Allison Miller

Allison Miller (born 1974 in Evanston, Illinois) is a contemporary painter who is based in Los Angeles. Early life and education Miller earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in 1996. She later received a Master of Fine Arts from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2001. Professional career Miller has held multiple solo exhibitions at galleries across the United States, including at ACME., The Pit in Los Angeles, and Susan Inglett Gallery, New York. She exhibited at the first Los Angeles biennial, Made in L.A. 2012, that was organized by the Hammer Museum in 2012. Her work has been included in other group exhibitions at the Santa Barbara Museum of Art, the Bregenzer Kunstverein in Austria, and the Orange County Museum of Art. Several public collections currently hold Miller's work, including the Orange County Museum of Art; the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; The Pizzuti Collection; The West Collection; and, Vassar College, New York. Work Miller's paintings typically combine multiple media, such as oil paint, acrylic paint, pencil, and dirt. Her work utilizes bright colors, bold forms and textures, and tentative and improvised sketchy lines.