Dan Miller

Diane Rosenstein is pleased to announce Dan Miller: Click, a solo exhibition of paintings by the Oakland-based artist. This show will present both painted and typed works on paper created by Miller at the Creative Growth Art Center from 2010 - 2016. This is Dan Miller’s first show at the

gallery and in Los Angeles.

Dan Miller enfolds gesture and text in compositions that articulate an innate and pure language. His paintings (all works on paper) are a coalescence of line and memory that reveal then conceal the artist’s elegant outlook. He immerses repeated words and symbolic motifs in a vigorous palette of acrylics, inks and graphite. Letters are drawn then overdrawn, evoking a pattern language.

The exhibition will also include an edited selection of Miller’s typed works on paper. In concert with his paintings, these typed drawings record the artist’s fascination with the names of objects like light bulbs, electrical sockets, food, and rooms.

The artist, who is on the autism spectrum, has developed an intensive body of work that employs language as its fundamental subject and departure-point. These intuitive yet rigorously executed works are an amalgamation of his thoughts and autobiographical experiences, often centered on the elusive nature of tangible experience.

Dan Miller’s work is in the permanent collection of the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA), New York; Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington, DC, and the Berkeley Art Museum/Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA), Berkeley, CA. He had a solo exhibition at White Columns (2007), NYC and was included in group shows at BAM/PFA and ABCD, Paris, France.

Founded in 1974, Creative Growth Art Center has achieved international recognition in the field of art and disabilities for its innovative programs and for the quality of art produced by the 150 artists working at the Center. Located in Uptown Oakland, Creative Growth Art Center serves adult artists with developmental, mental and physical disabilities, providing a professional studio environment for artistic development, gallery exhibition and representation, and a social atmosphere among peers. Artwork fostered in this unique environment is included in prominent collections and museums worldwide.