CV
Gabby Miller
b. 1985, Oakland
Education
2020 MFA, Studio Art, UC Irvine. Irvine, CA
2008 BA, Anthropology, Reed College. Portland, OR
Solo Exhibitions
2022 “The Base, The Path, And The Fruit / Roxy Rose Bends A Wheel Of Joy In Gold”. Museum of Neon
Art. Glendale, CA
2020 “Cixis” UAG Galleries. Irvine, CA
2017 “Second Sleep” The Luggage Store Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2015 “Di Xuyen/Crossing”. Nha San Collective. Hanoi, Vietnam
2010 "Hue Blue" New Space Arts Foundation. Hue, Vietnam
Selected Projects
2022 Meditation guided by Dr. Margarita Loinaz in collaboration with Art Labor.
Hacer Noche Promised Land en colaboración con La Clínica. Oaxaca, Mexico
2020 “The Oracle Machine” Xmpl Theatre. Irvine, CA
2019 “Đẫm Queer |Queer Lust!” Echo Park Film Center. Los Angeles, CA
2018-2019 Wrangler & research for "Feral Atlas" with anthropologist Anna Tsing. Aarhus University
Research of the Anthropocene (AURA). Aarhus, Denmark
2018 “Thanh Party with Queer Forever!” HRC, Hanoi, Vietnam
2015 "Crossing" 21 day trip on containership crossing The Pacific Ocean. Supported by The Asian Cultural
Council. 2015 “Tuyen Tu Queer” Editor of bilingual Vietnamese-English dictionary of queer
terms. Hanoi, Vietnam
2015 “Queer Forever” Co-organizer of Queer Arts Festival. Hanoi, Vietnam
2015 “The Lesbian Lexicon” Co-curator of forty artist exhibition celebrating the publication of a
“Dictionary of Queer Terms”. The Tenderloin National Forest. San Francisco, CA
2012 “HINTERLANDS” Curator & Artist. Three Month Residency & Exhibition with artists from Hanoi, and
Shanghai. Luggage Store Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2011 “Skylines Without Flying People” Catalog Essay. Rory Gill Fine Art. London, UK
2011 “Hoang Hoa Tham” Co-organizer. Installation and performance work in a soon to be
demolished neighborhood. Hanoi, Vietnam
2010/2011“IN:ACT – Performance Art Symposium” Co-organizer. Nha San Studio. Hanoi, Vietnam
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022 “Hacer Noche: Promised Land” Collaboration with Art Labor. Curated by Elvira Dyangani Ose.
La Clinica. Oaxaca, Mexico
2021 “Rake The Dark Room” PRJCTLA. Los Angeles, CA
2020 “The Place Beyond” (Canceled). YBCA. San Francisco, CA
2019 “Circadian Regions” 2019 Southern California MFA Theme Exhibition. Broad Art Center. Los
Angeles, CA
2019 “Spa Day” UAG Galleries. Irvine, CA
2018 "Containment" Visual Arts Center of New Jersey. Summit, NJ
2017 "Museum of Capitalism" Opening Exhibition. Oakland, CA
2017 "FREE TRADE" Chinese Culture Center. San Francisco, CA
2017 "Coast Lines" University of Arizona Art Museum. Tucson, AZ
2016 “Welcome to The Left Coast” Luggage Store Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2015 “Glammorgeddon: The Spectacle “ SOMarts. San Francisco, CA
2013 “A Rainbow in Curved Air: Binh Danh, Christine Nguyen & Gabby Miller“ San Jose City
Hall. San Jose, CA
2013 “Me Love You Long Time” Boston Center for the Arts. Boston, MA
2013 “Queer Forever: Lu Yang, Viet Le & Gabby Miller” Nha San Collective. Hanoi, Vietnam
2012 “Occupy Bay Area” YBCA. San Francisco, CA
2012 “STREETWISE: Eliava Bazaar” Curated by Lydia Matthews + Laurie Lazer as part of Artesterium.
