Maggie Mills

millssuperstars@gmail.com 

SOLO AND TWO PERSON EXHIBITIONS

2022 A Figurative Lens, Camden County College, Camden, NJ

2020                Maggie Mills, The Carolyn and Howard Alber Gallery, Allens Lane Art Center, Philadelphia, PA (postponed)

2017                Plagues, Center for Visual Research, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA

                        Maggie Mills, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA

2014                Fleisher Wind Challenge, Fleisher Art Memorial, Philadelphia, PA

                        Maggie Mills, Sunshine Art and Design, Lancaster, PA

2013                Rites of Passage, Pittsburgh Center for the Arts, Pittsburgh, PA

                        Second Home, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA

2012                Altered Spaces: Mami Kato and Maggie Mills, the Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA

 

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2024 CFEVA at 40: Four Decades of Supporting Contemporary Art, Michener Art Museum, Doylestown, PA

2022 The Tools We Use, Automat Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2021 New Normal: Working Through Quarantine, Payne Gallery, Moravian University, Bethlehem, PA

Everted Living, Center For Visual Research, Cedra Crest College, Allentown, PA

                Unprecedented Times: A Socially Distanced Art Project, Esther Klein Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                        Cedar Crest College Faculty Exhibition, The Center for Visual Research, Allentown, PA

2020                Alluvium, Fairmount House, Philadelphia, PA

Assemblage: 20 Years of Art at the Schuylkill Center, The Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia PA

2019                New Now, Inliquid, Crane Arts Building, Philadelphia, PA

                        Social Justice in Misinformation Age, Freedman Gallery, Albright College, Reading, PA

                        CFEVA Art Party, Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, PA

                        Your Plus-One, Mount Airy Contemporary, Philadelphia, PA

2018                CFEVA at The Philadelphia Furniture Show, 23rd St. Armory, Philadelphia, PA

2017                University of the Arts Faculty Exhibition, Montgomery County Community College,Blue Bell, PA

                        High Art, Annodyne, Blue Bell, PA

                        The Future is Female, Westtown School, West Chester, PA

2016                A City of Artists, The Art Gallery at City Hall, Philadelphia, PA

                        The Galleries at the Chamber, Arts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

2015                The Galleries at the Chamber, Arts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

                        Drawing Conclusions, Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Philadelphia, PA

2014                Process and Progress, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA

                        The Galleries at the Chamber, Arts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

2013                Pilgrimages, Hancock Garage, Philadelphia, PA

                        The Galleries at the Chamber, Arts and Business Council of Greater Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA

                        InLiquid Annual Benefit, Icebox at the Crane Building, Philadelphia, PA

                        Philadelphia Stories: Forgotten Philadelphia, Arcadia University, Glenside, PA

2012                The Personal is Political: The Transformative Power of Women’s Art, Koehnline Museum of Art, Des Plaines, IL

                        Philadelphia Stories: Forgotten Philadelphia, Fairmount Park Welcome House, Philadelphia, PA

                        Visions and Vignettes, Artworks, Trenton, NJ

Fragile Boundaries, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE (juror Julian Robson)       

                        CFEVA Annual Benefit, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2011                Have a Nice Day, Pittsburgh Filmmaker’s, Pittsburgh, PA

                        Construct, Icebox, Philadelphia, PA

                        CFEVA Annual Benefit, the Center for Architecture, Philadelphia, PA

                        Introductions 2011, Moore College of Art and Design, February 2011, Philadelphia, PA

2010                The Philadelphia Salon: Art on the Main Line, Philadelphia, PA

                        Fresh! 2010, Projects Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

                        Bi-Mensional D’Motion Shunt, Shadow’s Space, Philadelphia, PA

                        Long Beach Island Association Juried Exhibition, Long Beach Island, NJ

                        Philagrafika 71st Annual Juried Exhibition, American Color Print Society, the Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA

                        Philagrafika Juried Graphics Exhibition, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2009                Annual Juried Show, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA (juror Julian Robson)

                        Gallery 128, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA     

 

AWARDS, HONORS, AND TALKS

2024 Painted Bride Artist Project Grant, Living Room, an UNDUE BURDEN exhibition

2022 Velocity Fund grant recipient, Hook & Loop Accessible Artist Collective

2021                Artist Conversation, Allens Lane Art Center, Philadelphia, PA

2020                Common Field Convening conversation co-host, A Certain Kind of Space

2019                Added Velocity grant recipient, Grizzly Grizzly Gallery

2018                Velocity Fund grant recipient, Grizzly Grizzly Gallery

2017                Artist Talk, Coffee Break, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA

2017                Artist Talk, Plagues, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA

2014                Landlab Residency, Schuylkill Center for Environmental Education, Philadelphia, PA

2014                Fleisher Wind Challenge Winner, Philadelphia, PA

2013                Visiting Artist, Ursinus College, Collegeville, PA

2012                Curator’s Tour Artist Talk, (Julian Robson), Fragile Boundaries, Delaware Center for Contemporary Arts, Wilmington, DE

