Edward Allen Miller
2100 Belvue Rd, Waynesboro, VA 22980 · 434-409-1266 · edmillersculpture@hotmail.com · edmillersculpture.com
Education
2016 M.F.A. Studio Art, Ceramics Concentration, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 2009
2009 B.F.A. Three Dimensional Art, cum laude, Radford, University, Radford, VA
2006 A.A. Liberal Arts, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
Commissions / Public Works
2017 Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Earth Healer, Outdoor Sculpture, Richmond, VA
2013 University of Virginia, Bison Charging from Earth, Outdoor Sculpture, Charlottesville, VA
2012 Blue Ridge Swim Club, Earthen Creature, Outdoor Sculpture, Charlottesville, VA
Central Virginia Community Health Center, Beulah Wiley, Portrait Bust, New Canton, VA
Baker-Butler Elementary School, Reading Bear, Outdoor Sculpture, Charlottesville, VA
Baker-Butler Elementary School, Reading Bear Cub, Sculpture, Charlottesville, VA
2010 Echoes of Nature Sculpture Park, AZIT, Soapstone Sculpture, Outdoor Sculpture, Charlottesville, VA
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Incomplete Narrative, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2013 Recent Works by Ed Miller, Ruff Stuff Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2012 Destructed, Ruff Stuff Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Bison Unearthed, The Tom Tom Founders Festival Headquarters, Charlottesville, VA
Reading Bear Interactive Sculpture, The Tom Tom Founders Festival, Charlottesville, VA
2011 Classical Hunting, Touched by Virginia Banquet, Les Yeux du Monde Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2010 Exploring the Bizarre and Enchanted, Eunoia Garden Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Juried Exhibitions
2017 Homeward Bound, Tauban Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
Juror: Bradley Sumrall
Juried Art Exhibition, A National Multimedia Show, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
Jurors: Theresa Alo, Charles Goolsby, Patricia Piorkowski Hobbs
2015 TRIBES Exhibition, (The Big Head Brigade, Artist Collective) Naprstek Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, Prague, Czech Republic
Earth Elements, Providence Art Club Nation Wide All Media Exhibition, Providence, RI
Juror: Allison Newsome
2014 Art in Odd Places, (The Big Head Brigade) 14th Street, New York, NY
Juried Multimedia Art Exhibition, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
Jurors: William H. Bennett, Ron Boehmer, Jan Knipe, Sylvia Yount
Positive Negative, Tipton Gallery, East Tennessee State University, TN
Juror: Buzz Spector
2013 Virginia Artists 2013 Juried Exhibition, The Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA
Juror: Lise C. Swensson.
Art In Odd Places, (The Big Head Brigade) Hosted by Elsewhere Artist Residency, Greensboro, NC
2012 Workhouse Clay National Exhibition, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Juror: Peter Held
Virginia Artists 2012 Juried Exhibition, The Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA
Juror: Caroline Cobb Wright
Invitational and Group Exhibitions
2016 Orange 4, The Fridge DC Gallery, Washington, DC
RAW Stuff @ Ruff Stuff, Ruff Stuff Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2015 Mysteryland Art and Culture Festival, (The Big Head Brigade) Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
Harvest Moon Exhibition, Appalachian Center for the Arts, Cedar Bluff, VA
Handmade Here: A Tennessee Craft Chapter Exhibition, Emporium for the Arts, Knoxville, TN
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Group Exhibition, Deer Isle, ME
Appendage and Torso, (pop-up show) Tyson Street Exhibition Space, Knoxville, TN
2014 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Group Exhibition, Deer Isle, ME
Earthen Bodies: Figurative Ceramics, Tipton Gallery, East Tennessee State University, TN
3-D Lives, 1010 Galley, Knoxville, TN
Art Show: Wear a Warm Sweater, (pop-up show) 600 N Broadway, Knoxville, TN 2013
16/16, Downtown Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2012 Hot Glass, Cool Brass, Ruff Stuff Gallery, UVA, Charlottesville, VA
The Unearthing, IX Building Performance Space, Charlottesville, VA
2011 The Battle of Wonders: Classicism vs. Romanticism, UVA Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA 2009
Spring BFA Show, Covington Center, RU, Radford, VA
RU Ceramics, Radford University Art Museum, Radford VA.
