SELECT SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2023
Offerings Rubine Red Gallery, Palm Springs CA
2021
Always Together with You Museum of Museums, Seattle WA
2019
Offerte The Factory, Seattle WA
Time Machines AURA, Seattle WA
2015
Les Fleurs du Mâle Revision Space Gallery, Pittsburgh PA
2014
Les Fleurs du Mâle 4Culture, Seattle WA
2013
Wild Boys Vermillion, Seattle WA
2010
Photography by Steven Miller Curated by Ellen Falsenthal, Everett Community College, Everett WA
2007
Bound Davidson Contemporary, Seattle WA
Milky: Photographs by Steven Miller, Curated by Pamela Sachant, Northern Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega GA
2004
Milky Gallery 110, Seattle WA
2003
Roadside Attractions Gallery 110, Seattle WA
SELECT GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020
Looking Outside James Harris Gallery, Seattle WA
2019
A Kind of Reunion Curated by George Brandt, Gallery 110, Seattle WA
Look How Far We’ve Come Curated by Timothy Rysdyke, Columbia Tower Sky View Observatory, Seattle WA
2017
Where We Find Ourselves Curated by Jordan Rockford, Penn State Abington, Pennsylvania; University of the Arts in Center City, Philadelphia, PA
2015
Art AIDS America Curated by Rock Hushka and Dr. Jonathan D. Katz, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA; Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, GA; and The Bronx Museum of the Arts, NY
Out of Sight Curated by Greg Lundgren, King Street Station, Seattle, WA
2013
Wayfinder: Forging Identity Curated by Adam Miller, The University of the Arts in Philadelphia, PA
Polari Curated by Steven Miller, True Love Gallery, Seattle, WA
2012
Beyond the Western Lands Curated by Steven Miller, Soil, Seattle, WA
We Are Such Faggots: Steven Miller and Adrain Chesser True Love Gallery, Seattle WA
Intersections: Interpretations and Reflections of Queer Artists Curated by Ashley Hollender, Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
A Northwest View: Sexual Difference in American Portraiture Curated by Rock Hushka, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma, WA
Author and Subject: Contemporary Queer Photography Curated by Ann Pallesen, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle, WA
2011
Smoke Farm Curated by Jennifer Zeyl, Arlington, WA
Performance/Art Seattle City Hall, Seattle, WA
Degenerate Art Ensemble Curated by Robin Held, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
2010
Fototage Trier 2010 Curated by Christoph Tannert, Viehmarktthermen Trier, Germany
Implied Violence: Yes and More and Yes and Yes and Why Curated by Robin Held, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, WA
Suggestions of a Life Being Lived: A Queer Exploration of Three Public Themes Curated by Daniel Orendorff and Adrienne Roberts, SF Camerawork, San Francisco, CA
2009
Seattle City Light Portable Works: Part 1 Seattle Municipal Tower Gallery, Seattle WA
Gay Men Play Curated by Chris Boot, New York Photo Festival, Brooklyn NY
2008
Cut and Paste Curated by Tracey Fugami and Jason Huff, Kirkland Arts Center, Kirkland WA
Digitalia: Intimacy in the Hyperreal Curated by Evan Garza, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston TX
2007
Body Image Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle WA
Eighth Northwest Biennial Jurors: David Kiehl, Print Curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art; and Rock Hushka, Curator of Contemporary and Northwest Art, Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA
Baroque Revival The Gallery, Tacoma Community College, Tacoma WA
2006
Resonance: 11th Annual Photographic Competition Exhibition Juror: Paul Kopeikin, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle WA
Referencing Nature Seattle Art Museum Rental/Sales Gallery, Seattle WA
Persona Davidson Contemporary, Seattle WA
Swallow Harder: Selections from the Ben and Aileen Krohn Collection Curated by Robin Held, Frye Art Museum, Seattle WA
2003
Photographic Center Northwest Member’s Juried Exhibition Juror: Elizabeth A. Brown, chief curator of Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA
2002
Personal Viewpoints: 7th Annual Photographic Competition Exhibition Juror: Michael Kenna, Photographic Center Northwest, Seattle WA
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
Seattle City Light Portable Works Collection, Seattle WA
Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma WA
Northern Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega GA
4 Culture King County Public Art Collection Courthouse Portable Works Purchase, Seattle WA
COLLABORATIONS
Beaster and Bear - with Adrain Chesser and Timothy White Eagle
Published and exhibited in Istanbul, Germany, Philadelphia, New York and the Northwest, 2009-present
Implied Violence/St. Genet
