Each chapter will feature a conversation between the most remarkable artists from Latin America and Latinx in the U.S. and our MOLAA Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga. Together we will focus on a series or specific artwork which requires a close inspection, a deliberate process of contemplation, and exploration; delving into the ideas surrounding the creation of the works, their sources of research and inspiration, in an effort to immerse ourselves in the world of the artists.

Join Chapter # 21 of MOLAA Zoom Project, where MOLAA's Chief Curator Gabriela Urtiaga will join renowned Chicana artist Delilah Montoya for a conversation.  

Delilah Montoya (USA). For artist Delilah Montoya, transforming the past is a communal act in which revered symbols and their mystical and spiritual qualities are reborn in photographic representation.  A Chicana artist, Montoya's own personal quest in image-making is the discovery and articulation of Chicano culture, and the icons which elucidate the dense history of New Mexico.  Montoya's is an autobiographical exploration, but one that has far reaching implications for both her community, and the preservation of its unique history.   "As a Chicana artist, my work, interpreted as an alternative to the mainstream, stands as a personal statement that evokes an identity.  I aspire to originate the artist's voice," states Delilah Montoya. 

Her work, however, is more than a personal statement, for it is rooted in and informed by history. She has produced a number of bodies of works from Women Boxers, Contemporary Casta Portraits, Sacred Heart Collotypes and mural sized Guadalupana installation. 

In 2021 Montoya was honored with The USLAF Latinx Artist Fellowship.   Montoya is an Artadia Awardee as well a recipient of the Richard T.  Castro Distinguished Visiting Professorship.  Ms. Montoya's work also resides in the Smithsonian Collections and the LA County Museum of Art.  Several of her pieces were in the monumental traveling exhibit "Chicano Art: Resistance and Affirmation."