NOAH MILLER
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Memphis, TN | Painting, Sculpture, Mixed Media, Photography, Time-based, Installation, Video
Bio:
Noah Thomas Miller is Illinois-born but finds his home in Memphis. He works in multivalent mediums, whether that be woodworking, film, sound installation, or a combination of materials, to preserve memory and tell stories.
He attended Memphis College of Art and has continued his practice through work with museums, film programs, art institutions, and most importantly at home.
Statement:
Miller's work is constantly deconstructing and reconstructing a scene to find its essence. It’s easier to recall a feeling than the details of an image. One can find this in most of his work — stripping the image of detail (or color) and isolating the tone of a scene to tell the narrative itself.
But alongside this distilling of a feeling is the capturing of memory tangentially as well. The narrative & line he follows is typically pulled from personal histories, where he treats archiving as an art form. Creating art in this nature becomes a preservation of memory. Recalling a specific sense or place, even if abstracted, & retelling it in a new medium.