Maria del Carmen Montoya

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Maria del Carmen Montoya is an American artist working in participatory art, sculpture and new media. Her work is inherently collaborative and collective. In 2009, Montoya became a core member of Ghana Think Tank along with Christopher Robbins and John Ewing. [1] Ghana Think Tank is an international artist collective that "develops the first world" by flipping traditional power dynamics, asking people living in the "third world" to intervene into the lives of the people living in the so-called "developed" world. [1] Montoya is an assistant professor in sculpture and spatial practices at the Corcoran School of Art and Design at George Washington University. [2]

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Early life and education

Maria del Carmen Montoya grew up on the outskirts of Houston, Texas, [3] in a Northside working-class neighborhood.

Her mother, for whom she was named, was born on the Palo Alto ranch in the Sonoran Desert in Mexico. Her mother worked on the U.S.–Mexican border in Ciudad Juárez and El Paso. Soon after marrying Montoya's father, she opened a small import shop. Due to customer demand, she began stocking paraphernalia, and her store soon became a popular head shop. Carmen and her family lived in the back room of the store and she learned all about American rock music and how to talk to strangers helping her mother tend shop. Her mother now runs a small import stand in a Fiesta Mart. [4] Montoya's personal family history of immigration and experience with fringe cultures deeply influences her artistic practice. [3]

Education

Montoya earned a BA from Loyola University Chicago in 1995, where she studied philosophy and women's studies. Her second degree was in nursing in 1999. She received an MFA from the Rhode Island School of Design in 2007. [5]

Career

She is a member of the Ghana ThinkTank. [6]

Awards

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  2. 1 2 3 4 "Maria del Carmen Montoya | Corcoran School of the Arts & Design | The George Washington University". corcoran.gwu.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-21.
  3. 1 2 "What's Your Problem?". The Art Assignment. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  4. ↑ "Counter Current 17 to include more topical projects, given political climate". HoustonChronicle.com. 2017-02-10. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  5. ↑ "Cross-Cultural Think Tank | News | RISD". www.risd.edu. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  6. ↑ "What's Your Problem?". The Art Assignment. Retrieved 2018-11-24.
  7. ↑ "Creative Capital – Investing in Artists who Shape the Future". www.creative-capital.org. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
  8. ↑ "Knight Foundation names 29 winning ideas in 2017 Knight Arts Challenge Detroit – Knight Foundation". Knight Foundation. Retrieved 2018-11-23.
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