Monty Preston
Monty Preston is a multimedia artist, designer and curator living in Brooklyn. She was raised in Toronto and graduated summa cum laude with a BASc in Linguistics and Spanish Language from University of Toronto. Monty has worked at industry disrupting startups including The RealReal in San Francisco, BeautyPie in London, and Saatchi Art in Los Angeles — where she led Curation and Art Advisory under Rebecca Wilson. In 2022, she founded Fountain of Art, a creative production consultancy in the web3 space, leading initiatives including the launch of Ledger’s digital art programs in Paris. Most recently, she was the Head of Experience at Cohart, a startup connecting artists and art collectors online. She currently serves as the Editor in Chief of the Boys Club Zine, and designs crypto-forward fashion accessories to encourage self-custody practices within the femme community. At PoD, she’s eager to enlist her interests in emergent technology and sustainable innovation. Through bio-materials, a philosophy of climate regeneration, and a humane approach to technology, she hopes to develop living products that evolve to address the challenges of our transforming world.