Morning Glory ribbon cutting ceremony with Valerie Martinez, International District Residents and Mayor Tim Keller

Telenatural installation

PUBLIC ART STATEMENT

As a community-engaged interdisciplinary artist with a site-responsive practice, I am interested in how our perceptions and experiences are influenced by nature and the built environment. Themes of transformation and sanctuary are integral to my work, which find form in design, sculpture, mixed media and public art. I use architectural elements to create publicly accessible, multisensory installations that frame space, shaping our engagement with light, sense of place, the natural world, and community.



COLLABORATORS 

Installation, fabrication, collaboration and design:

Fabrication Partner 900 North Studios

Giffen Clark Ott, Nick Shekerjian, Ekadatu Febrianto, Valerie Martinez, Artful Life, Mitch Berg, Fuego, Nina Dubois, Lubaina Bhori, Graham Parker Ansell, Alejandro Figueredo Diaz-Perera and Vic Martinez.

In 2020 I began talking with artist/writer Bayo Akomolafe to develop a public art collaboration. An illustration for one of our public art proposals is below. Here is a link to his talk on For the Wild.

I am also working on developing public art with an artist who shares my name, BJ Miller MD, learn more about his work here. Our projects are meant for hospitals or healthcare related sites.

Bayo Akomolafe and BJM 2024

Five Arches, proposed for a sculpture park, a collaboration with Bayo Akomolafe. Intended for locals to paint the surface with themes of sanctuary. Accompanied by Bayo’s related writing. Illustration by Vic Martinez

Rebranding Placemaking Project, Brian Head Town Council, Brian Head, UT

(2022-2025, commission) Learn more here.