• Steven Montinar is a cross-industry Creative Producer and Artist. Through visual storytelling, artful community building, and the reimaginiation of cultural signifiers, Montinar develops and supports a range of productions and marketing strategies based in fine art, performance, and luxury from experiential activation to moving image.

  • "Artifacts of a Subculture" refers to the elements that symbolize the unique identity, values, practices, and expressions of a distinct subgroup within a larger culture. These artifacts encompass a wide range of cultural markers such as fashion, music, language, icons, and beliefs that distinguish the subculture from the mainstream. However, culture is not limited to just collective identities; it can also be further narrowed down to an individual level. Each individual contributes their own interpretations, experiences, and expressions, thus shaping and reshaping the cultural landscape.*

  • EDUCATION

    2021 Bachelor of Fine Art, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania

    FELLOWSHIPS

    2024 SoHo House x Creative Futures Collective Mentorship Program, New York, NY

    EXHIBITIONS

    2024 The Garden, Jade x Respective Collective, New York, NY

    2024 Soul Meets Body, NOT REAL ART, Los Angeles, CA

    2024 #ArtOnLink, 2000+ LinkNYC Screens, New York, NY

    2023 Homecoming: Artists Working at Sotheby’s, Sotheby’s, New York, NY

    2023 Artists and Auteurs: Video Art Club, SoHo House, West Hollywood, CA

    2023 Embodied Knowledge, Ely Center of Contemporary Art, New Haven, CT 

    2022 Welcome to the Afrofuture: The Matrix of Creativity – Where the River Meets the Sea, New Orleans African American Museum, New Orleans, LA

    2021 Ask: Our Diverse World, TsingHua ICADE, Beijing, China 

    2021 Desychronized, Miller ICA, Pittsburgh, PA

    2021 Afro[Futurisms], Header/Footer Gallery, New Media Caucus, Santa Cruz, CA

    2021 Empty Space Shakespeare, Pittsburgh Public Theatre, Pittsburgh, PA

    2021 Let 'Em Know We Watchin', Center for Afrofuturist Studies, Iowa City, IA

    2021 202021: A New Constellation, 707 Penn Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

    2021 Roots Run Deep: A Contemporary Survey of African American Hair Culture, Brew House Association, Pittsburgh, PA

    2020 Quaranzine, Intermedia Programs at the University of Maine, Orono, ME

    2020 Museum of Dead Words, Online Series. New York City, NY

    2020 Breathing While Black, Augusta Savage Gallery, Amherst, MA

    2020 Channel, Children’s Museum of Pittsburgh – MuseumLab, Pittsburgh, PA

    2019 Ropa Dope, Late Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, PA

    COLLECTIONS

    2021 Montinar, Steven. “Black Ox Constitution” New York Public Library, Schwarzman Building - Print Collection Room 308, New York, New York 

    2021 Montinar, Steven. “Quaranzine #99” Quaranzine: Full Set of 100, Prelinger Library, San Francisco, California

    2021 Montinar, Steven. “Quaranzine #99” Quaranzine: Full Set of 100, Emory University, Atlanta, Georgia

    2021 Montinar, Steven. “Quaranzine #99” Quaranzine: Full Set of 100, Thomas J. Watson Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, New York

    2021 Montinar, Steven. “Quaranzine #99” Quaranzine: Full Set of 100, MOMA Archives and Library, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

    2021 Montinar, Steven. “Koupe Tet, Boule Kay.” Deanna Evans Project: Flat File, 2020.

    2020 Montinar, Steven. “Koupe Tet, Boule Kay.” Frances Mulhall Achilles Library Whitney Museum of American Art, New York, NY

    PUBLICATIONS

    2024 Montinar, Steven. Gunz N Butter featured in BREAD by Cash App. Cash App, 2024.

    2021 Montinar, Steven. Entry Holes and Exit Wounds featured in Code as Creative Medium by Tega Brain and Golan Levin. MIT Press, 2020.

