About Marilyn Montúfar

Marilyn Montúfar is a multidisciplinary artist, photographer, and educator with over ten years of research, production, teaching, and exhibition experience locally, nationally, and internationally. Her work amplifies stories about underrepresented communities through the arts– youth, migrants, women, BIPOC, and LGBTQ+ communities. 

She received a BFA in photography from the School of Visual Arts, NY and an MFA in Fine Arts from California College of the Arts, CA. She obtained a background in ethnic studies from the San Francisco State University, CA. Her work has been the subject of solo exhibitions at Feria Internacional De La Lectura Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico (2022), Strange Paradise Gallery (2021), Centro de Investigaciones Artísticas Gerónimo Baqueiro Fóster, Mérida, Mexico (2019), Gallery 4Culture, Seattle (2018) among others, and has been included in numerous group exhibitions. 

Montúfar has been an artist in residence at Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA, Chautauqua School of Art, Chautauqua, NY, Centrum, Port Townsend, Washington, the Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont; and Primal Studio, Mexico City where she created the photography youth project Beyond Borders/ Más allá de las fronteras– a visual collaboration and international exchange program between Mexico and the United States. The project was featured at the Northern Vermont University’s Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, FotoMéxico Festival, and the Tamayo Art Museum’s Education Center in Mexico City in 2019. Montúfar is a Mexican American dual citizen.