Monica C. LoCascio (b. 1984) is a transdisciplinary artist focusing on the materiality of invisible phenomena. Her works arrive as artifacts of her material and theoretical research on memory, microbiology, theoretical physics, and hierarchies of knowledge and power. She pairs fermented bio-materials, salvaged fiber, and heritage craft techniques with industrial and salvaged materials to examine the tension between the fluidity and vulnerability of the lived human experience and the systems and institutions that contrast it. She began her art-making practice at the age of 5 when she was taught to crochet and embroider by her grandfather's twin sister.
LoCascio brings a diverse international perspective to her work. She completed her undergraduate studies in New Media & Visual Arts at Emerson College, Boston, with honors and earned a Master’s degree in Art & Science from the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, Austria, also with honors. Involved in the intersection of art and science, LoCascio serves on the board of the Medicine & Media Arts Initiative at UCLA and is a member of SEADS. Her art has been featured at significant venues such as the Museum of Natural History in Vienna, the Academy of Fine Arts in Krakow, the AIL (Angewandte Innovation Lab) in Vienna, and the ERES Stiftung in Munich. She currently resides and creates in Vienna, Austria.