Mnky Bizz Group

We are a far-flung team of anonymous artists and cultural activists, known collectively as Mnky Bizz Group, who are committed to shaking up the status quo in today’s brave new art world. Our work serves as a catalyst for discussion and debate about the complicated relationship between art and commerce, with the ultimate goal to create new links between the two.

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For the Love of Gold – or STOP! In the Name of Love

Gold (the “safe” investment), Glamour (the ballrooms we build), and War (the bloodshed raging near and far) remain our unchallenged North Stars. It turns out the 1950s Nevada nuclear tests – marketed as “Dawn Bomb Parties” complete with cocktails and beauty pageants – were merely the opening act for our current "Golden Age," an era that carries the distinct, lingering scent of sulfur.

For better or worse, “Art Stars” are never far behind when times are golden. They enrich the festivities with a dash of humanity and intellect, providing just enough “investment potential” to help the cocktails go down smoother. Amidst a dizzying whirl of futuristic fantasies and a plea for undisturbed sales, buyers are wrapped in robes too tight for proper circulation, toasting to a “progress” that looks like a leap into a celestial orbit where heaven and hell collide.

Yet, scratch the gilded surface of this high-minded evolution, and you’ll find our primal instincts are still very much in charge. And the monkeys are not far behind—occupying a booth at Stockholm’s Supermarket Art Fair. The Mnky Bizz Group may not be serving cocktails, but they are offering a glimpse into a universe where everything is worth its weight in gold.

We invite you to take a spin with our sulfur-covered, mischievous showstopper. At center stage, you will find General MacArthur reimagined as a beauty queen (“Mister Atomic Bomb”), the literal visualization of the smell of sulfur, and a painting that demonstrates exactly how to “grab ’em by the balls.”

Visitors can take a swing at our “Shuttle to the Future” piñata for good luck or take home a hand-printed edition of our sales mascot. We have immortalized the Art Stars and tucked away miniature paintings throughout the space – all overseen by two songbirds who promise not to disturb the peace. If you’re lucky, you may encounter our street vendor in the vicinity of the fair, selling soft, cuddly “One-Finger Salutes” (hand-stitched by nimble artist hands).

We look forward to seeing you in your finest attire, with pockets full of gold nuggets.

SUPERMARKET - Stockholm Independent Art Fair

23 - 26 April 2026 at the former Meatpacking District

Erskinehuset, Hallvägen 21, 121 62 Johanneshov

Public Vernissage evening, Thursday 23 April 6 pm to 8 pm

Opening hours:

Thursday through Friday 2 pm - 8 pm

Saturday 12 pm - 8 pm

Sunday 12 pm - 6 pm

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Mnky Bizz Group and the evolution of the cultural industry

Since its founding within the scope of work commissioned by the Museum for Modern and Contemporary Art in Rijeka, Croatia at the start of 2010, Mnky Bizz Group has expanded its reach across the globe. A broad and diverse network of participants in the cultural domain have aligned their strategies in an international campaign to spark new partnerships between art and business. The launch of Mnky Bizz Group marks the beginning of the end for the hegemonic cultural system.

Supermarket was able to catch up with one of the founders of Mnky Bizz Group during the autumn art fair season in Berlin.

How come that members of Mnky Bizz Group don’t have names, just numbers? And how would you like to be addressed?

What we value most is efficiency. It’s not individuality that guarantees success and power, but instead the tastes and preferences of the masses. Our members are active in different roles in the cultural industry. I’m a visual artist myself and being the founder I’m known as Mnky 001.

How can artists join the organisation and what is your objective?

Active participation in the art market is all that’s required for membership. Anyone interested in joining should just get in touch with us. It’s also possible to take part in the discussion at our Mnky Talk blog. As for Mnky Bizz Group’s mission, we’re all about breaking down barriers between art and business. Creativity and expertise have to be pooled in order to establish a new system where all participants in the art market reap maximum rewards.

Art and revolution. That sounds like a throwback to the movements in the 60s and 70s. Haven’t we been there already?

As I understand those movements, they also contained an element of destruction, even self-destruction in some instances. We, on the other hand, aren’t trying to fight against and stop the current developments, but instead use these for our own ends. Historically, we are indebted to the traditions of the Romantic period as well as to those of the early stages of industrialisation. Today, we’re aligned with the system that calls for rationalisation and profit maximisation at all levels, which includes both the economic and intellectual domains. That’s why it’s so difficult to fit Mnky Bizz Group into one particular category.

One last question: Why do you all wear chimpanzee masks?

There are many reasons for this. The masks came into play during the conception of a work for the 3rd Quadrilateral Biennale in Rijeka, in which we discovered parallels between our project and performance in Darwin’s time. Also, the monkey symbolises wild, unpredictable forces as well as the so-called “missing link”, both a reminder of the insights gained in the study of evolution. And, of course, most our members simply look better in the masks.

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Visit us at the Independent Art Fair held at Technopolis City Athens, 100 Pireos Street, Athens 118 54

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“One-Finger Salute - Greetings from the Sea”, Hydra, 2022

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“Travelling Sweatshop Circus”, Hydra, 2022

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“Crooked Road to Heaven” at the Travelling Sweatshop Circus 2022 in Athens, Greece

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Mnky Bizz Group presenting the TRAVELLING SWEATSHOP CIRCUS at  Platforms Projects 2022 in Athens, Greece

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Sample Sale at Platforms Project 2022 in Athens, Greece

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“Living Dangerously” produced by Mnky Bizz Group

Video: Michaela Strumberger

Music: Aziza Sadikova

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Platforms Project 2021 - Independent Art Fair will be presented from October 21st– 24th 2021 at the "Nikos Kessanlis" exhibition space at the School of Fine Arts (256 Piraeus Street, 182 35, Agios Ioannis Rentis), with a rich and multifaceted program of speeches, videos and performances by the participating groups. Opening: Thursday 21th of October 2021 at 16.00 - 22.30 Duration of the Exhibition: Thursday 22nd of October 2021 until Sunday 24th of October 2021 Opening hours: Friday until Sunday 24th of October, 12.00 – 21.00 FREE ENTRANCE

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Athens 2021 Platforms Project

Releasing our collaboration with composer Aziza Sadikova & artist Michaela Strumberger.

Can be viewed online at Platforms Project from 27 May to 10 June 2021.

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Living Dangerously

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