    2020 Montinar, Steven. Basic Instructions Before Leaving Earth [B.I.B.L.E]. Printed Matter, Inc., 2020.

    2020 Montinar, Steven. Black Ox Constitution. Printed Matter, Inc., 2020.

    2020 Montinar, Steven. A Printed Space for Creative Work Produced During the COVID-19 Pandemic. 99th ed., Public Collectors

    2020 Montinar, Steven. “Koupe Tet, Boule Kay.” Printed Matter, Inc., 2020.

    PRODUCTIONS

    2024 Tiffany & Co. - Culture of Creativity

    2023 K2 - Montblanc: The Library Spirit

    2023 The Gates Preserve - Hip Hop 50 Summit

    2022 NBCUniversal - Law & Order Season 22, Ep. 3 - 5

    2022 Jigsaw Productions x Reel Works - Black Seeds Can Continue to Grow

    2022 Netflix - The Perfect Find

    2021 Paramount Picture Corporation - Smile

    FESTIVALS

    2023 American Black Film Festival, The Perfect Find, Miami Beach, FL

    2023 Tribeca Film Festival, The Perfect Find, New York, NY

    2021 Bijou Film Festival, presented by Kweli TV. Berlin, Germany; Oakland, CA, and New York, NY

    2019 Wats:on NOW Festival, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA

    WORKSHOPS

    2024 Introduction to Entrepreneurship, Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY

    2021 Youth Arts Council, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, PA

    SELECT PRESS

    2023 VoyageLA, Inspiring Conversations with Quintin Blumka of Blumka Contemporary, 10 July, 2023

    2021 Cool Hunting, Roots Run Deep: A Survey of Contemporary Black Hair Culture at Pittsburgh’s Brew House Association Gallery, 22 January, 2021

    2020 VICE: GARAGE, An Incomplete History of the Whitney’s Curatorial Fumblings, 28 August, 2020.

    2020 Dazed, Whitney Museum Cancels Exhibition After Claims It Exploited Black Artists, 26 August, 2020 

    2020 Hyperallergic, Whitney Museum Cancels Show After Artists Denounce Acquisition Process, Citing Exploitation, 25 August, 2020.

    PAST GALLERY / DEALER AFFILIATIONS

    2023 Blumka Contemporary, New York, NY

    2022 ArtPic, Los Angeles, CA

    2022 Art For Film, Brooklyn, NY

    AWARDS

    2024 NYFA x Rauschenberg Medical Emergency Grants Program

    2021 The Frank-Ratchye Studio for Creative Inquiry Microgrant 

    2020 Awesome Foundation Grant 

    2019 Advancing Black Arts in Pittsburgh Artist Grant, The Pittsburgh Foundation

    2019 The Frank-Ratchye Studio for Creative Inquiry Microgrant

  • ART PIC

    BLACK LOVE

    BLUMKA CONTEMPORARY

    BUSHWICK GRAND

    CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY

    CASH APP

    CBS

    CHILDREN’S MUSEUM OF PITTSBURGH

    CONDÉ NAST COLLEGE OF FASHION AND DESIGN

    CONFLUENTIAL FILMS

    CREATIVE FUTURES COLLECTIVE

    FASHION INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY

    THE GATES PRESERVE

    JIGSAW PRODUCTIONS

    K2

    LOS ANGELES MTA

    LINKNYC

    MONTBLANC

    THE METROPOLITAN MUSEUM OF ART

    MUSEUM OF MODERN ART

    NBC UNIVERSAL

    PARAMOUNT PICTURES

    PIANOS. NYC

    PRINTED MATTER

    QUEENS PUBLIC LIBRARY

    SCHOLASTIC

    SILENCIO NYC

    SOHO HOUSE

    SOTHEBY’S

    TIFFANY & CO.

    TRIBECA FILM FESTIVAL

    UNLISTED

    VOICES IN CONTEMPORARY ART

    WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART