Bio
Dori Miller is an oil painter, papermaker, installation and teaching artist. She was interviewed for the January 2024 Hand Papermaking Magazine’s newsletter which chronicled her Paper Wing Forest installation built during the inaugural artist residency at Hartwick College in Oneonta, NY (Summer 2023).. Dori was also a visiting artist, juror, and lecturer at Hartwick (2022).. She was the keynote speaker for CMSMC’s Tools of the Trade symposium on material culture (2022).
Dori has received several awards, including the Merit and MFA Artistic Excellence Scholarships, the Tepper Chair in Visual Arts Scholarship, NJ State Federation of Women’s Clubs Fine Arts Fellowship, and the Charlotte W. Newcombe Scholarship. She holds a BFA from Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers University with Mathew Leydt Society distinction (graduated Summa cum laude, top 2%, class of 2017), and an MFA from the Pennsylvania Academy of Fine Art in 2020 in the face of the pandemic.
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Notable solo and group exhibitions include Pen + Brush (NYC), The Smithy (Cooperstown, NY), Gross McCleaf Gallery, Philly Art Collective, The Plastic Club, 119th Annual Student Exhibition (PAFA) and FMC Tower (Philadelphia), Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory (Cleveland, OH), and Rutgers University Art Library (New Brunswick, NJ). Dori currently works and resides on-the-Hudson in Kingston, New York and is also a certified Acutonics® Sound Healing Practitioner in Philadelphia.
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SOLO EXHIBITIONS
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2024
Rebecca's Ground • Grocery, Kingston, NY
Selected Works • Ohana Café, Saugerties, NY
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2023
Paper Wing Forest • Foreman Gallery, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY
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2022
Fleurs de Clair • Christopher Markus The Lion's Mane, Philadelphia, PA
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2021
Selected Works by Dori Miller | https://www.plasticclub.org/events/dori-miller
Bob Jackson Gallery, The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA (September-October)
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2020
Imaginary Flowers around Polly’s Revenge inside of a Paper Wing Forest
119th Annual Student Exhibition • MFA Thesis Installation
https://www.databasics.io/pafa/ASE/form.php?id=118
Tuttleman Gallery, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (September-October)
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2019
Paperworks • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Works • Christopher Markus The Lion’s Mane, Philadelphia, PA
Vulcan Chess • Balance Wellness Center, Philadelphia, PA
2017
Defending Surface • BFA Thesis • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
Bringing the March Home • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
2016
Vulcan Chess Studies • Art Library at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Vulcan Chess • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
2015 | Delicate Immensities • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
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2014 | Rumi Driven • Mason Gross Undergraduate Project Space, New Brunswick, NJ
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
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2024
25 Days of Minis | Teresa Haag Studio + Gallery, PA (Virtual Space)
Artists Respond to Poetry | AMH Gallery, Poughkeepsie, NY
Oil v Water | d'Art Center (Virtual Space)
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2023
25 Days of Minis | Teresa Haag Studio + Gallery, Phoenixville, PA (Virtual Space)
2023 Holiday Show | Gallery Lev Shalem, Woodstock, NY
Spirituality | Biafarin.com | (Virtual Space)
Paper | The Smithy, Cooperstown, NY
Timeless | Arts Mid-Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory | Cleveland, OH
Altered Books | Saugerties Library, Saugerties, NY
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2022
The Abstract Eye | art Society of Kingston, Kingston, NY
MAC Holiday Art Show | Media Arts Council, Media, PA
25 Days of Minis | Teresa Haag Studio + Gallery, Phoenixville, PA (Virtual Space)
Fellowship Annual Juried Virtual Exhibition | The Fellowship of PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
Nocturne | Gross McCleaf, Philadelphia, PA
Into the Woods: Interpretations of nature and discovery | Loft Projects, Chappaqua, NY
Members Show | The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Fuite en Avant: fleeing forward | John Thornton Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfQNQEXbaMc • The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Connections • FMC Corporation, Philadelphia, PA
Portals • Axalta, Glen Mills, PA
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2021
25 Days of Minis | Teresa Haag Studio + Gallery, Phoenixville, PA (Virtual Space)
TIED/APART (original title APART/TIED censored by PAFA) • Anne Bryant Gallery, PA
Exchange Group Printmaking Exhibition • ASR Art Gallery, Iran | Virtual Catalogue
2021 Virtual Annual Exhibition • Gross McCleaf Gallery (Virtual Space) | Virtual Catalogue
Less is More, More is Less: August Online Exhibit • The Plastic Club (Virtual Space), Philadelphia, PA
Members' Choice In-House Exhibit • The Plastic Club (Virtual Space), Philadelphia, PA
What Lies Within: June Online Exhibit • The Plastic Club (Virtual Space), Philadelphia, PA
First Friday Pop-up • @OldCitySocial, Philadelphia, PA
Pandemic Lens • (Virtual Space)
Pennsylvania Ballet's Spread Your Wings: Fleisher Art Memorial and Mural Arts • Cherry Street Pier, Philadelphia, PA
