Viv Miller

Born in Melbourne, March 7 1979

2005 - 2006BUS Gallery board member, Melbourne
2004 Master of Visual Art, Victorian College of Arts
2002 - 2003Associate Director, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide
2001 - 2003Experimental Art Foundation Studio Artist
2000Bachelor of Visual Arts (Honours 1), South Australian School of Art, University of South Australia

Solo Shows

2009Totally Now Forever, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2007ACCA@ Mirka, Mirka Tolarno Hotel, Melbourne, curated by the Australian Centre for Contemporary Art
 Heavy, Neon Parc Melbourne and at Cube, Canberra Contemporary Art Spaces
2006Everything Altogether Feels Heavy, Neon Parc, Melbourne
2005The Power Part II, with Gareth Durant, Studio 12, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
The Power, Bus Gallery, Melbourne
2004Real World, Cube, Canberra Contemporary Art Spaces, Nature is Thick, West Space, Melbourne
2003Prospect 1, front gallery of the Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
2002Easily Amused, Ausdance Studio Mezzanine, Adelaide, Une exposition dans un petite hangar, The Project Space, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia

Selected Group Exhibitions

2009Chromaphobia, Ryan Renshaw Gallery, Brisbane
2008MentorMentored4, curated by Peter McKay, The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
101 Tokyo Contemporary Art Fair
An ever expanding universe, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
Melbourne Art Fair, Royal Exhibition Building
Bus vs. Blindside: Rumble in the Library, curated by Charity Bramwell, City Library Gallery, Melbourne
2007Bad Brains, curated by Alan Cruikshank and Peter McKay of CACSA, a little blah blah, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Event 1, (one night event) MSSR [Extra], Brisbane
New Work 3, Screen Space, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
ABN AMRO 2006 Emerging Artist Award, curated by Susan Manford, Foyer Optus Centre, Melbourne and finalist, Foyer ABN AMRO Tower, Sydney
Too Near, Too Far: An Introduction to Australian Independent Art Scene, Care of Centre for Visual Art, Milan
Strange Beauty, curated by Melissa Keys, Linden-St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts
Paper Cuts, curated by Giles Ryder, Peloton, Sydney
2006Gertrude Studios 2006, Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces, Melbourne
Things Will Be Great, curated by Downtown Art Space, MOP Projects, Sydney
Snapshot, curated by Melentie Pandilovski, Experimental Art Foundation, Adelaide
Reflections in a Golden Eye, curated by Jan Duffy and Kate Barber, Linden-St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts
ABN AMRO 2006 Emerging Artist Award, curated by Susan Manford, Foyer Optus Centre, Melbourne and finalist, Foyer ABN AMRO Tower, Sydney
One God, no masters, Hamish McKay Gallery, Wellington, NZ
Contemporary Collection Benefactors Auction, Art Gallery of NSW (August)
Melbourne Reign, Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney
Kids Stay Free, Neon Parc, Melbourne
Material Witness: Representations and Space, curated by Jena Woodburn, The Project Space, The Contemporary Art Centre of SA (March)
Mountain Film Festival 2006, Hobart
Local Video & Performance Nights, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide
2005Paper Chase, Nellie Castan Gallery, Melbourne
Summer exhibition 2005, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
The Air Between Us: Gertrude Studios 2005, Gertrude CAS, Melbourne
A Short Ride in a Fast Machine, Gertrude CAS, Melbourne
Nature by Proxy, curated by John Nicholson, Brian Moore Gallery, Sydney
What If, curated by Elise Routledge, The Wedding Circle, Sydney
New Painting Heroes, (Curator) Downtown Art Space, Adelaide
A portable model of..., curated by Tristian Koenig, Plimsoll Gallery, University of Tasmania and LaTrobe Regional Gallery, Victoria
2004Address Book,Bus Gallery
Gold,VCA Student Gallery
ANZ Visual Arts Fellowship 2004Landed,ANZ Building, 380 Collins St Melbourne
Manifesto,curated by Bridget Currie, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide
The Containers Project,Next Wave Festival, Federation Square
Downtown goes to Perth,Bread Box Gallery, Perth
2003Love Letter to China, Ivan Dougherty Gallery, Sydney and Central Academy of Fine Art, Beijing
2002Plans and Disasters, Downtown Art Space, Adelaide
Adelaide Installation in Leigh Street, Adelaide, as part of 'Shop Art' program
2001 - 2003Fundraiser, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
2001In the Face of Certain Disaster, The Project Space, CACSA
GIRLS, Top Floor (Curator), Adelaide
2000Hyphen, Miller Anderson Building, Adelaide Twenty x Twenty, N Gallery, University of South Australia, Underdale Campus
1999Fin, L Building, University of South Australia, Underdale Campus Twenty x Twenty, Artspace, The Adelaide Festival Centre

