THOMAS MILLER
BORN 1943
EDUCATION
M.Arch, University of California, Berkeley
B.Arch, University of Illinois, Urbana
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2011 The Future, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2009 Endangered, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2008 African Queens, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2006 Desert Kin: New Work, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2003 Blood Memories, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 Retrospective 1985-1999, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
2000 Translations, Graham Foundation, Chicago, IL
1998 Translations: The Desert & The Nile, Recent Photographs of Egypt, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1996 The Landscape, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1995 Ansel Adams Gallery, Yosemite, CA
1995 Amber Photographic Image Gallery, Portland, OR
1993 Pacific University, Forest Grove, OR
1992 Hewlett-Packard Gallery, Palo Alto, CA
1992, f90, f88 Pacific NW College of Art, Portland, OR
1990, f86 Graham Foundation, Chicago, IL
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2007 Facets of Africa, Interstate Firehouse Cultural Center, Portland, OR
2004 Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University, Corvallis, OR (traveling exhibition)
2003 Building Tradition, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
2002 Photographs from the Permanent Collection, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
2002 Winter Group Exhibition, Augen Gallery, Portland, OR
1999 Fine Point Perspective, Bush Barn Art Center, Salem, OR
1995, f89 Oregonian Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
1993 Mountain West Fourth Photography Biennial, Logan, UT
1990 Security Pacific Gallery, San Francisco, CA
AWARDS
2004 Harrison Branch Jurorfs Award, Art About Agriculture, Oregon State University,
College of Agriculture Sciences, Corvallis, OR
2000 Honorarium from the Graham Foundation for the opening lecture for the New Millennium
on The Desert and the Nile, Chicago, IL
1996, f88 Individual Artistfs Grant, Graham Foundation for Advanced Study in the Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
1989 Purchase and Jurorfs Awards, Oregon Biennial, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
PUBLICATIONS
2007 African Queens, Portraits of West African Tribal Women, BLURB.com (38711)
2000 Architecture, November 2000, pp.112-117
2000 KMT a Modern Journal of Ancient Egypt, Fall 2000, pp. 54-49
1994 Desert Skin, Thomas Miller, University of Utah Press
1990 Wilderness at the Edge, Utah Wilderness Coalition, Introduction by
Wallace Stegner - primary contributing photographer (every member of U.S.
Congress received a copy of the book)
1995 Tonic, "A Desert Abstracted," John Eckenrode, January 19, 1995
1986 Architecture, "The Soft, Sculptural Landscape of Cappadocia," September, pp. 92-97
BIBLIOGRAPHY
2006 "Portraits from Niger by Thomas Miller," Northwest Review, September, 2006, pp. 71-76 (illustrations)
2003 D.K. Row. "Divine Man-Scapes," The Oregonian, March 14, 2003, p. 52
2002 Lisa Lambert. "Two Reviews," Willamette Week, Visual Arts, January 9, 2002, p.53
2000 Raymond, Camela."From the Sphinx to the American Lawn," The Oregonian, October 27, 2000, p. 63
1998 Randy Gragg. "Landsxcapes R Us," The Oregonian, July 19, 1998
1998 D. K. Row. "Lost in the Dunes," The Oregonian, July 17, 1998, p. 62
1998 D.K. Row. "The Remains of the Nile," The Oregonian, July 10, 1998
1997 Randy Gragg. "Portland Artists Honored," The Oregonian, January 12, 1997, p. E3
1995 R.K. Dickson. Desert Skin, The Bloomsbury Review, November/December, 1995
1995 Los Angeles Times, Book Review, Desert Skin, Sunday, January 1, 1995, p. 8
1995 R.K. Dickson. "The West Under Cover," The Salt Lake Tribune, Arts, January 1, 1995 p. E5
1992 Duckler, Garrick. "WW Art Choice," Willamette Week, July 23, 1992
1989 Hunt, Phil. "Five Share Top Prize in Oregon Competition," The Oregonian, August 18, 1989
1989 Hunt, Phil. "Truly Fine Art," The Oregonian, August 18, 1989
1989 Hunt, Phil. "The Oregon Biennial Has Come a Long Way in 40 Years," The Oregonian, August 18, 1989
1988 Johnson, Barry. "Criticfs Choice," The Oregonian, August 5, 1988
1986 Van Dyne, Chris. Cappodicia, The Chicago Reader, March 1986
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
1982 to present - Fine Art Photographer
Taught courses at various colleges and universities, including Portland State University, Pacific
Northwest College of Art, Mount Hood Community College
COLLECTIONS
Ansel Adams Family
Graham Foundation for Advanced Studies in the Fine Arts, Chicago, IL
Multnomah County, Portable Works Collection, Portland, OR
Portable Works, Regional Arts and Culture Council, Portland, OR
Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR
State of Oregon
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA