Erin Miller (she/her) is an artist based in Austin, Texas. Her practice begins with printmaking but extends into painting, drawing, textiles, and sculptural installation. Print functions both as a technical foundation and a philosophical framework; a way of thinking through repetition, layering, and the porous boundaries between image and material. Through these processes, Miller investigates perception, control, and transformation, exploring how surfaces, whether paper, fabric, or architectural space, can embody psychological tension.
She draws inspiration from tactile and ornamental materials such as textiles, carpeting, and dyed or bleached fabrics, which inform a theatrical sensibility in her work. References to stage sets, casino interiors, and prop design reveal her interest in how environments manipulate emotion and perception through pattern and color, creating both allure and disorientation. Her series Lucky Charm Casino takes the maximalist designs of casino carpeting as a point of departure to explore pleasure, risk, and control. Through repetition and discordant color, Miller examines how spectacle conceals exhaustion, and how design mirrors the mind’s oscillation between ecstasy and collapse. Materiality lies at the center of Miller’s inquiry. Her process, what she calls “alchemy gone awry,” balances improvisation and discipline.
Miller earned her MFA from Cornell University in 2022, where she received the Kip Brady Memorial Prize in Printmaking and the John Hartell Graduate Award in Studio Excellence. She completed the Kahn Family Fellowship at The Ink Shop (Ithaca, NY) in 2023 and currently serves as Lecturer and Printmaking Area Lab Manager at the University of Texas at Austin. She is also an artist member of MASS Gallery in Austin, Texas.
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"Artist finds balance in work as printmaker, lecturer and lab manager", Interview, Texas Connect Magazine, Spring 2025
"They Say Taupe is Very Soothing" by Bucky Miller, Exhibition Text
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