Monster Chetwynd’s work spans from painting and performance to sculpture and video. In her performances she uses handmade costumes and props often made from inexpensive and reusable materials. They feature large numbers of performers, including her friends and family, and place an emphasis on collective processes and development marked by improvisation and spontaneity.

Both her performances and installations are re-workings and re-stagings of cultural history and heavily reference her research materials such as vaudeville, elements of folk plays, street spectacles, literature, history, and a vast repository of cinema and television. Chetwynd’s work may be best described as historical and pop-cultural compositions or collages translated into her own distinctive, humorous and energetic style. She says herself: “It’s about energy. Fun gives you energy. When you go out dancing or when someone tells a joke you get naturally energized.”