Delilah Montoya

Delilah Montoya
Born (1955-12-10) December 10, 1955
Fort Worth, TX
Nationality American
Alma mater University of New Mexico
Known for Photography, mixed-media installations
Style documentary
Movement Chicana
Website www.delilahmontoya.com

Delilah Montoya is a contemporary artist and educator who was born in Fort Worth, Texas and was raised in Omaha, Nebraska. She earned her BA, MA and MFA from the University of New Mexico. Her art is noted for its exploration of Chicana identity and for innovative printmaking and photographic processes.[1] Montoya divides her time between Albuquerque and Houston. She taught at the University of New Mexico, Institute of American Indian Arts and California State University[2] before accepting her current position at the University of Houston.

Art

Montoya's work from the 1990s is noted for its exploration of spirituality through the use of Catholic iconography and Mesoamerican folklore images such as the Sacred Heart, Virgin of Guadalupe, and Doña Sebastiana.[3] More recent works have explored migration across the US-Mexico border.[4]

Notable group exhibitions include Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation, From the West :Chicano Narrative Photography, Arte Latino: Treasures from the Smithsonian American Art Museum and Common Ground: Discovering Community in 150 Years of Art.[5]

Public Collections

References

  1. Ressler, Susan R. (2003). Women Artists of the American West. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland & Co. p. 325. ISBN 078641054X.
  2. Farris, Phoebe (1999). Women Artists of Color : A Bio-Critical Sourcebook to 20th Century Artists in the Americas. Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press. p. 189. ISBN 0313303746.
  3. Cortez, Constance (2007). "History/Whose-Story? Post-coloniality and contemporary Chicana Art". Chicana/Latina Studies 6 (2): 22–54. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  4. Rinaldi, Ray Mark. "Denver's Museo de las Americas giving voice to immigration activists". Denver Post. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  5. Gonzales, Rita; Fox, Howard N.; Noriega, Chon A. (2008). Phantom Sightings : Art After the Chicano Movement. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. p. 175. ISBN 9780520255630.
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