Raé Miller is an American abstract artist residing Taos, NM. After eleven years living and working in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, she and her husband, artist William Martin, are loving life in the high desert of New Mexico.
Throughout her years in San Miguel, Raé painted and taught highly sought after workshops in her studio/gallery at Fabrica La Aurora. Raé's paintings and monotypes have been shown internationally in galleries and public installations, and her work is collected worldwide.
Her fascination with light and location and its effect on color, and the fleeting nature of memory of place, have been recurring themes in her work. While she doesn't limit herself to the use of a particular medium, she finds working with encaustic, oil, and cold wax most satisfying for their qualities of translucence and texture. Raé works intuitively and with intention, creating layers of stories uniquely told, reflecting her curiosity and her life experiences.
Raé's work was selected for the Rosewood Mayakobá Villas in Playa del Carmen, and another resort project in Cabo San Lucas. She was a board member of Indian Valley Artists, the art group who laid the groundwork for the Marin Museum of Contemporary Art in Novato, California. Raé is an occasional workshop instructor and presenter at the International Encaustic Conference in Provincetown, MA, and offers private instruction and workshops in her Taos studio and at various other venues.
Solo Exhibitions
2021 Raé Miller: Locations - Artists and Makers Studios Gallery, Oro Valley, AZ
2016 El Peso de la Luz/The Weight of Light
October 27, 2016 - January 28, 2017
Two Person Exhibitions
2017 Martin & Miller / WORKS, Berlin Art Bar, SMA, MX
2016 Intersect/Connect, Fabrica La Aurora, SMA, MX
2014 Cascada de Luz/Lightfall, Fabrica La Aurora, SMA, MX
2012 Bound by Wax, Fabrica La Aurora, SMA, MX
Juried Shows
2021 Roche Encaustic Art Exhibition, Southern Arizona Arts & Cultural Alliance, Oro Valley, AZ
2019 Lost and Found, Adobe Barn Gallery, Triangle L Ranch, Catalina, AZ2015 Minimal/Maximal, 9th International Encaustic Conference, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
2013 Seven, Seventh International Encaustic Conference, Truro Center for the Arts at Castle Hill, Truro, MA
Selected Group Exhibits
2023 Millicent Rogers Museum 22nd Annual Miniatures Show, Taos, NM
2023 TCA Members Open - Encore Gallery, Taos NM
2023 Harwood 100 Open Wall, Harwood Art Museum, Taos, NM
2017 Women & Mujeres, Galeria Manuk, San Miguel de Allende, MX
2016 No. 10, Adam Peck Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2015 One + One, A Gallery, Provincetown, MA
2014 150 de 150, Galeria KURO, San Miguel de Allende, MX
2013 9th Anniversario de Fabrica La Aurora, San Miguel de Allende, MX
2012 Dia de los Muertos, Fabrica La Aurora, San Miguel de Allende, MX
2012 Bound by Wax, Two Person Show, Rae Miller Gallery, SMA, MX
2011 Art From the Heart, William Martin Gallery, SMA, MX
2010 Art From the Heart, Encaustic Art Institute Exhibit, Cerrillos, NM
2010 Three Amigos from San Miguel de Allende, The Cameron Gallery, Dallas, TX
2009 PaperWorks, Ventana Medical Systems Exhibit, Tucson, AZ
2009 The Seduction of Wax, Jewish Community Center, Tucson, AZ
2008 Recuerdando San Francisco, Galeria Barro, San Miguel
de Allende, MX
2000 – 2005 Indian Valley Artists Annual Show, Marin MOCA, Novato, CA
1999 Celebrating the Bay, Bay Model Visitor Center, Sausalito, CA
1999 - 2005 Marin Open Studios, Sausalito and Novato, CA
Awards
2013 Scholarship Grant, 7th Annual International Encaustic Conference, Provincetown, MA
2005 Best of Show, Indian Valley Artists Juried Show, Novato, CA
2004 Third Place, Indian Valley Artists Members Show, Novato, CA
Publications
The Desert Leaf, Interview, "Longing For Place", June 202, Tucson, AZ
Atencion San Miguel
ProWax Journal, Guest Author, February 2014, "Encaustic in Mexico"
The Artists of San Miguel, by Al Tirado
Public Speaking and Presentations
Artist Talk - "My Painting Journey"
On The Edge Contemporary Gallery, January 2020, Tubac, AZ
10th International Encaustic Conference, Presenting the Demonstration and Teaching the Workshop Lighten Up: Painting with Encaustic on Paper, June 2016, Provincetown, MA
9th International Encaustic Conference, Presenting the Demonstration Border Crossings: Painting with Encaustic on Paper, June 2015, Provincetown, MA
9th Annual 'The Creative Journey', Featured Artist, March 2014, Teatro Santa Ana, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico