Nancy Bea Miller
Nancy Bea Miller is interested in the stories people and objects tell, as they relate to each other in their everyday way. She believes all the passions and problems of the living world can be read in the gestures of family members, in the tender or aggressive play of young children, and even in the way humble still-life objects lie on a cloth. Nancy's instinct is to use the mundane to express the sublime.
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Biographical Information
Born
New York City, New YorkStudies
B.A., University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaUniversity of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, Scotland, junior year abroad program
Tyler School of Art, Elkins Park, Pennsylvania
Four Year Certificate, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Related Work Experience
Student Intern, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, PennsylvaniaFine Arts Library Assistant, Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor, Senior’s art classes, Germantown Center in the Park
Art Conservator, Raymond M. Spiller and Associates, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Instructor, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
Instructor, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, Pennsylvania
Freelance art writer for various publications including Fine Art Connoisseur
Founding Director, Plein Air for Camphill, plein air art event and exhibition benefitting Camphill Special School
Individual Exhibitions
1991 One Person, Cape May County Art League, Cape May, New Jersey2001 Recent Work, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2002 Recent Oil Paintings Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004 Only Human, The Manayunk Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004 Paintings from the Valerie Lamb Smith Residency, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Library, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2005 Recent Work, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2005 People, Places and Things, Rosemont School of the Holy Child, Rosemont, Pennsylvania
2006 Only Human 2, Manayunk Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2006 The Cake Frenzy, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007 The Genre of Inclusion, Alternative Choices Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008 Still Moments, Sherry French Gallery, New York City , New York
2008 Recent Work, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2009 Genre Paintings, Episcopal Academy, Newtown Square, Pennsylvania
2009-2010 Faces and Flowers, Philadelphia Board of Ethics, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Group Exhibitions
1988 PAFA Fellowship Show, Port of History Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1989 Hand Rehabilitation Center Competition, Thomas Jefferson Hospital, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1990 Fellowship Show, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, Pennsylvania
1992 Artists Choose New Artists, Main Line Center for the Arts, Haverford, Pennsylvania
1992 Nine Women Artists, Manayunk Community Center for the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1992 PAFA Fellowship Show, Woodmere Art Museum, Chestnut Hill, Pennsylvania
1992 In Person 1992: A Celebration of the Human Form, Community Arts Center, Wallingford, Pennsylvania
1992 Art at the Armory, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1992 Four Artists, Artist's House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1993 Contemporary Figurative Works, Artist's House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1993 Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1993 Friends of the Tim Mark Endowment Invitational, Media, Pennsylvania
1993 Artist's Cultural Exchange, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, Pennsylvania
1993 Philadelphia Self-Portrait, Art in City Hall, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1994 Person Show, Germantown Academy, Fort Washington, Pennsylvania
1995 PAFA Fellowship Show, West Chester University, West Chester, Pennsylvania
1995 Self Portraits: Visions, Hallucinations & Reflections, Trenton City Museum, Trenton, New Jersey
1996 Two Person Show, Burrison Gallery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1997 Exhibition of works from the Charles Crawley Collection, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1998 Summer Group, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1998 Philadelphia Cartoonists, University City Arts League, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
