Monique Lee-Vassell, professionally known as Monzy, is an artist, dancer, writer, poet, mystic, avid reader, and creative healer.
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EDUCATION
2019 Bader International Study Centre, Herstmonceux UK | Queen’s University
2022 BAH English Literature, French Literature | Queen’s University, Kingston
2022 English Literature Summer Program | Oxford University, UK
CERTIFICATIONS
2024 Herbalist Certification | Sankofa School
2024 Sound Healing Practitioner Certification, Sacred Sounds with Shannon Brown
PUBLICATIONS
2024 The Woman With Threee Eyes, self-published poetry collection, in collaboration with Morgan Grace and Adriana Alya
2023 What’s Your Medium?, interviewed for Queen’s Journal
2022 The Pull of the Market, Skeleton Press Newspaper, Kingston
2022 I Stand Firm in my Voice and Deliver, MUSE Magazine
2022 Yellow Bike Action, pg. 28, Skeleton Press Newspaper, Kingston
2021 Celebrating Black pgs. 20-24, MUSE Magazine
GROUP EXHIBITIONS & READINGS
2024 Women’s Art Festival, Kingston
2024 Threee Eyes x Musiikki Café & Whiskey Bar, Kingston
2024 Art Fest, Kingston
2023 Untitled Fashion Show, curated and choreographed by myself and Quinn Churchill
2023 Spoiled Film Screening + Poetry Exhibition, Window Art Gallery, Kingston
WORKSHOPS
2024 Becoming Knowbody, body awareness + movement workshop, curated and led by myself, Kingston
PODCASTS
2023 Find Your Peace, SHIFT Podcast, Kingston
2022 With Opened Mouths Podcast, Agnes Etherington Arts Centre, Kingston
SOLO PERFORMANCES
2023 The Garden, Company Cabaret, Kingston
2023 Vilundela Procession, Agnes Etherington Arts Centre, Kingston
AWARDS & GRANTS
2024 Awesome Kingston Micro Grant
2021/22 Queen’s University Conference of Literature Panelist
FILM
2024 Somewhere In Between, a Cardinal Collective film, Toronto
2024 Body Love, curated by Shanique Peart, Kingston
2023 Icons in the WhiteHouse, inspired by Ayogu Kingsley’s collection, London UK
2023 Spoiled, written by myself, filmed and directed in collaboration with Agnes Etherington Arts Centre, Kingston
MODEL
2024 Life Drawing Muse, Joanne Gervais Studio, Glenurbie
2024 ICON Model Management
2024 Faces by Adam muse, Toronto
2023 Untitled Fashion Show, Kingston
2022 Vogue Charity Fashion Show, Kingston
DANCE
2024 Body Love, film curated by Shanique Peart, Kingston
2024 Peggy Baker Dance Workshop, Kingston
2024 Ground Up Dance Festival, Kingston
2023 The Garden, Company Cabaret, Kingston
2023 Vilundela Procession, Agnes Etherington Arts Centre, Kingston
2023 Untitled Fashion Show, Kingston
2022 Vogue Charity Fashion Show, Kingston
2021 Vogue Charity Fashion Show, Kingston
2018 The Nutcracker, Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, Toronto
2017 In the Making, Cardinal Carter Academy for the Arts, Toronto
2015 Cirque Du Soleil, Pan Am Opening Ceremony, Toronto
2015 Goldirocks, All Together Now Productions
2014-15 Raptor’s Lil’ Ballas Dance Pak, Toronto
CEREMONY
2024 The Poetry of Sound Ecstatic Dance, in collaboration with Shannon Brown, Kingston
2024 Dragon Activation Ceremony, Alternity Toronto
2024 Dragon Activation Ceremony, Kingston