Awards & Scholarships
2015 Candace Haskell Scholarship, Technical Assistant Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Summer Session with Tip Toland “Gesture, Psychology and Figure”
Judith Temple Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Summer Session with Jim Arendt
Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, Prague Czech Republic, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2014 Nanette Laitman Scholarship, Technical Assistant Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Summer Session with Arthur Gonzalez
Jane Pieser Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Summer Session with Aisha Harrison
2013 Honorable Mention, Virginia Artists 2013 Juried Exhibition, The Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA
Juror: Lise C. Swensson
2012 Honorable Mention, Workhouse Clay National Exhibition, Lorton, VA
Juror: Peter Held
2010 Work Study Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, N
Summer Session with John Byrd “Old Methods New Approaches”
2009 Work Study Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Summer Session with Debra Fritts “Allowing the Figure to Speak”
Arts Society Scholarship, Radford University, Radford, VA
2008 Arts Society Scholarship, Radford University , Radford, VA
2007 McGlothlin Study Abroad Award, Greece, Radford University, Radford, VA
Work Published
2014 Figurative Ceramics 500 Figures in Clay Volume 2, (Page 69), Lark Books, New York, NY
Juried by Nan Smith
Teaching Experience
2014-16 Instructor of Record, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Ceramic Sculpture, Spring 2016
Coil building, slab construction, building solid and hollowing out, figurative sculpture, performance
Glazes and non-traditional finishes
Art 103, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2016
Ceramic sculpture, wood working, mold making/ casting, inflatables, artist books
Ceramic Studio Management
Glaze mixing, stocking raw materials, studio clean up
2013-14 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Advanced Ceramic Sculpture and Wheel Throwing, Spring 2014
Demonstrations on wheel throwing and hand building
Assisting individual students with sculpture & wheel throwing projects, mixing clay, loading kilns
Introduction to Wheel Throwing, Fall 2013
Demonstrations on wheel throwing, trimming & glaze finishes
Assisting individual students with throwing projects, mixing clay, loading kilns
Ceramic Studio Management
Glaze mixing, stocking raw materials, studio clean up
2011-13 Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Beginning Sculpture, 2011 - 2012
Special Topics in Sculpture, Summer and January Terms 2011 - 2013
Curriculum development, Leading discussions about student work and critiques
Sculpture demonstrations with clay, wood, steel, bronze, plaster & non-traditional materials
2010-12 Ceramics Teacher, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Beginning and Advanced Ceramic Sculpture
Coil building, slab construction, building solid and hollowing out, figurative sculpture
Glaze, underglaze, Mason Stain & oxide finishes and non-traditional finishes
Related Professional Experience
2017 Teaching and Studio Assistant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2016 Visiting Artist, Sculpture classes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Class presentations and demos with clay, wood, steel and bronze
2015 Technical Assistant, Tip Toland, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2014 Technical Assistant, Arthur Gonzalez, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2010-13 Sculpture Assistant, Sculptor, William Bennett, Sculpture Professor University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Construction and installation of various large scale sculpture projects
Welding & metal fabrication, bronze casting & fabrication, woodworking
2010 Kiln Team Manager, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA
2010 Resident Artist, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA
2008-09 Studio Technician, Ceramics, Radford University, Radford, VA
Mixing glazed and clay for ceramics classes, firing kilns, kiln maintenance, Studio clean up 2008
Studio Assistant, Art Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Maintenance, repairs and transportation of studio equipment
2007 Gallery Assistant, Glencoe Museum, Radford, VA
Installation of exhibitions
