Russia, 1979
Tanya Miller tells us that when creating works of art it is important to her that they are meaningful, beautiful, positive and emotional.
Beautiful - because there is too much ugliness in today's world.
Meaningful - because without meaning life would be worthless.
Positive - because positive art is my escape from the hardship of reality.
Emotional - because when we feel we live. Art is my past, my present and my future. It is my life.
Since her early childhood Tanya has been influenced by art and literature. First her father is a well known artist and print maker . Second, she loves to read: Books give me so many ideas, and emotional excitement that I need to pour them out somewhere. Art serves as best means for that purpose. When I was a student, nothing was better for me than to come back from school, pick-up a book, cover myself with a warm blanket, and read, read, read. Books transport me to other countries, other times.
I can live through different experiences and feel different emotions. It helps me to develop my imagination and provides a lot
of inspiration in art.
Tanya was born in Khabarovsk, Russia in 1979. This is right along the Chinese border. When she was a young child her family moved to Kaliningrad at the opposite end of Russia--on the Polish border. She studied at Kaliningrad University for three years and then went on to complete her fine arts degree at Dordt College in Iowa in 2004. Tanya is now living with her family in Montreal, Canada.
Ms. Miller likes to experiment and try new things, so her artwork is very different. Some concepts are just playful, some allegorical and others have deep, personal meaning. But whatever she makes, Tanya relates to an emotion or mood. Her ideas come from the subconscious. First she visualizes the image, then transfers them into her sketchbook. Sometimes she can sit for hours on the sofa just daydreaming about the concept. When she comes up with the idea she sketches out the image. Tanya calculates that only one out of 20 ideas in her sketchbook will actually come to life.
Tanya Miller has had her work exhibited in several galleries in the United States and abroad.
· 1979 - Born in Khabarovsk, Russia
· 2004 – Graduated with a Fine arts degree from Dordt College, USA
Now lives and works in Montreal, Quebec, Canada
Exhibition list:
2002 - Iowa College Salon XXIII, Brunnier Art Museum, Iowa State Center, Aimes, IA
2002 - 15th Annual Works on Paper Exhibition ,McNeese State University, Lake Charles, Louisiana
2003 - "Clown show", Charles Froelick Gallery, Portland ,OR
2007 - Print Group Show Perfect Pear Gallery , Chicago , IL
2007 - International Print exhibition Tokyo 2007
2008 - XXXII International Exlibris Congress exhibition, Beijing , China
2010 -" Alice in Wonderland" Show , Curly Tale Gallery, Chicago, IL
2010 - World Famous Exlibris Artists Invitational Exhibition, Beijing World Art MuseumBeijing, China
2011 - Triennial of Graphic art, St Petersburg , Russia
2011 - "Artists in Wonderland" EA gallery , Antwerp, Belgium
2011 - 22nd Annual small print show, at Chicago Printmakers Collaborative, Chicago , IL
2012 - "Visionaries, the art of the fantastic" QCC Art Gallery, NY
2013 - Group printmaking show in Galerie Karin Sutter ,Basel , Switzerland
2013 ."61 Gallery", Surrealism : Tanya Miller, Amsterdam , Netherlands
2014 - "The paradoxes of Luis Carroll" Gallery “Nevsky prospect, St petersburg, Russia
2014 - Exhibition "Number One" Gallery "KINO" Moscow, Russia
2015 - "Phantastische Venus" Viechtach, Germany
2015 - "Etching exhibition" Shuohai Gallery, Hangu, Tianjin, China
2017 - "Art for a little Brave heart ", London, England
2020 - Third International Academic Printmaking Aliance Exhibition, Beijin
2024 - Paralax Artfair, London, Great Britain
2024 - Paralax Artfair , Los Angeles, USA
2025 - The Other Art Fair , Dallas ,USA
2025 - Biennalle, Chelsea Town Hall, London, GB
2025 - Parallax artfair . London
2025 - Spectrum Miami, MIami
2026 - The Other art Fair, Chicago
2026 - The Other art Fair , Brooklin, New York