PROFILE
Montaysia Yuneek is a multidisciplinary artist and researcher based in Brooklyn, New York. She earned her B.F.A. in Art with a minor in African American Studies from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and is currently pursuing her M.F.A. in painting and drawing at Pratt Institute. Working across painting, video, and within virtual realities, her practice draws from Science fiction, dreamscapes, and Black feminist theory to explore the future of the black body, imaginative worlds, and cultural cosmologies. Sims has exhibited in A Meadows Prayer (2024), her solo exhibition, Creativity Offers Us A New Formula For Life 2.0 (2024) at the University of Winchester in the UK, The Mother’s Roots: An Afrodiasporic Vision (2025) in Las Vegas, and has created book illustrations, such as for Sunday Dinner by Angela Shante and My Dad Said I'm His Biggest Plantspiration by Danae Crayton. She is also the founder of Black Hues Artist Collective and an active workshop facilitator, dedicated to empowering Black voices through art.
EDUCATION
2025 B.F.A in Art, Minor in African American Studies, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
A Meadows prayer, Available Space Art Projects, Las Vegas,NV
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Home is a Place Rooted Inside My Throat, Sahara West Library, Las Vegas,NV
Creativity Offers Us A New Formula For Life, Mayor’s Gallery, Las Vegas,NV
The Lunch Room, Grant Hall Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
UNLV BFA Thesis 2025, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Vs.Wrestling Art, Sahara West Library, Las Vegas,NV
People of Color, City Hall Chamber Gallery, Las Vegas,NV
The Mother's Roots: An Afrodiasporic Vision, Clark County Government Center, Las Vegas,NV
2024
Sketch Party, Fremont Photo Co., Las Vegas,NV
You Are Here: 36°06'31.5"N 115°08'18"W, Grant Hall Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Bright Futures, The Composer’s Room, Las Vegas,NV
Queer Pop, Available Space Art Projects, Las Vegas,NV
Son De Mir, Grant Hall Gallery, Las Vegas,NV
Gathered: a tapestry of art made under neon lights, Recycled Propaganda, Las Vegas,NV
Creativity Offers Us A New Formula For Life 2.0, University of Winchester
CONTEMPORARY FEELINGS exhibition, CoupperRuss Studios, Las Vegas,NV
Annual Student Exhibition, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
Black Life Ordinary, Clark County Public Arts, Rotunda Gallery, Las Vegas,NV
Dear Vegas, Nevada Humanities, Las Vegas,NV
2023
CoZi Las Vegas Comic and Zine Fest, Las Vegas,NV
Art for the People Auction, Marjorie Barrick Museum of Art, Las Vegas,NV
OOPS!, Grant Hall Gallery, University of Nevada, Las Vegas
2022
Black Hues Exhibition, Gather House, Las Vegas,NV
2021
EXTRA SPICY, Donna Beam Fine Art Gallery, University of Nevada Las Vegas
PUBLIC ART
2025
UNLV-UACH Mural Project, Universidad Autónoma de Chihuahua, Mexico
Sphere XO Student Design Contest, Las Vegas,NV
PUBLICATIONS
2023
Head Cover Illustrator, Sunday Dinner by Angela Shante, Sunday Dinner Publishing company
2022
Head Illustrator, Sunday Dinner by Angela Shante, Sunday Dinner Publishing company
Head Illustrator, My Dad said I’m His Biggest Plantspiration by Danae Crayton
PRESS
2025
New Las Vegas art exhibits explore notions of home and everyday life, Nevada Public Radio, Las Vegas,NV
‘Unseen Territories’, Double Scoop, Las Vegas,NV
2024
The Drawer #24, The Drawer, Paris,FR
2021
December 2021 Children’s & YA New Releases by Black Authors, Black Children’s Book authors co.
PRESENTATIONS AND WORKSHOPS
2024
“Summer Challenge 2024” art workshop, Clark County Library District, Las Vegas,NV
“SOUL REFLECTIONS” art workshop and book drive, Black Hues, Las Vegas,NV
2023
Featured Author, Black Panther Book Festival, Oakland,CA
Juneteenth Art Workshop hosted by Tofu Tees, Las Vegas,NV
Healing Through Connections Zine Workshop, Las Vegas,NV,
Organized by The Care Center at UNLV
2022
“ARTSY IN THE VALLEY” Workshop series, Richard Priest Elementary, Las Vegas,NV
Breaking Down Bias in the Bookshelf, Online Panel hosted by Nanny Miss Monique, Las Vegas,NV
Girl Power Hour Illustrator kickoff, virtual panel hosted by Michele McAvoy, Las Vegas,NV