MARILYN MONTÚFAR CV
EDUCATION
2025 MFA Fine Arts, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2024 Graduate Certificate, Ethnic Studies, San Francisco State University, San Francisco, CA
2009 BFA Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
2006 Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
2003-2007 East Los Angeles College, Monterey Park, CA
STUDY ABROAD
2009 La Biennale di Venezia Photography Workshop, School of Visual Arts, Venice, Italy
2008 Photography Exchange Program, Academia de Artes Visuales, Mexico City, Mexico
CONTINUING EDUCATION PROGRAMS
2025 Ox-Bow School of Art, Saugatuck, MI
2024 Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
2024 CODEX Foundation, Berkeley, CA
2023 Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2018/2022 UrbanGlass, New York, NY
2020 Penumbra Foundation, New York City, NY
2013/2017/2019 Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2018-2019 International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2014/2018 Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2018 UrbanGlass, New York, NY
2006-2007 Getty Center Photography College Outreach Program, Los Angeles, CA
RESIDENCIES
2026 Kala Artist-in-Residence, San Francisco, CA
2022 Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA
2021 Chautauqua Visual Arts Residency, Chautauqua, New York
2018 Centrum – Emerging Artist Residency, Port Townsend, Washington
2017 Vermont Studio Center – Photography Teaching Fellowship, Johnson, Vermont
2017 Primal Studio – Photography Residency, Mexico City, Mexico
2016 Vermont Studio Center – Photography Residency, Johnson, Vermont
PUBLIC ART
2021-2022 Boren Banner Series, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2019 Bellwether Arts Festival, City of Bellevue, Bellevue, WA
2017 City Panorama Photomural, King County and Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2021 Women: Entre Conversaciones, Strange Paradise, Portland, OR
2019 El Cine-Movimiento, Centro de Investigaciones Artísticas Gerónimo Baqueiro Fóster, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
2018 Transcending Identity, Burien Center Gallery, Burien, WA
2018 Transcending Identity, Gallery4Culture, Seattle, WA
2017 Capturing Community, Make.Shift Gallery, Bellingham, WA
2016 Capturing Community, Feast Arts Center, Tacoma, WA
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Graduate Fine Arts MFA Thesis Exhibition, The Wattis /Novack Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2024
Video Arts, Film SF and SFO Museum, San Francisco, CA
Photo Center Northwest Art and Book Fair, Seattle, WA
Caminos Por Andar, University of Northern Colorado Gallery, Greeley, CO
Recuerdos Del Alma, Plaza de la Raza, Los Angeles, CA
Altar/Alter, San Pablo Pop-Up Show, Oakland, CA
Members Show, Harvey Milk Photo Center, San Francisco CA
Fool’s Gold, ICA SF, San Francisco, CA
El Zodíaco Familiar, Philadelphia International Airport, Philadelphia, PA
2023
El Zodíaco Familiar, Philadelphia’s Magic Gardens, Philadelphia, PA
BIMA Spotlight, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge, WA
2022
South Central Film Festival, Los Angeles, CA
Howl, Seattle, WA
Migrant Youth / Chicana Perspectives: Living in Multiple Spaces Outside Inn Gallery, La Conner, WA
Soy Seattle, Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA
2021
El Zodíaco Familiar with George Rodriguez, Whatcom Museum, Bellingham, WA
En Comunidad, Latinx Photography Now (Ahora), The Clemente Center, New York, New York
Breathe, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
Crowd Within, Jacob Lawrence Gallery, Seattle, WA
2020
Super 8 Film Festival, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
Dia de Los Muertos, Fulgencio Lazo Studio, Seattle, WA
Members Exhibition, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Female in Focus, Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Photography, Nepantla Cultural Arts Gallery, Seattle, WA
2019
35x35 Self & Identity, Consulate General of Mexico, Los Angeles, CA
Edwin T. Pratt’s Legacy, Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, WA
Members Exhibition, Philadelphia Photo Arts Center, Philadelphia, PA
CENTER the Big Reveal, El Museo Cultural de Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM
