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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2008 Theme and Variations, Bay Park Press Gallery, San Diego, CA
2006 Leaving a Mark, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Kathy Miller at Kettner Nights, CJ Kuhl Gallery, San Diego
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Life Lines, featuring Kathy Miller & Judy Christensen, Rose Gallery at Frances Parker, San Diego, CA
Allied Craftsmen Today, Mingei International Museum, San Diego
22nd Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Honorable mention
Gifts, Women as Givers, San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego
2012 21st Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Honorable mention
Snippets: Visual Text, R & F Gallery, Kingston, New York, Invitational
21 Artists Create Books, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
Snippets: Visual Text, The Gallery at R&F, Kingston, N.Y., Invitational
2011 Shoshana Wayne, Chain Letter Summer 2011 Group Exhibition, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
What Women Want, Lyceum Theatre, San Diego
California Fibers 40 Years, San Bernardino Valley College Art Gallery, Colton, CA
2010 19th Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Honorable mention
It All Adds Up: Twenty Years of Exhibitions, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
2ND Annual Environmental Art Exhibit, Encinitas Cultural Center, Encinitas, California
5 from Ledge, Encinitas Cultural Center
Material Maters, Selected Works by Allied Craftsmen, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, California
California Fibers: Liminal Spaces, Visions Art Quilt Gallery, Juror Jessica Hemmings, San Diego
2009 7th Biennial Artists’ Books Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
Dream Weavers, Riverside Community College, Riverside, California
William Cannon Art Gallery, Biennial, Carlsbad, California
2008 Forms in Wood and Fiber, Southern California New Work, Mingei International Museum, S.D.
Featured in Paper Pieces, Paper Made a subdivision of: On, Of, and About Paper, Orange County Center
for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, Invitational
16th Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Third place
BOOM TIME, five women group show, Kruglak Gallery, Oceanside, California
CJ Kuhl Gallery, Group Show, San Diego
6th Biennial Artists’ Book Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
2006 15th Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
Dialogue: Judy Christensen, Sally Hagy-Boyer, Kathy Miller and Lisa Olson, A collaboration
of four artists, Geisel Library, UCSD, La Jolla
Athenaeum Faculty Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
2005 Bound and Unbound, Grossmont College Art Gallery, San Diego, Invitational
14th Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
Recent Acquisitions from the Athenaeum’s Artists’ Books and Artworks Collection,
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla
5th Biennial Artists’ Books Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
2004 Hot Wax & Women, five women encaustic show, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, California
Imagine That, a national juried book arts exhibition, La Jolla Fiber Arts, La Jolla
UnderCover, The Saint Louis Missouri Artists’ Guild
2003 The Telephone Project, Artists Connect to Artists, La Jolla Fiber Arts, La Jolla, Invitational
2002 Simple Words—Simple Questions? Art Produce Gallery, Site specific installation,
collaboration with Judy Christensen, Sally Hagy-Boyer and Lisa Olson, San Diego
4th Annual Exhibition, William Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad
11th Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
The Art of the Book, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, Invitational,
Books: Beyond the Binding, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, Invitational
Art of the Book, University of Indianapolis, Cristel Dehaan Fine Arts Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, Invitational
2001 San Diego Book Arts Fifth Fall Exhibition Member’s Show, San Diego State University, Love Library, San Diego
2000 text and Texture, the art of the book, University of San Diego, Founders Gallery,
San Diego, California, Invitational
The Days of the Handmade Book, South Bend Regional Museum of Art South Bend, Indiana, Juried exhibition
1999 Bound & UnBound, Small Presses of California, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Invitational
A Decade of Printmaking, Earl & Birdie Taylor Gallery Library, San Diego, California
