Artist Statement
Miller’s paintings, which hang like large tapestries, incorporate textiles, metallics, & beading ~ offering windows into other Times & Places ~
~ Pigment builds atmosphere ; draped satin forms landscape ; charcoal & flecks of mica create shifting light & ink defines limbs ~ ~ The sky is aglow with myths & icons ~ ~ An imagined unfurling of lifeforms ~ Chimeras ~ Mysteries of evolution & reincarnation ~ Beings shaped by Miracles & catastrophes ~ Past & future ~ Desire & fear ~ Paradise & ruin ~ ~ ~
Romantic & devotional in nature, tinged with grief & longing ~ these works honor the strange splendor & vast unknowability of life here on Earth ~
Originally from San Antonio, TX (b. 1993), Hazel Miller now calls the Pacific Northwest her home. She received her BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, OR. Currently she resides in Spokane, Washington and works out of her home studio. Miller teaches at Gonzaga University as an adjunct art history professor and organizes community art-making workshops. Meanwhile she is pursuing a graduate degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago through their Low-Residency MFA program, spending her summers in the Windy City.
About
Curriculum Vitae
Education
2027 (IN PROGRESS) Master of Fine Arts, School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago IL
2016 Bachelor of Fine Arts, Pacific Northwest College of Art, Portland OR
Awards
2026 ~ SAIC Graduate Dean Professional Development Award
2018 ~ Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation Grant
2015 ~ Carey Award for Life Drawing
2014 ~ First Place, Voorhies Drawing Award
2014 ~ Rose City Scholarship, PNCA
Selected Exhibitions
2026 ~ (UPCOMING - September 18th - October 23rd) “Nocturnes” Solo Exhibition, One Grand Gallery, Portland OR
2026 ~ “Essential”, Works by Adjunct Art Department Faculty, Myrtle Woldson Performing Arts Center, Gonzaga University, Spokane WA
2024 ~ “We Will Be Fossils Someday,” Solo Exhibition, Placeholder Studio, Spokane WA
2022 ~ “Before Us There Was You,” Group Show, Terrain Gallery, Spokane WA
2021 ~ “The Black Universe”, Solo Exhibition, Terrain Gallery, Spokane WA
2016 ~ Recent Graduates Exhibition, Group Show, Blackfish Gallery, Portland OR