Emmanuel C. Montoya
"As an artist the relief print is my passion. It is not just one impression - like a single painting or drawing. Printmaking is many impressions, thus allowing a multitude of participants to engage in a cultural tradition. As a master printmaker, I cherish this creative process the most - it is my contribution to society and it is my vision to carry forward this age-old tradition to meet the print technologies of 21st Century." ~ Emmanuel Montoya
Emmanuel Catarino Montoya is a descendant of Lipan Apache and Mexican heritage and was born in the small south coastal town of Corpus Christi, Texas. Emmanuel is an enrolled member of the Lipan Apache Band of Texas. For over forty-four years Emmanuel has been a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area where he attended high school and went on to college to earn a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking in San Francisco State University.
At it's core, Emmanuel's style is a collage of many influences: from the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 70s to the master printmakers and muralists of contemporary Mexico and Latin America, and the contemporary art movement in North America during the 1930s and 40s. When he was a young artist growing up in San Francisco, Bill Graham's 60's rock concert posters - with their splashing, colorful imagery and flowing text that represented the era and music of the time, had a strong creative affect on him. To this day, this elemental style continues to resurface in his work. Emmanuel's specific passion as an artist is for printmaking, which has a rich history and artistic tradition that goes back some 100 years - from the printmakers of Latin America and the United States.
Emmanuel has taught printmaking, mural painting and drawing in diverse venues that range from community-based organizations to university classrooms. Emmanuel's collections and commissions include: The Alameda County Art Commission; Standford University Library Collections; Museo Estudio de Diego Rivera in Mexico; Mexican Fine Arts Center in Chicago, IL; "Quetzalcoatl: Deity of Knowledge and Culture" public artwork located in the Mission Branch Library, San Francisco, CA; the "Casablanca Room" murals in the College of Creative Arts in San Francisco State University; and wood-sculpted shore birds as part of the mural "Santuario," a work of public art at the San Francisco International Airport.
"As an artist the relief print is my passion. It is not just one impression - like a single painting or drawing. Printmaking is many impressions, thus allowing a multitude of participants to engage in a cultural tradition. As a master printmaker, I cherish this creative process the most - it is my contribution to society and it is my vision to carry forward this age-old tradition to meet the print technologies of 21st Century."
"As an artist the relief print is my passion. It is not just one impression - like a single painting or drawing. Printmaking is many impressions, thus allowing a multitude of participants to engage in a cultural tradition. As a master printmaker, I cherish this creative process the most - it is my contribution to society and it is my vision to carry forward this age-old tradition to meet the print technologies of 21st Century." ~ Emmanuel Montoya
Emmanuel Catarino Montoya is a descendant of Lipan Apache and Mexican heritage and was born in the small south coastal town of Corpus Christi, Texas. Emmanuel is an enrolled member of the Lipan Apache Band of Texas. For over forty-four years Emmanuel has been a resident of the San Francisco Bay Area where he attended high school and went on to college to earn a Bachelor of Arts and Master of Fine Arts degree in printmaking in San Francisco State University.
At it's core, Emmanuel's style is a collage of many influences: from the Chicano Movement of the late 1960s and 70s to the master printmakers and muralists of contemporary Mexico and Latin America, and the contemporary art movement in North America during the 1930s and 40s. When he was a young artist growing up in San Francisco, Bill Graham's 60's rock concert posters - with their splashing, colorful imagery and flowing text that represented the era and music of the time, had a strong creative affect on him. To this day, this elemental style continues to resurface in his work. Emmanuel's specific passion as an artist is for printmaking, which has a rich history and artistic tradition that goes back some 100 years - from the printmakers of Latin America and the United States.
Emmanuel has taught printmaking, mural painting and drawing in diverse venues that range from community-based organizations to university classrooms. Emmanuel's collections and commissions include: The Alameda County Art Commission; Standford University Library Collections; Museo Estudio de Diego Rivera in Mexico; Mexican Fine Arts Center in Chicago, IL; "Quetzalcoatl: Deity of Knowledge and Culture" public artwork located in the Mission Branch Library, San Francisco, CA; the "Casablanca Room" murals in the College of Creative Arts in San Francisco State University; and wood-sculpted shore birds as part of the mural "Santuario," a work of public art at the San Francisco International Airport.
"As an artist the relief print is my passion. It is not just one impression - like a single painting or drawing. Printmaking is many impressions, thus allowing a multitude of participants to engage in a cultural tradition. As a master printmaker, I cherish this creative process the most - it is my contribution to society and it is my vision to carry forward this age-old tradition to meet the print technologies of 21st Century."
Montoya's Artworks
