Melissa Miller, "Octopus with Fish," watercolor on paper
MELISSA MILLER received a Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from the University of New Mexico in 1974. She is an Associate Professor in the Department of Art and Art History at The University of Texas at Austin and has been a visiting lecturer and guest artist at over twenty universities, colleges, and art institutes. She is widely known for her expressionistic paintings that use animals as metaphors for human situations and dilemmas. Miller has exhibited work at many of the major museums in America. These include the Hirshhorn and Corcoran Museums in Washington D.C.; the Brooklyn Museum ; the New Orleans Museum of Art; the Baltimore Museum of Art; and the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth. Her work has been included in the prestigious Whitney Biennial and the Venice Biennial. The artist is the recipient of three individual Artist Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts. Her works can be found in many public collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; the Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.; and the Contemporary Museum, Honolulu. Her work is currently represented by Moody Gallery in Houston, and Dunn and Brown Contemporary in Dallas, Texas.
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