Monique S. Desto (she/they) studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg from 2015 - 2021. Ranging from analogue to the digital in many different disciplines, Desto's works digest their contextual origin, their chosen form and their future. They hibernate in transport boxes and data carriers, stretch and roll through exhibition spaces or form their successors through their sale. Desto is a member of the artist collectives "Galerie Duglas" and "phantom step" and was awarded the Bavarian Kunstförderpreis in the visual arts category in 2022.