Guy Miller
Exploring ideas around identity and pop culture through Installation; Guy Miller is a D.C. based, formally trained artist. Originally from Philadelphia Pennsylvania, Guy received his BA from Delaware State University in 2013 and obtained his MFA degree in Studio Art at American University in Washington, DC in 2019.
His work was recently shown in the exhibition “40 Acres Deferred” at the Prince Georges African American Museum and Cultural Center (2018) and “Deep Flash” at VisArts in Rockville, Maryland (2018). Other exhibitions include “Year One: A Closer Look” at the American University Museum, “Black Creativity” at the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago(2018), “30 Under 30” at Viridian Gallery in New York, NY (2018) (curated by Chrissie Iles), and “The Black Experience” at the Chris White Gallery in Wilmington, DE. He had a solo exhibition at the Mezzanine Gallery in Wilmington Gallery in 2014. Guy is the recipient of the 2014 DDOA fellowship for works on paper. As of October 2018 his work has been reviewed in the Washington Post in conjunction to his participation In the earlier mentioned exhibition “Deep Flash”. Most recently (May 2019) Miller was awarded the JoAnn Crisp-Ellert Graduate Purchase Prize for work created for his Thesis Exhibition as a whole which includes a single piece being collected by the Watkins Collection.
Contact: guymiller20@yahoo.com
Giant Can of Tarnation, 2017, Found material and custom label,
32” (h) x 72” (circumference)