BIOGRAPHY
Katherine Downey Miller received her BS in Painting from Skidmore College and her MFA in Illustration from the School of Visual Arts Illustration as Visual Essay Program. Katherine has been exhibiting for many years nationally and internationally. Although trained in Illustration, Katherine has always been a painter, moving between the worlds of representation and abstraction. Working from the line of the land, building up layers and transparencies, emphasizing the power of brushstrokes her work is about a contained chaos, yet in a structured way – whether it be more representational landscape or a movement towards full abstraction.
MEET THE ARTIST
Recently having moved her studio to Somerville, MA, Katherine is participating in Somerville Open Studios, May 3-4, 2025. Saturday and Sunday, 12-6pm. You can find her listed in the Somerville Open Studios brochure.
Her studio, Studio 201, is located at Miller St. Artist Studios, 11 Miller St., Somerville, MA 02143. Right on the border of Cambridge and Somerville.
Her studio is open during Open Studios and by appointment only. To view her work, contact Katherine at her email: info@katherinedmiller.com or call at 781-405-5050.
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NEWS + EVENTS
August 6-8, 2024
I will be teaching a workshop on beautiful Nantucket Island at the Visual Arts Center. This workshop will focus on landscape moving into abstraction. Working on loosening brushstroke in the traditional landscape as well as moving people into full on abstraction. During this time, I will also be an Artist in Residence for two weeks on the island.
RECENT PRESS
ROCKEFELLER CENTER
"THE FLAG PROJECT: ONLY ONE EARTH"
"These works expand upon my long-held interest in light and abstracted nature to dig deeper into my emotion facing the detrimental human impact on the environment. While heartbreaking images of fire serve as the sources for the paintings, I use metallic paints as a reference to the practice of Kintsugi, the ancient Japanese art form of mending cracked ceramics with liquid gold..."
ARTIST CLOSEUP
"INTERVIEW: KATHERINE DOWNEY MILLER"
"I’ve been an artist for as long as I can remember. I have always painted. I grew up in New England and always travelled with my family as a young girl, so I feel I was exposed to the world. I grew up with hearing loss, and I think that made me hyper-focused on art and practice..."
ART NEW ENGLAND
"REFLECTION: BOSTON ARTISTS CATCH LIGHT"
"Katherine Miller's paintings, Monologue and Conversation, splash color over an entire wall. They are 'environmental in nature and metaphorical in emotion' in the words of the artist. The works are process-driven, and the absolute up-front quality of the brushstrokes and bold use of color animate the surroundings..."
CAPE COD ARTS
"KATHERINE D MILLER"
"...Her most recent series, 'Liquid and Luminosity' (in a mixture of oil and acrylic) exemplifies both her artistic philosophy and process. 'I tend to travel and bring inspiration back and then begin to process,' she says. 'I’ll use photos, sketches, colors, and these pieces will end up in the paintings.'”
ZONEONE ARTS
"KATHERINE DOWNEY MILLER: PAINTER
"I deconstruct my work by starting with some kind of reference to the land or natural elements. As I build the painting through composition and gestural movement, I turn my painting around, and paint from all sides until the painting works each way, in terms of the visual language. Each time I turn the painting, the language changes and becomes fresh."
BOSTON VOYAGER
ART & LIFE WITH KATHERINE DOWNEY MILLER
"I am a traditionalist in that I love really good drawing and painting, but a modernist in how I use my line and brushstroke in my paintings. I paint in oil on canvas and occasionally acrylic. Oil is my love though, because of the sensualness of the paint. I paint because it’s a language I understand."
