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education

florida international university; miami, fl 
bachelor of fine arts,1996
photography; art history minor
magna cum laude

 

exhibitions

2007
stencils; new england school of art and design; boston, ma

2006
studios@35: artists at the boston center for the arts; mills gallery; boston, ma

2005
you are my secret; clifford•smith gallery; boston, ma 

2004
e(VENT); 535 gallery; boston, ma

2003
envisioning information; oni gallery; boston, ma
home is where the art is; abstraction made elementary benefit; boston, ma 

2002
restroom: privacy & consciousness; mills gallery, bca; boston, ma 
desire; dynamite gallery; grand rapids, mi
brew ica; urban institute of contemporary art; grand rapids, mi 
and so it went: ephemeral art; newtown center for the arts; pasadena, ca 
all in a day's work; clifford•smith gallery; boston, ma
crush: obsession, desire and idolatry; bernard toale gallery; boston, ma 

2001
17th drawing show; mills gallery, bca; boston, ma 
mfa thesis exhibition; aidekman arts center, tufts university; medford, ma 
trade two: flat files; lfl gallery; new york, ny
inner terrains; yamawaki gallery; newton, ma

2000
vid•e•o 2000; grossman gallery, museum of fine arts; boston, ma  
master of fine arts exhibition; school of the museum of fine arts; boston, ma  
photography annual exhibition; school of the museum of fine arts; boston, ma 
queer visions; see gallery, smfa; boston, ma

1999
mfa juried show; grossman gallery, museum of fine arts; boston, ma 

1998
jcc annual juried exhibition; miramar, fl

1997
emerging artist competition; photoworks gallery; coral gables, fl 
bfa thesis show; the art museum, florida international university; miami, fl 

 

professional
experience

photography adjunct professor
art institute of boston at lesley university, cambridge, ma 
2004 -

assistant to installation artist maurizio cannavacciuolo 
isabella stewart gardner museum artist-in-residence program, boston, ma 
spring 2004

installation assistant
mills gallery, bca, boston, ma
2003 - 2004

teaching assistant
harvard university extension school, cambridge, ma
winter 2000

graduate teaching assistant, photography department
school of the museum of fine arts, boston, ma
1999-2000 and 2000-2001 academic years

internship
bass museum of art, miami beach, fl
spring/summer 1994

 

awards &
scholarships

2005 funded resident for 2005-06 residencies (alternate); sculpturespace; utica, ny 
2003 archie d. and bertha h. walker foundation fellowship; fine arts work center; provincetown, ma 
2001 yousuf karsh photography award; school of the museum of fine arts; boston, ma 
1999 portfolio scholarship; school of the museum of fine arts; boston, ma 
1998 portfolio scholarship; school of the museum of fine arts; boston, ma 

 

publications
& reviews

corso, john; coatrooms, bathrooms, backrooms....and the great disappearing act;
octopus journal, UC Irvine press; fall 2005

holland, christian; studios@35 at the BCA; big, red & shiny; january 2007; issue#55
aishman, steve; you are my secret; big, red & shiny; june 2005; issue#24
mcquaid, cate; information; boston globe; february 7, 2003
hill, shawn; rest room: privacy and consciousness; artsmedia; winter 2002
sherman, mary; rest room; boston herald; december 8, 2002
temin, christine; royal flush; boston globe; december 4, 2002
maclaughlin, nina; royal flush; the phoenix; november 15, 2002
hill, shawn; icons of desire; bay windows; february 14, 2002
mcquaid, cate; in a crush groove; boston globe; february 9, 2002
ferraro, marci; but is it art?; tufts daily; april 1, 2001

annual photography competition; photo review magazine; 1997

 

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statement

i produce work in order to offset what i consume.
the ideas for my art-making come from the personal.
i examine what is part of my daily landscape: common language, popular opinion, and the collective subconscious.
my method is to collect, synthesize and present visual information.
i target issues that surround the body such as gender, race, identity, aging and mortality. i choose signifiers that reference rather than represent so as attempt to avoid externalized stereotyping.
my goal is to better understand my internalized biases and our common beliefs through creative means.

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bio

lazaro montano was born and raised in miami, florida.
in 1996 he received his bfa in photography with a minor in art history
from florida international university.
in 2001 he received an mfa from the school of the museum of fine arts, boston affiliated with tufts university.
he currently lives and works in boston and is questioning the use of capital letters.

 

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