Articles and Reviews

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TEXTS/VIDEOS THAT REFERENCE MY WORK (Chronologically arranged)

 

2020 -present

Looking in...and seeing beyond, October 2022.   Catalogue compiled by the curator Ania Krajewska. Unisa Art Gallery.

Under the surface exhibition catalogue by White River Art Gallery 2022, Mpumalanga. 

FOLDS AND FAULTS. An Exhibition of African Women Artists Examining Identity, Culture and Heritage, group exhibition curated by Carol Brown, Zinhle Khumalo and Angela de Jesus. August - September 2021. Johannes Stagmann Art Gallery, UFS.

Gothic Romantic, group exahibition curated by Elfriede Dreyer, EDGE2020 Art Gallery

Labutte, D. 2020. Gwen Miller – The exhibition Enfolding. Outdoorphoto, Art of print (blog), 23 September 2020. https://www.outdoorphoto.co.za/blog/gwen-miller-the-exhibition-enfolding/

FOLDS AND FAULTS. An Exhibition by African Women Artists Examining Identity, Culture and Heritage. An online exhibition curated by Carol Brown and Zinhle Khumalo for UFS, from September 2020 on Instagram.

In the studio with artist Gwen Miller. 2020.Interview with art.co.za 

Gwen Miller on art.co.za  

Mandy Conidaris. 2020. Enfolding. 

Interview by the Pretoria Art Association. 2020.  This week's featured artist: Gwen Miller

Naidu-Hofmeester, R. 2020. The quiet of isolation transforms the creative process, in FOCUS ​Issue 12-13.

Conidaris, M. 2020. Freedom Day in Lockdown. Online catalogue. 

Pieter GR de Villiers and Prof Annalet van Schalkwyk. 2020. Landskap en kuns vanuit ’n ekoteologiese perspektief at Littnet,

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2015-2020

Miller, G (ed). 2018. Catalogue of Art as Destination Co Creation of Culture, International Tourism South Africa (ITSA) 7th Biannual Conference exhibition, CSIR IC, Pretoria https://issuu.com/gwenmiller0/docs/art_as_destination_co_creation_of_culture_for_web.

Miller, G (ed). 2017. Catalogue of Sticky TIME, Rooftop IX, St Lorient Gallery, Pretoria 

Conidaris, M. 2016. outoftheCUBE is an online exhibition platform designed specifically for South African artists to share their work in the form of structured exhibitions, in Art Times, October: page 22-23. Also available at www.arttimes.co.za

Miller, G. 2015: TRANSCODE: dialogues around intermedia practice.

Miller, G.2015. Modelling an innovative approach to intermediality within visual art practice in South Africa. DLitt et Phil thesis. Pretoria:University of South Africa.

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2000-2014

The Viewing Room Art Gallery at St-Lorient. 2014. Beyond Fabric-ation. A fashion and art event celebrating collaboration between artists, fashion designers and textile designers. Part of the Cool Capital Initiative.

Hnatowicz, Lisa. 2014.  BEYOND FABRICATION/ FASHION & ART EVENT. 

Du Plessis, R. 2013. Review of ‘STAFF-STUFF’.  De Arte: views and (re)views, Issue 87: ISSN: 00043389. 

South African Military Health Services (SAMHS) Art Catalogue, 2013. Curated by Jeremie Malan Architects and Celia De Villiers. On behalf of the Department of Defence, South Africa. 

Lüneburg, N. 2012. The Terra series: ‘Terra Firma’, ‘Terra Nullius’,  ‘Terra incognita’, ‘Terra Periscolosa’. De Arte: views and (re)views, Issue 86:39-57. ISSN:  00043389. 

Zeitlin Cooke, A & MacDowell, M. 2008. Weavings of War: Fabrics of Memory.  Western Folklore. January 2008 67(1):126-127

Finn, SM. 2012. The dialectic of dialogue. De Arte: views and (re)views, Issue 85: 59-62. ISSN: 00043389.

Lauwrens, Jenni. 2012. Gevaarlike landskappe lê ook in kop en lyf: Terra Periscolosa, Fried Contemporary, Pretoria.  Review in Beeld.  2012-07-22 23:13.

Art: forever innovating. 2012.  UNISAWISE, UNISA Publication. Winter 2012: 30-33.

Myburg, J, 2011. Kuns in gesprek oor gesprek tussen media. Review in Beeld. 2012- 09-27:18.

De Villiers, C. 2011. Stadsmens se band met tegnologie. Article in Beeld. 2012 :13.

Coding Meaning across apparent Boundaries. UNISAWISE, UNISA Publication. Summer 2011:41-43.

Naidu, KR, 2011.  State of the Art. Link Magazine, UNISA Publication.

Art & Design faculty Nathaniel Stern and Jessica Meuninck Ganger work included in Transcode exhibition at UNISA Gallery. 08/26/2011. Peck School of the Arts, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, USA.

Gabbert, L. Review of Weavings of War, Fabrics of Memory. Journal of American Folklore, vol. 123 no. 489, 2010, p. 349-351. Project MUSE, . 

Weavings of War, Fabrics of Memory | Florida Atlantic University (fau.edu)

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Before 2000

Badenhorst, T. 1997. A midsummer nights dream. Die Perdeby. 1997-10-03.

Philips, F. 1997. Vrou en aarde in heilige alliansie. Kalender, Beeld. 1997-10-01.

Stevens, M. 1997. Rich, complex works show a return to nature. Review in Interval, Pretoria News. 1997 -09-30.

