Nasir Anthony Montalvo (b. 1999) is the founder of {B/qKC}: a community archive of Black queer midwestern history. Montalvo uses archival praxis, decentralized technology, popular education and the written word to move Black diasporic audiences towards life and a true dream beyond social platitudes. Montalvo’s work has been exhibited locally and nationally in coffee shops, book stores, community fairs and artist galleries. Their art and archival research has also been published in NPR, Syllabus, Sixty Inches From Center, The Advocate, Teen Vogue and KC Studio; along with being archived and used in curricula at Harvard University, Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University and the North Kansas City School District.

Montalvo holds a 2024-2026 studio residency at Charlotte Street; and has been awarded fellowships and artist grants with The Opportunity Agenda, Diaspora Solidarities Lab, and Gray Area.

Montalvo is queer, Afro-Borincane, and from Kissimmee, Florida.