José Montoya

Jose Montoya is an exceptional watercolorist who has received honors from the National Endowment for the Arts, California Arts Commission and the Sacramento Metropolitan Arts Commission for his work. He was also one of 20 recipients of the Outstanding Arts Educators Awards honored at the Getty Museum in Los Angeles by the California Arts Council. He is a founding member of the Royal Chicano Air Force, a prestigious group of artists from the Central Valley. His work reflects the Chicano worldview, the experiences of Mexicans who are not from Mexico. He is a former CSUS art professor, and a current musician, poet and author.