Julian Montague

I’m an artist/graphic designer/Illustrator/photographer based in Buffalo, New York. My various practices often overlap and influence one another, which can at times cause some confusion about how to categorize my projects!

My (contemporary) art work spans a wide range of mediums and approaches, from multi-year conceptual projects to abstract paintings. At one time I was known for a long term art project dedicated to developing an elaborate taxonomy of stray shopping carts. More recently I’ve been working on making exhibition posters and other ephemera for a fictional 1970s art institution. I’ve exhibited widely over the last twenty years in the USA and Europe.

Since 2006 I’ve worked as a one-person graphic design/illustration studio under the name Montague Projects. I’ve done a lot of work for cultural non-profits in my region as well as a diverse collection of national and international clients, including, Sonos, Continental Tires, The Atlantic, Black Ocean Publishing, Cambridge University Press, Harvard Business Review Press, Racquet Magazine, Nuits Sonores Music Festival (Lyon FR), Modernist Adelaide, and many others. Lately I’ve been working on a number of music related projects, most notably designing the packaging and merchandise for the Los Angeles-based label Jazz Is Dead (founded by Adrian Younge & Ali Shaheed Muhammad).