Co-creating photographs published and exhibited in Austria, Watermill, Guggenheim, Frye Art Museum, 2010-present
Degenerate Art Ensemble
Co-creating photographs published across Europe and the US, 2001-present
AWARDS AND RESIDENCIES
2021 Vashon Artist Residency, Vashon WA
2010 Photo Center Northwest Print Sponsorship Program, Seattle WA
2007 Espy Foundation Artist Residency, Oysterville WA
2004 Artist Trust EDGE Professional Development Program for Visual Artists, Seattle WA
LECTURES
2021
Crosscuts Arts Panel
2014
Les Fleurs du Mâle, 4Culture, Seattle WA
2013
Pecha Kucha, Bellevue Art Museum, Bellevue WA
2012
Tricksters Forever, Adrain Chesser and Steven Miller, Photographic Center NW, Seattle WA
Chaos, Tricksters & Temporary Autonomous Zones: Creating New Queer Utopias, Western Washington University, Bellingham WA
2010
Guest artist lecture, Everett Community College, Everett WA
2008
Inappropriate Behavior, Pacific Northwest College of the Arts, Portland OR
Instant Messages, Deborah Colton Gallery, Houston TX
2007
Body Image, Seattle Art Museum Council, Seattle WA
Guest artist lecture, Cornish College of the Arts, Seattle WA
Making Mischief, Northern Georgia College and State University, Dahlonega GA
Visiting artist lecture, Espy Foundation, Oysterville WA
Guest artist lecture, University of Arizona Photography Department, Tucson AZ
2006
Referencing Nature, Seattle Art Museum/Rental Sales Gallery, Seattle WA
Swallow Harder, Frye Art Museum, Seattle WA
SELECT BIBLIOGRAPHY
Ruben Floating, Cover photography for The Sun Magazine, 2023
Steven Miller’s Spiritual Skinny Dipping, Corianton Hale, The Stranger, 2022
Stranger Suggests: Subsumption at Museum of Museums, Jas Keimig, The Stranger, 2021
The Story Behind Steven Miller’s Brilliant Quarantine Portraits, Stefan Milne, Seattle Met Magazine, 2020
Offerte, Show Catalog, essay by C. Davida Ingram, published by Cave Homo, 2019
ART AIDS AMERICA, Show Catalog, published by Tacoma Art Museum, 2015
Les Fleurs du Mâle, Monograph, essay by C. Davida Ingram, published by DINOSAUR, 2015
How Do You Make Art About Incarceration? by Jen Graves, The Stranger, Seattle, 2014
The Future List – The Ritualist: Steven Miller, Mark Baumgarten, City Arts Magazine, 2013
Suggestions of a Life Being Lived: A Queer Exploration of Three Public Themes, Edited by Danny Orendorff and Adrienne Skye Roberts, 2011
Holy Wood: Ein Plädoyer für den Baum Holger Mayer, editor, Berlin, Germany, 2011
Adrain Chesser & Steven Miller, Seattle, feature shoot, New York City, 2011
Portfolio .default Magazine, Istanbul, Turkey, 2011
Portfolio Matthew Lawrence, Headmaster Magazine, Providence, Rhode Island, 2010
Milky, Monograph, published by Decode Books, 2009
Get Milked, Interview and portfolio in Bear Magazine, Spring 2009
Rampant Rabbits, Interview in London Gay Times, October 2008
Digitalia: Intimacy in the Hyperreal, Sean Carroll, Art Lies, A Contemporary Art Quarterly, Fall 2008
Queer Zines, Edited by AA Bronson and Philip Aarons, 2008
Digitalia: Intimacy in the Hyperreal, Dusti Rhodes, Houston Press, Houston, TX, January 2008
Digitalia: Intimacy in the Hyperreal, Perpetual Art Machine, January 2008
Desire in Digital, Marisa Olson, Rhizome at the New Museum, New York, NY, January 2008
Queer Subversion, New York Arts Magazine, New York, NY, July 2007
Origin Stories, Kit Bond, GAE Magazine, Seattle, WA, June 2007
Interview and Portfolio, Massimo Magrini, Slurp Magazine, Milan, Italy, June 2007
The Artist Lineup for Tacoma Art Museum’s Northwest Biennial is Irresistible, Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, March 16, 2007
Where the Action Is, Rock Hushka, City Arts Magazine, Tacoma, WA, March 2007
Overwhelming Pieces of Art..., Rosemary Ponnekanti, Tacoma News Tribune, Tacoma, WA, Feb 16, 2007
Best Bet: Arts – “Persona”, Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, March 31, 2006
Seattle Erotic Art Festival participants often as interesting as the displays, Athima Chansanchai, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, March 27, 2006
Visual Arts Critics’ Picks – “Persona”, Sheila Farr, Seattle Times, Seattle, WA, March 26, 2006
Swallow Harder – Selections from the Ben and Aileen Krohn Collection, Gary Faigin, Artdish.com, Seattle, WA, March 18, 2006
The Frye’s ‘Swallow Harder’ is an adventure in edgy contemporary art, Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, March 3, 2006
A strong lineup of diverse works in Davidson’s ‘Persona’ exhibit, Regina Hackett, Seattle Post-Intelligencer, Seattle, WA, March 3, 2006
Persona-fied, Molly Norris Curtis, Art Access, Seattle, WA, March 1, 2006
Queer Eye, Queer Identities, David S. Areford, show catalog, Boston, MA, January 23, 2006
Icebox Gallery: Anything but Cold, Staci Peper, Tacoma Weekly, Tacoma, WA, January 12, 2006