Michael Lewis Miller is an artist living and working in Los Angeles, California.
Miller earned his MFA from the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA and his MS in Geology from University of Kentucky, Lexington KY. His sculptures, installations and performances are interactive with themes of love, death, compulsion, classification and labor manifest with wood, textiles and found vintage objects to create the physical manifestation of psychological states. Miller has exhibited widely in both solo and group exhibitions including LACE 5th Annule, The Japanese American National Museum, The Theodore Payne Foundation, Brand Library and Galleries, MOCA, The Pittsburgh Biennial, and the Bakersfield Museum of Art. He is also a prolific curator, organizing exhibitions that focus on social practice and interaction.
RESUME
MICHAEL LEWIS MILLER
EDUCATION:
1990 Master of Fine Arts, (Intermedia) University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA.
1988 California State University, Bakersfield, (Fine Arts) Bakersfield, CA.
1978 Master of Science, (Geology) University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
1975 Bachelor of Science, (Geology, Fine Arts minor), VPI&SU, Blacksburg, VA.
AWARDS AND HONORS:
1988-90 Teaching Assistantship, University of Southern California, Los Angeles
1989 Los Angeles Arts Council Scholarship Nomination
1978 Outstanding Geological Thesis: 1978, Department of Geology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
1976-78 Research Assistantship, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY.
1976 Exxon Research Scholarship, Bermuda Biological Station
1974 Best in Show, Clifton Forge, Virginia, Juried Exhibition.
SOLO EXHIBITIONS:
2017 MICHAEL LEWIS MILLER: A Survey 1989- Present, NORCO College, Norco, CA
2012-22 The Garden as Art: Garden Tour with the Theodore Payne Foundation, Los Angeles, CA.
1997 The Psychophysical Prosthetic Wardrobe and Other Projects, Brand Library and Galleries, Glendale, CA.
1992 Helene Prewett Ellis Lowther Archives, Disney Gallery, Marlborough School, Los Angeles, CA.
1990 object size< 12" x 12" x 12", Helen Lindhurst Fine Arts Gallery, USC, Los Angeles, CA.
PUBLIC ART COMMISSIONS:
2000 Sid Kronenthall Park, Finalist, Culver City, CA with Joyce Dallal
1996 Third Street Promenade, Finalist, Santa Monica, CA with Joyce Dallal and Lauren Kasmer, Santa Monica, CA.
1993 Belmont Shores, Second Street, Finalist, Long Beach, CA. with Dallal and Kasmer.
1991 The Bakersfield Yard Sale Project, the Bakersfield Museum of Art, Bakersfield, CA.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 Lines of Stitching: exploration of quilts , Los Angeles Southwest College, Los Angeles CA
2015 Pittsburgh Biennial, with Edith Abeyta
2004 Faculty Exhibition, El Camino College, Torrance, CA
OLIO, Junior Arts Center Gallery, Los Angeles,
2002 “fork”, Patricia Correia Gallery, Santa Monica, CA
2001 Los Angeles Portraits, Angels Gate Art Center, San Pedro, CA
Travel Smart and Filing Cabinet, Dirt Gallery, West Hollywood, CA
One Night Stand at The Farmer’s Daughter Motel, Los Angeles, CA
A Glimpse of Perversion, Inner Space Gallery, The Farmer’s Daughter,
Los Angeles, CA
A Room Inside a Pie, Inner Space Gallery, USC, L. A. CA.
Spazi de Pace, Tel Aviv, Israel.
2000 Spazi de Pace, Los Angeles, CA, Eye Five Gallery, Los Angeles, CA.
Spazi de Pace, Gubbio Italy
Apron Strings, El Camino College, Torrance, CA
Eighth and Grand Exhibition for the democratic National Convention, Los Angeles, CA
Head Gear, Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
1998 Sound, Santa Ana College Art Gallery, Santa Ana, CA
1997 Faculty Exhibition, El Camino College, Torrance CA
Kids and Dogs, Striking distance Gallery, online gallery
1996 Redi 2 Waihre, Los Angeles, City College Da Vinci Art Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Action Required, Huntington Beach Art Center, Huntington Beach, CA
The Best of the West, Hollywood Digital, Los Angeles, CA
1995 Tears in the Fabric, Medical clinic, Santa Monica, CA
Mid Summer Atrocities and other Un-Niceties, Onyx Café, Los Angeles, CA
1994 Words and Windows, Sam Francis Gallery, Crossroads School for the Arts and Sciences, Santa Monica, CA
Family Album, California State Fullerton, Fullerton, CA.
2 x 4, California State University, Bakersfield, Bakersfield, CA
LAX/94, Special Edition, Japanese American Community Cultural Center,
Los Angeles, CA
1993 Time Capsule for 21st Century, City Hall, Los Angeles, CA
1990 Passion, Tension and Humor, LACE 5th Annuale, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Los Angeles, CA