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contact name: Liz Miller
phone: (507) 278-4510
email: liz@lizmillerart.com

location address:
339 Main St.
PO Box 26
Good Thunder MN 56037

open to public: no

mailing address:
PO Box 26
Good Thunder MN 56037

2005

MFA Drawing & Painting
Department of Art, University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN

1999

BFA Painting, with Honors
Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, RI

2008

MCAD/Jerome Foundation Fellowship for Emerging Artists

2007

Artist Initiative Grant, Minnesota State Arts Board

Residency, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Omaha, NE

Presidential Teaching Scholar Fellowship
Minnesota State University

Faculty Improvement Grant
Minnesota State University

2006-2007

Faculty Research Grant
Minnesota State University

2006
Research Incentive Award
Minnesota State University

2005-2006

Faculty Research Grant
Minnesota State University

2004-2005

Josephine Rollins Lutz Award
University of Minnesota

2004-2004

Josephine Rollins Lutz Award
University of Minnesota

2003

West Bank Arts Quarter Project Grant
University of Minnesota

1999

RISD Award in Painting
Rhode Island School of Design

solo exhibitions marked with an *
two/three person exhibitions marked with **
forthcoming exhibitions in parenthesis

2009

(*Harcourt House, Edmonton, Alberta, CAN)

2008

(*Self Sustaining Debacle, Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA)

*Techno Deluge
Mercer Union
Toronto, Ontario, CAN

*Resplendent Reconnaissance
Sioux City Art Center
Sioux City, IA

2007

**Mary Day, Sue Knight, & Liz Miller
BC Projects
Omaha, NE

Urban Fabric
Traffic Zone Center for Visual Arts
Minneapolis, MN

Latitude
Fieldgate Gallery
London, ENG

Environments of Invention
Minnesota Museum of American Ar
St. Paul, MN

2006

* Ostentatious Onslaught
Fort Collins Museum of Contemporary Art
Fort Collins, CO

8x8x8: LON/MSP/NYC
The Soap Factory
Minneapolis, MN

**Perform/Install
South Bend Regional Museum of Art
South Bend, Indiana

* Impudent Instant Message
Gould Library, Carleton College
Northfield, MN

2005

* home-grown invasion
Bloomington Art Center
Bloomington, MN

*systemic attack
Franklin Art Works, Project Space
Minneapolis, MN

*systemic detour
Master of Fine Arts Thesis Exhibition
Katherine E. Nash Gallery
Minneapolis, MN

Trickle Down
Firehouse Gallery
Burlington, VT

2004

*serendipitous hybrid
Rochester Art Center
Rochester, MN

*the failure of an eloquent defense
Christensen Center Gallery
Augsburg College, Minneapolis, MN

Proliferate: Drawing in Space, Accumulation in Time
Foster Gallery
University of Wisconsin--Eau Claire
Eau Claire, WI

Box Fresh
The Soap Factory
Minneapolis, MN

Untitled III
Soo Visual Arts Center, Minneapolis, MN

(a)drift
Hopkins Center for the Arts, Hopkins, MN

2003

Genesis
Regis Center for Art
University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN

Mandatory
Regis Center for Art
University of Minnesots, Minneapolis, MN

2002

Chroma: A Color Show
Marilyn Philby Gallery, Evanston, IL

Passion/Obsession
Marilyn Philby Gallery, Evanston, IL

1999

BFA Thesis Exhibition
Woods Gerry Gallery
RISD, Providence, RI

ARTIST STATEMENT

Inspired by systems that contain examples of simultaneous order and chaos, I reference biology, natural disasters, and computer imagery. However, I am primarily interested in the ambiguous places where these systems intermingle, and the unpredictable outcomes of their meeting. The systems that appear in my work are thereby hybrids, borrowing freely from a wide range of existing patterns and departing from them at will. I attempt to seduce viewers into a world that is visually pleasurable, but also unreliable, subscribing to an underlying logic that allows playfulness to lead to sinister conclusions. Beauty and whimsy are catalysts for events that are increasingly aggressive. The initial logic of inventive and seemingly coherent systems is called into question by their untimely demise as they explode, disintegrate, and morph into new forms. In this manner, I comment on the inherent failures that result as we struggle with a world that is increasingly complex and multi-layered.

Liz Miller 2008

Nature. Monsa: Barcelona (forthcoming). 2008

Tactile: High Touch Visuals (book). DIe Gestalten Verlag: Berlin. 2007.

Deland, Lauren. 8 x 8 x 8: LON/MSP/NYC at The Soap Factory. September 2006.

New American Paintings (August 2006)

Lahr, Jason. Perform/Install. (exhibition catalog essay). 2006.

Rivers, Karen. "Mixing Media..." South Bend Tribune, July 23, 2006.

“Exponential Expressions: Eight artists from three cities bring in a grab-bag of media to the Soap Factory.” Minneapolis Star Tribune. Sunday, May 7, 2006. Arts & Entertainment—p. F2.

Fallon, Michael. Liz Miller at Franklin Art Works. Art in America. February 2006. pp.
138-139.

Douglas, Kristopher. LIz Miller: Serendipitous Hybrid
(exhibition brochure essay). Rochester Art Center,
2004.

Fallon, Michael. Transfigured Dreck: Liz Miller.
www.mnartists.org.

Gordon, Glenn. “Rochester Art Center: Obscure No More.” June April 7, 2004. www.mnartists.org/article.do?rid=64730.

Valentine, Valerie. Liz Miller @ Augsburg College.
Pulse of the Twin Cities, June 2004.

Country of Citizenship:
United States

Birth Place:
Minnesota

Birth Date:
October 31, 1975

Gender:
Female

Active Place:
Good Thunder

Minnesota County:
Blue Earth

Artist

http://www.lizmillerart.com 

2007/2008 MCAD/Jerome Foundation Fellowship Exhibition
Contemporary Art 101
Local Artist Interviews - Featured Artists
RAC ART 101: Installation Art
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