About
Matteo Montero-Murillo (also known as Mueritos online) is a trans and gay artist and social worker living in Philadelphia, PA. He is a de-tribalized mixed indigenous Mexican with ancestry in rural Guanajuato, Mexico (Chupícuaro, Purepecha). He has been drawing since he could hold a pencil and finds creative outlets in not just art but in music and graphic design. Matteo completed his MSW at Boston University School of Social Work with a specialization in Trauma & Oppression. He also has a BA in Spanish with a minor in Women's Gender and Sexuality Studies from Moravian University, where he completed a year long research project on transmasculine perceptions of sex and sex education. Currently, Matteo works as a counselor in addiction medicine with pregnant and parenting women with Opioid Use Disorder.
Matteo holds many titles as social worker: a researcher, a therapist, and an educator. His clinical interests reside in queer theory, abolition/non-carceral frameworks, unpacking shame, repairing harm, and helping individuals live as their authentic selves. When he was a Graduate Research Assistant, he had the opportunity to create several graphics for the CoHeal Lab, an anti-oppressive research team based in Boston, MA. He continues to support the CoHeal Lab through data analysis and creating graphics.
Matteo is interested in making radical and provocative art and comics. He does not shy away from anarchist, de-colonial, and queer-inclusive themes in his art. He loves magical realism, comics, alternative music, and most importantly-cats. He has several years of experience creating comics and digital art for himself and others.
If you feel Matteo would be a great fit for your project, please contact him below! Inquiries are always welcome :)
Past Clients: Dog Park Dissidents, Alice Oseman, The Commoner, Stanford University
Contacts
mueritos@gmail.com or monterom@bu.edu
Philadelphia, PA