Keith Miller
EDUCATION
MFA, concentration on painting. Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, NY	2001
Full tuition scholarship
Graduate Certificate in Art and Philosophy. Stony Brook University;
Stony Brook, NY
BFA. State University of New York (SUNY), College at Purchase; Purchase, NY	1988
FELLOWSHIPS, AWARDS, GRANTS, RESIDENCIES
The BAU Institute Residency Award at The Camargo Foundation in Cassis France	2018
Guggenheim Fellowship. John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation	2015
Jerome Foundation Film Grant for ABOUT A MOUNTAIN (Producer)
Award for Excellence in Teaching. Gallatin School, NYU	2015
Cinereach Production Grant for ABOUT A MOUNTAIN (Producer)
Best Editing for a Narrative Feature. Tribeca Film Festival for FIVE STAR
Cinereach Development Grant for ABOUT A MOUNTAIN (Producer)	2013
Rooftop Films Equipment Grant for FIVE STAR
Jerome Foundation Film Grant for FIVE STAR
Grand Jury Prize. Slamdance Film Festival for WELCOME TO PINE HILL	2012
Grand Jury Prize. Atlanta Film Festival for WELCOME TO PINE HILL
Special Jury Prize for Performance. Sarasota Film Festival for WELCOME TO PINE HILL
Special Jury Prize: Honorable Mention. Nashville Film Festival for WELCOME TO PINE HILL
FIPRESCI Prize for New American Film. Seattle International Film Festival for WELCOME TO PINE HILL
IFP Narrative Lab Fellow for WELCOME TO PINE HILL	2011
Artist-in-Residence. Elizabeth Harvey Foundation, Venice, Italy	2008
Artist-in-Residence. Anderson Arts Center, Red Wing, MN	2004
Artist-in-Residence. St. Michael’s College, Colchester, VT	2003
Artist-in-Residence. New York Mills Regional Culture Center, New York Mills, MN	2001
Artist-in-Residence. I-Park, East Haddam, CT
Full tuition scholarship. Stony Brook University	1998
FILMS (selected)
Narrative Feature Films
FIVE STAR. Writer, Director, Editor	2014
Distributed by Xlrator, Sundance International
WELCOME TO PINE HILL. Writer, Director, Editor	2012
Distributed by Oscilloscope Laboratories, Sundance International
ABOUT A MOUNTAIN. [In production] Producer
THE TRANSLATOR. Writer, Director[In development]
Short Films
PRINCE/WILLIAM. Writer, Director, Editor.	2010
CAPSULE ENDOSCOPY. Director, Editor.	2011
Documentary
WORKING HANDS. Director, Editor, Cinematographer.	2018
HOW TO SEE THE WORLD. [In Production] Director.	2016-Present
In Collaboration with Nicholas Mirzoeff, based on his book, How To See The World.
THIS IS NOT A HOME. Director, Editor, Cinematographer.	2011
Episodic Format
BROOKLYNIFICATION (Two Seasons). Director, Co-Creator (with Christopher Poindexter), Writer, Editor (with Jason Pollard). Commissioned by BRIC TV	2016- 2018
FILM FESTIVALS (selected)
FIVE STAR. Written, Directed, Edited by Keith Miller	2014
Venice Film Festival (Biennale di Venezia 2014)
Tribeca Film Festival. Best Narrative Editing Prize Winner
Festival do Rio. Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Trinidad and Tobago Film Festival
Bend Film Festival. Best Performance to Primo Grant
Tallgrass Film Festival. Award to New Talent to John Diaz
American Film Festival. Wroclaw, Poland
Thessaloniki Film Festival
Stockholm Film Festival
Cairo International Film Festival
Seattle International Film Festival
WELCOME TO PINE HILL. Written, Directed, Edited by Keith Miller	2012
Slamdance. Grand Jury Prize Winner
Atlanta Film Festival. Grand Jury Prize Winner
Sarasota Film Festival. Special Jury Prize for Performance
Nashville Film Festival. Special Jury Prize: Honorable Mention
Independent Film Festival Boston
Seattle International Film Festival. FIPRESCI Jury Prize for New American Film
BAM Cinemafest
Rooftop Films
New Orleans Film Festival
Filmfest München
Warsaw Film Festival
CURATORIAL PROJECTS
*Unless otherwise noted these shows are at the Gallatin Galleries, NYU or the SAC Gallery, Stony Brook University.
