Geri Montano
# Geri Montano

Geri Montano, otherwise known as Geralyn Marie Montano, is a contemporary Native American artist who incorporates themes of Native American heritage, feminism, and societal issues into her work.

## Biography

She attended the San Francisco Art Institute, where she graduated with a BFA degree in interdisciplinary arts in 1997. She currently works as an art instructor for Creativity Explored in San Francisco.

## Exhibitions

### Solo

* "Resistance in the Land of Red Apples" at Humboldt State University (November 2018)
* "Traded Moons" at Galeria de la Raza (throughout April 7 - May 12 of 2012)
   * second showing - "FAX" at the San Francisco Arts Commission Gallery (2012)

### Group

* "Cinco y Cinco/Five and Five" at the Mexican Museum (2016)
* "Processing War and Trauma" at the Kearny Street Workshop (San Francisco, CA in 2013)
* "N.D.N. Native Diaspora Now" in the Galeria de la Raza (San Francisco, CA in 2012)
* "Chicana/o Biennial" at the MACLA (San Jose, CA in 2012)
* "PACHANGA" in the Galeria de la Raza (San Francisco, CA in 2011)
* "Doll Sculpture Show" in the Seattle Center (Seattle, WA in 2002)
* "Requiem for Mother" at the San Francisco Arts Institute - Diego Rivera Gallery (San Francisco, CA in 1997)
* "Student Sculpture Show" at the San Francisco Arts Institute - Diego Rivera Gallery (San Francisco, CA in 1996)

## Permanent collections

* A is for Apple; I is NOT for Indian, Crocker Art Museum
* Three Moons and the Fruit of her Womb, Crocker Art Museum
* Moon Dreaming, the Mexican Museum

## Honors and awards

* 'Native American Arts & Cultural Traditions - Creative Capacity' grant (2011)
* 'Native American Arts & Cultural Traditions' grant from the San Francisco Arts Commission (2012)