FEATURED IN
• Pincus, Robert, “Text Messages” San Diego Union-Tribune Night & Day, 2/21/08
• Macintosh, Linda, “Shockwave,” San Diego Union-Tribune, North County, 10/05/07
• Reed, Victoria, “Kathy Miller at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library,” Artweek, 7/06
• Lewinson, David, “The Radar Art,” Riviera, San Diego, 3/06
• Pincus, Robert, “I always thought of myself as an artist,” San Diego Union-Tribune, 10/2/05
• Kendricks, Neil, “Exhibit A For Art,” San Diego Union-Tribune, 7/18/05
• Kuhl, Candy, “Structuring a Collaboration: The Telephone Project,” FIBERARTS, Jan/Feb 2004
SELECTED TEACHING and COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
• Journal Making, Southern Caregiver Resource Center, San Diego, CA, 2009
• Alternative Books, High Tech High, San Diego CA, 2009
• Luis De Jesus, Seminal Projects, San Diego, 2008 Benefit Art Auction for the Museum School
• Art with Heart, a benefit for Dress for Success, San Diego
• Taking Art to the Neighborhoods, library project funded by San Diego Book Arts and The San Diego Foundation,
San Diego 2004-2005
• Every Child Has a Voice, volunteer bookmaking project to serve all the Deaf and Hard of Hearing children in the San Diego City Schools. Funded by San Diego Book Arts and Thomas C. Ackerman Grant, San Diego, 2003-2005
• Artist in Residence, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, Florence Elementary and Rancho Santa Fe Elementary, San Diego County, 2003
• SDCOE/Arts Network, bookmaking workshop for school administrators, San Diego County, 2003
• San Diego Museum of Art, consultant, Young Art Biennial, “The Art of the Book,” San Diego, 2002
• San Diego Museum of Art, book arts workshops for teachers, San Diego, 2002-2004
• Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California: “Creating Handmade Books,” a one week summer camp
for students, La Jolla, 2002
AFFILIATIONS
• Feminist Image Group
• Ledge, a SD based artist’s group
• SD Allied Craftsmen
• SD Book Arts
EDUCATION
The Art Institute of California, San Diego; UCSD Extension, SD, Mesa College, San Diego CA;
San Diego; Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA; Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
Miller’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums through out the country, including the Cincinnati Museum of Art; the Mingei International Museum, San Diego; and the San Diego Museum of Art and is in over twenty collections throughout the country including the Museum of Modern Art, Franklin Furnace Collection, New York; Tufts University Library, Boston; the National Museum of women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; Otis College of Art and Design Library, Los Angeles, California; University of California, Mandeville Special Collections, San Diego; and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla.
2008 Theme and Variations, Bay Park Press Gallery, San Diego, CA
2006 Leaving a Mark, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, CA
Kathy Miller at Kettner Nights, CJ Kuhl Gallery, San Diego
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2013 Life Lines, featuring Kathy Miller & Judy Christensen, Rose Gallery at Frances Parker, San Diego, CA
Allied Craftsmen Today, Mingei International Museum, San Diego
22nd Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Honorable mention
Gifts, Women as Givers, San Diego Mesa College Art Gallery, San Diego
2012 21st Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Honorable mention
Snippets: Visual Text, R & F Gallery, Kingston, New York, Invitational
21 Artists Create Books, California State University Dominguez Hills, Carson, CA
Snippets: Visual Text, The Gallery at R&F, Kingston, N.Y., Invitational
2011 Shoshana Wayne, Chain Letter Summer 2011 Group Exhibition, Bergamot Station, Santa Monica, CA
What Women Want, Lyceum Theatre, San Diego
California Fibers 40 Years, San Bernardino Valley College Art Gallery, Colton, CA
2010 19th Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Honorable mention
It All Adds Up: Twenty Years of Exhibitions, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
2ND Annual Environmental Art Exhibit, Encinitas Cultural Center, Encinitas, California
5 from Ledge, Encinitas Cultural Center
Material Maters, Selected Works by Allied Craftsmen, California Center for the Arts, Escondido, California
California Fibers: Liminal Spaces, Visions Art Quilt Gallery, Juror Jessica Hemmings, San Diego
2009 7th Biennial Artists’ Books Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
