gallery, McDaniel College, Westminster, MD, and "Chasm: Intuition, Risk, and
Certainty," collaborations with Helen Frederick, Longwood Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA.
His collaborative book project with Helen Frederick “The Stone Seeker/Prescient Heart” is
represented by Stellar Highway, Brooklyn, NY. Mona established Attitude Press, a lithographic,
intaglio, relief, letterpress and screen print studio in Millersville, MD in 2026.
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