Kris Mills makes art and teaches in Albuquerque, collaborates regularly with Lisa Gill, Bryan Konefsky, Stevie Famulari, and Tom Loeb among others, and builds props and backdrops for Photographer Joel Peter Witkin. For more information concerning exhibitions, Lectures and awards, see the fallowing resume.
Education.
M. F. A., University of New Mexico, 1995
B. A. in Fine Art. University of California Davis, 1989
Awards
2009 “Invitational Du Voyager Symposium Snow Sculpture Competition,” Winnipeg
2008 “Invitational Du Voyager Symposium Snow Sculpture Competition,” Winnipeg.
2005 “Transitions” Honorarium. Annual show, Albuquerque NM.
2001 “Fuzzy Logic” Honorarium. Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA.
2000 “Seen and Unseen” Honorarium. Portales NM.
1996 John Michael Kohler Residency. Kohler WI.
1995 The Friends of Art Award, Albuquerque NM.
1994 Graduate Research Project Travel Grant. UNM. Albuquerque NM.
1994 SRAC Graduate Fellowship. UNM. Albuquerque NM
1991 The People’s Choice Award “The Roads to Chaos” exhibit. Albuquerque NM.
1990 Friends of Photography Scholarship to “Photo-constructions”
1990 Ansel Adams Center for Photography. San Francisco CA.
1989 Presidential Undergraduate Fellowship. UCD Davis CA.
1984 Painting Scholarship, Pasadena Art Center. Los Angeles CA.
Guest Lectures.
2007 North Dakota University, guest lecture, School of Architecture, Fargo, ND
2002 Albuquerque Academy: guest Adjudicator and lecture. Albuquerque NM
2001 “The Mayor’s Project” guest lecture for talented youth project, Albuquerque, NM
2000 Mold making for Ceramics: University of New Mexico, Advanced Ceramics. Albuquerque NM
1997 Schneider Museum of Art: Southern Oregon University Visiting Artist Lecture Series Lecture on personal work and student’s studio visits. Ashland OR
1995 John Michael Kohler Arts Center: Lecture on Personal work. Kohler WI
1995 NMSU @ Grants: Alternative processes in Photography I. Grants NM.
1995 Lecture for the Friends of Art Prize. UNM Albuquerque NM.
1994 Sierra College: Art Appreciation course, guest lecture. Rockland CA.
1994 UNM: Printing with Liquid Light Photo-emulsions, Photo II. Albuquerque NM.
1993 UNM: Printing with Liquid Light Photo-emulsions, Photo II. Albuquerque NM. UNM: Alternative Processes in Photography, Photography I. Albuquerque NM.
Solo and Two Person Exhibitions.
2010 “Banal Retetion,” Sheri Crider Arts, Albuquerque, NM.
2008 “Child of the Earth”, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
2006 “Aviary,” Bivouac, Albuquerque. NM
2005 “The Nerve” Collaboration with Poet Lisa Gill, Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM
2004 “The Cabinet of Dr Calamari” with Bryan Konefsky, (AC)2 Albuquerque NM.
2003 “November show” The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM.
2003 “Teeny” with Joan Obierne at the Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM
2003 “Station” The Walls, Albuquerque NM.
2001 “the Window Project” Downtown Albuquerque, NM.
2001 “Dirty Weekend” with Steve Gagala, University Lodge, NM
2000 “The Apartment” with Steve Gagala at 636 Steiner St. San Francisco, CA.
1998 “Recent works” with Artist Jane Edberg, UCD Arts and Craft Center Gallery, Davis, CA
1995 “Midway,” John Sommers Gallery, UNM, Albuquerque, NM.
1994 “The Ovum Peep Shows,” The University of Alabama Gallery of Photography, Tuscaloosa AL.
Selected Group Exhibitions.
2009 “Visual individuals,” The Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque, NM
2008 “Introductory Show,” Sheri Crider Arts. Albuquerque, NM.
2008 “Giving Shelter” 516 Arts. Albuquerque, NM
2007 “Tributaries” 516 Arts. Albuquerque, NM
2006 “Caputnilly” (Stage sets for performance by Lisa Gill) Out’chonda, Albuquerque, NM.
2005 “Keep on Pushing” (performance “Girls Night Out” with Lynne Johnson). Donkey Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
2005 “Transitions” Laura Steward Heon, Curator, Magnifico Space, Albuquerque, NM.
2005 “Photo-fest” DCAC invitational Albuquerque NM
2005 “Small Works” Harwood Art Center, Albuquerque NM
2004 “Contemporary Condition” San Isidro Church Corrales NM
2004 “Magnifico” Albuquerque Museum. NM
2002 “Sculptor’s Union 413” The Harwood Art Center.
2002 “Recent Works” Fort 105, Albuquerque NM.
2002 “Red” Fort 105’s the Store, Albuquerque, NM.
2001 “Freeform Architecture” The Red Door, Oakland CA
2001 “the Oddfest” Collaboration in Poetry/Performance/Media group NADA, NM.
2000 “The Apartment” with Steve Gagala at 636 Steiner St. San Francisco, CA.
2000 “Fuzzy Logic” Juried show, Southern Exposure, San Francisco CA.
2000 “Freeform Architecture” with Steven Gagala, Café Roma Gallery Davis, CA.
2000 “101 things to do with a…” Sam Bower, Curator. Industrial Steel Gallery/Cell Space. San Francisco, CA.
