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Troy Montes Michie

Los Angeles, California

Benga's Sword is a paper collage of photographs and drawings in a black frame, showing images of black-and-white photos of figurative sculptures, a seated nude Black man, Saints, a person in a living room, and a figure overlaid stitched in yellow threads

Benga's Sword

2024

To Keep His Commandments and Statutes is a paper collage of photographs and drawings in a black frame, showing images of a body builder, male figures, including black-and-white photos of nude or partially clothed men, a sculpture of a cherub, and a small color portrait in the top right corner.

To Keep His Commandments and Statutes

2024

Jimmie and the Blue Whale is a paper collage of photographs and drawings in a square wooden frame, including a photo of sculpture busts, a painting of a Black man, handwritten notes, and abstract figurative sketches arranged in a grid pattern with various colors and textures.

Jimmie and the Blue Whale

2024

Silhouette am I is a square artwork with a silhouetted painted portrait, with 7 vintage photographs placed interstitially on a textured, dark, crackled background.

A Silhouette am I

2024

Artworks shown are selected from works submitted by the artist in their grant or residency application. All works are copyright of the artist or artist’s estate.

About Troy Montes Michie

Troy Montes Michie looks directly at camera, wearing a dark collared sweater and gold chain. He is a Black and Latino man with short dark hair and a mustache, and medium skin tone.
Photo by Hao Nguyen

Troy Montes Michie is an interdisciplinary painter and educator. Montes Michie’s recent solo exhibitions include Rock of Eye at the Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston (2022), and Black on the Face of the Moon, Company Gallery, New York (2025). Recent group exhibitions include shows at the Frist Art Museum, Nashville; ICA Los Angeles, Los Angeles; The Momentary, Arkansas; Philbrook Museum of Art, Oklahoma; The MAC Belfast, Ireland; and Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. His work was featured in the 2019 Whitney Biennial.

Program Participation

Joan Mitchell Fellowship, 2025

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“ Engaging with archives and print media, I use collage to explore the complexities of the gaze and challenge dominant representations of communities targeted by systems of oppression. Through layering, weaving, and cutting, I disrupt visual modes of consumption that have historically fetishized and erased marginalized identities.”