13 Facts About Linda Montano

Linda Mary Montano was born on January 18,1942 and is an American performance artist.

Linda Montano moved to San Francisco 1970 with her husband, Mitchell Payne.

Linda Montano, face covered in acupuncture needles, intones the events in a monk-like drone.

Linda Montano continued her art-theology dialogue by living in a Zen monastery for three years and to Ananda Ashram in the 1980s where she studied with Dr Ramamurti Mishra for over 30 years.

Linda Montano's work investigates the relationship between art and life through intricate, life-altering ceremonies, some of which last for seven or more years.

From 1984 onwards, Linda Montano did another ambitious project titled "Seven Years of Living Art", in which she lived in her home in Kingston wearing strictly monochromatic clothing, spent a portion of every day in a coloured room, and listened to a designated tone, all of which corresponded to the energetic qualities of a specific chakra.

Linda Montano changed color every year, and after the project was finished followed it up with "Another Seven Years of Living Art", in part to memorialise her mother, Mildred Montano, who died in 1988 of colon cancer.

At that time, Linda Montano used tarot, palm and psychic readings as tools of discovery, as well as attentive listening so that she could respond to the questions of her clients with the intention of finding the most creative ways to respond to their problems and difficulties.

For those not able to complete a residency at the institute, Linda Montano even has a "Virtual Residency" available online with tasks that similarly designed to make performance more natural and accessible to anyone.

Linda Montano meets with others in Catholic churches for 3-hour silent retreats, re-seeing the concept of endurance from new Catholic eyes.

Linda Montano donated her archive to the Fales Library and Special Collections at NYU in 2013.

In 1975, Linda Montano met Pauline Oliveros, who eventually became her romantic partner.

The titles of Oliveros' pieces Rose Moon and Rose Mountain refer to Linda Montano having gone by Rose Mountain at one time.