Thematic Shows
Steve Locke: in the name of love. The Gallatin Galleries	2019
Corpora in Tractus. The Gallatin Galleries	2018
Stephanie Dinkins Conversations with Bina48. The Gallatin Galleries
Sara Hylton: Women of God. The Gallatin Galleries
From Outrage to Actio. The Gallatin Galleries
Heroes, Triumphs, & Victories: Sheila Pree Bright. The Gallatin Galleries
So Many Enemies. The Gallatin Galleries	2016
New York I Love You, But… The Gallatin Galleries	2015
Lost To History (with Lauren Walsh). The Gallatin Galleries	2014
Sofia Szamosi: Eat me. Open Source Gallery, Brooklyn, NY
Another Green World. The Gallatin Galleries
These Are The Good Times. The Gallatin Galleries	2012
CPT: Time, History and Memory. The Gallatin Galleries
This Is What Democracy Looks Like. The Gallatin Galleries	2011
Haiti In The Collective Imagination. The Gallatin Galleries
Disposable: Ciudad Juarez and the War on Women. The Hat Gallery, Valencia Spain	2010
Art For Haiti NYC. Benefit for MSF
Disposable: Ciudad Juarez and the War on Women. The Gallatin Galleries
Finding Work: Labor in contemporary art. The Gallatin Galleries	2009
Moving Money: Art, Capital and the Dematerialization of Value. The Gallatin Galleries
Phurba Namgay: Buddhist Painting from Bhutan. The Gallatin Galleries
Moving Money: Art, Capital and the Dematerialization of Value. SAC Gallery	2008
Picturing America. SAC Gallery
Phurba Namgay: Buddhist Painting from Bhutan. SAC Gallery
450 WOMEN HAVE BEEN MURDERED IN CIUDAD JUAREZ. SAC Gallery	2007
Reparations. SAC Gallery
If It Ain’t Broke (with Brookie Maxwell). Gallery 138, New York, NY
Watch This: When Art and TV Collide. SAC Gallery	2006
Nzingah Muhammad. SAC Gallery
Revisioning Nature. SAC Gallery	2005
This Dream, America. Art League of Long Island; Dix Hills, NY
Say it LOUD! Nikki S. Lee & Iona Rozeal Brown. SAC Gallery
Leonda Finke: 40 Years, SAC Gallery
Marriage (with Tara Burk). SAC Gallery	2004
Cinco: Five Latin American Women. SAC Gallery
Drawing Conclusions. Islip Museum of Art; Islip, NY
Transitional spaces. SAC Gallery
This is for Real: War and the Contemporary Audience (with L. Alex Couri). SAC Gallery
Brett Cook Dizney: Blackness. SAC Gallery
Face to Face: 200 Years of Figurative Art On Long Island. Long Island Museum; Stony Brook, NY
Hijos de ’73. SAC Gallery	2003
Threadbare: Subversive Aesthetics (with Tara Burk). SAC Gallery
[Blank]: In pursuit of an American History (with Stephanie Dinkins) SAC Gallery
Noun/Verb. Hillwood Museum, Long Island University, Brookville, NY
Before and After. SAC Gallery	2002
The Objective Landscape. Gallery North; Setauket. NY
The Other Self. Gallery North, Setauket, NY	2001
Student and Faculty Shows
Reflections, Relationships, and Reuses The Gallatin Galleries	2018
Gallatin Arts Festival. The Gallatin Galleries	2008- Present
All You Can Be: Explorations of the Self and Its Mutations. The Gallatin Galleries	2014
Gallatin Faculty Show. The Gallatin Galleries	2013-14
We Survived Our Youth. The Gallatin Galleries	2011-12
Where I Am Now. The Gallatin Galleries	2011
Long Island College Art Competition. SAC Gallery	2005-2008
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
Paintings. Open Source Gallery; Brooklyn, NY	2013
Paintings. Trinity Gallery Atlanta, GA	2006
Fights and Dances. Great Neck Arts Center; Great Neck, NY	2004
Trees and Landscapes. Object Image Gallery; Brooklyn, NY	2003
Small Paintings. Spoke the Hub Cultural Center; Brooklyn, NY	2002
New York Mills Regional Cultural Center; NY Mills, Minnesota
Confessions. Melville Gallery; Stony Brook, NY	2000
Paintings. Melville Gallery; Stony Brook, NY
Hurricane Mitch Photo Project. Union Gallery; Stony Brook, NY	1999
Galleria Frida Kahlo; Mexico, D.F.	1998
Galleria Biblioteca Universidad Iberoamericana; Puebla, Mexico
