title: Geri Montano
text: # Geri Montano
  
  Geri Montano, otherwise known as Geralyn Marie Montano, is a contemporary Native 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)
  