MEET ANN MILLER
Ann Miller Smith creates art through a colorful lens and a love of pattern and texture. Utilizing painterly marks and loose brush strokes, her art evokes intuition and expression. Bold and unexpected color palettes are a distinguishable factor of her work, as well as a continuous experimentation with new elements and mediums.
Smith lives and works in Wilmington, North Carolina. She studied Studio Art at the University of North Carolina Wilmington (BA, 2021) and Fashion Development at North Carolina State University (BS, 2015). Smith’s work has been featured in All SHE Makes Magazine, Women United Art Magazine, Wilder: ROAM, and the Create! Magazine blog. She has been included in exhibitions and galleries, including Artsy, PxP Contemporary and The Scouted Studio. Smith’s solo exhibition, Wanderlust, was featured in 2024 with Women United Art Movement.
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EDUCATION
2021
BA in Studio Art, Minor in Entrepreneurship, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Wilmington, NC
2015
BS in Fashion and Textile Management, North Carolina State University; Raleigh, NC
2012
Certificate in Fashion Illustration and Digital Photography, Lorenzo de Medici Institute; Florence, Italy
REPRESENTATION
2025
PxP Contemporary
Artsy
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2024
Wanderlust, Women United Art Movement; Virtual
2021
The Reach of Our Arms, Ann Flack Boseman Gallery; Wilmington, NC
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2025
Spring Emerging Artist Show, The Scouted Studio
2024
The Nice List, PxP Contemporary
2023
Stronger Together, Women United Art Movement; Virtual
Chroma, Paradigm Gallery; Philadelphia, PA (Curators: Alicia Puig, CEO of PxP Contemporary/Director of Create! Magazine and Ekaterina Popova, Founder of Create! Magazine) (Forthcoming)
Places to See, 311 Gallery; Raleigh, NC
The Art Room Spring Show, The Art Room; Greenville, SC
Wilmington Art Association Spring Show, Hannah Block Community Arts Center; Wilmington, NC (Juror: Ginny Lassiter, Founder: Sunset River Marketplace Art Gallery)
2022
Wilmington Art Association Spring Show, Hannah Block Community Arts Center; Wilmington, NC (Juror: Beth Handler Riebe, Founder and Director, LOCAL: Art + Ideas)
Women In Art, Las Laguna Art Gallery; Laguna Beach, CA
The Visionary Gala, VAE Raleigh; Raleigh, NC
2021
Fall Senior Exhibition, CAB Art Gallery; Wilmington, NC (catalogue)
Figurative, Art Show International Gallery; Los Angeles, CA
HONORS AND AWARDS
2021
Dorothy Gillespie Scholarship in Art, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Wilmington, NC
2020
Ann Flack Boseman Scholarship, University of North Carolina Wilmington; Wilmington, NC
PUBLICATIONS
2024
“The Artsy Gift Guide,”Artsy.
2023
Issue V,Women United Art Magazine, 116.
Issue VII, All SHE Makes Magazine, 114-115.
“On the Road,” Wilder: ROAM Publication, 68-69.
Issue V, Women United Art Magazine, 128.
Ekaterina Popova, “Exploring Patterns and Texture: The Art of Ann Miller Smith,” Create! Blog, August 10, 2023.
2022
“Daily Inspiration: Meet Ann Miller Smith” VoyageRaleigh Magazine, August 19, 2022.
2021
Cierra Noffke, “Ann Miller Finch: The Road to Becoming an Artist,” Flair Magazine, May 14, 2021, 30-32.
2021
Caroline Straubel, “The Reach of Our Arms,” The Seahawk, March 6, 2021
2021
“Feast of Famine: A Collection of Flash Lit and Art,” The Publishing Laboratory, University of North Carolina Wilmington, 9.