Art and ethnic politics
(November 2006)
Related news
- "Students, Community Explore Capital Punishment at UC Davis," UC Davis News Service, 3.27.06
Web sites and videos
- Malaquias Montoya's Web site
- "Montoya," NewsWatch, 1.10.05 (Real One video)
- "Montoya II," NewsWatch, 1.10.05 (Real One video)
Profile
Malaquias Montoya, professor of Chicana/o studies and art and art history
Montoya believes that art serves the purpose of challenging people to rethink their understandings of the world. A member of the UC Davis faculty since 1989, he has also been a visiting professor at the University of Notre Dame, a professor in ethnic studies and printmaking at the California College of Arts in Oakland, and a lecturer in UC Berkeley's Department of Ethnic Studies.
His last big project was an exhibit against the death penalty that was shown in nine cities, from Chicago to Los Angeles. Thanks to Montoya and his students, schools throughout the Sacramento area sport murals that depict the culture, history and individuality of those student communities.
Montoya has received many honors, including the 1997 Adaline Kent Award from the San Francisco Art Institute, and the Art as a Hammer Honoree from the Center for the Study of Political Graphics in Los Angeles.
He is currently working on a series of paintings and prints on the disruption of people and their cultures through corporate globalization. This series also deals with the effect of war and torture.
Contact: Malaquias Montoya, Chicana/o Studies, (530) 752-4059, mmontoya@ucdavis.edu