Envisioning a Brighter Future, City of Seattle Gallery, Seattle, WA
22nd Juried Exhibition, The Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Contemporary Portraiture, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2018
Cit.i.zen.ship: reflections on rights, NYU Tisch Gallery, New York, NY
Echos of Aztlan & Beyond: Mexican American and Chicana/o Roots in the NW, Seattle, WA
Latinidad in focus: Sin fronteras, Annenberg Beach House, Santa Monica, CA
El Mundo Zurdo, Galeria Eva, San Antonio, TX
Pacific Northwest Photography Viewing Drawers, Blue Sky Gallery, Portland, OR
Month of Photography Los Angeles Group Show, MOPLA, Los Angeles, CA
1st Members Exhibition, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
Call and Response: Art as Resistance, Strange Fire Collective, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2017
Our Daily Armor, Virago Gallery, Seattle, WA
Mexican Artists in the Pacific Northwest, Sand Point Arts & Cultural Exchange, Seattle, WA
Schools Out Forever, Legato Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Women in Photography, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
Art and Immigration, Spaceworks Gallery, Tacoma, WA
Unique Voices, Love City Love, Seattle, WA
Call and Response: Art as Resistance, Strange Fire Collective, Denver, CO
Courage, Identity and Imagination, Jean Deleage Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Viva La Muxer, Plaza de La Raza, Los Angeles, CA
2016
Softscapes, Common AREA, Seattle, WA
Artist Trust Exhibition, V2 Art Space, Seattle, WA
Femininity to the Second Power, Jean Deleage Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
American Road Trip, Site Gallery: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY
2015
Long Shot, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
Group Staff Show, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2014
Inner Portraits, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
2013
First Light Inaugural Exhibition, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
2012
Occupy M.I.A, Mariane Ibrahim Gallery (M.I.A. Gallery), Seattle, WA
2011
Emergence, Bluebird Art House, Whittier, CA
2010
Arcade and the Noun, Arcade Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Group Exhibition, Drkrm Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
2009
Mentors, Visual Art Gallery, New York, NY
CURATORIAL EXPERIENCE
2021 Co-Curator, En Comunidad, Latinx Photography Now (Ahora), The Clemente Center, New York, New York
2019 Co-Curator, Beyond Borders/Más allá de las fronteras, Tamayo Art Museum’s Education Center, Mexico City, MX; Featured in Red Fotoméxico Festival
2019 Co-Curator, Beyond Borders/Más allá de las fronteras, Julian Scott Memorial Gallery, Northern Vermont University, Hyde Park, VT
2018 Co-Curator, Latinidad in Focus: Sin fronteras, Annenberg Beach House, Santa Monica, CA
AWARDS & FELLOWSHIPS
2024 Textile Scholarship, Textile Center, Minneapolis, MN
2024 Letterpress Scholarship, The CODEX Foundation, Berkeley, CA
2023-2025 Chair Award, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2023-2025 Graduate Chair Award, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2023-2025 MFAM Scholarship, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2022-2023 AAUW Career Development Grant, Washington, DC
2023 Art Scholarship, Center for Book Arts, New York, NY
2022 UrbanGlass Scholarship, New York, NY
2021 Worldstudio Scholarship, AIGA, Washington, D.C.
2021 Individual Artist Grant, 4Culture, Seattle, WA
2020 Neddy Award Finalist, Neddy at Cornish Award, Seattle, WA
2020 Betty Bowen Award Finalist, Seattle Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2020 United States Artists Fellowship Nomination, United States Artists, Chicago, IL
2020 Foundation for Contemporary Arts Grant, New York, NY
2020 Super 8 Film Artist Nomination, Echo Park Film Center, Los Angeles, CA
2018-2019 Edwin T. Pratt Scholarship, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2018 Glass Scholarship, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
2018 Names Family Foundation Scholarship, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2018 Jurors Honorable Mention-Brian Paul Clamp, The Center for Fine Art Photography, Fort Collins, CO
