Me in my studio, 2026.
Will Montgomery (he/any) is an artist, futurist, and Queer archivist based in Chicago, Illinois. His work turns attention toward the everyday choices that shape our collective futures. He earned a BFA in Fine Art from New York University and is currently pursuing an MA in Art Education at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago. He is a baritone in the Chicago Gay Men's Chorus and serves as Co-Chair of the Wethersfield LGBTQ+ Pride Committee in his hometown of Wethersfield, Connecticut.
His most recent publications include Tesseract Feminism: Mapping the Fifth Wave with Hyper-Geometry and A Pre-Utopian Pride Flag Code, which was featured at the 2024 Frieze Art Fair in New York City. He is currently building Encycloflaggia, the Pride Flag Database hosted on this site, a public research archive of Queer/2SLGBTQ+ pride flags and their design genealogies, creators, meanings, and contradictions. The database is the first stage of a larger project tracing the rainbow backward through history, mythology, science, and visual culture, while looking forward to Queerness as a transgressive force capable of forging a new golden age for humanity.
His work has been featured in the Chicago Sun-Times, Frieze, You Stir The Pot, Noise Art Magazine, and Canvas Literary Magazine. His writing is available online and in print at Printed Matter, Quimby's, and independent booksellers across North America.
Email: willmontgomeryy@gmail.com
Instagram: @prestomagiccc
Your future self will thank you!