Education
Bachelor of Arts in Art
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, College of Creative Studies, Spring 2020
Emphasis: Sculpture, Advised by Jane Mulfinger
Bachelor of Arts in Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, College of Creative Studies, Spring 2020
Emphasis: Marine Biology, Ecology and Evolution. Advised by Katherine Foltz
Solo Exhibitions
MacroMicro, Glassbox Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 2020
ABACO 2019, Glassbox Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 2019
Selected Group Exhibition
Western North Carolina Sculpture Park, Forthcoming Cast Iron sculpture installed spring 2026 in Lenoir, North Carolina
Fieldworks: Green River Pop-up, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT (Curator: Jared Steffenson), 2025
Flux and Fracture, Queer Spectra Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, 2025
Presidents Show, SLCC Eccles Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah (Juror: James Walton), 2024
My Body-My Choice, SoHo 22 Gallery Virtual Show, Based out of NYC, NY, 2023
Drawings on Paper, Odd Star Studios, Salt Lake City, UT, 2023,
The International Cast Iron Sculpture Exhibition, Sculpture Trails Museum and Park, Bloomington, Indiana, 2023
Queer Reflections, Under the Umbrella Bookstore, Salt Lake City, UT, 2023
Aqueles estranhos artistas, Buinho Creative Hub, Messejana, Portugal, 2022
Alliance of Women in Media Arts and Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara department of Media Arts and Technology Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, 2020
UCSB Art Undergrad show, University of California, Santa Barbara Art Design & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, 2020
Awards
Full Scholarship at Penland School of Craft to participate in metal and enamel workshop, Spruce Pine, NC, June 2026
Utah Arts and Museums Individual Artist Advancement Award funding to construct a bronze/aluminium furnace, $1,500, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2025
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Assemblage Art Fund in conjunction with the Andy Warhol Foundation, $5000, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2025
Public Commission South Salt Lake Arts Council in conjunction with Beehive Distillery, to paint a wine barrel for Craftober Festival, Salt Lake City, UT October 4th, 2025
Public Commission Daybreak Community Arts Council selection for public installation of vinyl wrapped electrical box, Daybreak, UT, November 2025
Public Commission from The Blocks Organization for a plein air group show and auction at the SLC farmers market, Salt Lake City, UT Sep 16, 27 2025
Salt Lake City Arts Council Project Support Grant recipient to paint a Mural at the Maven District with a community engagement aspect, $5000 Salt Lake City, UT February 2025
Full Scholarship at Penland School of Craft to participate in a woodworking fall workshop, NC- 2024 Declined
Residencies
Fire in the Valley Residency, Western North Carolina Sculpture Park for Cast Iron arts, Lenoir, NC, Oct 18-Nov 2, 2025
Fieldworks: Green River, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in conjunction with Epicenter, Green River, UT, Aug 7-11, 2025
Pottery of Uzbekistan, Sponsored Ceramic Artist for International Academic Advisors, Uzbekistan, March 29- April 14, 2025
Artist in Residence at Buinho Creative Hub and fabrication laboratory, Messejana, Portugal, Sept 1-Oct 31 2022
Work-trade residency at Johnston Studios bronze foundry, Abaco, Bahamas
Under Richard Apaldo, work-traded to have personal sculptures cast in exchange for work in their wax mold production for bronze casting. April 5-15 2022
Professional Development
Drawing Teacher at Jewish Community Center, Salt Lake City, UT
In conjunction with Utah Arts and Museums Creative Aging Grant, four week drawing course and exhibition, January- February 2026
Workshop Leader, Raku craft experience, Salt Lake City, UT
Forthcoming workshop on ceramic hand building and Raku kiln laying, in conjunction with the Assemblage Art Fund awarded by Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Spring 2026
Workshop Leader, Saltgrass Printmakers Studios, Salt Lake City, UT
“Texture Collector V.2” monoprints of found textures in the urban environment, November 22, 2025
Workshop Leader, Salt Lake City, UT,
“Texture Collector V.1” Experimenting with monoprints of found textures in the urban environment, August 14, 2025
