Artist Bio.
Aimee Miller is a painter and mixed media artist based in Atlanta, Georgia. Her practice explores the expressive possibilities of surface, drawing on texture, materiality, and layered processes.
She earned her MFA in Painting from the University of Delaware and a BA in Studio Art from Spelman College.
Miller has been recognized with numerous awards and artist residencies, including at the Hambidge Center (Rabun Gap, GA), Anderson Ranch Arts Center (Snowmass Village, CO), and Vermont Studio Center (Johnson, VT). Most recently, she completed a residency with Newnan ArtRez in Newnan, Georgia.
Her work has been exhibited extensively across the Northeast and Southeast and is part of several public and private collections, including the Paul R. Jones Collection at the University of Delaware and the University of Alabama, the Georgia Museum of Art at the University of Georgia, and Wilson College.
Alongside her studio practice, Miller has taught within the University System of Georgia and currently works as an Art Educator with Fulton County Schools.
Photo courtesy of Forest McMullin. Hambidge Creative Arts Center 2020
Artist Statement
I'm inspired by the endless possibilities of surfaces, materials, and their relationship to paint. While I often make references to nature, structures that exist in both exterior and interior spaces inform my work. As my practice evolves, I experiment with techniques that reflect my interest in textiles and surface design. Through patterns, textures, and a layered approach to surface, I realized that textiles, like paintings, are built through process: weaving, dyeing, and unraveling which currently mirror my methods of layering paint, manipulating it in dried form, and reworking the surface in various formats.
Weaving studies made from fiber paste and acrylic skins. University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Micro-Residency. 2023
Close-up of acrylic skin used in weaving studies.
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Installation. Spray paint enamel and fabric starch on canvas. Vermont Studio Center. 2009