Nicholas Conrad Miller__________________________________________
1502 Vallyridge Dr. Austin TX 78704 (484)-467-6402 ncmillerart@yahoo.com
Education
2008-2010 Master of Fine Arts Degree San Francisco Art Institute, San Francisco
California
2002-2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree Slippery Rock University of Pennsylvania
2004-2005 Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava, Slovakia
Work Experience
2010 Commissioned Mural for Mr. & Mrs. Miscellaneous San Francisco
2010 General contracting assistant for Other Desert Cities General Contractors San Francisco
2010 Teaching Assistant, San Francisco Art Institute
Bret Reichmann, advanced painting course Conceptual Representation
2009-2010 Active member of the SFAI Advancement committee
2009-2010 Graduate Representative to the Board of Trustees
2009-2010 Manager for the Audio Visual Lab
Experience with Adobe Software, Epson Printers, Digital Projectors, Microsoft Office Software.
2008 Lead artist for the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program 2008
Created mural depicting famed African American contralto Opera singer Marian
Anderson, in collaboration with the Marian Anderson Recreation Center& The Marian
Anderson Historical Society
2007 Lead Artist, Martin Luther King Day Mural Project
In collaboration with the students of the Woodlynde School, Wayne PA
2007 Assistant artist, Mural Arts Program, Philadelphia
K&A Mural North Philadelphia, Lead Artist Anne Northrup
Taggert Elementary School Multi Cultural Mural, Lead Artist Barbara Smolen
2007 Internship, Mural Arts Program
K&A Mural North Philadelphia, Lead Artist Anne Northrup
Seventy Fifth Anniversary Eagles Mural North Philadelphia Lead Artist Peter Pagast
Global Heritage Project, Common Ground Mural A product of the international youth exchange mural project Olney High School, Lead Artist James Burns
2006 Roofer/Carpenter for Edward Callahan Home Improvement Specialists, PA
2002 Lead Artist Zen Mural, Downingtown High School, PA
Curated/Organized Exhibitions
2010 Organizer, San Francisco Art Institute first ever Graduate Open Studios.
An opportunity for SFAI's MFA candidates to share their work with the SFAI community
and the larger Bay Area public.
2009 Curator, First Annual First Show, San Francisco Art Institute,
The purpose of this show was to ensure that positive energy is infused into the hearts and
minds of the student body while beginning a new school year in these times of political
and economic uncertainty.
2009 Aurora Borealis Art Experience San Francisco Art Institute
Organized Exhibition that brought together the collaborative efforts of Graduate,
Undergraduate and Alumni of SFAI
2005 Organizer, A Slovakian Experience, Martha Gualt Gallery Slippery Rock, PA
2003 Organizer, The Apocalyptic Art Exhibition, Gault Gallery Slippery Rock, PA
Exhibitions
2010 Vernissage SFAI MFA Exhibition, Herbst Pavillion, San Francisco
2009 Push the Rock Diego Rivera Gallery, San Francisco Art Institute
2009 Aurora Borealis Art Experience San Francisco Art Institute
2009 A Show About Time, The Swell Gallery San Francisco
2007-2008 Propaganda III World Tour, Originating in San Francisco
Political Poster Competition includes stops throughout north America, south America, Australia, Asia, Europe, and the middle east. And ends as a donation to the Center for the Study of Political Graphics
2007 Mural Arts Group Exhibition, Park Hyatt Bellevue, Philadelphia
2007 Emerging Artist, Barnstone Gallery, Phoenixville, PA
2007 The Upstairs Studio Artists, Phoenix Village Art Center Phoenixville, PA Featuring
a Solo installation, The Political Duality of the Hypocrisy Democracy
2006 BFA Exhibition, Maltby Center, Slippery Rock, PA,
2005 Art Seminar Group Show Butler, PA
2004-2005 The Academy of Fine Arts and Design Bratislava, Slovakia / Juried Show
Awards/Grants
2010 San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Student Leadership Award
For work in organizing and curating student events and exhibitions
2008-2010 San Francisco Art Institute Graduate Grant
2007 Selected for an intensive 5 week internship with the Philadelphia Mural Arts Program
2004 Dr. Jayne E. Craig Scholarship/Honored for excellent work as an artist
2000 Obtained Rank of Eagle Scout