First Friday Pop-up • @OldCitySocial, Philadelphia, PA
Pandemic Lens • (Virtual Space)
https://pandemiclens.com/2021/04/11/solace-driven/​
PAFA Museum Store (Ongoing) • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts , Philadelphia, PA
Textile, Fabric or Fiber Art: March Online Exhibition • The Plastic Club (Virtual Space), Philadelphia, PA
https://www.plasticclub.org/calendar/marchfiber-exhibit
About Face: February Online Exhibition • The Plastic Club (Virtual Space), Philadelphia, PA
https://www.plasticclub.org/calendar/ul6a945m8x07nq42ijnctsi635wq95
New Members Exhibition: January Online Exhibition • The Plastic Club (Virtual Space), Philadelphia
https://www.plasticclub.org/calendar/newmembers2020
Give Her Space • Philly Art Collective Gallery
New members Exhibition • The Plastic Club (Virtual Space), Philadelphia, PA
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2020
Dumb: Issue 1 - Brute Reason (Pages 58 & 59), Winter 2020
https://www.yumpu.com/en/document/read/65111370/dumb-issue-1-brutereason
Small Works: December Online Exhibition • The Plastic Club (Virtual Space), Philadelphia, PA
https://www.plasticclub.org/blog/december-online-exhibition
Local Inspirations(s): October Online Exhibition • The Plastic Club (Virtual Space), Philadelphia, PA
https://www.plasticclub.org/blog/october-inspiration
Isolation to Revolution / Rebirth to Dissent • Pen + Brush, Manhattan, NY (October-December)
http://www.penandbrush.org/exhibitions/from-isolation-to-revolution-to-rebirth-and-dissent
Res-o-nance • The Fellowship of PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
https://www.fellowshipgallery.org/res-o-nance
Inspired by Great Artists: September • The Plastic Club (Virtual Space), Philadelphia, PA
https://www.plasticclub.org/blog/september-inspired-exhibit
Blues • The Plastic Club (Virtual Space), Philadelphia, PA
https://www.plasticclub.org/calendar/augustblues
Embody Zine Vol 3 • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts (Virtual Space)
Painting Without A Brush • Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA (March)
Intuitive Play • Gallery 8, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA (February-March)
Vulcan Chess Installation • Broad Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Colors/Shapes of Summer: July Online Exhibition • The Plastic Club (Virtual) •
https://www.plasticclub.org/blog/colorsshapes-of-summer-july-online-exhibition
Alternatives ‘20: Art House • Virtual Space
https://alternatives20.wixsite.com/operatingsystem
Body (No Body) • Anne Bryant Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, transferred to virtual space
Emerging Artists & Painting Without A Brush • Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Intimate Explorations • Clark Hill Law Offices, Philadelphia, PA
Daydream • 9th Floor Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Dance of Shapes • FMC Tower, Philadelphia, PA
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2019
Morgan Art of Papermaking Conservatory • Cleveland, OH
Reflection(s) • Anne Bryan Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Summer Love • Gallery 8 • Philadelphia, PA
(Not So) Silent Auction on Broad • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Harmony of the Senses • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Circle of Care • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Harmony of the Senses • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Salon des Refusés • PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
Divergent Directions • PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
Salon des Refusés • iMPeRFeCT Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Catalyze • Cambridge Innovation Center, Philadelphia, PA
Menstrala • The Common Room, Philadelphia, PA
Stories to Tell • The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
Expressive Revolt • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Spider Rock • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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2018
Hot & Cold • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Senses and Sensuality • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Texture • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
17th Annual National Arts Program • Liberty Hall Center, Union, NJ
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2017
Implicate Order • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
Proverbial Balls • L.A.B., New Brunswick, NJ
Catawampus – BFA • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
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2016
Same Boat • LAB, Mason Gross, New Brunswick, NJ
Art in a State of Mobility • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
Cornered • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
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2015
Intertwine • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
/’ pälÄ“, glät/ • Polyglot Art Exhibition and Fundraiser, New Brunswick, NJ
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2014
City & Myth • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ *Awarded Ruth Crocket Art Prize*
10 • Ten Year Celebration of City Lights Gallery, Bridgeport, CT • Auction
Union County College Student Art Competition and Exhibition • Richel Commons &
Virtual Gallery on UCC.edu, Cranford, NJ *Awarded Best Work Submitted*
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2012
Benchmarks • Cranford Downtown Public Art Projects • Cranford Township, NJ
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SHORT TERM ENGAGEMENTS
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2023
Visiting Artist lecture, Senior Critic, Teacher - Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY - Aug.-Sep.
