[2] Monteith was born and grew up in Belfast, Northern Ireland.
[3] Monteith's works focus on political issues surrounding land ownership, history and occupation.
She has staged solo exhibitions at the Govett-Brewster Art Gallery and the Museum für Moderne Kunst in Frankfurt, Germany.
Monteith is also a member of the collective Local Time (composed of her, Danny Butt, Jon Bywater and Natalie Robertson).
The collective has worked together since 2007 and has installed artworks in locations including Muri Lagoon, Rarotonga (2015), Māngere maunga (2014) and the Waitemata Harbour (2013) in Aotearoa New Zealand; Footscray, Australia (2014); and Delhi, India (2013).