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Ivan Montoya

Painter, illustrator, muralist. Has par­tic­i­pated in the Murals in the Market proj­ect at Eastern Mar­ket in Detroit. Born in Mexico, raised in De­troit, his work often has a sur­re­al element. Kresge Fellow in the Visual Arts 2025.

Liam Eagan down the ladder at Playground Detroit for the opening reception for Ivan's art exhibit there.

Ivan at his opening at Playground Detroit. Photo by Alonso del Arte.

Upcoming exhibitions

• Hilos de Identidad at the Wayne State University Elaine L. Jacob Gallery. Slated to open September 18, with a reception from 5:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m., and run to December 12.

Plus various other plans.

Past exhibitions

I didn't start keeping track until 2022.

• Neon Beige, artist in residence show with Joey Salamon at Art Club in Newlab, Detroit. August 2 — 30, 2025.
• Semillas at Playground Detroit. October 22, 2022 — November 19, 2022.
• Alegoría at KO Studio Gallery. July 10, 2021 — ??? ??, 2021?
• ...a few more...

External links

• Official website
• Instagram page
• Murals in the Market profile page

News

• Tristen Kendrick, "Mar­quette’s Hurley Park gets new paint job by Detroit art­ists", Up­per Michigan Source, Sep­tem­ber 9, 2022. "The Mar­quette City Com­mis­sion sent out in­vi­ta­tions to artists to paint Hurley Park’s basket ball court and rims. For this project, two De­troit-based artists Ivan Mon­to­ya and Joey Sa­la­mon were se­lect­ed. There were 42 ap­pli­cants."

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