Iron pour crew at Biannual Festival of High Temperatures, at the Eugeniuz Academy of Art and Design in Wroçlaw, Poland
Production pour participant and conference attendee, June 26-29, 20258th Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Alliance Conference, El Cajon, CA Ceramic Shell Workshop, David Lobdell, October 30 - November 3, 2024
Annual Foundry Associate at Bear Creek Bronze Foundry, Santa Ynez, CA
Work under Barry Dwyane Hollis to pour bronze once a year, work trade for studio use. June 2021- present
Iron Foundry Intern at Sculpture Trails Museum, Bloomington, IN
Cast and installed personal sculpture in the museum, during an intensive cast iron foundry experience using resin bound sand molds and fabrication of other artists large format sculpture installation, poured 30,000 lb of iron, mixed 60,000 lb of sand. July 1 - August 3, 2023
Work-trade at Johnston Studios bronze foundry, Abaco, Bahamas
Under Richard Apaldo, work-traded to have personal sculptures cast in exchange for work in their wax mold production for bronze casting. May 6-12 2023
Iron pour crew 9th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Berlin, Germany
Support crew for production pour using Michal Staszczak’s Tilt Furnace with the foundry team at the Art and Design Academy in Wrocław, Sep 20, 2022
Workshop Assistant 9th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Berlin, Germany
Assisted Rebecca Flis with workshops on resin bound sand “stacker” molds, Sep 19-20, 2022
Graphic Design work-trade at Toucan Ridge Ecological & Education Society, Belize
Work-trade with graphic design work to study tropical bat ecology, February 1-April 1, 2022
Foundry Associate at Bear Creek Bronze Foundry, Santa Ynez, CA
Worked under Barry Dwyane Hollis to help run several bronze pours a year, work trade for studio use. June 2019- June 2021
Invertebrate zoology intern at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
Identified dry coral specimen collection and photographed with high regulation camera techniques. Research culminated in 3D scans of coral specimens, SEM images, and a solo exhibition Macro Micro. Jan 2019- Jan 2020
Work-trade at Johnston Studios bronze foundry, Abaco, Bahamas
Under Richard Apaldo, work-traded to have personal sculptures cast in exchange for work in their wax mold production for bronze casting. April 12-20 2019
Allosphere Lab Intern and Beta Artist University of California, Satnta Barbara, CA
Worked under Dennis Adderton to manage the augmented reality lab facilities, while creating personal work in the Media Arts and Technology Department at UCSB. Jan 2019- June 2020
Presentations
Sugarhouse Community Council Meeting, Gathering community support for ongoing arts activities, Salt Lake City, UT, Aug 6 2025
RACA-CON, Research and Creative Activities Conference,College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, June 3, 2019
Service
Graphic designer for Utah Crisis Food Response, Salt Lake City, UT 2023-2024
Mural Installation of two murals for Odd Star Studios, Salt Lake City, UT, December 2023
Mural installation for hostel in Imsouane, Morocco, Sep 2022
Selected Employment
Art Coordinator, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Reunion Special, Lehi, UT, September 7-19, 2025
Set Dresser, Hobby Lobby Commercial, Provo, UT September 20-29, 2025
SLC Arts Council General Staff assisting with Artisan relations, Living Traditions Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, May 17-19, 2025
Set Dresser, Kodiak product commercial, Salt Lake City, UT, April 14-19, 2025
Marine Biologist for National Parks Service, natural resource management with the War in the Pacific National Park, Guam. - Cancelled due to federal funding cuts in the beginning of 2025
Art Coordinator and Graphic Designer, Lucid software company commercial, UT, November 17-21, 2024
Set Dresser, Kodiak product commercial, Salt Lake City, UT, November 17-19, 2024
Graphic Designer and On-Set Dresser, Tribeca Film Festival featured short film, Jean Jacket, Echo, UT, June 14-19, 2024
SLC Arts Council Production Assistant over Artisan relations, Living Traditions Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, May 18-20, 2024
Utah Water Gardens, Aquaculture technician and salesperson, Murray, UT, April 27- November 20, 2024
Naturalist at the Ritz Carlton Bacara Santa Barbara, CA, April-November 2021
Figures
Figures in Montell, D., 2020 EMT, One of many morphological transitions in cellular phase space. Methods of Molecular Biology. National Library of Medicine.
