Miller's "Resplendent Reconnaissance" was installed at the Sioux City Art Center in 2008
Congratulations to Liz Miller of Good Thunder who is among 25 artists who received awards of $25,000 each from the Joan Mitchell Foundation. The annual awards go to artists "who are under-recognized for their artistic achievemetns and whose career would benefit from the grant." A panel of jurors picks the winners by screening their unidentified images.
Miller specializes in elaborate cut-papr installations that loop through atriums, undulate along walls and spill into hallways and stairwells. Individual components are typically abstract shapes though the compositions have a festive air that may suggest carnival floats or Chinese New Year dragons.
Additional winners of 2011 Joan Mitchell Painters and Sculptors Grants are:
Diana Al-Hadid, Brooklyn, NY Nicole Awai, Brooklyn, NY Keith Benjamin, Cleves, OH William Cordova, Miami, FL Cicely Cottingham, West Orange, NJ Florine Demosthene, Brooklyn, NY Daniel Douke, Fallbrook, CA Julie Green, Corvallis, OR Tommy Hartung, Ridgewood, NY Janelle Iglesias, Provincetown, MA Gary Kachadourian, Baltimore, MD Simone Leigh, Brooklyn, NY Andrew Lenaghan, Brooklyn, NY Anne Lindberg, Kansas City, MO Virgil Marti, Philadelphia, PA Liz Miller, Good Thunder, MN Jiha Moon, Atlanta, GA Catherine Murphy, Poughkeepsie, NY Sarah Oppenheimer, New York, NY Kanishka Raja, New York, NY Duke Riley, Brooklyn, NY Chemi Rosado-Seijo, San Juan, Puerto Rico Annabeth Rosen, Davis, CA Jackie Tileston, Philadelphia, PA Sarah Walker, Brooklyn, NY
