ADIA MILLETT

In residence: July 6 - August 25, 2009

Openings
Thursday, August 6, 7:30-9:30PM and
Friday, August 21, 7:30-9:30PM

PRESS RELEASE

Adia Millett, Invasion of My Soul (2009), Wood, acrylic paint, styrofoam model planes, light fixture, chair, 8 x 8 x 12 feet

Swarm Gallery is pleased to welcome Adia Millett to The Nest, a neighborhood artist residency program in the heart of the Ironworks District, beginning July 7. Millett, the Nest’ s second artist in residence, divides her time between New York and Los Angeles.

Deeply embedded in a series of metaphors and dark visual poetry, Adia Millett’ s changing installations suggest a story of a delicate transition from loss to potential love. Her works examine the beauty of impermanence, the power of the unknown, and the inevitable illusion of innocence. In the artist's studio, symbolic gestures, objects and sounds convey an abstracted reality where the viewer is asked to fill in the blanks. Millett will be working on a short film project and a series of installations over the course of her two-month residency.

Adia Millett’ s upcoming exhibitions in 2009 include a solo show at Mixed Greens, New York, and exhibitions at Sesnon Gallery, Santa Cruz, CA, and UC Riverside Sweeney Art Gallery, Riverside, CA. She has been included in numerous national and international exhibitions at venues including Contemporary Art Center, New Orleans, LA; John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, WI; Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, VA; David Krut Projects, New York; and Swab International Contemporary Art Fair, Barcelona, Spain. She was the recipient of a Project Space residency at Headlands Center for the Arts, Sausalito, CA, 2007; a New York Foundation for the Arts Fellowship, 2003, and a residency at the Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, 2002. Millett earned an MFA from California Institute of the Arts, Valencia, CA, 2000; and a BFA from the University of California, Berkeley, 1997.

Visit the artist's website for more information.

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