Kirk Miller art

selected exhibitions

scheduled exhibitions

WELCOME TO MY MAGNIFICENT SPECTACULAR VIRTUAL VIRTUAL, Various Locations throughout the greater Los Angeles area and California    (May 2021 - Undetermined)

solo / two person exhibitions

MY MAGNIFICENT SPECTACULAR VIRTUAL VIRTUAL, gallery-934.com, Long Beach, CA (February 2021 - Undetermined)

WRECKS ACCIDENTS & COLLISIONS, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY (June '95)

THE END OF EDUCATION (Politics and Cultural Production), Cerritos College Fine Arts Gallery, Norwalk, CA (August '93)

Krygier / Landau Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA (March '91)

DON'T KNOW WHERE I'M GOING, BUT I'M MAKING GOOD TIME, Galleria Notturna d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy (Dec. '90 - Jan. '91)

HEISNOWHERE, Krygier / Landau Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA (Oct. '88)

THE SEX THAT PETERBILT...(a.k.a. Safe Sex), Art Center College of Design Sculpture Garden, Pasadena, CA (Sept. '87)

54 WEST, 54 West Colorado Boulevard, Pasadena, CA (Dec. '87)

group exhibitions

Art and Tech [Exhibition] at Not Real Art World,  https://notrealart.com/exhibition/art-and-tech/, (Aug. 4 - Sept. 4, 2023)

FACULTY ART EXHIBITIONS, (1985 - 2021)

HOME SWEET HOME, San Luis Obispo Museum Of Art, San Luis Obispo, CA (Oct. 19 - Dec. 19, 2018)

NO RESTRAINT, ARK Gallery, Altadena, CA (Sept. 17, 2017 - Oct. 28, 2017)

Text & Image, Site: Brooklyn, Brooklyn, NY (June 16, 2017 - July 16, 2017)

FAR Bazaar: Cerritos College - Alternative Art Fair and Art Collective Festival, Norwalk, CA (Jan. 28-29, 2017)

Let Us Eat Cake: S.P.A.C.E. Celebrates 8 Years, S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, South Pasadena, CA (Sept.03 - 24, 2016)

INSIDE THE WHITE CUBE: The Gallery as Context, Arena 1 Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (Dec. 19, 2015 - Jan. 30, 2016)

Via Negativa: The Transcendence of the unReal, South Bay Contemporary, San Pedro, CA (Sept. 03 - Oct. 10, 2015)

Gimme Shelter, S.P.A.C.E. Gallery, South Pasadena, CA (April 18 - May 9, 2015)

CHAIN LETTER, Shoshana Wayne Gallery, Santa Monica, CA (July 23 - Aug. 25, 2011)

THE WHITE CUBE AT THE FINAL FRONTIER, The Guggenheim Gallery at Chapman University, Orange, CA (Oct.-Nov. '99)

WRECKS ACCIDENTS & COLLISIONS, Armory Exhibit of 1913, New York, NY (Sept.'98)

WRECKS ACCIDENTS & COLLISIONS, '91 Whitney Biennial, Whitney Museum of Art, New York, NY (Sept. '95)

FAR BAZZAR, Produced by the Foundation for Art Resources, Inc., Los Angeles, CA (Dec. '92)

THE CHAPMAN MARKET SHOW, Produced by L.A. Place Projects, Los Angeles, CA (Feb. '91)

TAKE OVER (Absoute Politik), Night Gallery, New York, Ny (Dec. '90)

OPENINGS, Galleria Notturna d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy (Oct. '90)

THE BRADBURY SHOW, Produced by L.A. Place Projects, Los Angeles, CA (July '90)

CHANGING GROUP EXHIBITION, Krygier / Landau Contemporary Art, Santa Monica, CA (July '90)

THE TRAVELING SHOW, Art Influenced By Transportation, Muchenthaler Cultural Center, Fullerton, CA (July '89)

RISIBILITY ASKEW, Bess Cutler Gallery, New York, NY (April '89)

UNDER CONSTRUCTION, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA (June '87)

bibliography

Schoemaker, Kristine. "Celebrating Artists Over 65." ART AND CAKE, January 21, 2020.

Schoemaker, Kristine. "FAR Bazaar: Cerritos College – Photo Essay." ART AND CAKE, February 1, 2017.

Womack, Catherine. "An Abandoned Midcentury Building At Cerritos College Is Becoming A Guerrilla Art Gallery Before It's Demolished." LA WEEKLY, January 26, 2017.

Walsh, Daniella. "A gleaming, computer-age 'Cube'." ORANGE COUNTY REGISTER, November 7, 1999.

Frank, Peter. "FAR BAZZAR." LA WEEKLY, December 18-24, 1992: 114.

Wainwright, Wendy. "...And Nearby, It's FAR!." DOWNTOWN NEWS, December 7, 1992.

Urban, Hope. "FAR Out." L.A. READER, December, 1992.

Snow, Shauna. "Artists Cash In on Empty Bank Building." LOS ANGELES TIMES, December 2, 1992: F1.

Sullivan, Meg. "Going to Market." DAILY NEWS, March 1, 1991: 3.

Murphy, Melanie. "Art fills Chapman Markets's Blank Spaces." LOS ANGELES INDEPENDENT, March 6 1991.

Frank, Peter. "The Chapman Market Show." LA WEEKLY, March 8-14, 1991.

Clarke, Orville O. "Krygier / Landau Contemporary Art." SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HOME & GARDEN. September 1989: 28-30.

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patrons and awards

in the collections of...

Marc Coppos, Hollywood, CA
Martin Edelston, New York, NY
Cliff & Mandy Einstein, Los Angeles, CA
Milli Gandini, Milan, Italy
Michelle Isenberg, Los Angeles, CA
NYNEX Corporation, New York, NY

awards...

Awarded 3rd Prize, Honda of America Sculpture Competition (Jan. '87)

teaching

full-time

Cerritos College, Norwalk, CA - Professor of Art - Retiree (1988-2022)
Art Department Chair (1990-4)
Gallery Director (1992-3)

part-time

Lecturer for a period of seven years, carrying course loads of 3-12 units / semester

C.S.U., Long Beach, (1984-8)
C.S.U., Northridge, (1984-7)
Pasadena City College, (1984-6)

developed and taught courses in the following areas:

3D Modeling & Animation, Contemporary Art Practices, Drawing & Painting, Graphic Design, Illustration, Multimedia / New Media, Web Design

awards

Outstanding Faculty of the Year Nominee (2011)
Outstanding Faculty of the Year in Fine Arts and Communications (1996)

education

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
M.F.A. - Fine Art (1987)

Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, CA
B.F.A. - Illustration (1979)

University of California, Berkeley, CA
Graduate Program, Art History (1973-74)

University of California, Berkeley, CA
B.A., Art History, Honors with Great Distinction in Major (1973)