EXHIBITIONS
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2022
“Wildfire / Wildheart”, curated by Susan Nalband, FP3 Gallery, Boston, MA
2019
“Liquid and Luminosity”, curated by Susan Nalband, FP3 Gallery/ 555 Gallery, Boston, MA
2017
“Katherine Miller: Landscapes” Freedman Healthcare, Newtonville, MA
2015
“Paintings of Katherine Downey Miller” New Art Center Satellite Galleries at Brookline Bank,
Newton, MA
2015
“Paintings of Katherine Downey Miller” New Art Center Satellite Gallery at Freedman Healthcare, Newtonville, MA
2014
“A Tribute to the Landscape” LandSake Artist in Residence, Weston, MA
2014
“Lines of the Land” LandSake’s Artist in Residence, Josiah Smith Tavern, Weston, MA
2013
“Minimal Imagery” curated by John Quatrale, Athan’s Cafe Gallery, Brighton, MA
2012
“Touched/New Paintings” Galatea Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2012
“Paintings and Drawings: Katherine Downey Miller” The Liberty Hotel, Boston, MA
2010
“Moving Through Light” Galatea Fine Arts, Boston, MA
TWO & THREE PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2021
“Reflections” group exhibit with Jeannie Motherwell and Wendy Prellwitz, Curated by Christine Palamidessi at Clip Art Gallery/ Clippership Wharf, Boston, MA
2016
“LandForms: Katherine Miller and Kristina Goransson” Juried by Debbie Hagan, award winning writer and editor, Art New England Magazine, Holzwasser Gallery, New Art Center, Newtonville, MA
SELECTED JURIED & GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2022
“The Art of the Line” Galatea Fine Art, Virtual Exhibition on Artsy.net
2021
“Women in Abstraction” BIPOC Curatorial Program, The New Art Center, Newtonville, MA
2019​
“New England Collective” Galatea Gine Arts, Juried by Katherine French, Catamount Fine Arts,
Boston, MA
2018
“AD20/21 Home” 555 Gallery, Curated by Susan Nalband, Boston Center for the Arts / Cyclorama, Boston, MA
2018
“UP” Juried by Kiley Hoffman, Lasell College, Newton, MA
2017
“Open to Interpretation” Juried by Kimberly Thompson Panay, Mosesian Arts, Watertown, MA
2017
“Celebrating Abstraction” Curated by Robert Foster, Robert Foster Fine Arts, Nantucket, MA
2017
“18th Annual Frances N. Roddy Open Competition” Juried by Ali Ringenburg Concord Visual Art, Sloan Merrill Gallery, Boston, MA
2017
“Inherent Vitality” Curated by Susan Nalband, 555 Gallery, Boston, MA
2015
“Oficio” Juried Nima Yadollahpour, ONY Architecture, Boston, MA
2013
“To Deny Our Nothingness” Curated by Carolina Puente, Berlin Collective Gallery Brooklyn, NY
2011
“Community of Artists” Juried by Katherine French, Director, Danforth Museum, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2011
"NorthEast Prize Show” Juried by Theodore Stebbins, Curator of American Art at Harvard University’s Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2011
“My Lamp to Light You on Your Way” Juried by Dina Deitch, Senior Curator of Contemporary Art, DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum, at Kathryn Shultz Gallery, Cambridge, MA
2011
“Wanderlust” Juried by Hunter O’ Hanian, VP Institutional Advancement/Executive Dir. of the Foundation for Mass. College of Art and Design, and Peter Trippi, Editor of Fine Art Connoisseur, biographer of painter J.W. Waterhouse, at Copley Society, Boston, MA
2011
“Salon des Refuses” Pen and Brush, New York City
2011
Danforth Museum Faculty Show, Danforth Museum, Framingham, MA
2008
“12x12 Exhibition” Juried by Bromfield Artist Members, Bromfield Gallery, Boston, MA
2008
“Shape” Juried by Joseph Wheelwright, Cambridge Art Association, Cambridge, MA
2007
“SeArts” Juried by Mary Beth Bainbridge, Assistant Curator/PEM, Gloucester, MA
2007
“Landscapes/Mindscapes” Juried by Marjorie Kaye, Gallery 181, Lawrence, MA
2007
“Emerald” Juried by Colleene Fesko, VP/ Dir. of American and European Paintings, Skinners Auction House, David Diamond, Gallery Director, Diamond-Neuman Fine Arts, Boston, MA
2007
“COOL” Juried by Sara Miller, The Gund Collection, Cambridge, MA
2006
“Present Tense” Juried by Heidi Marston, artSpace@16, Malden, MA
2006
“Emerging Visions” Juried by Lynda Saltz, Dir. of Fine Arts, Harvard Club, Boston, MA
2005
“Fall Members Exhibit” Juried by Kate O’Connor, Boston Arts, Inc. and Julie Lohnes, Senior Art Consultant, Chase Gallery, Copley Society, Boston, MA
2003-05
DeCordova Sculpture Park and Museum Faculty Exhibit, Lincoln, MA
2003
“Art Rats” Brigham Galleries, Nantucket, MA
2003
Thomas Henry Fine Art, Nantucket, MA
2001
Studio Arts College International, Florence, Italy
2000
Anderson Ranch Arts Center, Snowmass, CO
1996
“M.F.A. Illustration Thesis Exhibit” Curated by Marshall Arisman, The Art Director’s Club, New York, NY
1995
“The Turning Page” Curated by Marshall Arisman, The Visual Club (SVA), New York, NY