Casa de la Cultura; Cholula, Mexico	1996
Galleria La Obra; Puebla, Mexico
Casa de la Cultura; Puebla, Mexico	1995
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Faculty Show. Gallatin NYU	2013-14
Case study. Terminus 2000, Atlanta, GA	2012
Chace Randall Gallery, Andes, NY	2011
Marie L. Matthews Gallery, Princeton, NJ
Trees. Omni Gallery, Uniondale, NY	2009
Faculty show. Hillwood Museum, C.W. Post; Brookville, NY	2006
Melbourne vs. New York. Kaleide Theater; Melbourne, Australia	2005
Faculty Show. Hillwood Museum, C.W. Post; Brookville, NY	2004
Anderson Center; Red Wing, MN
Object Image Gallery; Brooklyn, NY	2003
Faculty Show. Hillwood Museum, C.W. Post; Brookville, NY
Gallery North; Setauket, NY
Faculty Show. Hillwood Museum, C.W. Post; Brookville, NY	2002
MFA Thesis Show. Staller Center for the Arts; Stony Brook, NY	2001
The Other Self. Curator, Gallery North; Setauket, NY
CAA Annual MFA Show. Hunter College; New York, NY	1999
MFA Group Show. Melville Gallery; Stony Brook, NY	1998
Galleria Kin; Mexico, D.F.	1997
ACADEMIC POSITIONS
Curator. The Gallatin Galleries, The Gallatin School for Individualized Study; New York, NY	2008-Present
Part Time Professor. Gallatin School for Individualized Study; New York, NY	2006-Present
Adjunct Lecturer. Marymount Manhattan College; New York, NY	2008- 2013
Adjunct Lecturer. New School University; New York, NY	2004-2006
Adjunct Instructor. Long Island University, C.W. Post; Brookville, NY	2001- 2008
Interim Director and Curator. SAC Gallery Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, NY	2002-2009
Instructor. Columbia University Summer High School Program; NYC	2002
Independent Curator. Museum of Long Island; Stony Brook, NY
Instructor. Spoke the Hub Cultural Center; Brooklyn, NY
Adjunct Lecturer. SUNY College at Purchase; Purchase, NY	2001
Adjunct Instructor. Suffolk County Community College; Selden, NY	2000 – 2001
Adjunct Instructor. Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, NY
Instructor. Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, NY	1999
COMMITTEES AND SERVICE
Visual Arts Advisor, The Gallatin Arts Festival	2009-Present
Civic Engagement Committee, Urban Democracy Lab	2016- Present
Interdisciplinary Arts Program Committee
Black History Month Committee	2014-15
Events Planning Committee	2013 - Present
STUDIO& FILMMAKING COURSES TAUGHT
The Gallatin School for Individualized Study
From Script To Screen: Making The Short Film	2018- Present
Write! Shoot! Edit! Filmmaking Intensive Workshop.	2015- Present
First Person, Present Tense: Video Production.	2011-2015
Tutorial: Making the Short Film	2014-Present
Tutorial: Curating	2010
Theory to Practice. Studio Art Workshop.	2009 – 2011
Other
Renaissance Studio. Oil Painting Workshop.  New School University; New York, NY	2006
Direct Painting in Oil. Oil Painting Workshop. New School University; New York, NY
Figure Drawing. Spoke the Hub Cultural Center; Brooklyn, NY	2001-2004
Introduction to Drawing. Suffolk County Community College; Selden, NY	2001
Foundation Drawing. Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, NY	2000
Intro to Sculpture (T.A.). Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, NY	1999
Foundation Painting. Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, NY
OTHER COURSES TAUGHT
The Pleasures and Perils of Contemporary Exhibitions (IDSEM).	2018- Present
Thinking About Seeing (IDSEM).	2006- 2015
Visual Art Seminar: NYC Art Galleries and Museums	2010- 2013
Contemporary Art /Art Since 1945.	2009- 2014
Critical Approaches to Photography (IDSEM).	2006-2009
Renaissance to Modern Art.	2005
Realism and Contemporary Art.	2004
Modern Art (1850-1970).	2002- 2009
Introduction to the Arts.	2002- 2009
History of Visual Communication.
