Gabriela Monroy is a Mexican videoartist and graphic designer living and working in New York. In 2001 she received a Masters in Film and Video from the School of Art Institute of Chicago, where she also tought film animation and digital video editing. In 2001 she was awarded the National Foundation for Culture and Art Fellowship for Young Emerging Artists. In 2002 she was selected with a four channel video installation, as part of the 10th National Biennal of Photography organized by the National Council for Culture and Art of Mexico. She continues working with interactive video installations as well as live video and graphic design under the name MOSTRA in collaboration with Caspar Stracke since 2002. In 2004 they were awarded an NYSCA Film and Media Production Grant for the production of an Interactive video installation for cinema space and in 2005 they became the new directors of the D.U.M.B.O._International Film_and_Video_Festival in New York. She has participated in exhibitions in Mexico, Europe and the US.