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Quick facts for kids Geri Montano
Geri Montano leads an art activity, along with artist and writer Tyler Peyron who also leads a poetry/spoken word workshop
Born	Geralyn Marie Montano
Nationality	American
Alma mater	San Francisco Art Institute

Geri Montano, otherwise known as Geralyn Marie Montano, is a contemporary 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)