GREG MILLER J STREET
J STREET “The past comes along with me.” - Greg Miller, 2015 Santa Monica, CA - The William Turner Gallery is pleased to present J Street, a series of new works by Greg Miller. Following a recent move to New York, history and how we make it, has been weighing on Miller’s mind. J Street, named for the main drag in Miller’s hometown of Sacramento, CA, is a collection of paintings that explores the ways in which we carry, preserve and experience our collective and individual histories. Born in 1951, Miller came of age in the Bay Area in the 1960s and 70s, a time when America’s projected Post-War idealism was at odds with tumultuous political and social conflict. There are visual references to historical events in Miller’s work - both the joyous and the turbulent - juxtaposed with those signifiers of modern American culture - provocative and glamorous women, iconic consumer products, booze, classic cars and apple pie. Miller’s work synthesizes a number of elements both contemporary and age-old. Critic Peter Frank remarks, “Greg Miller brings the pictorial poise of Pop to the eloquent fury of street art, effecting a marriage - or at least a torrid affair - between two hot items. One item is hot today, the other has been hot for a half century, but in Miller’s hands there is no generation gap, only a spiritual union - one that generates a sky, or at least a wall full of sparks.” With this series in particular, Miller’s practice reaches even further back in time - to the cave paintings of early man. This is a territory he explores by addressing our primal urge to make marks - the human need to declare to posterity “I was here!” Collaged elements project off of the surfaces - Miller has left some of the paintings resin-free, raw and exposed like cave walls or city streets, making the artist’s ritual of creating more tangible and tantalizing. The images that Miller assembles and renders tell the story of us - establishing Miller as a visual storyteller of modern culture. As an artist, Miller has often dealt with the idea of bringing the outside world in - no easy task considering the barrage of images that we absorb every day. From tattered billboards to pages torn from popular magazines to slick advertisements, Miller mines the immense American visual culture to create a new language through which we can understand our history. In this sense, Miller’s works function as contemporary cave paintings - records of information transcribed in Miller’s unique visual language of painted image, found ephemera, gesture, text and iconography. There is a spontaneity to Miller’s mark making - paint drips and falls across the surface in Pollockesque gestures, graffiti-like sprays and urgent scribbles punctuate the layered images. One might say that these are Miller’s handprints on the cave wall - a wall plastered with images that evoke desire, nostalgia and a collective visual consciousness.
Good Look, 2015, acrylic, collage paper on panel, 98” x 127 1/2”
J Street, 2015, acrylic, collage paper, resin on panel, 60� x 84�
OK, 2015, acrylic, collage paper on panel, 60” x 108”
A Girl, 2015, acrylic, collage paper, resin on panel, 84� x 60�
American 2, 2015, acrylic, collage paper, resin on panel, 48� x 48�
Peace, 2015, acrylic, collage paper, multiple layers of resin on panel, 48� x 48�
American, 2015, acrylic, collage paper, resin on panel, 48� x 48�
GREG MILLER Born: 1951. Sacramento, CA Master of Arts, San Jose State University. San Jose, CA San Francisco Art Institute. San Francisco, CA UCLA, Graduate School. Los Angeles, CA SELECTED EXHIBITIONS 2015 Solo Exhibition Surfari Crossroads Gallery; Sag Harbor, NY Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA 2014 LA Art Show Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Solo Exhibition Campton Gallery; New York, NY 2013 LA Art Show Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA London Art Fair Scream Gallery; London, UK Solo Exhibition PEVETO; Houston, TX Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; St. Helena, CA Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA 