Montee Bobbor Tarpeh Jr. is a first-generation Jamaican and Liberian American artist from the Flatbush section of Brooklyn, New York. He primarily works with oil paint, creating pieces that explore themes of moral transformation. In addition to painting, he has a strong focus on lenticular art, incorporating structure across both physical and digital mediums.

He earned his Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University at Albany in 2013, where he spent two years on the Dean’s List and received two Spellman Awards.

Outside the academic environment, Montee has participated in several exhibitions from 2015 to 2024, which provided him with an introduction to the art world at a foundational level. During this period, he also completed an internship as an assistant to public art and landscape sculpture artist Blane De St. Croix, contributing to the design mock-up for Hollow Ground, De St. Croix’s 2020 exhibition at MASS MoCA.

His time as an assistant was a transformative experience that helped him develop a strong foundation in both technical skills and conceptual thinking. In many ways, that internship shaped his artistic voice and vision, deeply influencing the work he creates today.