MEET ANN MILLER
Ann Miller Smith is interested in color and how it is perceived differently by different people. She has studied color extensively as a designer and as an artist. Smith uses color to interpret emotions, most frequently joy, in her art. She does this in several ways; through her abstract paintings, paintings of collaged objects and patterns, and paintings of places she has traveled to. In her abstract work she explores the emotions that can be elicited from the use of pure color and movement. When painting collaged objects, Smith uses color to remind us of the sense of endless possibility that comes with new adventures. Finally, in her travel paintings, she uses color to reflect the transitory experience of being in a beautiful place.
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 exhibited by multiple galleries, including 311 Gallery, Five 3 Gallery, Las Lagunas Art Gallery, and VAE Raleigh. She recently exhibited at Paradigm Gallery in Chroma, a group exhibition curated in collaboration with PxP Contemporary and Create! Magazine.
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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
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
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
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.