2012 Pulse NY Contemporary Art Fair Freight & Volume, New York, NY LA Art Show Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA London Art Fair Scream Gallery; London, UK Group Exhibition PEVETO; Houston, TX Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition Kevin Barry Fine Art Assoc.; Las Vegas, NV Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition Freight & Volume, New York, NY Solo Exhibition Campton Gallery; New York, NY Solo Exhibition Scream Gallery; London, UK 2011 Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Perez Hiltons SXSW Event Austin, TX Group Exhibition Deborah Page Projects, Austin, TX Auction Bonhams UK - Urban Art LA Art Show Los Angeles Art Show; Los Angeles, CA 2010 Art Miami, Art Basel; Miami, FL Solo Exhibition Campton Gallery; New York, NY Group Exhibition Under the Influence of Fashion and Finance. Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art Television Giada at Home: Paint & Party. Food Network Episode 2010#2.29. Malibu, CA Solo Exhibition The Get Go. William Turner Gallery: Santa Monica, CA San Francisco Fine Art Fair: Fort Mason, CA Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Solo Exhibition Marfa Film Festival. Deborah Page Projects: Marfa, TX Auction Christie’s Fine Art Auctions: Beverly Hills, CA Group Exhibition People’s Gallery Exhibition. Austin City Hall; Austin, TX Solo Exhibition Artspace 111; Ft. Worth, TX LA Art Show. Los Angeles Art Show; Los Angeles, CA 2009 Art Miami. Art Basel; Miami, FL Solo Exhibition Campton Gallery; New York, NY Solo Exhibition Recent Paintings. William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Solo Exhibition Route 99. Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition Signs of the Nearly Actual. William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Group Exhibition Material Boundaries. Spazio Interiors & Deborah Page Projects; Austin, TX Group Exhibition Art Show LA. Caldwell Snyder Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
2008 Bridge Art Fair. Art Basel; Miami, FL Red Dot Art Fair. Art Basel; Miami, FL Solo Exhibition The Unforseen. Spazio Interiors; Austin, TX Group Exhibition Susquehanna Art Museum; Harrisburg, PA Solo Exhibition Recent Paintings. Campton Gallery, New York, NY Solo Exhibition Caldwell Snyder Gallery; San Francisco, CA Solo Exhibition Napa Valley Museum; Yountville, CA Group Exhibition American Lifescapes. dba256 Gallery. Winebar; Pomona, CA Group Exhibition Grand Central Art Center, Cal State Fullerton; Santa Ana, CA Solo Exhibition Unforeseen Frontier. William Turner Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Group Exhibition Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art; Malibu, CA Group Exhibition Roseville Arts; Roseville, CA Group Exhibition Intervention. Pharmaka; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Imago Galleries; Palm Desert, CA Solo Exhibition Eyecandy. Deborah Page Gallery; Santa Monica, CA Solo Exhibition The Seduction. Kidder-Smith Gallery; Boston, MA 2007 Bridge Art Fair Art Basel; Miami, FL Group Exhibition Miami, FL London Art Show Bridge Art Fair, Trafalgar Hotel; London, England Los Angeles Art Show Barker Hangar; Santa Monica, CA Group Exhibition Riverside Art Museum; Riverside, CA Solo Exhibition Aspen, CO Group Exhibition Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art; Malibu, CA Group Exhibition Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center; Colorado Springs, CO Group Exhibition Contemporary Art Center; New Orleans, LA 2006 DIVA Video Installation Art Basel; Miami, FL Group Exhibition Miami, FL Los Angeles Art Show Barker Hangar; Santa Monica, CA Solo Exhibition Aspen, CO 2005 Solo Exhibition Aspen, CO Group Exhibition Carnegie Art Museum; Oxnard, CA Solo Exhibition New York, NY 2004 Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Aspen, CO Group Exhibition New York, NY Solo Exhibition Kidder-Smith Gallery; Boston, MA Film Exhibition Co-executive Producer “Darth Days”, 7 min short-film, 