Monster Chetwynd’s practice intertwines performance, sculpture, painting, installation, and video. Her work incorporates elements of folk plays, street spectacles, popular culture and Surrealist cinema. Her performances and videos often employ troupes of performers—friends and relatives of the artist—and feature handmade costumes and props. She has performed and exhibited internationally, and was shortlisted for the Turner Prize in 2012. Solo exhibitions and performances include Villa Arson, Nice (2019); Eastside Projects (2019); Winter Commission, Tate Britain, London (2018-2019); NOW at the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, National Galleries of Scotland, Edinburgh (2018-2019); Foundation Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Torino, Italy (2018); CCA Glasgow (2016); Bergen Assembly, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway (2016); Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany (2016); Arts Council Collection Commission (2016); Nottingham Contemporary (2014); Studio Voltaire, London (2014); Massimo de Carlo, Milan, Italy (2014); and the New Museum, New York (2011-12).