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 UNDUE BURDEN in residence at the Painted Bride, Philadelphia, PA
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
2024 Artblog, https://www.theartblog.org/2024/11/hookloops-community-alchemy-in-undue-burden-at-painted-bride-art-center/
WHYY/NPR, https://whyy.org/articles/undue-burden-painted-bride-philadelphia-artists-disabilities/
Art News Now, https://artsnewsnow.com/arts_news/cfeva-at-40-a-celebration-of-contemporary-art/
Metro Philly, https://metrophiladelphia.com/painted-bride-art-workshop-series/
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