Steve Miller in his Studio

Photo: Alex Musin

Steve Miller is a New York-based multimedia artist whose work sits at the intersection of science, technology, and fine art. Born in Buffalo, NY, and educated at Middlebury College, Miller moved to New York City in the late 1970s and established himself as one of the first artists to incorporate computers and emerging technologies into his practice.

Over more than four decades, Miller has explored subjects ranging from the Amazon rainforest and molecular biology to particle physics and the human psyche using tools like electron microscopes, X-rays, MRI machines, and satellite imagery to create paintings, prints, drawings, and sculpture. His collaborations with scientists are central to his practice — most notably his work with Nobel Prize-winning neurobiologist Rod MacKinnon, which led to the exhibitions Spiraling Inward at the Rose Art Museum and Crossing the Line at the National Academy of Sciences.

Miller has also made multiple visits to CERN in Geneva, weaving the mathematical equations and chalkboard sketches of theoretical physicists into his paintings and prints.  His work has been exhibited in over 50 solo shows across the US, Europe, Asia, and South America, and reviewed in outlets including The New York Times, ARTnews, ArtForum, and Le Monde.   His Brazilian project, entitled Heath of the Planet, has been published as three monographs, Radiographic, Surf/Skate and Surfing the Cosmos published by G  Editions.

Miller teaches at the School of Visual Arts in New York, is an editor at Musée Magazine, and Co-Founder of the art software operating system ARTERNAL.  He works in a historic studio formerly owned by Frank Stella.