1999 Small Works, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2001 138th Annual Exhibition of Small Oil Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2002 Annual Juried Exhibition, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2002 Critic’s Choice, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, Pennsylvania
2002 Close to Home, Manayunk Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2003 Need in Deed Heart Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2003 140th Annual Small Oil Paintings, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2003 PAFA Fellowship Show, Yellow Springs, Pennsylvania
2003 Annual Awards Exhibit, Cheltenham Center for the Arts, Cheltenham, Pennsylvania
2003 Annual Juried Show, Wayne Art Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
2003 Art of the State 2003, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
2004 61st Annual Juried Show, Woodmere Art Museum, Philadelphia Pennsylvania
2004 Self-Portraits, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004 Summer Group Show, Artists House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004 Looking for America Washington Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland
2004 “Dear Fleisher...” at the Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2004 15 Exposures, US Artists American Fine Art Show, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2005 Notre Dame de Namur Group Invitational, Wayne, Pennsylvania
2005 142nd Annual Exhibition of Small Paintings, The Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2005 Two Friends, Two Visions, Ocean City Arts Center, Ocean City, New Jersey
2005 Joining Forces, The American College, Bryn Mawr, Pennsylvania
2005 Small Works, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2006 Flowers in February, Sherry French Gallery, New York City, New York
2006 Full Circle/Random Journey, University of Northampton, Northampton, United Kingdom
2006 Painting=Poetry, Sherry French Gallery, New York City, New York
2006 143rd Annual Small Oils Exhibit, Philadelphia Sketch Club, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2006 Artistic Dialogue, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2006 Gallery and Invited Artists, Sherry French Gallery, New York City, New York
2006 Summer Group Show, Susan Maasch Fine Art, Mount Desert Island, Maine
2007 Flowers in February, Sherry French Gallery, New York City, New York
2007 Painting=Poetry, Sherry French Gallery, New York City, New York
2007 New Artists, Elm Tree Gallery, Nashville, Tennessee
2007 Small Works, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2007 Small Sizes, Sherry French Gallery, New York City, New York
2008 Flowers in February, Sherry French Gallery, New York City, New York
2008 Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2008 Mainly Maine, Sherry French Gallery, New York City, New York
2008 Faculty Exhibit, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, Pennsylvania
2009 Flowers in February, Sherry French Galery, New York City, New York
2009 Consider the Lobster, gWatson Gallery, Stonington, Maine
2009 Back to Cezanne, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2009 Plein Air at Beaver Farm, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2010 Philadelphia Sketch Club Members show, Newman Galleries, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2010 Summer Plenty, Watson Gallery, Stonington, Maine
2010 Art of the State, Pennsylvania State Museum, Harrisburg, Pennsylvania
2010 Faculty Exhibit, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, Pennsylvania
2010 Faculty Exhibit, WayneArt Center, Wayne, Pennsylvania
2010 Featured Artists of Dear Fleisher, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2010 Plein Air for Camphill, invitational benefit, Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2010 Philly Photo Day, Philadelphia Photo Art Center, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2010 Small Works 2010, Artists’ House Gallery, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Honors and Awards
1989 First Prize for Hand Drawing, Thomas Jefferson Hospital Hand Center Competition, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania1990 Berthe Goldberg Memorial Award, PAFA Fellowship Show
1990 Benjamin West Award for Technical Excellence, PAFA
1990 Cecilia Beaux Award for Portraiture, PAFA
1991 Bergman Memorial for Outstanding Achievement, PAFA
1991 Thomas Eakins Award for Figure Painting, PAFA
1993 Varda Dorell Memorial Award, Abington Art Center
1995 Berthe Goldberg Memorial Award, PAFA Fellowship Show
2001 Francis Speight Award For Excellence in the Visual Arts, Manayunk Community Center for the Arts, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2002 Critic-in-Residence program, Main Line Art Center, Haverford, Pennsylvania
