Mon Iker

Teaching Artist

Mon Iker (they/she) is a transdisciplinary artist working across the fields of arts-activism and clinical herbalism. By engaging the intersection of social and environmental justice through art and the healing exchange, they aim to create work that bridges visual culture and social practice. Their visual arts practice spans a variety of media, including arts-activism intervention, performance, murals, illustration, photography, short film, and animation. In their clinical practice, they see herbal medicine as a way to facilitate reconnection to self and others through nature, and this process as radical resistance to a toxic modern societal, economic, and political paradigm. Mon’s recovery from complex chronic illness and disability allying with plants and fungi informs all of their work. Last but not least, they are inspired by dad jokes and their curandera great grandmother. Born in San Antonio, Mon currently practices between Texas and New York.

Mon’s artistic endeavors have shown across North America and have been featured in the NY Times. Awards (both solo and collective) include the EmergeNYC Fellowship, GloATL R&D Fellowship, Eyebeam Art and Technology Fellowship, and A Blade of Grass Fellowship. Select exhibitions include the American Academy of Arts & LeSers, Hemispheric Institute of Performing Arts and Politics Encuentro (Mexico City and Montreal), Art Basel, Queens Museum, and Living Walls: World’s First All Female Street Art Conference. Mon holds a BFA Magna Cum Laude from Trinity University and the Savannah College of Art and Design, and professional certification in Clinical Herbalism from ArborVitae School of Traditional Herbalism. Mon is an Associate Member of the American Herbalists Guild, certified for trauma-informed practice, and pursues ongoing advanced clinical study.