2000 Next Monet.com “February Exhibition”. Internet. San Francisco, CA.
2000 “Trash to Treasure” East Bay Depot For Creative Reuse, Oakland, CA.
2000 “psst” site 21 21, Albuquerque, NM.
1999 “shhhh” Plan B, Santa Fe, NM.
1999 “Internet Exhibition, Next Monet.com” Internet gallery, San Francisco, CA.
1999 “Scene/Unseen” honorarium ENMU, Portales, NM.
1998 “Technological Bottom Feeders.” Artcite, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
1998 “Technological Bottom Feeders II,” Niagara Arts Center, St. Catherine’s, Canada..
1998 “Five American Photographers” Traveling Exhibits:
Galerie Vrais Reves, 6 Rue Dumenge, Lyon, France.
L’hotel Du Musee, Rue Du Grand Prieure, Arles, France.
La Galerie 36, 38 Rue Falguiere, Paris, France.
L’Espace Pereisc, Toulon, France.
Musee de L’Elysee, Lausanne Switzerland.
Musee de la Photographie, Charleroi Belgium.
1997 “Five American Photographers” Schneider Museum of Art, SOU, Ashland OR.
1997 “Valentines Day Invitational” Nelson Gallery, UCD. Davis, CA.
1995 “The Juried Graduate Student Exhibition,” Jonson Gallery, Albuquerque NM
1994 ”Finding a Leg to Stand On,” Melanie Mills, Curator. The Kimo East Gallery, Albuquerque NM.
1994 “The Solitude Project,” Janet Maher, Curator. North Raw Space, Albuquerque, NM.
1994 “Salon de Refuse,” Juried Show. Route 66 Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.
1994 “National Women’s Art 94,” The Matrix Gallery, Sacramento CA.
1993 “Intimate Objects,” National Juried Exhibition, The Photo-Eye Gallery. San Francisco, CA.
1993 “The Green Show,” The John Sommer’s Gallery, UNM, Albuquerque, NM.
1993 “Fugitivos,” The A. S. A. Gallery, UNM, Albuquerque, NM.
1992 “The Road to Chaos,” The Harwood Center, Albuquerque, NM.
1991 “Photo-Exchange from UNM,” University of Texas, Permian Basin, TX.
1990 “Photo-Derived,” National Juried Show, Juror: Joel Peter Witkin, School of Fine Arts Gallery, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN
Work Experience.
2001-2008 University of New Mexico: Adjunct Lecturer
Sculpture I, Intermediate Sculpture, Advanced Sculpture and Ceramics I. Supervision of shop and Graduate tutorials, and Foundry.
2003-2008 Central New Mexico Community College: Adjunct lecturer. 3-D, and 2-D Design, Life Drawing; Beginning and Advanced, Art History 101, Art Fundamentals 102.
1998-2008 Technical assistant to Photographer Joel Peter Witkin, Albuquerque, NM.
1997-2000 University of California at Davis: Assistant supervisor at the Arts and Craft Center: Lab Manager of ceramics and photography studios: effectively maintaining equipment, ordering supplies, firing kilns, creating curriculum, program support, hiring & supporting instructors and training volunteers and student employees.
1990 Artist’s Assistant, Sculptor Manuel Neri, Benicia, CA.
Collections.
Tom Barrow , Albuquerque NM.
Richard Levy, Albuquerque NM.
Ruth Kohler; Kohler WI.
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, WI.
Mary Costello, Tesuque, NM.
Christopher Mead& Michelle Penhall, Albuquerque, NM.
Joel Peter Witkin &Barbara Gilbert, Albuquerque NM.
Publications.
Dollo and Me (Aftermath and Permutautions), by Lisa Gill. cover design by Kris Mills. (pending publication) 2010
Caputnilly, by Lisa Gill. ills. by Kris Mills, Soft Skull Press. pending 2010
The Albuquerque Tribune “The citywide First Friday has found a Soaring success”, Review of “Aviary” Sept 2007
The New York Times Magazine. “Head Trip” Photos by Joel Peter Witkin, Sets by Kris Mills. Nov 2006.
I.Q. “Artists, Poets seek dialogue,” review of “Tributaries,” Sept. 2007
Tributaries, catalogue, New River’s Press, 2007
The Donkey Journal ”Subconscious Review” Insert comic by Kris Mills, spring 2007
Transition catalogue, August 2005
KESTRA Ills. By Kris Mills No. 2, Elemental Orchestra Oct. 2005
Magnifico, catalogue, August 2004
Mayday “number 11”, insert comic by Kris Mills, Maya Peterpaul publisher. May 2002
Peepshow, Art of Kris Mills” Freeform Architecture no.2 Jan. 2000
Artweek Magazine. Oct 2000 Review of “101 Things to do with a …”
Seen/Unseen catalogue, Aug.1999 pp.3-4
Nac News: Niagara Artists’ Company, Sept. 1998. Cover.
Lyon Hebdo Capitale “Six Photograpes Americains a la Galerie Vrais Reves.” 9F March No 172.
Infos Croix-Rousse Caluire, “Histiores Inventees-Images Fabriquees” June No. 377
Sculpture Magazine. March 1997 vol. 16, No. 3.
“Sculptor’s Paradise: An Arts and Industry Collaborative Residency.” P. 40
Albuquerque Journal, “Healing Works Overcome Physical and Emotional Wounds.” May 12, E16
Albuquerque Journal, “Personable, Universal Coexist in Offbeat Show.” Mar 5, D1
