Born 1961, Castro Valley, California Has practiced at Creative Growth since 1992

Dan Miller’s artwork is composed of obsessive overlays of words and imagery that often build to the point of abstraction. Each work contains a written record of Miller’s interests in hardware stores, lightbulbs, electrical sockets and familiar people, however only a few words are identified in its final stage. Largely nonverbal, Miller was taught at an early age to write words and numbers in order to communicate. This became the primary influence on his artistic practice, transforming text into graphic elements, and employing an abstracted visual language as a tool of inquiry and expression.

Miller has had solo exhibitions at White Columns, Andrew Edlin Gallery, and Ricco Maresca Gallery in New York, and Diane Rosenstein Gallery in Los Angeles. His work was included in Venice Biennale in 2017, and has been included in exhibitions at the Berkeley Art Museum; The Museum of Everything, London; Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Rachel Uffner Gallery and Partners & Spade, New York; Gallery Paule Anglim, Jules Maeght and 836M in San Francisco; Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami; John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan; Galerie Christian Berst and ABCD, Paris. Miller’s work is included in the permanent collections of the Smithsonian American Art Museum, the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Centre Pompidou, the Folk Art Museum, the Berkeley Art Museum, the Mad Musée, and the Collection de l’Art Brut, Lausanne. Miller’s work is also included in the private collections of David Byrne, Cindy Sherman, Maurizio Cattelan, Martin and Rebecca Eisenberg, Thea Westreich and Ethan Wagner, Nicolas Rohatyn and Jeanne Greenberg Rohatyn, Andy and Kate Spade, among many others.

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2021 Outsider Art Fair, New YorkFigure Out: Abstraction in Self-Taught Art, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York4x8-bridges, online exhibition, 8-bridges NADA, MiamiVibrant, Nina Johnson Gallery, MiamiCan’t Beat California, Golestani Gallery, Düsseldorf NADA, Miami

2020Important Paintings and Textiles, solo exhibition, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles NADA FAIR, online exhibition Frieze, online exhibition, presented by Andrew Edlin UNTITLED Art Fair, San Francisco, presented by Diane Rosenstein Outsider Art Fair, New York Felix Art Fair, Los AngelesMonochromatic Minds, Jennifer Lauren Gallery, London NADA, Miami Art Paris, ParisArt Brut Global, online exhibition, Outsider Art Fair Outsider Art Fair, ParisSix Decades Collecting Self-Taught Art, American Folk Art Museum, New York, curated by Emelie Gevalt and Valérie RousseauAn Alternative Canon: Art Dealers Collecting Outsider Art, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York, curated by Paul Laster

2019 The Creative Commons, ArtYard, Frenchtown Outsider Art Fair, New York Outsider Art Fair, Parisa la prochaine, Jules Maeght Gallery, San Francisco Art Paris, ParisThe Seven Year Itch, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los Angeles Freize Art Fair, New York, presented by Andrew EdlinGifted: The Self-Taught Genius of Creative Growth, Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami, curated by Kim HastreiterCE x CG x NIAD, Minnesota Street Projects, San Francisco

2018 Outsider Art Fair, ParisArt Gives Back, Minnesota Street Project, San Francisco NADA Art Fair, New York NADA Art Fair, MiamiDan Miller, solo exhibition, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York Outsider Art Fair, New York D’Dessin Art Fair, ParisDan Miller, Andrew Edlin Gallery, New York

2017 Viva Arte Viva, 57th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, curated by Christine MacelVive l’Art: Dan Miller and Judith Scott, 836M, San Francisco Outsider Art Fair, New YorkDan Miller: Recent Paintings, solo exhibition, Diane Rosenstein Gallery, Los AngelesEveryday Visionaries, Target, New YorkThe Museum of Everything Presents, MONA, Australia NADA Art Fair, Miami