Geri Montano

Geri Montano born in Colorado. She is a multiracial contemporary artist emphasizing her Native American heritage; Dineh (Navajo) from her fathers lineage, French, Spanish and Comanche from her mothers.
Montano has been an artist all her life, although, received her formal art education from the San Francisco Art Institute in 1997, graduating with a BFA in interdisciplinary arts which included drawing, painting and sculpture.
After graduating from SFAI she worked as a sculpture assistant and gave various mixed media art workshops. Montano has a strong interest in working with under-represented members of her community. She enjoys and believes in giving back to community as her part in making the world more whole. She is currently a visual art instructor for developmentally disabled adults.
Her work has been exhibited in many gallery group shows, including Diego Riviera Gallery, Workspace Ltd. Gallery, Michelle O' Connor Gallery, SOMArts Cultural Center and most recently Galeria de la Raza.
Montano has participated in a variety of art practices including political street theater with Praxis Artists where she designed costumes and performed. The group formed in Seattle after the World Trade Organization citizen uprising.
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1994-1997 BFA, San Francisco Art Institute Interdisciplinary Painting & Sculpture San Francisco, CA.