Monika Maddux
Monika Stockton Maddux is a visionary and an artist. She was born on May 5, 1979 in Wichita, Kansas, the daughter of two entrepreneurs: Joseph Stockton, a brick and stone mason and Katrina Stockton, a tailor. In 2019, Maddux completed her education with a Master of Fine Arts with an emphasis in Sculpture from Wichita State University. Her Thesis Exhibition was MONIKAHOUSE, the transformation of a Victorian home into Monika's Life Size Dollhouse, the show was well-received and gained international recognition. Monika’s work involves themes of family, children and loss, while she creates an emotional narrative that invokes an intense response from the viewer.
Using textiles, ready-made objects from her childhood, furniture and building materials, Maddux designs and fabricates emotionally detailed visual metaphors, in the form of large sculptures, room-size installations and interactive environments. She also uses digital media to document events that provoke emotional responses, then create videos of these events to share a very raw and exposed side of her work. She lives in Wichita with her husband, artist W. Jarrod Maddux and their sons. They run No Craft Left Behind, an artist's resource and founded Creativity Preservation Society, a nonprofit that restores historical homes while hosting Master Builder Artist residencies.
Images from ‘Monikahouse’ an immersive installation created in 2019 in Kansas.