Dream Weavers, Riverside Community College, Riverside, California
William Cannon Art Gallery, Biennial, Carlsbad, California
2008 Forms in Wood and Fiber, Southern California New Work, Mingei International Museum, S.D.
Featured in Paper Pieces, Paper Made a subdivision of: On, Of, and About Paper, Orange County Center
for Contemporary Art, Santa Ana, CA, Invitational
16th Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Third place
BOOM TIME, five women group show, Kruglak Gallery, Oceanside, California
CJ Kuhl Gallery, Group Show, San Diego
6th Biennial Artists’ Book Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
2006 15th Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
Dialogue: Judy Christensen, Sally Hagy-Boyer, Kathy Miller and Lisa Olson, A collaboration
of four artists, Geisel Library, UCSD, La Jolla
Athenaeum Faculty Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
2005 Bound and Unbound, Grossmont College Art Gallery, San Diego, Invitational
14th Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
Recent Acquisitions from the Athenaeum’s Artists’ Books and Artworks Collection,
Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla
5th Biennial Artists’ Books Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
2004 Hot Wax & Women, five women encaustic show, Boehm Gallery, San Marcos, California
Imagine That, a national juried book arts exhibition, La Jolla Fiber Arts, La Jolla
UnderCover, The Saint Louis Missouri Artists’ Guild
2003 The Telephone Project, Artists Connect to Artists, La Jolla Fiber Arts, La Jolla, Invitational
2002 Simple Words—Simple Questions? Art Produce Gallery, Site specific installation,
collaboration with Judy Christensen, Sally Hagy-Boyer and Lisa Olson, San Diego
4th Annual Exhibition, William Cannon Art Gallery, Carlsbad
11th Annual Exhibition, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla
The Art of the Book, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, Invitational,
Books: Beyond the Binding, Bradley University, Peoria, Illinois, Invitational
Art of the Book, University of Indianapolis, Cristel Dehaan Fine Arts Gallery, Indianapolis, Indiana, Invitational
2001 San Diego Book Arts Fifth Fall Exhibition Member’s Show, San Diego State University, Love Library, San Diego
2000 text and Texture, the art of the book, University of San Diego, Founders Gallery,
San Diego, California, Invitational
The Days of the Handmade Book, South Bend Regional Museum of Art South Bend, Indiana, Juried exhibition
1999 Bound & UnBound, Small Presses of California, Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla, Invitational
A Decade of Printmaking, Earl & Birdie Taylor Gallery Library, San Diego, California
FEATURED IN
• Pincus, Robert, “Text Messages” San Diego Union-Tribune Night & Day, 2/21/08
• Macintosh, Linda, “Shockwave,” San Diego Union-Tribune, North County, 10/05/07
• Reed, Victoria, “Kathy Miller at Athenaeum Music & Arts Library,” Artweek, 7/06
• Lewinson, David, “The Radar Art,” Riviera, San Diego, 3/06
• Pincus, Robert, “I always thought of myself as an artist,” San Diego Union-Tribune, 10/2/05
• Kendricks, Neil, “Exhibit A For Art,” San Diego Union-Tribune, 7/18/05
• Kuhl, Candy, “Structuring a Collaboration: The Telephone Project,” FIBERARTS, Jan/Feb 2004
SELECTED TEACHING and COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
• Journal Making, Southern Caregiver Resource Center, San Diego, CA, 2009
• Alternative Books, High Tech High, San Diego CA, 2009
• Luis De Jesus, Seminal Projects, San Diego, 2008 Benefit Art Auction for the Museum School
• Art with Heart, a benefit for Dress for Success, San Diego
• Taking Art to the Neighborhoods, library project funded by San Diego Book Arts and The San Diego Foundation,
San Diego 2004-2005
• Every Child Has a Voice, volunteer bookmaking project to serve all the Deaf and Hard of Hearing children in the San Diego City Schools. Funded by San Diego Book Arts and Thomas C. Ackerman Grant, San Diego, 2003-2005
• Artist in Residence, San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, California, Florence Elementary and Rancho Santa Fe Elementary, San Diego County, 2003
• SDCOE/Arts Network, bookmaking workshop for school administrators, San Diego County, 2003
• San Diego Museum of Art, consultant, Young Art Biennial, “The Art of the Book,” San Diego, 2002
• San Diego Museum of Art, book arts workshops for teachers, San Diego, 2002-2004
• Athenaeum Music and Arts Library, La Jolla, California: “Creating Handmade Books,” a one week summer camp
for students, La Jolla, 2002
AFFILIATIONS
• Feminist Image Group
• Ledge, a SD based artist’s group
• SD Allied Craftsmen
• SD Book Arts
EDUCATION
The Art Institute of California, San Diego; UCSD Extension, SD, Mesa College, San Diego CA;
San Diego; Orange Coast College, Costa Mesa, CA; Santa Ana College, Santa Ana, CA
Miller’s work has been exhibited in galleries and museums through out the country, including the Cincinnati Museum of Art; the Mingei International Museum, San Diego; and the San Diego Museum of Art and is in over twenty collections throughout the country including the Museum of Modern Art, Franklin Furnace Collection, New York; Tufts University Library, Boston; the National Museum of women in the Arts, Washington, D.C.; Otis College of Art and Design Library, Los Angeles, California; University of California, Mandeville Special Collections, San Diego; and the Athenaeum Music & Arts Library, La Jolla.