Julian Montague has been working in graphic design since 1998. From 2001 to 2006 he served as art director for First Hand Learning, Inc., a company that develops and markets science education materials. His decade long freelance practice has allowed him to work on a wide range of projects, from logos to book covers to promotional campaigns.
Montague also employs his design, illustration and photography skills in a series of art projects that explore the peripheral features of the domestic and urban environment. He is best known for a project that developed a system of classification for stray shopping carts. His book, The Stray Shopping Carts of Eastern North America: A Guide to Field Identification, was published in 2006 by Abrams Books. He was recently featured in graphic design historian Steven Heller’s book Typography Sketchbooks (Princeton University Press, 2011). His work has also received attention from Art in America, New York Magazine, The New York Times, The Toronto Star, the BBC World Service, and many others. He has pieces in the collections of the Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Martin Z. Margulies and the Progressive Insurance Company. Julian Montague is represented by Black & White Gallery in New York City.
