My paintings incorporate textiles, metallics, beading, & sculpture ~ Pigment becomes atmosphere; draped fabrics become clouds; charcoal & flecks of mica create shifting light ~ The sky aglow ~ In this world we witness new life ~ Chimerical beings shaped by both wonder & catastrophe ~ Places suspended between dream & memory ~ Desire & fear ~ Paradise & ruin ~ ~ ~
These imagined myths explore archetypes, evolution, extinction, & reincarnation ~ These artworks, Romantic & devotional in nature, tinged with grief & longing ~ Look to the strange splendor & vast unknowability of life here on Earth ~
Artist Statement
About
Originally from San Antonio, TX (b. 1993), Hazel Miller now lives in the Pacific Northwest. She received her BFA from Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, OR with a Rose City Scholarship. 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 facilitates local art-making workshops. Meanwhile she is also pursuing a graduate degree from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago through the Low-Residency MFA program, spending her summers in the Windy City.
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
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) “Nocturnes of the Seventh Extinction” 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