RESUMÉ
STEVE MILLER ~ Fine Art Woodturner
I have been a woodturner specializing in highly carved, textured, and colored wood vessels since 1998.
BIOGRAPHY
EDUCATION: B.S. in Criminal Justice, Florida International University, 1978
PROFESSIONAL HISTORY: 33 years in Law Enforcement, Miami-Dade Police Department, Miami, FL
ARTISTIC HISTORY: I began woodturning in 1998 and started selling my fine art woodwork that year. By 2015 that evolved into turning and carving functional and non-functional vessels, as well as sculptural forms. In 2016 I attended the Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts where instructor, Jacques Vesery, exposed me to many innovative woodworking techniques. This was followed by an influential class with master woodworker John Paul Fennell in 2019. Currently, I maintain a full-time professional woodworking studio in Black Mountain, NC and exhibit at select venues across the United States.
SELECT EXHIBITIONS & SHOWS
2019-Present: Craft Fair of the Southern Highlands, Cellular Center, Asheville, NC
2022-Present: American Craft Council Art Show, Baltimore, MD
2021-Present: Philadelphia Museum of Art Contemporary Craft Show, Philadelphia, PA
2012: Artists of North Carolina Juried Exhibition, The Bascom Gallery, Highlands, NC
2010: PBS Television Craft in America National Juried Exhibition, The Bascom Gallery, Highlands, NC
2005-09: Pinecrest Gardens Fine Art Festival, Miami, FL
SELECT ACCOMPLISHMENTS
2019: Juried Membership, Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
2012: Best of Show, Annual Juried Show, Swannanoa Valley Arts League, Red House Gallery, Black Mountain, NC
2010: First Place 3-D, Annual Juried Show, Swannanoa Valley Arts League, Red House Gallery, Black Mountain, NC
2009: Third Place, South Miami Art Festival, Miami, FL
2006 & 2009: First Place 3-D, Pinecrest Gardens Fine Art Festival, Miami, FL
2005: Best of Show, Pinecrest Gardens Fine Art Festival, Miami, FL
PUBLICATIONS & PRESS
2022: Steve Miller-Von der Klassik zur Avantgarde, DRECHSLER MAGAZIN (Germany), Issue 54, Spring
2020-21: MASTERS OF CONTEMPORARY WOOD ART, Volumes 3, 4, and 5
2021: Pushing The Boundaries, WOODTURNING (International), Issue 352, Winter
2020: There’s No Time Like The Present To Carve The Look Of Millennia, ASHEVILLE MADE, L. Stepp, December 3
PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONS
2019-Present: Southern Highland Craft Guild, Asheville, NC
2009-Present: American Association of Woodturners, St. Paul, MN
2009-Present: Carolina Mountain Woodturner’s Guild, Asheville, NC