Awards and residencies

2008Australia Council Tokyo studio residency
2006Australia Council New Work Emerging Grant
2004Gertrude Contemporary Art Spaces studio residency for 2005 - 2007
2000'Artist-in-Studios 2001' grant for studio residency at the Experimental Art Foundation, South Australian Youth Arts Board

Selected Bibliography

2009Masi, Monte, 'Matthew Bradley & Viv Miller', DVD, Contemporary Art Centre of SA.
2008Christmas, Pip, 'Sky's the limit for diversity',The West Australian, Wednesday 11 June
Leach, Sam, 'Viv Miller', Artist Profile, issue 5, pp.42-45.
McKay, Peter, 'Mentor Mentored4', catalogue essay, The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia
McGrath, Judith, 'An Ever Expanding Universe', Art Guide Australia (exhibition preview), July/August, pp.18-19.
Neylon, John, 'Lash and link', The Adelaide Review, January 2009, issue 347, p.29.
Keys, Melissa, 'An Ever Expanding Universe', catalogue essay, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
2007Keys, Melissa 2007, 'Strange Beauty', catalogue essay, Linden-St Kilda Centre for Contemporary Arts.
Lacy, Danny, 'Heavy', catalogue essay for New Work 3, Perth Institute of Contemporary Arts
2006Amery, Mark, 'Hothouse flowers', The Dominion Post (NZ), 27 October.
Crawford, Ashley, 'Viv Miller', Australian Art Collector, issue 38, p.299.
Crawford, Ashley, 'Hell's Kitchen', Michael Carr Art Dealer, Sydney.
Crawford, Ashley, 'Kids stay free', Preview, The Sunday Age, April 16, pp.30-31.
Currie, Bridget, 'Local Video and Performance Nights', Artlink, vol.26, no.4, p.123.
Dunt, Nerina, 'Material Witness: Representations and Space', dB magazine, issue #381, 15 - 28 March.
Gellatly, Kelly, 'Reflections in a Golden Eye', catalogue essay, Linden-St Kilda Centre Contemporary Arts.
Hibberd, Lily, 'Viv Miller' (interview), online un Magazine supplement, issue 7, www.unmagazine.org.
Kahn, Jeff, 'Everything Altogether Feels Heavy', Neon Parc, Melbourne.
Reid, Chris, 'Material Witness: Representations and Space', Australian Art Collector, Issue 35, January - March 2006, p.259.
Walker, Wendy, 'Impressive showcase for today's artists', The Australian, August 11, p.16
Woodburn, Jena, 'Material Witness: Representations and Space', The Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia.
2005Artbank, Calender 2005.
Ascroft, Michael, 'The Power Part II', catalogue essay, Gertrude CAS, Melbourne.
Higgins, Jo, 'What If - The Wedding Circle', State of the Arts, 25 May, www.stateart.com.au.
Radok, Stephanie, 'Minimal paint', The Adelaide Review, May - June no.269, p.22.
Siebert, Mark, 'Exodus? Adl v Mlb', Vitamin, vol.5, pp.24-25.
Waters, Sera, 'New Painting Heroes', un Magazine, issue 5, pp.56-7.
2004Bilske, Maria, 'Undiscovered Artists', Australian Art Collector, issue 28, April - June, p.97..
Safe, Georgina, 'Galleries go mobile', The Australian, Tuesday May 18, p.17
2003Bilske, Maria, 'Peasants and Other Shit', catalogue essay for Prospect 1, Contemporary Art Centre of South Australia.
Radok, Stephanie, Review of Plans and Disasters and Modern Love Pictures at Downtown Art Space, Artlink, vol.23, no.1, p.91.
Radok, Stephanie 2003, 'Your mind and you', The Adelaide Review, June no.237, p.14.
Woodburn, Jena, 'Prospect 1', Broadsheet, volume 32, no.2, p.36.
Walker, Wendy, 'Talking to the animals', The Advertiser, Sat. June 7, p.86.
2002Bolton, Ken, 'How Do I Look?', Eyeline, Number 48, pp.48-49.

Collections

 Artbank, Sydney
 BHP Billiton, Melbourne
 Macquarie Bank
 Proclaim, Melbourne
 UBS, Brisbane
 Private collections

Viv is represented by Neon Parc, Melbourne.