Critical Reading and Study Skills.	2002
Media, Society and the Arts.	2001
Visual/Social Analysis: Video Documentary.
Introduction to the Western Humanities/Art Section.	2000
PUBLICATIONS
Who am I to tell this story: On race and the making of Welcome to Pine Hill in The Huffington Post	2012
Moving Money: Art, Capital and the Dematerialization of Value. Catalog Essay	2009
No More Is Known: Anonymity and the Murders of Women in Ciudad Juarez	2007
Artslant.com; Reviews and Interviews
Me, Myself and Mao: Myth and the Paintings of Yin Zhaoyang; Catalog Essay
Dust and Silence: Ji Hyun Seo: Catalog Essay
This Dream, America, Catalogue essay	2005
Marriage, Catalog essay (with Tara Burk)	2004
This is for Real: War and the Contemporary Audience, Catalog essay
Noun/Verb, Catalog essay	2003
Face to Face: 200 Years of Figurative Art on Long Island, Catalog essay
Art Papers: Narrative Dress: Shirin Neshat and Legally Blonde	2002
The Objective Landscape (web catalog)
Art Papers Review of several art exhibits	2001
Art Criticism: Journalistic criticism: Popular entertainment or Populist critique?
Replica21: Postal desde Nueva York (In Spanish)
The Other Self (web catalog)
Art Papers Review of several art exhibits	1999
Artvance: Martín Ramirez (In Spanish); Review of several art exhibits
The Statesman Review of several exhibition and cultural events
Art/Text: Ridiculum Vitae	1998
Art Papers Review of several art exhibits
El Síntesis Weekly column on culture and the Arts. Puebla, Mexico. (In Spanish)
La Jornada de Oriente Weekly column on culture and the Arts. Puebla, Mexico. (In Spanish)	1997
SELECTED CONFERENCES and TALKS
In conversation with Sheila Pree Bright, International Center of Photography	2017
Making Media Matter: Strategies and Tactics for a New Era. Organizer	2016
#Occupytheory. with Nick Mirzoeff, Stephen Duncombe and Saadia Toor	2011
Symposium of Curatorial interventions. Organized by Lisette Olivares
Canary in a coalmine: The war on Women in Ciudad Juarez and the new Drug War	2010
The Murders of Women in Ciudad Juarez, With Coco Fusco. SAC Gallery	2007
Keith Miller, Paintings. Heckscher Museum of Art; Hicksville, NY
Reparations. SAC Gallery
Marriage. SAC Gallery	2004
Is this for Real?: Today’s War, with Nicholas Mirzoeff. SAC Gallery
On being and acting: Noun/Verb. Hillwood Art Museum	2003
The Objective Landscape: A History. Gallery North	2002
Realism: Gustave Courbet to Jerry Springer.	2000
Northeast Popular Culture Association Conference
The Hurricane Mitch Photo Project; SAC Gallery	1999
Kitsch and the Body: Plastic Surgery and Body Manipulation.