2017 Teaching & Artist-in-Residency Fellowship, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
2016 Grant LAB Recipient, Artists Up, Seattle, WA
2016 Museum Education Fellowship, American Alliance of Museums, Washington, D.C.
2016 Artist Grant Recipient, Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, VT
2015 RPF Grant Recipient, The New Foundation Seattle, WA
2015 Gap Grant Recipient, Artist Trust, Seattle, WA
2015 NEXTGEN NOW Arts Leadership Residency, Museum Leadership Institute, Claremont, CA
2009 La Biennale di Venezia Workshop Award, School of Visual Arts, Venice, Italy
2009 Graduation Award: Outstanding Photography, School of Visual Arts, New York, NY
WORKSHOPS & PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT
2015-2021 Creative Entrepreneur Workshops, Ventures Non-Profit, Seattle, WA
2021 Review Santa Fe Photo Symposium, CENTER, Santa Fe, NM
2018-2019 Edwin T. Pratt Scholarship Awardee, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
2019-2020 Career Development Program – Taller profesional para artistas, Creative Capital, New York, NY
2018 NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Boot Camp, New York Foundation for the Arts, Lake Placid, NY
2017 Foundry Photojournalism, Mexico City, MX
2017 Future Arts Forward (Art & Activism), Center for Cultural Innovation, San Jose, CA
2015 Next Gen Now, Getty Leadership Institute, Claremont Graduate University, Claremont, CA
PRESENTATIONS
2023-2024 Artist Lecture, Textile Department, California College of the Arts, San Francisco, CA
2022 Artist Lecture, Yale School of Art, New Haven, Connecticut
2021 Journey for Justice: Conversation with Artists from Breathe, Bainbridge Island, WA
2021 Artist Lecture, Breathe, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge Island, WA
2021 Panel Discussion, The Mixer: Strategic Business Planning for Creatives, City of Seattle's Office of Film + Music, Seattle, WA
2020 Artist Lecture, Boren Banner Series, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2020 Artist Lecture, Taller profesional para artistas, Creative Capital, New York, NY
2019 Más allá de las fronteras, Artist Lecture, Tamayo Art Museum’s Education Center, Mexico City, Mexico
2019 Artist Lecture, Edwin T. Pratt’s Legacy, Northwest African American Museum, Seattle, WA
2019 Artist Lecture, The National Autonomous University of Mexico, Mexico City, MX
2019 El Cine-Movimiento, Centro de Investigaciones Artísticas Gerónimo Baqueiro Fóster, Mérida, Yucatán, Mexico
2018 Transcending Identity, Artist Lecture, 4Culture Gallery, Seattle, WA
2017 Eye on Artists, Artist Lecture, Bainbridge Island Museum of Art, Bainbridge, WA
2017 IDEAS: MEX+AM=ARTe, Artist Presentation, MEX-AM Northwest Festival, Seattle, WA
2017 Panel Discussion, Seattle Arts Leadership Conference, Seattle University, Seattle, WA
2016 Artist Lecture, Femininity to the Second Power, Casa 0101, Los Angeles, CA
PERMANENT COLLECTIONS
2018 4Culture, King County Public Art Collection, Seattle, WA
TEACHING
2025 Photography Faculty, Cerritos College, Cerritos, CA
2024-2025 Photography Faculty, Harvey Milk Photo Center, San Francisco, CA
2025 Textile Faculty, Mission Arts Center, San Francisco, CCA
2024-2025 Textile Teaching Assistant, California College of the Arts
2023-2025 Redwood City Public Library, San Francisco, CA
2024-2025 Facilitator and Instructor, Art Professional Development for K-12 Teachers, Northwest Art Museum, La Conner, WA
2022-2023 Photo Faculty, Diverse Network of Action, Bard Early College Queens, Long Island City, NY
2015-2021 Teaching Artist and Program Assistant, Gage Academy of Art, Seattle, WA
2021 Reframing Photography: New Tools for Social Activism, Photography Instructor, Photo Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2021 Teaching Artist, Arts Connect, Hilltop Artists, Tacoma, WA
