Shantel miller biography

Shantel Miller’s figurative paintings create visual language to transcend the lived and imagined experiences of her inner world. While exploring constructs of race, gender, and religion, she pulls from personal narrative as a departure point for understanding broader social realities. Her collage-like approach to image making suggests relationships of tension and intimacy between signifiers that influence perception and identity. What arises is uncommon imagery sometimes depicted with isolated moments of photorealism and bold colors to evoke emotional tonality within subject matter.

Since receiving a BFA from OCADU (Toronto) in 2013, Shantel has exhibited in group shows and art fairs across Toronto, Alberta, and Miami and has placed work in numerous private collections. She is the recipient of the 2021 Dedalus Foundation MFA Painting and Sculpture Fellowship, the Elizabeth Greenshields Grant and the Esther B. and Albert S. Kahn Career Entry Award. Born in Toronto, Shantel currently lives and works in Boston, MA where she recently completed an MFA in Painting at Boston University.

Links:

• Artist website: https://shantel-miller.format.com/

Reviews:

• BU Today (Boston University): Gauguin Had Tahiti, Shantel Miller Has Dorchester: CFA Grad Has Big Plans for $20,000 Kahn Award

• CBC: As we reckon with Canada's troubling history, visual art gives us what words and statistics can't.

• Edmonton Journal. ArtPic: Shantel Miller's Side Profile Series at Latitude 53