Goni Montes was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, where he lived most of his life. He attended the University of Puerto Rico at Mayagüez where he acquired a BA in Fine Arts. Goni has worked as a scientific illustrator for the Puerto Rico Sea Grant but wanting to persue different types of work, he moved to Atlanta, GA and obtained an MFA in illustration from the Savannah College of Art and Design...

The entity that is Goñi Montes was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, where he received a BA from the UPR at Mayagüez, and an MFA from SCAD Atlanta. He began working as a scientific illustrator for the Puerto Rico Sea Grant and today is mostly do editorial illustrations with some fantasy here and there. He lives and works in Atlanta, Georgia with his wife Jen who’s also an illustrator for Archer.

From the site of Goni Montes, an illustrator we really admire, "I was born in Ponce, Puerto Rico, got a BA from the UPR at Mayagüez, and an MFA from SCAD Atlanta. I began working as a scientific illustrator for the Puerto Rico Sea Grant. Now I mostly do editorial illustrations with some fantasy here and there."