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After five semesters of studying Architecture at Arizona State University, Monty Little enlisted in the Marine Corps as a Rifleman in 2004. Within his enlistment, Little was stationed with 2nd Battalion, 5th Marines where he deployed with the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit to various countries in Southeast Asia in 2006, and to Ar Ramadi, Iraq in 2007. Little served as a fireteam leader, overseeing three Marines in a squad, while deployed in Iraq for a little over seven months. In 2008, Little was Honorably Discharged from the Marine Corps.

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Following his service, Little graduated from the Institute of American Indian Arts in Creative Writing and Studio Arts. It was here; he began to feel the urge to translate his thoughts on his experience of war and post-war. Little wrote extensively on his encounters of conflict and commenced an unfolding of his deployments. Much of his writing initiated surreal images; thus, wanting to visually relay those images, Little began to paint and print what he wrote, using each medium as erasure, where unsettling truths reveal personal components and texture is integral, yet disruptive to find his past chaotic.   

EDUCATION

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2023     University of Wisconsin - Madison; Madison, Wisconsin

             MFA: Printmaking

 

2015     Institute of American Indian Arts; Santa Fe, New Mexico

               BFA: Creative Writing in Poetry

               BFA: Studio Arts in Printmaking & Painting

 

FUTURE EXHIBITIONS

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2023.    Atrium Gallery; Edgewood College; Madison, Wisconsin

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             Art + Literature Laboratory; Madison, Wisconsin

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            Connect: Collect Annual Print Exchange; Hulsey Gallery; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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SOLO EXHIBITIIONS

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2023     Premonitions: New Work by Monty Little; Leslie and Johanna Garfield Galleries, The Chazen Museum of Art; Madison , Wisconsin

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2022    Dystopia; Gallery 7; George L. Mosse Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Madison, Wisconsin

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2020     Where Do We Go When We Sleep?; 9th Gallery; Phoenix, Arizona

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2017     Petrichor; FaranHNHeight Fine Art; Taos, New Mexico

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             Displacement; The Living Arts of Tulsa; Tulsa, Oklahoma

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2015    Reciprocus; Alan Houser Haozous Gallery; Institute of American Indian Arts; Santa Fe, New Mexico

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2014     Bombs, Birds & Buffaloes; Eggman & Walrus Art Emporium; Santa Fe, New Mexico

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2013     Six Pintores; Eggman & Walrus Art Emporium; Santa Fe, New Mexico

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PAST GROUP EXHIBITIONS

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2023     Surviving the Long Wars: Reckon and Reimagine; Chicago Cultural Center; Chicago, Illinois

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              Surviving the Long Wars: Residues and Rebellions; Newberry Library; Chicago, Illinois

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2022     Reclaiming Identity; The Trout Museum of Art; Appleton, Wisconsin

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             Mark of Empowerment; Emily Davis Gallery, Myers School of Art; University of Akron; Akron, Ohio

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             Deep Time; Gallery 7; George L. Mosse Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Madison, Wisconsin

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            Return to Sender; Gallery 7; George L. Mosse Humanities Building, University of Wisconsin - Madison; Madison, Wisconsin

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2021    UW-Madison Alumni: A Legacy of Indigenous Perspectives; University of Wisconsin - Madison Union Main Gallery; Madison, Wisconsin

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2020     Connect: Collect Print Exchange; Hulsey Gallery; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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              Spring Exhibition; Rainmaker Gallery; Bristol, United Kingdom

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2019     National Veterans Art Museum Triennial and Veteran Art Summit; National Veterans Art Museum; Chicago, Illinois

 

               Connect: Collect Print Exchange; Hulsey Gallery; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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               Standing Their Ground: Veteran Artists; Exhibit C; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

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              Sovereign Santa Fe; FaranHNHeight Fine Art, La Fonda Hotel; Santa Fe, New Mexico

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              Neighborhood Codices; KEEP Contemporary; Santa Fe, New Mexico             

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2018       Original Warriors; National Veterans Art Museum; Chicago, Illinois

 

                Forget Me Not; Safe Harbors Ann Street Gallery; Newburgh, New York

 

                Languages of Abstraction; MA Doran Gallery; Tulsa, Oklahoma


                First Nations Biennial; Tubac Center of the Arts; Tubac, Arizona

 

                2019 ArtNow Exhibition; Oklahoma Contemporary; Oklahoma City, Oklahoma

 

                Post-Colonial Frames / Landing America; B#S Gallery; Trevino, Italy

 

                Multilayered: New Prints 2018 / Summer; International Print Center New York; New York, New York

 

                Return to Dine' Bike'yah: The 150 Anniversary of the Signing of the Navajo Peace Treaty; Maxwell Museum of Anthropology, University of New Mexico; Albuquerque, New Mexico

 

                Fellow; The Refinery; Tulsa, Oklahoma

 

2017      Neo-Native: Connecting Past to Present; Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts; Alta Loma, California

 

              Flat Rate Box; Modified Arts; Phoenix, Arizona

 

              New Acquisitions: 2011 - 2017; Museum of Contemporary Native Arts; Santa Fe, New Mexico 

 

               Neo-Native: Connecting Past to Present; Maloof Foundation for Arts and Crafts; Alta Loma, California

 

              Catch-22: Paradox on Paper; Ralph T. Coe Foundation; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

