Monique Mitchell (b. 1992) is an interdisciplinary artist whose work explores Black temporality, cosmology, and collective memory.

Monique was the lead writer and story editor of If I Awaken in Los Angeles, which was produced in partnership with the LA Phil and premiered at The Ford in 2025. The show fuses poetry, music, dance, and archival video to tell the story of Los Angeles. In 2024, her poetry was commissioned by the City of Los Angeles as part of the Cultural Olympiad for the 2024/2028 Olympics. 

Monique’s work has been commissioned for global campaigns with Puma, Lexus, and Fox, as well as social justice movements like March for Our Lives and Into Action, an artivist festival. Her poems have reached over four million viewers online, moving the needle on policy efforts, including California Senate Bill 933, which secured $50 million for arts education.

Her writing has been featured in The New York Times and A24’s companion book for Everything Everywhere All At Once. She has taught and performed at major institutions including: The Getty, The Hammer Museum, MOCA, LACMA, and more.

Monique studied Cinema Studies & Creative Writing at Manhattanville College.