BJM

Billy Joe Miller is an interdisciplinary artist who creates sculptures, installations,

and public art in response to the natural world. The themes of transformation

and sanctuary are integral to his work. His experiences working in hospice,

healthcare-related sites, as well as his diagnosis of multiple sclerosis in 2010,

have inspired his desire to create sanctuary spaces and accessible public art for

parks, community centers and hospitals.

Originally from San Diego, California, Miller now lives in the East Mountains of

Albuquerque, New Mexico. In addition to his studio practice, Miller creates

collaborative community-based projects and produces public art. His work has

been supported by New Mexico Arts, Public Art Urban Enhancement ABQ,

the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts, Meow Wolf, Bridge Projects,

The Speranza Foundation, City of Palm Desert, City of Fraser, City of Brian Head,

Artists at Work: Borderlands and the National Endowment for the Arts.

COMMISSIONS AND PUBLIC PROJECTS

2025 School Window, New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, NM

2024 Telenatural, City of Fraser, Fraser, CO

2024 Moving Window, public art for healthcare centers, Albuquerque, NM

2024 Sunray Cat, UCC at University of Texas, Austin, TX

2023 Balloon Eclipse, Anderson Abruzzo Albuquerque International Balloon

Museum for Balloon Fiesta, Albuquerque, NM

2023 Under the Rainbow, OneBeat, international music event, Albuquerque, NM

2022 Balloon Top, SOMOS Dreamglow, Albuquerque, NM

2021 Charrette for Roundabouts, public art exhibition, FAC Art Center,

Frederick, MD

2021 Co-designer, City of Albuquerque, International District Library Ground

Making event and installation

2020 Palm Desert Window, public art commission, Paseo,

Palm Desert, CA

2020 Vitrail, public art commission, Art on the Streets,

Colorado Springs, CO

2019 Independent consultant, Surroundings Studio, International District,

Albuquerque, NM

2019 Iris and South San Mateo Pop Up Park, community-engaged public art

commission, Artful Life, Rocky Mountain Youth Core, and The Nature

Conservancy, Albuquerque, NM

2019 Memorials to the genii loci: Middle Rio Grande Basin, land art installation,

Art Park 21, Albuquerque, NM

2019 Companion Star, public art installation, SOMOS arts festival with Fuego,

Albuquerque, NM

2017 Morning Glory, community-engaged public art commission, Stories of

Route 66: International District, Albuquerque, NM

2017 Lo Lo, multi-media collaborative installation and performance, Rio

Grande Community Farm, Albuquerque, NM

2016 CC. T.I.M.E., commissioned outdoor installation, Art in Public Places, El

Malpais National Monument Visitor Center, Grants, NM2014 You are the Doorway, commissioned installations, OneBeat ABQ,

Albuquerque Railyards and 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM (curator)

AWARDS RECOGNITION

2024  Rancho Gateway, one of three finalist selections, public art commission for Las Vegas Medical District.

2023/2024 Fulcrum Fund Grant Recipient for public art in healthcare sites

2023 Artists at Work, a one-year salaried residency

2022-2025 Placemaking Project, Brian Head Town Council, Brian Head, UT

2022 Speranza Foundation, Lincoln City Fellowship, CA

RESIDENCIES

2023 Food Waste Residency, Sandia Park, NM

2019 StudioWorks Residency, Eastport, ME

2018 Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY

2017 Tidelines Journey Residency, Island Institute, Sitka, AK

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2023 Palimpsest, Cabra, Sandia Park, NM

2022 Controlled Burn, La Chancla, Albuquerque, NM

2019 Free Will 200th, Tides Institute and Museum of Art, Eastport, ME

2018 VVVV, Teton Artlab, Jackson, WY

2015 Rays, with Meow Wolf and Life Songs, Santa Fe, NM

2013 Revival, The Center for Contemporary Arts, Santa Fe, NM

2012 Wake, 5G North Gallery, Albuquerque, NM

2010 Tomorrow is Spring, The T an, Albuquerque, NM

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2023 Sculpture Symposium at Texas  Tech, Lubbock, TX

2022 A Companion for Departure, with Bethany Springer, Sanitary Tortilla

Factory, Albuquerque, NM

2020 To Bough and to Bend, Bridge Projects, Los Angeles, CA

2019 Currency: What do you value? Debtfair with 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM

2016 At Home In The World - Writha, 516 Arts, Albuquerque, NM

2013 Arts and Nature Festival, Seattle, WA

2012 Far Far Near, Adobe Books Backroom Gallery, San Francisco, CA

2011 High and Dry, South Broadway Cultural Center, Albuquerque, NM

COLLECTIONS

New Mexico Junior College, Hobbs, NM

City of Fraser, CO

UCC/University of Texas Austin

Albuquerque Public Art Collection

New Mexico Bernalillo County Public Art Collection

Warner Graves, Palm Desert, CA

EDUCATION

2007–2013 University of New Mexico, studio art, independent studies and mentorship with Patrick Manning and Adrienne Salinger

1996–1998 Palomar Junior College, studio art, mentorship with William Feeney