              Creative Nation II, Ellsworth Gallery; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

2016     Syncretic: The Tulsa Artist Fellowship; 108 Contemporary; Tulsa, Oklahoma

 

              Beyond the Plaza: Indian Market at the Institute; Encaustic Art Institute; Santa Fe, New Mexico 

 

              Fathoms, Radical Abacus; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

2015     SITE Scholar Exhibition, painting “Figures Disfigure a Calm Memory” on display; SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

               “When the Day is Right” and “Carousel” displayed; Museum of Contemporary Native Arts, Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

               “Laying It to Rest” displayed; Museum of Contemporary Native Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

               “When the Day is Right” and “Carousel” displayed February-December 2015; True West Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

2014     IAIA Blood Quantum Drive: Making Relatives; Axle Contemporary; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

              Art in the Raw; Balzer Contemporary Edge Gallery; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

              Imago Mundi Native Art Project; Fondazione Benetton Studi E Ricerche; Treviso, Italy

 

               Bombs, Birds & Buffaloes; Eggman & Walrus Art Emporium; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

              Annual Spring Art Show; Red Dot Gallery; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

2012     “Diaspora” and “Amorphous” selected for Contemporary Native Art to Russia; State Museum of Novosibirsk; Novosibirsk, Russia

 

               “Diaspora” and “Amorphous” Selected for Contemporary Native Art to Russia; Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts; Ekaterinburg, Russia

 

2011     Creative Destruction: Innovation as Tradition; Primitive Edge Gallery, Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

               Money & Wealth; Primitive Edge Gallery; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

2010     Art Rush: 3rd Annual IAIA “Art In” Exhibit; Primitive Edge Gallery; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

FELLOWSHIPS, RESIDENCIES & AWARDS

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2023     Russell and Paula Panczenko MFA Prize; University of Wisconsin - Madison

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              National Endowment of Humanities Fellowship; University of Illinois in Chicago

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             1st Place, Division 1, Category 104, "Survivance Series"; Eiteljorg Museum of Native and Western Art; Indianapolis, Indiana

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             3rd Place, Division 1, Category 104, "Survivance 11"; Eiteljorg Museum of Native and Western Art; Indianapolis, Indiana

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2022     National Endowment of Humanities Fellowship; University of Illinois in Chicago

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2021     Demil Art Fund Grant; Veteran Art Movement

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2019     Vermont Studio Center Residency; May - June 2019; Johnson, Vermont

 

             1st Place, Classification III, Division D, "Flora 13"; Southwestern Association for Indian Arts; Santa Fe, New Mexico

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             1st Place, Classification III, Division D, "Trump 05"; Southwestern Association for Indian Arts; Santa Fe, New Mexico

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              IAIA Distinguished Alumni Award, "Survivance 02"; Southwestern Association for Indian Arts; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

2018     Tulsa Artist Fellowship, January-December 2018; Tulsa, Oklahoma

 

             Institute of American Indian Arts Artist-in-Residence, October 2018; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

             1st Place, Classification III, Division D, "Contingency Combs Memory VI"; Southwestern Association for Indian Arts; Santa Fe, New Mexico

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              2nd Place, Classification III, Division D, "Notos XXX"; Southwestern Association for Indian Arts; Santa Fe, New Mexico

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2017    Tulsa Artist Fellowship, January-December 2017; Tulsa, Oklahoma

 

             1st Place, Classification III, Division D, "003"; Southwestern Association for Indian Arts; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

             Honorable Mention, Classification III, Division D, "Contingency Combs Memory IV"; Southwestern Association for Indian Arts; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

2016     Tulsa Artist Fellowship, January-December 2016; Tulsa, Oklahoma

 

2015     Recipient of SITE Scholar Program; SITE Santa Fe; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

               IAIA Distinguished Alumni Award, “Unaccompanied Voices”; Southwestern Association for Indian Arts; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

               2nd Place, Classification III, Division D, “Usurp Series: Carlton 2”; Southwestern Association for Indian Arts; Santa Fe, New Mexico

 

2013      Artist in Residency: Venice, Italy: Marist College Venice Biennale.

 

             “Mourning the Silence” selected for 2014 Ontario College of Art and Design Calendar

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REVIEWS & PUBLICATIONS

 

'Indigenous OEF/OIF Veterans Express War Experience Through Art'. Pratt, Stacy. First American Art Magazine. Issue No. 20, Fall 2018, print. 

 

'Spotlight: Navajo Elder Waiting by Monty Little'. Lanteri, Michelle. First American Art Magazine. Issue No. 17, Winter 2017/18, print.

 

'Power of Transformation: Exhibition of works by Diné artist Monty Little set to open at FaraHNHeight Fine Art'. Testerman, Tamra. The Taos News. 8 September 2017, print.

 

'Artist Monty Little finds the surreal in war, peace'. Watts, James D.. Tulsa World. 8 January 2017, print.

 

'Displacement: Monty Little'. Montgomery, Renee. Art Focus Oklahoma Magazine. Winter 2017, print. 

 

'Faces on the Wall: Monty Little Considers Portraits, Displacement, and PTSD'. Blood, Liz. The Tulsa Voice. November 2016, print.

 

'Double Vision: Writer and Artist Monty Little'. Abatemarco, Michael. Santa Fe New Mexican Pasatiempo. 21 August 2015, print.

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