Delilah Montoya has been creating art infused with activism since the early 1980’s. A major retrospective of her work opens Saturday at the Albuquerque Museum.
Montoya’s photography, printmaking, and large-scale installation art are rooted in the “Chicanismo” pride of New Mexico.
“When I was 16 years old, I wanted to be a Chicana artist. And I remember my teachers in high school says ‘There is no such thing as a Chicana artist,’ and I said ‘Well I’m gonna be one,’ So, I had a journey of inventing myself,” Montoya said…