Figures in Montell, C., 2020 Drosophila sensory receptors—a set of molecular Swiss Army Knives. Genetics
Figures in Montell, D., 2020 EMT, Integration of migratory cells into new site in vitro requires channel-independent functions of innexins on microtubules. Developmental Cellular Biology. National Library of Medicine
Figure in Shultz, A., 2019 Are juvenile ogaa on a diet in Lac Vieux Desert Lake? Ceded Territory Science
Figures in Montell, D., 2017 Unconventional ways to live and die. Annual Review Cellular Developmental Biology
Selected Storefronts with merchandise
Urban Arts Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT, 2025-present
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT, 2021-present
Technical Skills
Metal fabrication - moderate operational and safety knowledge of a variety of metal working tools, spot welder, MIG, oxy-acetylene, angle grinder, pneumatic tools
Ceramic - moderate experience in hand building, impression molds, figurative sculpture, decorative glazing, raku firing, soda firing, kiln loading and schedules, clay processing, natural clay processing, porcelainious and stonewares.
Wood - moderate operational and safety knowledge of a variety of woodworking power tools -table, band & chop saw, planer, drill press, belt & drum sander
Casting and mold making - bronze, iron, silicones, investment, petrobond, resin-sand, ceramic-shell, burn out kiln schedules with wax reclaim, cuttlefish bone.
Tech - 3D scanning, 3D printing, Photogrammetry, MeshMixer, laser cutter, SEM, Macrophotography, Augmented Reality
Bachelor of Arts in Art
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, College of Creative Studies, Spring 2020
Emphasis: Sculpture, Advised by Jane Mulfinger
Bachelor of Arts in Biology
University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, College of Creative Studies, Spring 2020
Emphasis: Marine Biology, Ecology and Evolution. Advised by Katherine Foltz
Solo Exhibitions
MacroMicro, Glassbox Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 2020
ABACO 2019, Glassbox Gallery, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 2019
Selected Group Exhibition
Western North Carolina Sculpture Park, Forthcoming Cast Iron sculpture installed spring 2026 in Lenoir, North Carolina
Fieldworks: Green River Pop-up, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT (Curator: Jared Steffenson), 2025
Flux and Fracture, Queer Spectra Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, 2025
Presidents Show, SLCC Eccles Art Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah (Juror: James Walton), 2024
My Body-My Choice, SoHo 22 Gallery Virtual Show, Based out of NYC, NY, 2023
Drawings on Paper, Odd Star Studios, Salt Lake City, UT, 2023,
The International Cast Iron Sculpture Exhibition, Sculpture Trails Museum and Park, Bloomington, Indiana, 2023
Queer Reflections, Under the Umbrella Bookstore, Salt Lake City, UT, 2023
Aqueles estranhos artistas, Buinho Creative Hub, Messejana, Portugal, 2022
Alliance of Women in Media Arts and Sciences, University of California, Santa Barbara department of Media Arts and Technology Conference, Santa Barbara, CA, 2020
UCSB Art Undergrad show, University of California, Santa Barbara Art Design & Architecture Museum, Santa Barbara, CA, 2020
Awards
Full Scholarship at Penland School of Craft to participate in metal and enamel workshop, Spruce Pine, NC, June 2026
Utah Arts and Museums Individual Artist Advancement Award funding to construct a bronze/aluminium furnace, $1,500, Salt Lake City, Utah, November 2025
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art Assemblage Art Fund in conjunction with the Andy Warhol Foundation, $5000, Salt Lake City, UT, October 2025
Public Commission South Salt Lake Arts Council in conjunction with Beehive Distillery, to paint a wine barrel for Craftober Festival, Salt Lake City, UT October 4th, 2025
Public Commission Daybreak Community Arts Council selection for public installation of vinyl wrapped electrical box, Daybreak, UT, November 2025
