Ryts Monet’s artistic research focuses on the production of images as a means of exploring cultural frictions, monuments, and symbols of power. He is particularly interested in contemporary and late 20th-century history, with a focus on the expansion and crisis of historical ideologies. His practice often incorporates pre-existing materials such as postcards, stamps, banknotes, as well as digital content, newspaper articles, and other found objects. Enricomaria De Napoli (Ryts Monet), born in Bari in 1982, lives and works in Vienna. He studied at the University IUAV of Venice, where he graduated with a BA in Visual Arts and specialized in Visual Communication through the MA program. In 2022, Ryts Monet became a regular member of the Vienna Secession. Notable exhibitions: Solo 2024, WITH LOVE AND EMBERS, Barvinskyi Art Gallery, Vienna, AT 2023, RYTS MONET AND RAINER NÖBAUER-KAMMERER "THROW UP”, SUPER Kunstraum, Vienna, AT 2023, QUOTIDIANA - PAESAGGIO, Museo di Roma, Palazzo Braschi, Fondazione La Quadriennale di Roma, Roma, ITA 2023, MARKT-MARIE, Philomena +, Vienna, AT 2023, OPEN LETTER TO THE MAYOR, Kake Museum of Art, Kurashiki, JP 2023, AIR FROM ANOTHER PLANET, Monade Contemporary, Kyoto, JP 2022, LIQUIDI, GMR.2 (Galleria Michela Rizzo 2) , Venezia (Mestre), ITA 2022, IF JESUS WASN’T WHITE, Secession, Vienna, AT Group 2024, LOOKING ELSEWHERE BEING THERE, Cermodern Arts Center, Ankara, TR 2024, UNOBSERVABLE DREAMS, YARAT Contemporary Art Space, Baku, AZ 2024, TERZA TERRA, Villa Manin, Passariano (Udine), IT 2024, LEAP YEAR, Das Weisse Haus, Vienna, AT 2023, DIE ZEIT ZERFÄLLT ODER DAS MASS DER UNORDNUNG , Kunsthaus Muerz, Mürzzuschlag, AT 2023, SHINE BRIGHT LIKE A DIAMOND, Università di Trieste, Trieste, IT 2023, BIENALSUR / ROMPECABEZAS, MUNTREF Centro de Arte Contemporáneo y Museo de la Inmigración - Sede Hotel de Inmigrantes, Buenos Aires, ARG 2023, IO SONO CONFINE / I AM BORDER, Palazzo Grillo, Genova, ITA 2022, HAUSE OF CHALLENGING ORDERS / VIENNA ART WEEK, Wiedner Hauptstrasse 140, Vienna, AT 2022, 10. BUCHAREST BIENNALE, Supported by IIC Bucarest, ArtHub, Bucharest, RO 2021, ARTE AL CENTRO 2021, Fondazione Pistoletto Cittadellarte, Biella, ITA 2021, ONE MONUMENT IN TIME, Forum Stadtpark, Graz, AT 2021, METAFOTOGRAFIA 3, Baco, Bergamo, ITA 2021, MONEY MONEY MONEY, Galleria Michela Rizzo, Venezia, ITA