Nachume Miller

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Nachume Miller (1949 - 1998) was an Israeli artist who immigrated to New York City in 1973 where he made a name for himself in the American scene of Modern art. Miller's parents were both Holocaust survivors. His dad was a captain in the front lines of the Russian Army during WWII and his mom was a Lithuanian, once held captive in a concentration camp. Miraculously, both escaped the wrath of the Nazis, re-united and fled to Israel. During their voyage they had Nachume in Frankfurt Germany on January 28th, 1949. Nachume grew up in the town of Holon, Israel, where he was inspired by his father who spent most of his post war days carving elaborate wood sculptures of cubist human forms. Nachume, on the other hand, excelled in painting.

By the ripe age of 16 Nachume was already very advanced for his age, painting elaborate surreal dream lands referencing religion, politics and the history of Modern Art. His earlier works show similarities to Heironmous Bosch, Salvador Dali and Francisco Goya. Nachume was enlisted in the Israeli Army where he worked as one of Ariel Sharon's personal assistants and also fought in the 1973 Yom Kippur War. Nachume came to New York in 1966 to study at the School of Visual Arts where he became a much loved member of the faculty, teaching painting and drawing in 1977.

[edit] Exhibitions

Selected One-Person Exhibitions

1976: "Drawing Show", Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York
1981: "Figures", A&M Artwork, New York
1988: Exit Art, New York; "Projects: Nachume Miller", Museum of Modern Art, New York
1989: E.M. Donahue Gallery, New York
1990: "Nachume Miller: Views", E.M. Donahue Gallery, New York
1993: "Sensual Painting", E.M. Donahue Gallery, New York
1994: The Genia Schreiber University Art Gallery, Tel Aviv University

Selected Group Exhibitions

1968: "10+ For and Against", Tel Aviv
1970: "10+ In a Circle", Tel Aviv
1972: "Symbols and Imagination", Artists' Pavilion, Tel Aviv; "July '72", Gallery 220, Tel-Aviv
1975: "The Work of Nine Graduates of the School of Visual Arts", New York; 112 Greene Street Gallery, New York; "Group Indiscriminate", 112 Green Street Gallery, New York
1976: "8 Israeli Artists", Bertha Urdang Gallery, New York
1978: "Young American Artists", Exxon National Exhibition, Guggenheim Museum, New York
1979: "Three Artists", 22 Wooster Gallery, New York; "Group Show", Israel Museum, Jerusalem
1980: "Gallery Artists", A&M Artwork; New York; "Exaggeration", Edward Throp Gallery, New York
1981: The Drawing Center, New York
1982: Susan Caldwell Gallery, New York; "The Americans: The Collage", Contemporary Art Museum, Houston, Texas; "Summer Show", Roger Litz Gallery, New York; "Four Painters", Roger Litz Gallery, New York; "Critical Perspective", P.S.1, New York; "New Drawings in America", The Drawing Center, New York
1983: "Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibition (LACE)", New York - Los Angeles Exchange, Los Angeles; "Short Memory", Arta Stucio, Milan, Italy
1985: "Relative Meaning: The Figure in Context", Hallwalls, Buffalo, New York; Exit Art, New York
1986: Barbara Toll Gallery, New York; "Consensus", Exit Art, New York
1988: Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York; "New Visions of the Apocalypse", Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Providence, Rhode Island; "Drawing Show", Tomoko Ligouri Gallery, New York; "Summer Show", David Bietzel Gallery, New York
1989: "Landscape", Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York; "Summer '89", E.M. Donahue Gallery, New York; The Butler Institute, Ohio; "The Dark Sublime", Scott Allan Gallery, New York; "The Spectacle of Chaos", KAOS Foundation Inc., Chicago
1991: "Summer Show", E.M. Donahue Gallery, New York; Jean Spedden Gallery, Carlston, S.C.; "Expressive Drawings", The New York Academy of Art, New York; "Working with Wax", Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York
1992: "Vision of Culture and Nature", Bratlebovo Museum and Art Center, Vermont; "Color and Subject", The Artists Museum, New York; "Three Painters", Tibor De Nagy Gallery, New York
1993: "Drawing Show", E.M. Donahue Gallery, New York
1994: "Le Temps d'un dessin", Galerie de L'ecole Des Beaux de Lorient, France