24p Hi-def; Switch Studios, Venice, CA 2003 Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Elaine Baker Gallery; Boca Raton, FL Solo Exhibition Kidder-Smith Gallery; Boston, MA Group Exhibition Bucheon Gallery; San Francisco, CA 2002 Group Exhibition Elaine Baker Gallery; Boca Raton, FL Solo Exhibition Kidder-Smith Gallery; Boston, MA Year in Installation Hum Music Design; Venice, CA Solo Exhibition Imago Galleries; Palm Desert, CA 2001 Solo Exhibition So Hyun Gallery; New York, NY Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA 2000 Solo Exhibition Bucheon Gallery; San Francisco, CA Solo Exhibition “Kidnapping”, No Prisoners; Los Angeles, CA
1999 Film Exhibition “The Kidnapping” 35 mm. 15 minute color short. Dolby Surround Sound Robert Wagner, Lisa Zane, Chris Reed, Shawn Woods Solo Exhibition Lejneiks Fine Art; San Francisco, CA 1998 Group Exhibition Lejneiks Fine Art; San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition Buschlen Mowatt Gallery; Vancouver, Canada 1997 Solo Exhibition Peter Blake Gallery; Laguna Beach, CA Solo Exhibition Buschlen Mowatt Gallery; Vancouver, Canada Group Exhibition Auberge du Soleil; St. Helena, CA Group Exhibition Bucheon Gallery; San Francisco, CA 1996 Solo Exhibition Slutzky Sheffner Contemporary Art; Newport Beach, CA Solo Exhibition Barney’s New York. Window Installation. Los Angeles, CA Solo Exhibition Barney’s New York. Window Installation. New York, NY Group Exhibition Laguna Art Museum; Laguna Beach, CA 1995 Solo Exhibition The Viper Room. William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Solo Exhibition Objects. Slutzky Sheffner Contemporary Art; Newport Beach, CA Group Exhibition Newport Harbor Art Museum; Newport Beach, CA Group Exhibition Triton Art Fair; San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition Pated Paper. Louis Stern Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition American Collage. William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA 1994 ART LA ‘94 William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Solo Exhibition Ted Mendenhal Gallery; Pasadena, CA Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Group Exhibition Night of the Masque. Newport Harbor Art Museum; Newport Beach, CA 1993 ART LA ‘93 William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Solo Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Solo Exhibition Brandt Schneider Contemporary Art; Napa, CA Group Exhibition Project for AmFAR; New York, NY Group Exhibition Gallery 57; San Francisco, CA 1992 ART LA ‘92 William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Solo Exhibition American Journals. William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Group Exhibition Chicago International Art Exposition; Chicago, IL Group Exhibition William Turner Gallery; Chicago, IL Group Exhibition Object/Image Found. TransAmerican Gallery; Los Angeles, CA 1991 ART LA ‘91 William Turner Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Solo Exhibition Life Series. William Turner Gallery; Venice, CA Group Exhibition Art London ‘91. William Turner Gallery; London, England 1986 Group Exhibition Newport Harbor Art Museum; Newport Beach, CA Group Exhibition Imagination Celebration; The Kennedy Center Installation, NY 1985 Group Exhibition Newport Harbor Art Museum; Newport Beach, CA 1983 Group Exhibition Book Exhibitions. Palo Alto Cultural Center; Palo Alto, CA 1981 Group Exhibition Eaton Schoen Gallery; San Francisco, CA Group Exhibition George Eastman House; Rochester, NY Group Exhibition Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
