Star Montana (b. 1987) is a Los Angeles based photographer. Her work has been shown in museums and galleries such as the Vincent Price Art Museum, The Main Museum, ArtCenter, internationally in Brazil, Ecuador, and Mexico, and in the L.A. Metro Vermont/Beverly station from 2014-2016. She has also been featured in articles in Aperture and Hyperallergic.
Table of Contents
- 1 Early life
- 2 Career
- 2.1 Montana Star Quilts
- 2.2 Montana Silversmiths Star Concho Classic Antiqued Attitude Belt Buckle
- 2.3 Hannah Montana - Pop Star Profile
- 2.4 You Don't Have to Be a Star: Inspirational Romantic Suspense (Montana Fire book 9)
- 2.5 College Flags & Banners Co. Montana Grizzlies Stars and Stripes Nation Flag
- 2.6 Rock Star (From “Hannah Montana 2”)
- 2.7 Stars Over Montana: A Centennial Celebration Of The Men Who Shaped Glacier National Park
- 2.8 Montana Silversmiths Men's Classic Impressions Two-Tone Lone Star Attitude Buckle
- 2.9 Hannah Montana 2 Secret Star Stickers
- 2.10 Hannah Montana 2: Rock Star Edition
Early life
Montana grew occurring in the predominantly Mexican American Boyle Heights neighborhood of East Los Angeles. She describes her teenage self as a “street kid” who found photography taking into consideration one of her contacts showed Montana some photographs she took for a class at East Los Angeles College, and Montana realized she could pursue photography as an art form.
Career
Montana is known for her photographs which capture her house community of Boyle Heights. Her first solo pretend was Tear Drops and Three Dots at the Vincent Price Art Museum in 2016. The action used candid photographs to chronicle a personal and community narrative of loss and redemption in the wake of her mother’s struggle similar to narcotics, her illness, and the aftermath of her death from complications partnered to Hepatitis C in 2010. “Star Montana: I Dream of Los Angeles” at The Main Museum in 2017 captured Boyle Heights residents in meditative moments. The show included extensive, personal narratives next to her photographs, allowing her subjects to adequately explore and portion the complexities of their lives.
Her art bridges what she perceives as a gap in the art world. As she told Surface in 2017, “I think a lot of art is inaccessible to regular people,” she says. “They don’t feel worthy of it. I experienced that a lot.”
Montana cites Joseph Rodriguez, who she first literary of as a juvenile through a Google search of “East L.A. Photographer,” as an inspiration and a mentor.
Last update 2021-08-06