Dave Miller : art portfolio
Artist statement
My practice spans several art forms, from net art exploring collaboration, networks and generative forms, to live mapping events and performance, printed booklets and prints.
My work is generally in the form of political short stories and drawings. Most of my work is digital, hand-drawn on the computer, or composed by computer programs (that I write myself). I make booklets, one-off drawings, and Net Art - particularly networked stories. My drawings often have a comic or graphic novel feel to them.
Much of my work deals with political subjects. I'm interested in what's going on in the world, and I speak out through my work. Recurrent themes in my work are: human stories, injustice, contentious issues, troublemaking. My work is social comment/ socially engaged art - incorporating editorial drawings, political cartoons, journalism, satire and social realism. I aim to make complex subjects easier to understand, there's often a humorous/ satirical side to my work, and I enjoy mixing fact and fiction.
Recent exhibitions include: LUMEN_EX 2010 competition (Spain) and Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum Web Biennial 10, Buddy Rivers Live (2008), South London Artists Showcase (2007); FILE 2007 (Brazil), Takeaway, Science Museum, London, 2005/ 2006; DIWO Festival, HTTP Gallery, London, 2007; Be Very Afraid, BAFTA, London, 2006; Generative Art, Milan, 2005/2006.
My influences include contemporary drawing, painting, graphic design, street art, pop art, net art, political/street art/subvertising, graphic novels, satire, social realist films and political documentary.
My work is generally in the form of political short stories and drawings. Most of my work is digital, hand-drawn on the computer, or composed by computer programs (that I write myself). I make booklets, one-off drawings, and Net Art - particularly networked stories. My drawings often have a comic or graphic novel feel to them.
Much of my work deals with political subjects. I'm interested in what's going on in the world, and I speak out through my work. Recurrent themes in my work are: human stories, injustice, contentious issues, troublemaking. My work is social comment/ socially engaged art - incorporating editorial drawings, political cartoons, journalism, satire and social realism. I aim to make complex subjects easier to understand, there's often a humorous/ satirical side to my work, and I enjoy mixing fact and fiction.
Recent exhibitions include: LUMEN_EX 2010 competition (Spain) and Istanbul Contemporary Art Museum Web Biennial 10, Buddy Rivers Live (2008), South London Artists Showcase (2007); FILE 2007 (Brazil), Takeaway, Science Museum, London, 2005/ 2006; DIWO Festival, HTTP Gallery, London, 2007; Be Very Afraid, BAFTA, London, 2006; Generative Art, Milan, 2005/2006.
My influences include contemporary drawing, painting, graphic design, street art, pop art, net art, political/street art/subvertising, graphic novels, satire, social realist films and political documentary.
