Adia Millett
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Profile

Born in Los Angeles; lives and works in New York City

Education

2000: MFA California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA
1997: BFA University of California at Berkeley, CA

Selected Exhibitions

2004

Adia Millett, Cherrydelosreyes, Venice, CA

Black President, Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco, CA

Black President, Barbican Art Gallery, London, England

Adia Millett, Comme Ca, Manchester, England

Hubris, Hyde Park Art Center, Chicago, IL

Fade, Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Remembering, Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA

Ice Cream Social, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY

2003

Urban Aesthetics, California African American Museum, Los Angeles, CA

Black President: The Art and Legacy of Fela Anikulapo-Kuti, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, NY

Undomesticated Interiors, Smith College Museum of Art, MA

Living Units, Triple Candie, New York, NY

Group Show/Project Room, Arena Gallery, New York, NY

Color, Culture and Complexity, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Atlanta, GA

Towards a Low-end Theory, Minnesota Center for Photography, Minneapolis, MN

Story Time, Mixed Greens Gallery, New York, NY

Off the Record, Skylight Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

Better Homes & Gardens, Zoller Gallery, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA

Bomb Magazine Benefit, choice of Lorna Simpson, New York, NY

Artist Space Spring Benefit, New York, NY

Featured artist, Mixed Greens (mixedgreens.com), New York, NY since 2002

2002

Ironic/Iconic, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

Staged/Unstaged, Riva Gallery, New York, NY

A Moment’s Notice, Inman Gallery, Houston, TX

Modern Living, Minima Space, Philadelphia, PA

Modern Living, Paint Gallery, Brooklyn, NY

The Brewster Project, Brewster, NY

Friends and Family, Lombard-Freid Gallery, New York, NY

Material World, Susquehanna Art Museum, PA

2001

Freestyle, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

Freestyle, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, CA

All Hands On, Pelham Art Center, NY

2000

Sitegeist, Porter Troope Gallery, San Diego, CA

1999

CalArts Postal, Studio 9, London, England

Absolute Biennial, Watts Towers Art Center, Los Angeles, CA

Grants, Fellowships, Scholarships

2003

New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, New York, NY

Columbia College Visiting Artist Residency, Chicago, IL

2002

Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY

2001

Whitney Museum Independent Study Program, New York, NY

Van Lier Fellowship, New York, NY

2000

Philip Morris Fellowship, Santa Clarita, CA

1997

Alumni Scholarship UC Berkeley, CA

1994

Rotary Club Award, Pasadena, CA

Lectures, Symposia, Panels

2004

Lecture at Pennsylvania State University

Lecture at Albany Center Galleries

Lecture at Hyde Park Art Center

2003

Lecture at Smith College

Lecture at Columbia College

Artist Speaks, New Museum, NY

Artist’s Voice, Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY

Panel Discussion, California African American Art Museum

2002

Interview, New York One

Artist’s Voice, The Studio Museum in Harlem, NY

Hip-Hop and Art, Sony Music, NY

2001

Interview, Charlie Rose, New York, NY

Panel Discussion, Santa Monica Museum, CA

Selected Reviews, Articles

2003

Murray, Derek, “Ironic/Iconic,” Art in America, March

Ashford, Doug, “Off the Record,” Time Out New York, May 29, p.75

Cotter, Holland, “Off the Record,” New York Times, May 16

2002

Klaasmeyer, Kelly, “Memory Lane,” Houston Press, Nov. 7-13

Fox, Catherine, “Color, Culture and Complexity,” The Atlantic Journal-Constitution, December 6

Bollen, Christopher, “Ironic/Iconic,” Time Out New York

“Goings On,” The New Yorker, 9 September

Cotter, Holland, “Ironic/Iconic,” New York Times, August 2

Sirmans, Franklin, “Friends & Family,” Time Out NY, July 11-18

Griffin, Tim, “Ironic/Iconic,” ArtForum, November

Kim, Christine, “Ironic/Iconic,” Studio Museum in Harlem brochure

Foster, Tonya, “(Re)Direct(ing) Light,” FYI/New York Foundation for the Arts, Summer, Vol. 18, No. 2

2001

Jones, Amelia, “the post-black bomb,” tema celeste

Cotter, Holland, “A Full Studio Museum,” New York Times, May 11

Saltz, Jerry, “Post Black,” Village Voice, May 16-22

Budick, Ariell, “Post-Black and White,” Newsday: City Edition, 1 June