2012                National Performance Network/ Visual Artist Network Residency Finalist

2011                Center for Emerging Visual Artists, Career Development Fellowship, Philadelphia, PA

2010                First Prize, Philagrafika: American Color Print Society, the Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA

2009                Jim Bachman Memorial Award, Abington Art Center, Jenkintown, PA (Julian Robson)

 

PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS

2023 Artblog, UNDUE BURDEN https://www.theartblog.org/2023/06/undue-burden-and-spirit-on-52nd-st-two-more-great-projects-with-velocity-fund-support/

2020                Create Magazine, Issue #23 curated by Ginger Rudolph from HAHA Magazine

https://createmagazine.com/read/maggiemills

2019                Create Magazine, Miami Edition https://createmagazine.com/read/maggie-mills

2019                Imin Yeh, Artforum, (Grizzly Grizzly), https://www.artforum.com/picks/imin-yeh-82226        

2018                Leroy Johnson, Artforum, (Grizzly Grizzly), https://www.artforum.com/picks/leroy-johnson-76893

2015                “Seeing the Forest for the Art: Landlab Residency”, www.knightfoundation.org, April 22, 2015

2014                “Three Interpret Place and Location for Fleisher Wind Challenge”, www.knightarts.org, April 22, 2014

2014                “Sunshine//Maggie Mills”, Beyond Art as Surface Evaluation, B.A.S.E.Lancaster.tumblr.com, March 14, 2013

https://baselancaster.tumblr.com/post/79549036441/sunshinemills

2013                “Philadelphia Abstract Art” Don Brewer Multimedia, July 22, 2013

http://brewermultimedia.com/PhiladelphiaArt&Artists/abstract-art/page/52/

2013                “Three Exhibits on Display at Pittsburgh Center for the Arts” Pittsburgh Tribune Review, June 27, 2013

https://archive.triblive.com/aande/museums/art-review-three-exhibits-on-display-at-the-pittsburgh-center-for-the-arts/

2013                “Maggie Mills” Les Femmes Folles, May 7, 2013 https://femmesfollesnebraska.tumblr.com/page/77

2013                “Playground Art by Maggie Mills” Playscapes, April 23, 2013

http://www.play-scapes.com/play-art/art-about-playgrounds/playground-art-by-maggie-mills/

2013                “The Return of PIFA” Newsworks.org, March 22, 2013

2013                Practice Profile: Jessica Ivins / the creativepractice.wordpress.com, February 13, 2013

2012                34th Street Magazine, October 4, 2012 https://issuu.com/34st/docs/1004_34/12

2012                “The Personal is Political: The Transformative Power of Women’s Art” Koehnline Museum of Art (catalog)

2012                Philadelphia Stories: Forgotten Philadelphia (book)

  https://www.amazon.com/Forgotten-Philadelphia-Various/dp/0979335035

2012                “Shows Are a Good Reason for a Short Trip to Delaware” Philadelphia Inquirer, July 29, 2012

2011                “CFEVA Fellows at the Icebox” InLiquid.com, June 27, 2011

https://iceboxprojectspace.com/2011/07/02/cfeva-fellows-at-the-crane/

2011                “CFEVA Construct at the Icebox” DonArtNews.com, June 21, 2011

2011                PAFA After Dark: Wanderlust, June 2, 2011

2011                “CFEVA Introductions 2011” Brewer Multimedia online, February 12, 2011

2010                “Process Makes It- Bambi, Projects, and Vincent Michael” The Art Blog Philadelphia, September 2010

2010                “A Show Vivid in Images, Vitality” The Philadelphia Inquirer, January 1, 2010

 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE

2018- Present Associate Professor of Art, Cedar Crest College, Allentown, PA

2016-2018       Adjunct Faculty, Painting, Cedar Crest College

2017-Present  Member, Grizzly Grizzly Gallery, Philadelphia, PA

2017-Present  President of the Board, Brush with the Law

2015-2018      Lecturer, Image/ Time, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2017-2018       Lecturer, Color, University of the Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2014-2017      Adjunct Faculty, Drawing and Rendering I, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 

EDUCATION

2010                MFA, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA

2000                BFA, Tyler School of Art, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA