Darrin Milliner
b. 1992, Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
Lives and works in Pittsburgh
Darrin.Jamal@gmail.com
Select Exhibitions
2024- “The Complex Ideas Inside The Human” - solo exhibit, RedFishBowl Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (Upcoming in April)
2023- “Down On Paper.” - group exhibit, Vestige Concept Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2023- “Square Show.” - group exhibit, Studio 4, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2022- “PIP. PIT. PITH.” - group exhibit, Sweetwater Center for the Arts, Sewickley, Pennsylvania
2022- “GLARE” - group exhibit, Brewhouse Association, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2021- “Subversion” - group exhibit, IUP Galleries, Indiana, Pennsylvania
2020- “Interlude” - solo exhibit, CDCP Project Space, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2020- “Hoyt Regional Juried Art Exhibition” - group exhibit, Arts & Education at the Hoyt, New Castle, Pennsylvania
2020 - “PRISM” - group exhibit, Ketchup City Creative, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2019 - “SIXxATE: East” - group artist talk, Casey Droege Cultural Productions, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
2018 - “The Good American” - 2-person exhibit, HouseGuest Gallery, Louisville, Kentucky
2018 - Juried Visual Art Exhibition” - group exhibit, TRAF Trust Arts Education Center, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
Select Projects/Events/Teaching
2024 - Invited Live Artist for BHM Art Crawl event, Children's Museum, Pittsburgh, PA
2024 - Invited Guest Speaker for Artist Talk mental health cohort, ArtistTalkPGH, Pittsburgh, PA
2023 - Teaching Artist for a collage art workshop, Museumlab, Pittsburgh, PA.
2023 - Teaching Artist for Youth Arts Council art workshop, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa.
2023 - Teaching Artist for Youth Arts Council art workshop, The Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh, Pa.
2023 - Teaching Artist for a collage art workshop, Redfishbowl Gallery, Pittsburgh, Pa.
2022 - Selected Artist for "Art as Liberation, Celebrating Black Art in Pittsburgh", Pittsburgh Pirates, 1Hood Media, Mikael Owunna Studios, The Redd Studio, Pittsburgh, PA
2022 - Selected Artist for "Art as Liberation, Celebrating Black Art in Pittsburgh", Pittsburgh Pirates, 1Hood Media, Mikael Owunna Studios, The Redd Studio, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 - Invited Artist for Artist Talk mental health event + artist talk, ArtistTalkPGH, Pittsburgh, PA
2021 - Invited Artist - Lost And Found: Art Auction Fundraiser, Thomas Merton Center, Pittsburgh, PA
2019 - Selected Artist for CSA PGH artist shares, Casey Droege Cultural Productions, Pittsburgh, Pa
Selected Awards/Recognition
2023 - Honors Award, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pennsylvania
2023 - BLK Art Lab Residency Program, Protohaven, Wilkinsburg, Pennsylvania
2023 - Selected Grant Recipient - BIPOC Micro Grant Award, Ascender, Pennsylvania
2022 - Selected Grant Recipient - Creative Development Award, The Heinz Endowments, Pennsylvania
2022 - Selected Artist for Pittsburgh Creative Corps, Office of Public Art, Pennsylvania
2021 - Distillery Emerging Artist Residency Program, Brew House Association, Pennsylvania
2022 - Selected Artist for Pittsburgh Creative Corps, Office of Public Art, Pennsylvania
2021 - Distillery Emerging Artist Residency Program, Brew House Association, Pennsylvania
2021 - Selected Grant Recipient - Creative Entrepreneur Accelerator, GPAC, Pennsylvania
2021 - Showroom Creative Fashion Program cohort selected artist, Style412, Pennsylvania
2020 - First Leap creative business cohort selected artist, Creative Business Accelerator, Pennsylvania
2020 - CDCP Project Space Artist Residency, Casey Droege Cultural Productions, Pennsylvania
2019 - Emerging Artist scholarship II, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pennsylvania
2018 - Emerging Artist scholarship, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pennsylvania
2018 - Jury Award, Three Rivers Arts Festival, Pittsburgh Cultural Trust, Pennsylvania
2014 - Pittsburgh Filmmaker of the Year, RAW Natural Born Artists, Pennsylvania
Education
2010 - Media Focus, Lincoln Park Performing Arts School, Pennsylvania
Press and Media
2022 - Chen, Lucy. “5 Questions with Pittsburgh collage artist and designer Darrin Milliner”, Pittsburgh City Paper, August. (https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/5-questions-with-darrin-milliner/Content?oid=22301474)
2020 - Waltz, Amanda. “CDCP Project Space critiques American ad culture with Darrin Milliner's Interlude”, Pittsburgh City Paper, October 14. (https://www.pghcitypaper.com/pittsburgh/cdcp-project-space-critiques-american-ad-culture-with-darrin-milliners-interlude/Content?oid=18165812)
2018 - Oberdick, Jessica. “The Good American - Review”, Ruckus Critical Review, October 4th. (https://ruckusjournal.org/The-Good-American)
2018 - Fair, Meg. “The Three Rivers Arts Festival’s Emerging Artist Program provides mentorship and assistance to new artists” Pittsburgh City Paper, May 30th.