2100 Belvue Rd, Waynesboro, VA 22980 · 434-409-1266 · edmillersculpture@hotmail.com · edmillersculpture.com
Education
2016 M.F.A. Studio Art, Ceramics Concentration, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN 2009
2009 B.F.A. Three Dimensional Art, cum laude, Radford, University, Radford, VA
2006 A.A. Liberal Arts, Piedmont Virginia Community College, Charlottesville, VA
Commissions / Public Works
2017 Lewis Ginter Botanical Garden, Earth Healer, Outdoor Sculpture, Richmond, VA
2013 University of Virginia, Bison Charging from Earth, Outdoor Sculpture, Charlottesville, VA
2012 Blue Ridge Swim Club, Earthen Creature, Outdoor Sculpture, Charlottesville, VA
Central Virginia Community Health Center, Beulah Wiley, Portrait Bust, New Canton, VA
Baker-Butler Elementary School, Reading Bear, Outdoor Sculpture, Charlottesville, VA
Baker-Butler Elementary School, Reading Bear Cub, Sculpture, Charlottesville, VA
2010 Echoes of Nature Sculpture Park, AZIT, Soapstone Sculpture, Outdoor Sculpture, Charlottesville, VA
Solo Exhibitions
2016 Incomplete Narrative, MFA Thesis Exhibition, Ewing Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2013 Recent Works by Ed Miller, Ruff Stuff Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2012 Destructed, Ruff Stuff Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Bison Unearthed, The Tom Tom Founders Festival Headquarters, Charlottesville, VA
Reading Bear Interactive Sculpture, The Tom Tom Founders Festival, Charlottesville, VA
2011 Classical Hunting, Touched by Virginia Banquet, Les Yeux du Monde Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
2010 Exploring the Bizarre and Enchanted, Eunoia Garden Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
Juried Exhibitions
2017 Homeward Bound, Tauban Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA
Juror: Bradley Sumrall
Juried Art Exhibition, A National Multimedia Show, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
Jurors: Theresa Alo, Charles Goolsby, Patricia Piorkowski Hobbs
2015 TRIBES Exhibition, (The Big Head Brigade, Artist Collective) Naprstek Museum, Prague, Czech Republic
The Prague Quadrennial of Performance Design and Space, Prague, Czech Republic
Earth Elements, Providence Art Club Nation Wide All Media Exhibition, Providence, RI
Juror: Allison Newsome
2014 Art in Odd Places, (The Big Head Brigade) 14th Street, New York, NY
Juried Multimedia Art Exhibition, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
Jurors: William H. Bennett, Ron Boehmer, Jan Knipe, Sylvia Yount
Positive Negative, Tipton Gallery, East Tennessee State University, TN
Juror: Buzz Spector
2013 Virginia Artists 2013 Juried Exhibition, The Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA
Juror: Lise C. Swensson.
Art In Odd Places, (The Big Head Brigade) Hosted by Elsewhere Artist Residency, Greensboro, NC
2012 Workhouse Clay National Exhibition, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Juror: Peter Held
Virginia Artists 2012 Juried Exhibition, The Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA
Juror: Caroline Cobb Wright
Invitational and Group Exhibitions
2016 Orange 4, The Fridge DC Gallery, Washington, DC
RAW Stuff @ Ruff Stuff, Ruff Stuff Gallery, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2015 Mysteryland Art and Culture Festival, (The Big Head Brigade) Bethel Woods Center for the Arts, Bethel, NY
Harvest Moon Exhibition, Appalachian Center for the Arts, Cedar Bluff, VA
Handmade Here: A Tennessee Craft Chapter Exhibition, Emporium for the Arts, Knoxville, TN
Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Group Exhibition, Deer Isle, ME
Appendage and Torso, (pop-up show) Tyson Street Exhibition Space, Knoxville, TN
2014 Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Group Exhibition, Deer Isle, ME
Earthen Bodies: Figurative Ceramics, Tipton Gallery, East Tennessee State University, TN
3-D Lives, 1010 Galley, Knoxville, TN
Art Show: Wear a Warm Sweater, (pop-up show) 600 N Broadway, Knoxville, TN 2013
16/16, Downtown Gallery, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2012 Hot Glass, Cool Brass, Ruff Stuff Gallery, UVA, Charlottesville, VA
The Unearthing, IX Building Performance Space, Charlottesville, VA
2011 The Battle of Wonders: Classicism vs. Romanticism, UVA Art Museum, Charlottesville, VA 2009
Spring BFA Show, Covington Center, RU, Radford, VA
RU Ceramics, Radford University Art Museum, Radford VA.