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2022
Visiting Artist lecture, Senior Critic, Curator, Juror • Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY • Nov. 7-11
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CURATION, LECTURES, PANELS, RESIDENCIES
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2024
Visual Artist, Dialogues for the Ear and Eye, Saugerties, NY • February
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2023
Artist in Residence, Curator, Lecturer, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY • August-September
Artist Talk, Introduction to Art • Rowan College Burlington County, NJ • May
Artist Talk, LessThanHalf.org • March
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2022
Artist Talk, Introduction to Art • Rowan College Burlington County, NJ
Material Culture Tools of the Trade: A Maker's Perspective • Keynote Speaker • CMSMC Symposium: Tools of the Trade • Nov 19
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Fuite en Avant: fleeing forward exhibition and virtual artists talk with interlocutor Roberta Gross •
The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA • John Thornton Film: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lfQNQEXbaMc
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2021
Selected Works by Dori Miller • Presented virtually at The Plastic Club
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Canon's Edge: A Whiff of Art on the Periphery
Appropriation, Protest & Outlier Art, Expanded Painting, & Takeaways
• Presented virtually at The Plastic Club
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2020
Westtown Artist Residency Project 2020: Cotton: Raw Material & Precious Metaphor • The Weaving Mill, Chicago IL (created "in place"), https://www.theweavingmill.com/warp2020 (April-June)
Artist Talk, Instagram Live (election day) • Pen + Brush, New York, NY
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2019
Salon des Refusés • PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
Vulcan Chess Installation • Broad Street Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Selected Works • Christopher Markus The Lion’s Mane, Philadelphia, PA
Vulcan Chess • Balance Gallery, Philadelphia, PA
Paperworks • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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2017
BFA Thesis: Defending Surface • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
Bringing the March Home • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
Implicate Order • Co-Curator • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
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2016
Vulcan Chess Studies • Art Library at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
Vulcan Chess • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
Art in a State of Mobility • Co-Curator • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
Cornered • Co-Curator • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
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2015
Delicate Immensities • Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
Balancing Acts: Managing Identities – Panel Discussion • Douglass Student Center, New Brunswick, NJ
Rumi Driven • Mason Gross Undergraduate Project Space, New Brunswick, NJ
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PRINT EXCHANGES
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2019 |Fibonacci Sunflower for Iran, edition of 33
From Philadelphia to Iran and Back: A print portfolio exchange between Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts Printmakers & Tehran Independent Printmakers (Summer)
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2018-2019 | He IS Heavy, edition of 18
Cauchemar: A Group Portfolio by Students and Faculty of the Printmaking Department of the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts
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EDUCATION
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2020 MFA Painting and Papermaking, Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts • Philadelphia, PA
Oil Painting and Papermaking Concentrations
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2017 BFA Painting and Art History, Mason Gross School of the Arts at Rutgers • New Brunswick, NJ
Oil Painting Concentration and Art History Minor
Summa Cum Laude • Top 2% Class of 2017
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New York Academy of Art • New York, NY (Scholarships)
2017 Sculpture Master Class with Judy Fox
2016 Drawing Master Class with Steven Assael
2015 Oil Painting Master Class with Vincent Desiderio
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2016 VSA New Jersey • New Brunswick, NJ
Professional Development Certificate, Universal Design for Learning
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2015 (Winter) Philadelphia Museum of Art • Philadelphia, PA
Externship, shadowed Senior Marketing Editor: Ink and Gold: Art of the Kano, Represent: 200 Years of African American Art, Discovering the Impressionists: Paul Durand-Ruel and the New Painting