Tbilisi, The Republic of Georgia
2012 “Continuations: Processing War and Trauma” Kearny Street Workshop. Oakland, CA
2012 “Ở, Work by Artists of Vietnamese Heritage” Basespace at SAIC, Chicago, IL
2012 “Asian Pacific Islander Cultural Center: 15 Year Anniversary” SOMarts. San Francisco, CA
2012 “Best Revenge: A Beautiful Fuck You” Group Exhibition as part of NQAF. San Francisco, CA
2011 “Any’ting You Want: New Works on Sex and Gender Expression by contemporary
artists from Hanoi, Los Angeles, and New York” Krause Gallery, NY, NY
2011 “Dirtstar: Take Root” Group Exhibition As part of NQAF. Tenderloin National Forest. San
Francisco, CA
2011 “Proud Out Loud” Group Exhibition for Cambodian Pride. Meta House. Phnom Penh,
Residencies
2020 “Oracle Machine” XMPL Theatre. Irvine, CA
2016 “Turquoise Wake: Coal, Air, Chicken & Shit” Residency. Random Parts Gallery. Oakland, CA
2010 Residency. Hooyang Performing Arts Center. Wonju, South Korea
2010 “Hue Blue ” Residency + Solo Exhibition. New Space Arts Foundation. Hue, Vietnam
Grants + Awards
2020 New Emergent Media + Design & Segerstrom Center For The Arts Prize, Segerstrom Center for the
Arts. Irvine, CA
2018 Diversity Recruitment Fellowship, UC Irvine
2018 Medici Scholarship Award, UC Irvine
2015 Asian Cultural Council - Individual Grant
2012 Furlotti Family Foundation
2012 Asian Cultural Council - Project Grant
2012 Walter and Elise Haas Family Foundation: Cultural Commons
Bibliography
Nguyen Quoc Thanh & Gabby Miller “Đẫm Queer / Queer Lust: Open Dialogue” (Journal of Vietnamese
Studies, Vol. 15, Issue 1, pps ISSN X. Winter 2020)
Byrd, Christine “An Artist for The Future: Gabby Miller, M.F.A. ’20, crosses disciplines to explore the
possibility of a future that is not predetermined”(Connect Magazine Summer 2020)
Teruya, Weston “Unmaking: Episode 17 with Gabby Miller” (Art Practical 2017)
Michelli, Thomas “ Hand-Copying the Constitution and other Responses to Trump” (Hyperallergic July
2018)
Burke, Sarah. “This New Museum Imagines a World Where Capitalism Is Dead” (Artsy June 2017)
Madrigal, Alexis. “Containers” Podcast Series (Fusion Network 2017)
Hunt, Emily. “Artist Gabby Miller Journeyed from Oakland to China by Cargo Ship” (KQED Mar 2016)
Burke, Sarah. “Gabby Miller as Cultural Cargo” (East Bay Express Mar 2016)
Buchele, Fabiola“In Conversation with Nhung Dinh Queer Art & Activism” (Andofotherthings.com Dec
2015)
Bryan-Wilson, Julia. “Questionnaire” (MIT Press 2012)
Alpert, Emily. "Making Art and Getting in Trouble in Vietnam" (LATimes Feb 2012)
Drake, Katherine. "Tri, Tri Again" (Art Forum Nov 2012)
Lectures + Panels
2021 Artist Talk. MONA (Museum of Neon). Glendale, CA
2019 Artist Talk. San Art. HCMC, Vietnam
2017 Visual and Public Art Lecture Series. California State University Monterey Bay
2017 Visiting Artist Talk. Coast Lines. Henson Gallery. University of Arizona. Tucson, AZ
2016 Artist Talk. Random Parts Gallery. Oakland, CA
2015 Artist Talk. Nha San Collective. Hanoi, Vietnam
2015 Artist Talk. University of Fine Arts. Hue, Vietnam
2012 Artist Talk. The Future is Now. SomARTS. San Francisco, CA
2012 Panel. Hinterlands. The Tenderloin National Forest. San Francisco, CA
2012 Panel. Me Love You Long Time. Aljira Center for Contemporary Art. Newark, NJ
2010 Artist Talk. New Space Arts Foundation. Hue, Vietnam
2010 Artist Talk. Metta House. Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Meditation & Community Organizing
2022 Retreat Organizer with Dr. Margarita Loinaz. Los Angeles, CA
2022 Present. Board Member. Queer Surf. San Francisco, CA
2021 Organizer of 6 month study group with Dr. Margarita Loinaz for BIPOC in leadership positions. Online.
2018-2022 Board member / President of The Board. Dhamma Dena Meditation Center. Joshua Tree, CA
2020-2022 Co-founder and facilitator of weekly online meditation group for BIPOC community. Online.
2019 Organizer POC meditation retreat with Carol Cano & Noliwe Alexander at Dhamma Dena
Meditation Center. Joshua Tree, CA
2019 Organizer of POC retreat with Alissa Denis at Dhamma Dena Meditation Center. Joshua Tree, CA
2018 Co-organizer of POC artists retreat with taisha paggett at This Will Take Time. Point Arena, CA
2017 earthseed. Co-organizer of POC artists retreat with taisha paggett at Salmon Creek Farm. Albion, CA
2016 Board Member. The Bay Area Girls Rock Camp. Oakland, CA
Work Experience
2020-Present. Lead Teacher. The San Francisco Friends School. San Francisco, CA
2016 Lead Teacher. The Millennium School. San Francisco, CA
2015-2016 Lead Teacher. The San Francisco Friends School. San Francisco, CA
2012-2014 Program and Outreach Coordinator. The Bay Area Girls Rock Camp. Oakland, CA
2010-2012 Country Liaison. Global Exchange. Hanoi, Vietnam
2008-2010 Teaching Fellow. The Oxbow School. Napa, CA
2005-2006 English Teacher for Artists. Campus. Hanoi, Vietnam
2005-2006 Gallery Assistant. Art Vietnam Gallery. Hanoi, Vietnam
2003 - 2005 Gallery Assistant. The Luggage Store Gallery. San Francisco, CA
2003 Assistant. Mr Lady Records. San Francisco, CA
Collections
The Museum Of Modern Art, New York, as part of The Occuprint Portfolio