Montana Torrey received a BFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and a MFA from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. She has been an Artist-in-Residence at Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, Headlands Center for the Arts, Vermont Studio Center, Catwalk Institute, and the Frank Lloyd Wright School of Architecture, among others. She has exhibited in the U.S. and abroad including: the Center for Art and Culture in France; D.U.M.B.O. Art Under the Bridge Festival; Paul Robeson Galleries; Doris Ulmann Gallery; SG Gallery in Venice, Italy, and Trükimuuseum in Tartu Estonia. Torrey has taught at Chiang Mai University, Lane College, Moore College of Art and Design, and UNC-Chapel Hill. She has been the recipient of many grants and awards, such as a Joan Mitchell Foundation Residency Grant, Tennessee Arts Commission Individual Artist Grant, the North Carolina Arts Council Individual Artist Grant and Residency Grant, Skowhegan Fellowship Grant, and a teaching fellowship from the Samuel Kress Foundation.