Preoccupied with the social realm, Naomi Miller makes platforms, personas, and performances, and uses documentation media to look at why we need each other and meaning. She deeply enjoys working with other artists and is often mistaken for a curator or administrative staff. She thinks of her artistic practice as a way to increase novel interactions between people, experiences that intrigue her more than any objects made. The objects become souvenirs, tangible reminders. Notable projects include The Work Office, the Iron Maiden series (on which Naomi worked at MacDowell), and "Naomi Miller, Public intellectual." Most recently, she’s contributed to Quarantine Zines, exhibited at 601Artspace in New York, and organized and curated Terrain Biennial Newburgh, a participant in Terrain Biennial 2019.
Naomi Miller
Studios
Putnam
Naomi Miller worked in the Putnam studio.
Originally known simply as Graphics Studio, this building was converted to its current use between 1972 and 1974 through a grant from the Putnam Foundation. Before this transformation, the building served as both a powerhouse and pump house for the property. Well water was drawn from a large cistern and…