Eleanor Miller
Biography and Artist Statement
Eleanor Miller is inspired by the farmland that surrounds her Connecticut studio and her affinity with the natural world is abundantly evident in her ethereal oils.
After receiving her BFA from Connecticut College in New London, the artist studied with The Fashion Institute of Technology in New York City. Eleanor completed her Masters Degree from the School of Visual Arts in New York. In her move back to Connecticut, she is happily fulfilling her desire to create beauty from nature as a full time artist.
“Painting reflects my observation of nature and the creatures that roam, swim and share this planet with us. The images that interest me discuss life’s continuing process and the mystery of its evolution.” Eleanor Miller’s paintings are celebrations of nature as she melds reality with spirituality.
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EDUCATION
School of Visual Arts, New York, NY, MFA (1991)Connecticut College, New London, CT, BA (1986)
Fashion Institute of Technology, New York, NY, AAS (1975)
AWARDS
2008- Berkshire-Taconic Community Foundation Artist Resource Trust FundDOCUMENTARY
Where Lies Beauty - The Film- Previewed at Mattatuck Museum Performing Arts Center, Waterbury, CT October 2010, Filmmaker -Carina Tautu, Turtle ProductionsSOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011- The Visible Angelic, Clark Gallery, Lincoln, MA2010- Corners of the World, Diane Birdsall Gallery. OldLyme. CT
2010- Hanson Gallery- Knoxville. TN
2009- Sarah Doyle Gallery, Brown University, Providence, RI
2009- Glen Urquhart School- (via Clark Gallery), Beverly, MA
2009- Downtown Art Walk Gallery Minerva, Asheville, NC
2008- Downtown Art Walk Gallery Minerva, Asheville, NC
2007- Schimdt-Dean Gallery, Philadelpia, PA
Enchanted Landscapes- Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
2006- Bachelier-Cardonsky, Kent, CT
2005- Bachelier-Cardonsky, Kent, CT
Introspection, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, Il.
2004- Bachelier-Cardonsky, Kent, CT
2003- Dillon Gallery, Oyster Bay, NY
Origins and Legends, Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2002- A Sense of Place, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, IL
2000- Heavenfield, Wright Gallery, New York, NY
Bachelier Cardonsky, Kent, CT
1999- Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA
Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998- Dillon Gallery, New York, NY
1997- Bachelier Cardonsky, Kent, CT
Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1996- Dillon Gallery, New York, NY
1994- Bachelier Cardonsky, Kent, CT
1993- Bachelier Cardonsky, Kent, CT
MUSEUM EXHIBITIONS
2010 Where Lies Beauty-,The Mattatuck Museum- Waterbury. CT2007 Miss Florence’s Artist Tree- The Magic of Christmas-Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
2006 Connecticut Artists Annual Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum, Norwich, CT
2000 "Millennium New Gifts and Acquisitions", The William Benton Museum of Art,University of Connecticut,Storrs, CT
1999 "Annual Exhibition", The Decordova Museum, Lincoln,MA
"Brushes with Spirituality: Ethereal Paintings", The Noyes Museum, Oceanville, NJ
1998 "Remembering Beauty: The Seductive and Nostalgic Nature of American Landscape",South Bend Regional Museum of Arts, South Bend,IN
1988 Connecticut Artists Annual Exhibition,Slater Memorial Museum,Norwich,CT
1996 "Out of Eden", Kemper Museum, Kansas City, MO
1995 "New Voices, New Visions", Kennedy Museum of American Art, OH
1987 27th Annual Festival, Museum of Arts and Science and Industry,Bridgeport,CT
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITION
2009-Small Works-Anne Loucks Gallery, Chicago, ILL2009-Flower Power- Clark Gallery- Lincoln, MA
2008-The December Show Group Exhibition-Linstrum-Matre Artworks, Atlanta, GA
2008-Winging It-Bachelier-Cardonsky-Kent, CT
2008-Visual Trilogy- Amy Simon Fine Art, Westport, CT
2007-Schmidt-Dean Gallery- Philadelpia, PA
Spring Fling- Aliya-Lindstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Hothouse- Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
2006-Hanson Gallery, Knoxville, TN
Gallery Minerva, Asheville, NC
Diane Birdsall Gallery, Old Lyme, CT
Floral Interpretations, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, Ill
Susan Street Gallery, Solana Beach, CA
Butters Gallery, Porltand, OR
Gallery Minerva, Asheville, NC
7 Women- 7- Weeks Loucks Gallery, Glencoe, Ill,
2005-Aliya Lindstrum Gallery, Atlanta, GA
Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Wynne/Falconer, Cape Cod, MA
2004-Still Life, Anne Loucks Gallery, Glenco, Ill
2002-Wright Gallery, South Hampton, NY
2001-Dillon Gallery, Oyster Bay, NY
1999-Our Good Earth, the landscape at the end of the century, Hemphill Fine Art, Washington, DC
Valentine, Schmidt-Dean Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
1998-Dillon Gallery, New York, NY
1997-In Land Settings, Pepper Gallery, Boston, MA
1996-GOLA Festival,Gallery of Living Artists, New York, NY
Past Post, Dillon Gallery, New York, NY
By the Sea, Fotouhi-Cramer, New York, NY
February Invitational, Rene Fotouhi Fine Art, New York, NY
1995-Benefit Show, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
1994-Small Works, Foster Goldstrum, New York, NY
Paint, Rotunda Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Trees, Bachelier Cardonsky, Kent, CT
Secret Garden, Cummings Art Center, Connecticut College, New London, CT
New York City, The New York Law School presented by Art Initiatives,NY
Food, Cleary, Gottlieb, Steen, and Hamilton, New York, NY
Notorious Long Island, Hillwood Art Museum, Long Island University,Brookville, NY
1993-Summer Group Show, Germans Van Eck, New York, NY
Chicago International Exhibition, Muranushi Lederman, New York, NY
Small Works, Washington Square Gallery, New York, NY
1988-Connecticut Artists Annual Exhibition, Slater Memorial Museum,Norwich, CT
COLLECTIONS
AJO Partners, Philadelphia, PAFearings Restaurant, Ritz-Carlton, Dallas, TX
The River House, NYC
Florence Griswold Museum, Old Lyme, CT
DeCordova Museum, Lincoln, MA
The William Benton Museum of Art, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT
The Corcoran Group, Palm Beach, FL
Lynn Redgrave, Kent, CT
St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort, Dana Point, CA
The Resnick Collection, Los Angeles, CA
Wilmington Trust, Miami, FL
Paul Rieser, NY, NY
COMMSSIONS
St. Regis Monarch Beach Resort, Dana Point, CARaymond Brager, New York, NY
Windswept Construction, Storrs, CT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
Barentincic, Keleigh, ÒEvoking Memories of NatureÓ, The Thames River Times, Preston, CT, March 29 (2007) ill. pg.12-13.Solo Exhibition to feature Eleanor Miller ,Antiques and the Arts Weekly, Boston, MA, June 18 (1999)
Rundquist, Leisa Remembering Beauty: the Seductive and Nostalgic Nature of American Landscape, South Bend Regional Museum of Art (catalog), South Bend, IL, October (1998) ill.
Self, Dana, Out of Eden, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art (catalog), Kansas City, MO September (1997) ill.
Farrah,Mary Howard, Soul of the Land, The Connecticut College Magazine, New London, CT January (1997)Vol. 6, #3, ill. pg. 40
Caruso, Andrea, Three Angles on Nature Offered at Kennedy ,The Athens News, Athens, OH, Thursday, October 31 (1996)