2021 Artist-In-Residence, Migrant Youth, The Creative Advantage at Seattle Public Schools and Youth in Focus, Seattle, WA
2016-2021 Photography Instructor, Youth in Focus, Seattle, WA
2019 Teaching Artist & Project Manager, Beyond Borders/ Más allá de las fronteras: youth photo exchange between Green Mountain Tech Center, Vermont, U.S.A and The National Autonomous University of Mexico, CDMX, MX
2019 Teaching Artist, Art-as-Activism, Coyote Central, Seattle, WA
2018-2019 Teaching Assistant, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
2017 Artist-In-Residence Teaching Fellowship, Green Mountain Tech Center at Vermont Studio Center, Hyde Park, VT
2010-2011 Photography Instructor, Youth Policy Institute, Los Angeles, CA
RELATED EXPERIENCE
2025 Panelist, City Artist Grant, Seattle Office of Arts & Culture , Seattle, WA
2024 Benefit Photography Committee, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2023 Museum Advisory Committee, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2023 Residency Panelist, Jack Straw Cultural Center, Seattle, WA
2023 Exhibition Panelist, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2021 Residency Panelist, UrbanGlass, Brooklyn, NY
2022 Arts Administrator, Ancient Near Eastern Art, The Met Museum, New York, NY
2020 Artist Cohort Community Facilitator, Centrum Artist Residency, Port Townsend, WA (Remote)
2020 Education & Outreach Coordinator Through Positive Eyes Photography, Art & Global Health Center, Los Angeles, CA/Gates Discovery Center, Seattle, WA Partnership (Remote)
2019 Photographer, Facebook Artists in Residence Program, Seattle, WA
2019 Membership Manager, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2019 Audiovisual Coordinator, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2019 Gallery Panelist, 4Culture Gallery, Seattle, WA
2018-2019 Photography Portfolio Panelist, Optic and Depth of Field Conferences, B&H, New York, NY
2018 Residency Panelist, Vermont Studio Center Residency, Johnson Vermont
2018 Market Research Associate, The Met Museum, New York, NY
2017 Visitor Service Associate, J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles, CA
2014- 2016 Arts Administrator, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle, WA
2013-2017 Lead Photographer & Gallery Services Representative, Henry Art Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012-2013 Community Coordinator, Bumbershoot Music & Arts Festival, One Reel, Seattle, WA
2012-2014 Arts Administrator, Pratt Fine Arts Center, Seattle, WA
VOLUNTEER
2020-2021 Photographer & Project Manager for Migrant Youth, Migrant Leaders Club/Underground Writing, Mount Vernon, WA
2019 Teaching Artist & Project Manager, Beyond Borders/Más allá de las fronteras, Hyde Park, VT and Mexico City, MX
2019 Campus Staff & Community Development, Pilchuck Glass School, Stanwood, WA
2018-2019 Teaching Assistant, International Center of Photography, New York, NY
INTERNSHIPS
2009 Teaching Assistant, Bronx River Art Center, Bronx, NY
2007 Photo Archivist, Richard Avedon Foundation, New York, NY
2007 Curatorial Intern, Art Share, J. Paul Getty Museum Multicultural Internship, Los Angeles, CA
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
PRINT MEDIA
Jessica Flores, “What Does it mean to be Latinx”, The Argonaut, Santa Monica, CA, August 1, 2018.
Amanda Manitach, “Summer in Los Angeles”, City Arts Magazine, Seattle, WA, January 29, 2018.
RADIO/TELEVISION
Amanda Donnan, Chief Curator, Virtual Artist Visit, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA, October 18, 2020
Marcie Sillman, Artist Interview, KUOW Radio, Seattle, WA, February 20, 2018.
Mercedes Garcias, Spanish Interview, El Rey 1360am, Seattle, WA, February 01, 2018.
Humberto Terroes Esquievel, Interview, Radio Espacio, Los Angeles, CA, December 16, 2017.