Annoniem. 1990. Dosent stal by museum uit, Beeld. 1990-07-27.

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ARTICLES, CATALOGUES AND ESSAYS

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Miller, G. 2020. The making of Folds. An artists process book. 

Miller, G (ed). 2018. Catalogue of Ethics, affect and endurance, curated in collaboration with Fikile Mnisi and Nina Newman as part of the IAEE Conference 2018, Spier, Cape Town, South Africa,   

Miller, G (ed). 2018. Catalogue of Art as Destination Co Creation of Culture, International Tourism South Africa (ITSA) 7th Biannual Conference exhibition, CSIR IC, Pretoria 

Miller, G (ed). 2017. Catalogue of Sticky TIME, Rooftop IX, St Lorient Gallery, Pretoria 

Miller, G. 2015. TRANSCODE: Dialogues around intermedia practice. An exhibition catalogue. Catalogue in the Unisa IR:  http://hdl.handle.net/10500/22002

Miller, G. 2015. Modelling an innovative approach to intermediality within Visual Art practice in South Africa. Thesis: DLitt et Phil (in Art History) with practice-led methodology, Pretoria: UNISA.  

Miller, G & De Villiers, C. 2014. The Journey to Freedom. SEEN Journal (XIV.1) – Unsettled Ground.

Miller, G. 2012: TRANSCODE: dialogues around intermedia practice. Published proceedings of the 27th Annual SAVAH Conference 4-7 July 2012: 205 UNISA Pretoria.

Miller, G. 2011. Weggooi-verf word argeologiese fonds: Carolyn Parton. Article under Kunskyk in Beeld. 6 Sept: p10.

Miller, G. 2011. TRANSCODE: dialogues around intermedia practice. 16-page exhibition pamphlet.

Miller, G. 2010. Mediated Systems. In DESIGN>ART No. 2. Pretoria: DESIGN>MAGAZINE, December 2010, Volume: Nr 2, 196-203. ISSN: 1814-7240.

Miller, G. 2010. Absa L’Atelier 2010 catalogue, Introduction. Johannesburg: Absa.

Miller, G. 2009. Absa L’Atelier 2009 catalogue, Introduction. Johannesburg: Absa.

Miller, G. 2008. Erasure negotiates memory, introduction to the catalogue of Kai Lossgott, for the exhibition Nothing with skin is blind.

Miller, G. 2007. Digital Projects, in The Journey to Freedom Narratives, edited by FB Anderson.  Pretoria: UNISA: 76-80.

Miller, G & Ross, W. 2007.The Multimedia project: Introducing the Boitumelo and Intuthuko Sewing Groups and their work, in The Journey to Freedom Narratives, edited by FB Anderson.  Pretoria: UNISA: 72-75.

Miller, G. 2007. Philip Badenhorst: Sublime Turmoil, South African Journal of Art History 22(3):191-207.

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PAPERS PRESENTED

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2023 "Art, mushrooms and tracking a year of creative research." Paper presented at the Research and Innovation week of the College of Human Sciences. Senate Hall, UNISA. 17 May 2023. 

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2022 "Creative Output as research Rigor and Process." Paper presented at the School of Arts: M&D Staff Retreat, UNISA. Kievitskroon. 25-29 July 2022
 

2018 “Affect and complexity of ethics in visual arts: a curatorial reflection”. Paper presented at the 6th IAEE CONFERENCE: A LONG WALK TO EDUCATION, Spier, Stellenbosch.

 

2018 “Environments of Complexity: making sense of worlds.” Paper presented at the International Tourism South Africa (ITSA) 7th Biannual Conference: Collaboration and co-curation, CSIR IC, Pretoria.

                     

2017 “Process in Contemporary Art: Colleen Alborough and Sello Mahlangu”

CHS School of Arts Triennial Conference: Exploring the African continent through the Arts, UNISA.

 

2016 “Reciprocity between embroidery and animation: an intermedial case study”, Intertextual Textiles: Parodies and Quotations in Cloth, Conference, UJ.

 

2015 “The Intermedial nature of Practice-led Research.” Paper presented at the Research and innovation conference, UNISA, Research and Innovation Week.

 

2014 “The Practice Turn & Research methodology in Visual Arts.”  Paper presented at the Practice-led Writing Roundtable, VIAD, University of Johannesburg.

 

2013   Panellist in round table discussion of MetroMusings, UP.

 

2013 “Reflecting on Practice-led Methodology in DLitt et Phil.”  Higher Degrees Seminar, UNISA.

 

2013 “Mediamatic processes in the hybrid artworks of Frederik Eksteen.” Rethinking Intermediality in the Digital Age, Sapientia Hungarian Univ. of Transylvania, Romania.

 

2012 & 2013 “Intermedia practice in the embroideries of The Journey to Freedom Narratives and Synchronic Journey” Bamboo Room & Senate Hall, UNISA

 

2012 “TRANSCODE: dialogues around intermedia practice.” Paper presented at the 27th SAVAH Conference, UNISA

 

2012 “Dialogues between craft and digital art: Intermedia practice and remediation.” Paper presented at the Cultural Heritage and the creative arts International Conference, Johannesburg.

 

2012 “Intermedia practice in the embroideries of The Journey to Freedom Narratives” Paper presented at Other views: art history in (South) Africa and the global South, Wits.

 

2003 Workshop participation: International Conference on Race: Racial Reconciliation. William Winter Institute for Racial Reconciliation, the University of Mississippi, USA