Public Commission from The Blocks Organization for a plein air group show and auction at the SLC farmers market, Salt Lake City, UT Sep 16, 27 2025
Salt Lake City Arts Council Project Support Grant recipient to paint a Mural at the Maven District with a community engagement aspect, $5000 Salt Lake City, UT February 2025
Full Scholarship at Penland School of Craft to participate in a woodworking fall workshop, NC- 2024 Declined
Residencies
Fire in the Valley Residency, Western North Carolina Sculpture Park for Cast Iron arts, Lenoir, NC, Oct 18-Nov 2, 2025
Fieldworks: Green River, Utah Museum of Contemporary Art in conjunction with Epicenter, Green River, UT, Aug 7-11, 2025
Pottery of Uzbekistan, Sponsored Ceramic Artist for International Academic Advisors, Uzbekistan, March 29- April 14, 2025
Artist in Residence at Buinho Creative Hub and fabrication laboratory, Messejana, Portugal, Sept 1-Oct 31 2022
Work-trade residency at Johnston Studios bronze foundry, Abaco, Bahamas
Under Richard Apaldo, work-traded to have personal sculptures cast in exchange for work in their wax mold production for bronze casting. April 5-15 2022
Professional Development
Drawing Teacher at Jewish Community Center, Salt Lake City, UT
In conjunction with Utah Arts and Museums Creative Aging Grant, four week drawing course and exhibition, January- February 2026
Workshop Leader, Raku craft experience, Salt Lake City, UT
Forthcoming workshop on ceramic hand building and Raku kiln laying, in conjunction with the Assemblage Art Fund awarded by Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Spring 2026
Workshop Leader, Saltgrass Printmakers Studios, Salt Lake City, UT
“Texture Collector V.2” monoprints of found textures in the urban environment, November 22, 2025
Workshop Leader, Salt Lake City, UT,
“Texture Collector V.1” Experimenting with monoprints of found textures in the urban environment, August 14, 2025
Iron pour crew at Biannual Festival of High Temperatures, at the Eugeniuz Academy of Art and Design in Wroçlaw, Poland
Production pour participant and conference attendee, June 26-29, 20258th Biennial Western Cast Iron Art Alliance Conference, El Cajon, CA Ceramic Shell Workshop, David Lobdell, October 30 - November 3, 2024
Annual Foundry Associate at Bear Creek Bronze Foundry, Santa Ynez, CA
Work under Barry Dwyane Hollis to pour bronze once a year, work trade for studio use. June 2021- present
Iron Foundry Intern at Sculpture Trails Museum, Bloomington, IN
Cast and installed personal sculpture in the museum, during an intensive cast iron foundry experience using resin bound sand molds and fabrication of other artists large format sculpture installation, poured 30,000 lb of iron, mixed 60,000 lb of sand. July 1 - August 3, 2023
Work-trade at Johnston Studios bronze foundry, Abaco, Bahamas
Under Richard Apaldo, work-traded to have personal sculptures cast in exchange for work in their wax mold production for bronze casting. May 6-12 2023
Iron pour crew 9th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Berlin, Germany
Support crew for production pour using Michal Staszczak’s Tilt Furnace with the foundry team at the Art and Design Academy in Wrocław, Sep 20, 2022
Workshop Assistant 9th International Conference on Contemporary Cast Iron Art, Berlin, Germany
Assisted Rebecca Flis with workshops on resin bound sand “stacker” molds, Sep 19-20, 2022
Graphic Design work-trade at Toucan Ridge Ecological & Education Society, Belize
Work-trade with graphic design work to study tropical bat ecology, February 1-April 1, 2022
Foundry Associate at Bear Creek Bronze Foundry, Santa Ynez, CA
Worked under Barry Dwyane Hollis to help run several bronze pours a year, work trade for studio use. June 2019- June 2021
Invertebrate zoology intern at the Santa Barbara Natural History Museum, Santa Barbara, CA
Identified dry coral specimen collection and photographed with high regulation camera techniques. Research culminated in 3D scans of coral specimens, SEM images, and a solo exhibition Macro Micro. Jan 2019- Jan 2020
