Andy Millner’s work creates a parallel world, blending drawn, natural, handmade, and machine-made elements. His landscapes, devoid of shadows or a single viewpoint, unify years of observation and drawing into flattened, digital compositions. These pieces challenge viewers to determine if they are old or new, machine-made or handmade, embodying a "floating world" that may never have existed. This highlights the impermanence of our presence and our complex relationship with the natural and artificial environments.
Born in St. Louis, Missouri, in 1967, Millner has been drawing to understand the world since childhood. At 18, he pursued studio art at the University of Michigan while working as a scenic artist at St. Louis’ Municipal Opera. By the time he graduated with a BFA in drawing, painting, and sculpture in 1989, he was a union scenic artist, working in theater, TV, and film across New York, Washington DC, Chicago, and St. Louis. Millner credits the novelty in his work to the creativity required in theater and film to create alternative worlds.
Millner has explored various media and participated in over 60 group exhibitions and 18 solo exhibitions at institutions including Heather Gaudio Fine Art in Connecticut, William Shearburn Gallery in Missouri, Tria Gallery in New York, Ellen Miller Gallery in Massachusetts, CCA in New Mexico, Richard Levy Gallery in New Mexico, and David Floria Gallery in Colorado. His work is included in private and corporate collections such as Bank of America, BJC Healthcare, The Cleveland Clinic, Fidelity Investments, Gramercy Tavern, Microsoft, Peninsula Hotel Hong Kong, and Wharton School of Business at the University of Pennsylvania.
He designed custom plates for Danny Meyer’s Gramercy Tavern with Bernadaud, the renowned French Limoges porcelain maker. Millner attended residencies in Ucross, Wyoming, Anderson Ranch in Colorado, and Fondation Monet in Giverny, France. His work is also part of the collections at the Museum of Fine Arts Boston, The Saint Louis Art Museum, and the Daum Museum of Contemporary Art.
