ART RESEARCH RESIDENCY
Gerardo Montiel Klint
September 27 - November 2, 2025
end-of-residency review coffee
Sunday, October 26, at 11 a.m.
at the Bishop Stewart Memorial Church;
Gerardo Montiel Klint is the third Mexican artist to be hosted as part of a partnership with the Mexican Cultural Institute in Montreal.
Gerardo Montiel Klint is particularly interested in the photographic image as a phenomenon of ideological transition and its repercussions on the collective imagination.
At the crossroads of photography and sound art, her project entitled Oscillator explores art as a means of transforming reality and time. The project is conceived as a memorial device, capable of evoking memories and reactivating absent presences.
This collaborative project draws on family photographic archives and the collective memory of local communities. It evokes the figures of ancestors, the deceased, and bygone childhoods to create a space for shared reflection.
Through this exploration, Gerardo Montiel Klint proposes a form of social acupuncture: a cross-examination of oneself and others, where the aesthetic experience is born from the reactivation of buried memories.
Biography
Gerardo Montiel Klint (Mexico, 1968) is a photographer, teacher, columnist, and product designer. His works are exhibited in museums in Japan, China, Brazil, Spain, Denmark, Hungary, Mexico, and the United States. He received acquisition prizes at the 13th and 11th Mexico City Photography Biennials, the 2024 National Medal of Merit in Photography (SINAFO/INAH), and the 2008 National Silver Medal of Fine Arts (INBA). He is an advisor to EXIT magazine (Spain), an advisor to the Getty Foundation and the Museum of Photographic Arts San Diego MOPA SD from 2013 to 2017 (United States), and a member of the advisory board of Alquimia magazine (National System of Photo Libraries, Mexico).
His professional activity, always centered on photography and images, ranges from exhibiting his work to conservation, consulting for museums and publishers, and theoretical production. More information at gerardomontielklint.net or klintandphoto.net