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2014 AA Union County College • Cranford, NJ
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2009 Certified Acutonics® Practitioner, Acutonics® Sound Healing Therapy • Acutonics Institute of Integrative Medicine • Llano, NM (Westfield, NJ)
TEACHING
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2024
Papermaking (Paper and Print Class), Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY • February 2024
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2023
Papermaking, Hartwick College, Oneonta, NY • August-September 2023
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2022
Papermaking • Mainline Art Center, Haverford, PA (Spring & Summer)
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2021-2024
​(virtual) Host and tech for virtual salons, lectures and artist talks on Zoom • The Plastic Club, Philadelphia, PA
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2020 (classes transitioned to virtual teaching environment, trained Professors in Zoom & Canvas)
Teaching Assistant (with Renée Foulks) • Portrait Painting • Undergraduate Class • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
Teaching Assistant (with Al Gury) • Color Painting • Undergraduate Class • PAFA, Philadelphia, PA
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2019
Teacher • After School Art Program • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA •
Foundations in Drawing
Teaching Assistant (with Al Gury) • Painting the Figure - Undergraduate Class • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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2018
Teacher • Figure Drawing - After School Art Program • Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, PA
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2017
Teaching Assistant • Undergrad Senior Seminar • William Paterson University, Wayne NJ •
Frida Kahlo presentation and discussion
Teaching Assistant • Bookmaking Workshop • HP Gives a Hoot & Mason Gross School of the Arts, Highland Park, NJ
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AWARDS
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2019-2020 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania, PA • Merit Scholarship & MFA Artistic Excellence Scholarship
New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs Fine Arts Fellowship & Continuing Education Fellowship • Associate Alumnae of Douglass College, New Brunswick, NJ
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2018-2019 Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Pennsylvania, PA • Merit Scholarship & MFA Artistic Excellence Scholarship,
New Jersey State Federation of Women’s Clubs Fine Arts Fellowship • Associate Alumnae of Douglass College, New Brunswick, NJ
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2017-2018 Matthew Leydt Society, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ • Inducted as one of the top 2% (Summa Cum Laude) graduates, Class of 2017 - http://tinyurl.com/mon5b46
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2016-2017 The Marlene and David Tepper Chair in Visual Arts Scholarship • Mason Gross School of the Arts, New Brunswick, NJ
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2015-2017 Charlotte W. Newcombe Scholarship • Douglass Residential College at Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
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2014
Ruth Crocket Art Prize, City & Myth, Mason Gross Galleries, New Brunswick, NJ
Best Work Submitted, Union County College Student Art Competition and Exhibition, Cranford, NJ
ARTICLES & PUBLICATIONS
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2024
Artist Residency, Dori Miller •.Hand Papermaking Newsletter: number 145 January 2024
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2023
Dori Miller at Hartwick College • The Plastic Club
Upcoming Art Exhibit Features HP's Language of Color Portfolio • Hand Papermaking Magazine
Two solo exhibits open at Hartwick • The Daily Star
Dori Miller – The Intersections of Art & Science • Art Scenes by Budget Collector
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2019 Hyperallergic: A View from the Easel • Dori Miller, Philadelphia, PA
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2016 The Acutonics Institute of Integrative Medicine
Site News & Newsletter Student Feature: Dori Miller, Acutonics.com (December)
2014
Union County College
Student Art Competition, UCC.edu
Student Art Exhibit Set for May 9, Suburban News
The Sheaf (Union County College Literary magazine)
Elderflower Pressé (Oil on Canvas) Spring
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2013
Ember Clouds (Photograph) Fall
Asparagus Forest (Photograph) Spring
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COLLECTIONS
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Works represented in the collection of FMC Corporation and private collections in:
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Australia • Canada • Iran • Switzerland • Sonoma (CA)
South Lyon (MI) • New Jersey • Llano (NM) • New York • Philadelphia