Ryts Monet was born in Bari, Italy in 1982. He works in both Venice and Tokyo. In 2007, Monet graduated with a BA in Visual Arts, and in 2011, he received an MA in Visual Communications from the University IUAV of Venice. Since 2013 Ryts Monet has served as assistant professor in the Faculty of Arts and Design, University IUAV of Venice.
Monet has been awarded numerous grants and residencies, including the Movin'Up grant provided by the Italian Ministry of Culture and the GAI (Giovani Artisti Italiani) for the realization of a project in Japan in 2013; as well as the first prize of the Premio Celeste national art prize, within the section Sculpture, Installation and Performance, for his work "Black Flag Revival" in 2013. He has been artist-in-residence in such locations as the Institute of Contemporary Art and International Cultural Exchange in Tokyo, Tokyo Wonder Site (2013); Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy (2012); Fondazione Spinola Banna per l’Arte, Turin, Italy (2012); and the Fondazione Claudio Buziol in Venice, Italy (2010). From August to November of 2015 he will be Artist in Residence at BijlmAIR (Amsterdam), within the Artist-in-Residence program of Stedelijk Museum Bureau Amsterdam (SMBA), in the Netherlands.
Recent solo exhibitions include "Sisters" at Gallery COEXIST-TOKYO, Japan (2014). Notable group exhibitions include "Baton Sinister," a site-specific installation, workshop and exhibition in the Norwegian Pavilion curated by Bjarne Melgaard and promoted by OCA: Office for Contemporary Art Norway at the 54th Venice Biennale in 2011; also at the 54th Venice Biennale, Monet took part in a performative event at the Denmark Pavilion, entitled "Osloo Floating Pavilion"; and the 15th Tallinn Print Triennial, in Tallinn, Estonia (2011).
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