Collection: Yéssica Montero

B. 1998 - Dominican Republic

Yéssica Montero (b. 1998, Bonao, Dominican Republic) is a visual artist working across
drawing, painting, and sculpture. She regularly participates in group exhibitions and projects addressing gender, politics, and decolonial histories, and has exhibited in Switzerland, Brazil, and the Dominican Republic. In 2023, she was an artist-in-residence at Atelier Mondial (Basel, Switzerland) in collaboration with the Institute Art Gender Nature. In 2024, she was awarded the UNESCO Transcultura Scholarship for a residency in Havana, Cuba.

In 2025, her work received an award at the National Biennial of Visual Arts and was acquired for the collection of the Museum of Modern Art of the Dominican Republic. She currently lives and works between Bonao and Santo Domingo.

ARTIST STATEMENT

My work refers to cavities and cellular forms from which species, sometimes hybrid, and
imaginary organisms emerge. Through drawing, painting, and sculpture, I build a body of
work that proposes other ways of existing and inhabiting the world. I am interested in
exploring the boundaries where the real, the imaginary, and the biological merge.