Work-trade at Johnston Studios bronze foundry, Abaco, Bahamas
Under Richard Apaldo, work-traded to have personal sculptures cast in exchange for work in their wax mold production for bronze casting. April 12-20 2019
Allosphere Lab Intern and Beta Artist University of California, Satnta Barbara, CA
Worked under Dennis Adderton to manage the augmented reality lab facilities, while creating personal work in the Media Arts and Technology Department at UCSB. Jan 2019- June 2020
Presentations
Sugarhouse Community Council Meeting, Gathering community support for ongoing arts activities, Salt Lake City, UT, Aug 6 2025
RACA-CON, Research and Creative Activities Conference,College of Creative Studies, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, June 3, 2019
Service
Graphic designer for Utah Crisis Food Response, Salt Lake City, UT 2023-2024
Mural Installation of two murals for Odd Star Studios, Salt Lake City, UT, December 2023
Mural installation for hostel in Imsouane, Morocco, Sep 2022
Selected Employment
Art Coordinator, Secret Lives of Mormon Wives Reunion Special, Lehi, UT, September 7-19, 2025
Set Dresser, Hobby Lobby Commercial, Provo, UT September 20-29, 2025
SLC Arts Council General Staff assisting with Artisan relations, Living Traditions Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, May 17-19, 2025
Set Dresser, Kodiak product commercial, Salt Lake City, UT, April 14-19, 2025
Marine Biologist for National Parks Service, natural resource management with the War in the Pacific National Park, Guam. - Cancelled due to federal funding cuts in the beginning of 2025
Art Coordinator and Graphic Designer, Lucid software company commercial, UT, November 17-21, 2024
Set Dresser, Kodiak product commercial, Salt Lake City, UT, November 17-19, 2024
Graphic Designer and On-Set Dresser, Tribeca Film Festival featured short film, Jean Jacket, Echo, UT, June 14-19, 2024
SLC Arts Council Production Assistant over Artisan relations, Living Traditions Festival, Salt Lake City, UT, May 18-20, 2024
Utah Water Gardens, Aquaculture technician and salesperson, Murray, UT, April 27- November 20, 2024
Naturalist at the Ritz Carlton Bacara Santa Barbara, CA, April-November 2021
Figures
Figures in Montell, D., 2020 EMT, One of many morphological transitions in cellular phase space. Methods of Molecular Biology. National Library of Medicine.
Figures in Montell, C., 2020 Drosophila sensory receptors—a set of molecular Swiss Army Knives. Genetics
Figures in Montell, D., 2020 EMT, Integration of migratory cells into new site in vitro requires channel-independent functions of innexins on microtubules. Developmental Cellular Biology. National Library of Medicine
Figure in Shultz, A., 2019 Are juvenile ogaa on a diet in Lac Vieux Desert Lake? Ceded Territory Science
Figures in Montell, D., 2017 Unconventional ways to live and die. Annual Review Cellular Developmental Biology
Selected Storefronts with merchandise
Urban Arts Gallery, Salt Lake City, UT, 2025-present
Utah Museum of Contemporary Art, Salt Lake City, UT, 2021-present
Technical Skills
Metal fabrication - moderate operational and safety knowledge of a variety of metal working tools, spot welder, MIG, oxy-acetylene, angle grinder, pneumatic tools
Ceramic - moderate experience in hand building, impression molds, figurative sculpture, decorative glazing, raku firing, soda firing, kiln loading and schedules, clay processing, natural clay processing, porcelainious and stonewares.
Wood - moderate operational and safety knowledge of a variety of woodworking power tools -table, band & chop saw, planer, drill press, belt & drum sander
Casting and mold making - bronze, iron, silicones, investment, petrobond, resin-sand, ceramic-shell, burn out kiln schedules with wax reclaim, cuttlefish bone.
Tech - 3D scanning, 3D printing, Photogrammetry, MeshMixer, laser cutter, SEM, Macrophotography, Augmented Reality