Graduate Student Conference. Stony Brook University
A brief history of the Still Life (In Spanish). Iberoamericana Universidad, Puebla, Mexico	1996
PRESS (selected)
For FIVE STAR	2014-2015
The New York Times. ‘Five Star’ Casts a Cool Eye on Gang Culture
NYT Critics’ Pick. “Slow and steady, and with remarkable assuredness, Keith Miller’s “Five Star” plays mean-streets drama in the lowest of keys.” -Janette Catsoulis
Variety. Review “…powerfully affecting urban drama that tells a familiar story [...] with such unusual authenticity and dramatic force that it’s as if we’re seeing it for the first time…” -Scott Foundas
Indiewire. You’ve Never Seen a Gang Movie Like the Startlingly Realistic ‘Five Star’
Criticwire Grade: A-. “Like John Cassavetes directing an episode of ‘The Wire’…” -Eric Kohn
Village Voice. Review “…a dizzying tour-de-force…”
Shadow and Act. ‘Five Star’ Is A Refreshing Take On A Setting & Characters Too Often Sensationalized. “…a compelling portrait, and a refreshing take on a setting and characters too often sensationalized.” –Zeba Blay
Criterion Cast. Review. “Five Star is quite a superb sophomore effort from a truly talented young voice in independent American cinema….Aesthetically, the film is in many ways a triumph…”
Smells Like Screen Spirit. Review. “…a remarkably insightful film… a mesmerizing experience.”
Stagebuddy. Review. “Miller’s scenes are so well-written and acted […] refreshing.”
Punch Drunk Critics. Review. “…an understated and deeply satisfying urban drama that raises the bar for the entire genre….”
INTERVIEWS
The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC
Sway In the Morning
WPIX Channel 11 New York
BK Live, BRIC TV
The Source. “Films like “Five Star” are rare. […] It does what only art can, and that is it makes us feel, and it makes us understand. […] This is a film not to be missed.”
Filmmaker Magazine: Five questions with Five Star Director Keith Miller
Indiewood/Hollywoodn’t “…a nuanced portrait of two men […] an intimate contemplation of manhood in the modern urban environment.”
Rooftop Films. “…raises important questions of race and class through the deeply personal stories of his characters.”
For WELCOME TO PINE HILL	2012-2013
The New York Times. Finding a Space, and Yourself “Thoughtful and adventurous… arrives at a powerful and resonant meaning.” - A.O. Scott
The Hollywood Reporter “..uniquely intimate… a breath of fresh air…”
The Leonard Lopate Show, WNYC
CriterionCast. “It’s a beautifully crafted, and touchingly melancholy drama that is one that should not be missed.”
New York Daily News. Review “Something special.”
TimeOutNY. Review
The Brooklyn Rail . From Brooklyn to Park City: Keith Miller’s Welcome to Pine Hill
KPCC’s Film Week with Henry Sheehan.“You don’t get masterpieces, especially from a first time director, but this movie…if I were to do my ten best of the year, this would be my number one.”
Hammer to Nail “… small moments become weighted with a rarely felt power and intensity…”
TimeOutNY “..moody and mesmerizing… deeply human…”
Badass Digest “Atmospheric and Enlightening”
INTERVIEWS
PBS thirteen.org
Turnstyle News
Moveable Feast
Filmmaker Magazine
PREVIOUS PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT
Instructor. Spoke the Hub Cultural Center; Brooklyn, NY
Sculpture Technician. Stony Brook University; Stony Brook, NY
Contributor. Replica21 (In Spanish); Mexico City, D.F.
Contributor. Artvance (In Spanish); Mexico City, D.F.	1998
Contributor. Art Papers; Atlanta, GA	1997-2002
Weekly columnist. La Jornada de Oriente (In Spanish); Puebla, Mexico	1996-1998
Weekly columnist. Síntesis (In Spanish); Puebla, Mexico	1996-1998