2003 Honorable Mention, PAFA Fellowship Show, Yellow Springs, Pennsylvania
2003 Honorable Mention, Juried National, Wayne Art Center Juried Show
2003 The Lynch Award, Need in Deed Heart Show 2003
2003 The Valerie Lamb Smith Artist’s Residency, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, alumni award
2003 Fellowship in the Arts, The Independence Foundation
2004 Panelist, “Contemporary Women in the Arts”, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
2005 Invited Judge, Ocean City Arts Festival, Ocean City, New Jersey
2005 Art & Change Grant, The Leeway Foundation
2006 Finalist, The Artist’s Magazine 23rd annual Art Competition
2009 Artist of the Month, Judson’s Art Outfitters
2010 Featured Artists of Dear Fleisher, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
2010 Keynote Speaker, Lower Merion Committee on Special Education
2010 Presentation Speaker: Life and Work, Philadelphia Sketch Club
Literature
Fellowship Perspective, by Joseph Routon, page 6, Fall 1995The Review, by Carole Boynton, pages 13 and 27, May 29, 1996
Arts Happening, by Anne-Marie Mulgrew, Cover story with photographs, Fall 1996
City Paper, by Robin Rice, Cover story on the Philadelphia Cartoonist’s Show, with illustrations, October 8, 1998
Penn School of Arts and Sciences Newsletter, interview by Peter Nichols, with photograph, pages 6-7, Summer 2001
Critic’s Choice show catalog, Critique by art critic Gerrit Henry, with one reproduction, March 2002
The Philadelphia Inquirer, review of the “Critic’s Choice” show, by Victoria Donahoe, Inquirer Art Critic, March 31, 2002
The Review, Interview by Saranne Miller, with photograph and reproductions, page 3, April 17, 2002
City Line News, front page, article with two reproductions, April 17, 2002
Chestnut Hill Local, Local Artbeat feature by Marie Fowler, interview and critique, with photograph and reproduction, page 29, May 2, 2002
Art Matters, Exhibitionists page by Jerry Oller, color photo, page 26, June 2002
Art Matters, Old City Preview, by Deborah Kravetz, page 9, October 2002
The Philadelphia Inquirer Sunday Magazine, by Judy West, Design Editor, with illustration, page 48, October 6, 2002
Kalliope, a journal of women’s literature & art, Vol.XXIV, NO. 2, full-page reproductions, pages 36-45 and 119, Fall 2002
Preview Magazine, “A Lifetime of Learning About Art”, article with color reproduction, by Michelle McCaffrey, page 8, October-December 2003
The Philadelphia Inquirer, mention of “Only Human” and one black & white reproduction, page w34, June 17, 2004
Main Line Times, review of “Only Human” by Marie Fowler, with one color reproduction, page t8, June 24, 2004
ARTblog (www.artblog.com), review of “Only Human” by Libby Rosoff, three color reproductions, June 24, 2004
Mothering Magazine on-line, “Autism in Daily Life” by Katharine Beals, with three paintings reproduced in color, September 8, 2004
The Philadelphia Inquirer, full-color reproduction of a painting from the January ’05 Artists House show, page w26, December 31, 2004
ArtBlog, “Snow and Swimming pools on 3rd Street”, review of Artists’ House Gallery show by Roberta Fallon, with three reproductions of paintings, January 14, 2005
AroundPhilly.com, review of Artists’ House Gallery show, by R.B. Strauss, with three images of paintings, January 14, 2005
The Advocate, magazine of the Autism Society of America, edition one volume 38, cover and inside story, “A Portrait of Autism” by Vanessa Collier, fully illustrated with paintings and photographs, pages 22-25, February 2005
Exceptional Parent magazine, cover teaser, article and illustrations, page 33, April 2005
City Suburban News, Two Friends, Two Visions article with photo and illustrations, pages 1 and 4, April 27, 2005
The New York Times, reproduction in color and blurb, page NJ33, May 1, 2005
Ocean City Sentinel, “Two Friends, Two Visions Glow at O.C. Art Center” by Ed Wismer, review with photograph, page a11, May 12, 2005
Art Matters, by Linda Dormont, feature article with reproduction on the Joining Forces exhibit, page 33, October 2005
Main Line Times, “A Passion for Portraits” by Marie Fowler, review with reproductions of the Joining Forces exhibit, page T3, October 8, 2005
The Philadelphia CityPaper, “First Friday Focus” review by Lori Hill, June 2006
En Punto magazine, Spring edition, two page article by Beatriz Bunduel Smith, April 2008
Chelsea Clinton News, “Humanized Objects Steeped in History” review of the Still Moments show, by Joe Bendik, June 26, 2008
Collections
The University of Northampton, Northampton, United KingdomThe Charles Crawley Collection, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
The Hankin Group, Chester County, Pennsylvania
Bedford Property Investors, Lafayette, California