Erin Miller (she/her) is an artist based in Austin, Texas whose practice begins with printmaking and extends into painting, drawing, textiles, and sculptural installation. She approaches print not only as a medium, but as a conceptual framework grounded in repetition, layering, and the shifting boundaries between image and material. Her work draws from ornamental materials such as textiles, carpeting, and dyed fabrics, cultivating a theatrical sensibility shaped by color, pattern, and atmosphere. Through iterative printing and accumulation, images shift and evolve across surfaces, allowing forms to emerge gradually through cycles of fragmentation, layering, and return.
Guided by a process she describes as “alchemy gone awry,” Miller treats the studio as a site of transformation—where images are broken apart, recombined, and reintroduced through successive printed moves. Her works often unfold through nonlinear visual rhythms, much like the logic of dream recall where fragments accumulate, dissolve, and reappear in altered form. These forms often hover between recognition and ambiguity, suggesting fleeting encounters with imagery that feels both familiar and inexplicable.
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.
Recent News
"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
"Erin Miller's Daisy Breath" by Bucky Miller