BiO:
Matt Miller is a transdisciplinary visual artist with a background in anthropology, fine art, and finance. Growing up in small town middle America with three siblings, Matt found his voice through creative thought and action.
His artwork, rooted in drawing and painting, reflects the desire to understand the world at a grander scale. He combines geometry, scientific knowledge, and ancestral wisdom to understand the interconnections of human behavior that co-exists within nature and the cosmos.
During his art career, Matt has engaged such ideas through hundreds of commissioned works, murals, solo exhibitions, and collaborations across the United States and abroad. He is currently a professional artist residing in Northwest Arkansas.
Art*Ist Statement:
As a visual artist I am inspired by self discovery and anthropological ideas that drive human behavior. For the past 20 years I have been studying literature, philosophy, science, and human behavior to discover connections and universal truths through my practice.
My art practice seeks to understand the interconnections of the human race in nature and the cosmos; I integrate diverse knowledge to unify boundaries between scientific disciplines, ancestral wisdom, spirituality, art, emotions, and mystical experiences.
Within the frame of a canvas, I build a world that is elusive, yet undeniably accessible to the one we live in. I Explore the act of silence as a true source of inspiration and consider many of my works to be visual meditations. To me they represent a present mind, an intentional moment, and the pause between habitual patterns. I use acrylic paint, thick texture, imagery, and geometric compositions to speak to these ideas.
For me, creating art is not about telling the viewer what to see, but seeking through my subconscious mind and conscious awareness, filtering them through my artistic process, and connecting that visual language with the observer.
Once the artwork is complete it becomes a relic of a self-reflective process, pointing to the depths of the human experience.
Through my art, I aspire to connect a painting with an observer allowing a relationship to form that is both self-reflective & personally informative. Emotions that are present may amplify. If the observer is feeling melancholy or joy the painting is there to accompany them in that emotion.
With a present state of mind, one can potentially transcend the separation of object & subject into a unifying experience that can be both profound and insightful. At least, this is my intention.
