Monica is interested in new cross-disciplinary genres and forms as well as combinations of new technology with music, and her work has been presented at Arts House, Science Gallery Melbourne, AsiaTOPA, White Night, Liquid Architecture, Melbourne Fringe, Arts Centre Melbourne, Seoul Performing Arts Festival, Sydney Dance Company and WorldPride as well as international symposiums such as ISEA, SIGGRAPH Asia and NIME. She has been nominated for the Creative Australia Inspire Award, Green Room Award and the Music Victoria Best Experimental Artist Award.

Monica has completed her PhD at the Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, University of Melbourne in movement-led composition and new technologies and is regularly sought as an expert commentator and panellist on creative AI. She was a 2023 Artist-in-Residence at the Grainger Museum and Melbourne Electronic Sound Studio, and co-creator of the Electromagnetic Piano, which won 2^nd prize at the internationally-renowned Guthman Musical Instrument Competition.

Monica is co-founder of Project Eleven, a philanthropic initiative which supports the contemporary arts and serves on the boards of the Melbourne Recital Centre and Liquid Architecture.

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