Maria Montes Duran

b. 2003, Brooklyn, New York

Lives and Works in NY

EDUCATION

2025 BFA Photography, Minor in Teaching Art and Design K-12 — Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, NY

AWARDS

2024 - Gordon Parks Foundation Scholarship

2023 - PhMuseum First Place Women Photographers Grant: New Generation Prize 

2023 - Gordon Parks Foundation Scholarship

2022 Henry Wolf Scholarship

2021-2025 Presidential Merit Scholarship, Pratt Institute

EXHIBITIONS

2025 Somos De Aquí y de Allá, Pratt Photography Gallery, NY

2024 Nueva York, AM:PM Gallery Group Exhibition NY

2024 Ancestral Voices, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Group Exhibition, NY

2023 RAICES/Roots, Brooklyn Waterfront Artists Coalition Group Exhibition, NY

2023 Projection at Photo Vogue Festival in Milan, Italy

PUBLICATIONS/ INTERVIEWS

2025 Alumni Student Conversation with Norma Krieger, BFA Integrative Studies '77

2024 Interview for PhMuseum: Maria Montes Duran’s Journey Through Latino Heritage in America  

2023 Suboart Magazine, September Issue

EXPERIENCE

2025 Pratt Art and Design Education Study Abroad, Puerto Rico- Program Assistant and Photographer

2025 P.S. 270 Johann DeKalb — Summer Art Teacher Assistant

2025 Pratt Institute Summer Scholars — Summer Art Teacher Assistant

2024  Pratt Art and Design Education Study Abroad, Puerto Rico- Program Photographer

2023-2025 Pratt Latinx Student Alliance, New York — Vice President and Event Photographer

2023-2025 Pratt K-12 Saturday Art School — General Assistant

2023 Arts and Letters 305 United, New York — Art Teacher