1980 Group Exhibition The Works Gallery; Long Beach, CA 1979 Group Exhibition Artworks and Bookworks. LICA; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Judaism Through the Arts. West Valley College; Los Angeles, CA Group Exhibition Glass: Outdoor Installations in City Parks; San Jose, CA 1977 Group Exhibition Artist Stories. Libra Gallery; Claremont, CA Group Exhibition Bookworks. Mills College; Hayward, CA Group Exhibition Union Gallery; San Jose, CA Group Exhibition La Mamelle; San Francisco, CA 1975 Group Exhibition Montalvo Center for the Arts; Saratoga, CA Group Exhibition Three People. Gallery One; San Jose, CA Group Exhibition Investigations. John White Performance Gallery; San Jose, CA AWARDS 1981 National Endowment for the Arts: Publication Grant. 1980 National Endowment for the Arts: Exhibition Grant. 1978 National Endowment for the Arts: Publication Grant. PUBLICATIONS & MEDIA Miller, Greg. “Greg Miller:The Get Go.” Art Book. 2010. DeLaurentis, Giada. Giada at Home: Paint & Party (TV Episode 2010 #2.29) Aired: July 17, 2010. Villalpando, Nicole. “Mt. Bonnell Home Floats Off Edge.” Austin American Statesman. Jan. 2, 2010. Moret, A. “Greg Miller: Recent Work at William Turner Gallery.” Art Ltd. Sept/Oct 2009. Miller, Greg. “Greg Miller: Signs of the Nearly Actual.” Retrospective Art Book. 2008. Dougherty, Michael B. “Art Attack.” Vegas Magazine. May 2009. “Vintage Americana.” American Art Collector. May 2009. Bamsey, Ben. “Greg Miller.” Artworks Magazine. Spring 2009. California Dreaming. Angeleno Magazine. The Next Wave. Men’s Vogue. Article by Mark Rozzo Gregory Miller. Article by Donald Kuspit The Printed Word. Catalogue. Stephen Moore - editor Bookworks. Catalogue. Artist Catalogue. Jerry McAllister - editor Another Room. Lucy Childs - editor Artworks and Bookworks. Judith Hoffberg and Joan Hugo - editors The Dumb Ox. James Hugunn and Theron Kelly - editors McQuaid, Cate. “Going Back to Cali.” The Boston Globe. February 20, 2008. Pagel, David. “Art: Reviews.” Los Angeles Times. December 31, 1992. Shattil, Arlene. “CIACE, Art Chicago a Study in Contrasts.” Art Business News. June 1992. Campbell, Jenny. Orange County Register. April 1986 Smith, Caalon. Los Angeles Times. January 1986. Curtis, Cathy. Orange County Register. January 1986. Jones, Judy. Irvine World News. December 1985. Muchnic, Suzanne. “Major and Minor.” Los Angeles Times. 1981. Burkhart, Dorothy. “Introductions.” San Jose Mercury. 1979. MacDonald, Robert. “Images of Women.” Art Week. 1979. Caen, Herb. “Censorship at the Kaiser Building.” San Francisco Chronicle. 1979. Sheer, Charles. “Corporations/The Arts.” Oakland Tribune. 1979. Hugo, Joan. “Artist Book.” Art Week. 1977. “California Artist.” Artes Visuales. October, 1976. Grant, Lynn. “The Printed Word.” Art Week. March, 1976.
SELECTED CORPORATE COLLECTIONS W Hotel, San Diego, CA Charles Saatchi. London, England AmFAR. Los Angeles, CA Playboy Enterprises. Chicago, IL San Jose Museum of Art, San Jose, CA ARATEX Inc. San Francisco, CA FAGO Foundation. Los Angeles, CA ODEDEX Corporation. Anaheim, CA Robert Pecota Winery. Napa, CA Community Arts Inc. San Francisco, CA Interscope Records. Los Angeles, CA Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art. Kansas City, MI Pixar Animation Studios. Emeryville, CA SELECTED PRIVATE COLLECTIONS Toby Maquire John Paul & Eloise DeJoria Sharon Stone Herb Bloch Nancy Sheffner Judy Slutzky Barbara & Sam Masket Jennifer & Gianluca Galtrucco Debbie & Dave Schneider Sue & William Brandt Jane Witter Sheryle Ulyate Ann Janss Staci & Bruce Kirschbaum Marg Helgenberger Kyle Ransford Jessica Alba Georgina Chapman & Harvey Weinstein Eli Manning Leslie & Gary Urano Caroline and John Byrne PROFESSIONAL 1989-1985 Claremont Graduate School of Art. Claremont, CA Associate Professor of Painting, Drawing and Sculpture Laguna College of Art & Design, Laguna Beach, CA Chair of Visual Communications Department Associate Professor of Design Associate Professor of Painting and Advanced Painting Courses DONATIONS Five X Seven. Art House at the Jones Center; Austin, TX Art of Elysium; Los Angeles, CA Crocker Museum of Art; Sacramento, CA STOP CANCER, Santa Barbara, CA AmFAR, Los Angeles, CA Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, CA Laguna Art Museum. Laguna Beach, CA Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, CA Venice Family Clinic, Venice, CA Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA
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