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Miss Sarah Elizabeth Miller was born in Pocahontas, Arkansas. She completed her Masters of Art Degree from Arkansas State University in Jonesboro, AR where she worked for the Fowler Center and Bradbury Gallery since their opening in 2003. She has held positions as both gallery docent and then graduate assistant for the gallery for nearly five years. Miller has also been employed as the House Manager for the Fowler Center and has served as the curatorial assistant for the Hardwired Café at ASU.
Her mixed media objects and paintings have been presented in solo as well as group exhibitions through out the state. Other exhibition locations include; Memphis, Tennessee, St. Louis, Missouri, Los Angeles, California, Wakefield, Rhode Island, Atlanta, Georgia, Washington, DC, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, Boston, Massachusetts, Chicago, Illinois, and Brooklyn, New York. Miller’s recent body of work focuses on concerns such as vulnerability, and physical and emotional maintenance, as well as comfort. In an attempt to relate to her audience she utilizes materials that are commonly associated with these topics, like cosmetics, bandages, and handkerchiefs. Her work has been recognized with scholarships, assistantships and grants from Arkansas State University where she received her BFA in December of 2003. Miller was awarded the Durst Award for her study with the U of A and served as the Vice-President for both the Art Graduate Student Association and the Contemporary Sculpture Society. She has also studied at Scuola Lorenzo De’Medici and the Florence University for the Arts in Florence, Italy and Teiko University in Maastricht, Netherlands. |