Awards & Scholarships
2015 Candace Haskell Scholarship, Technical Assistant Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Summer Session with Tip Toland “Gesture, Psychology and Figure”
Judith Temple Scholarship, Arrowmont School of Arts and Crafts, Gatlinburg, TN
Summer Session with Jim Arendt
Graduate Student Senate Travel Award, Prague Czech Republic, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
2014 Nanette Laitman Scholarship, Technical Assistant Grant, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
Summer Session with Arthur Gonzalez
Jane Pieser Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Summer Session with Aisha Harrison
2013 Honorable Mention, Virginia Artists 2013 Juried Exhibition, The Charles H. Taylor Art Center, Hampton, VA
Juror: Lise C. Swensson
2012 Honorable Mention, Workhouse Clay National Exhibition, Lorton, VA
Juror: Peter Held
2010 Work Study Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, N
Summer Session with John Byrd “Old Methods New Approaches”
2009 Work Study Scholarship, Penland School of Crafts, Penland, NC
Summer Session with Debra Fritts “Allowing the Figure to Speak”
Arts Society Scholarship, Radford University, Radford, VA
2008 Arts Society Scholarship, Radford University , Radford, VA
2007 McGlothlin Study Abroad Award, Greece, Radford University, Radford, VA
Work Published
2014 Figurative Ceramics 500 Figures in Clay Volume 2, (Page 69), Lark Books, New York, NY
Juried by Nan Smith
Teaching Experience
2014-16 Instructor of Record, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Ceramic Sculpture, Spring 2016
Coil building, slab construction, building solid and hollowing out, figurative sculpture, performance
Glazes and non-traditional finishes
Art 103, Fall 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2016
Ceramic sculpture, wood working, mold making/ casting, inflatables, artist books
Ceramic Studio Management
Glaze mixing, stocking raw materials, studio clean up
2013-14 Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN
Advanced Ceramic Sculpture and Wheel Throwing, Spring 2014
Demonstrations on wheel throwing and hand building
Assisting individual students with sculpture & wheel throwing projects, mixing clay, loading kilns
Introduction to Wheel Throwing, Fall 2013
Demonstrations on wheel throwing, trimming & glaze finishes
Assisting individual students with throwing projects, mixing clay, loading kilns
Ceramic Studio Management
Glaze mixing, stocking raw materials, studio clean up
2011-13 Teaching Assistant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Beginning Sculpture, 2011 - 2012
Special Topics in Sculpture, Summer and January Terms 2011 - 2013
Curriculum development, Leading discussions about student work and critiques
Sculpture demonstrations with clay, wood, steel, bronze, plaster & non-traditional materials
2010-12 Ceramics Teacher, Workhouse Arts Center, Lorton, VA
Beginning and Advanced Ceramic Sculpture
Coil building, slab construction, building solid and hollowing out, figurative sculpture
Glaze, underglaze, Mason Stain & oxide finishes and non-traditional finishes
Related Professional Experience
2017 Teaching and Studio Assistant, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
2016 Visiting Artist, Sculpture classes, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Class presentations and demos with clay, wood, steel and bronze
2015 Technical Assistant, Tip Toland, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2014 Technical Assistant, Arthur Gonzalez, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, ME
2010-13 Sculpture Assistant, Sculptor, William Bennett, Sculpture Professor University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Construction and installation of various large scale sculpture projects
Welding & metal fabrication, bronze casting & fabrication, woodworking
2010 Kiln Team Manager, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA
2010 Resident Artist, Workhouse Art Center, Lorton, VA
2008-09 Studio Technician, Ceramics, Radford University, Radford, VA
Mixing glazed and clay for ceramics classes, firing kilns, kiln maintenance, Studio clean up 2008
Studio Assistant, Art Department, University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA
Maintenance, repairs and transportation of studio equipment
2007 Gallery Assistant, Glencoe Museum, Radford, VA
Installation of exhibitions
