Artexpo Success Story: Nan Miller
Nan Miller, Owner, Nan Miller Gallery
Nan Miller is one of Artexpo’s longest-running exhibitors–and one of its biggest fans.
“I’ve met many sources, many other galleries that we distribute now through Artexpo,” says Miller, who owns the prestigious Nan Miller Gallery in Rochester, New York. “There’s no question that it has helped our business grow the way that it has.”
Over the years, the Nan Miller Gallery has earned a reputation for offering high-quality artwork by international, national and emerging artists for homes and businesses. The gallery’s extensive inventory represents a wide variety of artists, creating works in styles ranging from Abstract to Impressionism and Pop to Realism. Many of these artists, says Miller, have come to the gallery through Artexpo.
“We find a large portion of our new artists at Artexpo each year,” says Miller. “I’d say about 80% of the artists we represent are artists who are published from other dealers or whom we have discovered at Artexpo.”
Each year, Miller says, she looks forward to browsing Artexpo’s SOLO section for upcoming new talent.
“I think the SOLO section is a great opportunity for young artists to expose their work to major dealers like myself, or galleries that just happen to be coming through. SOLO offers an excellent opportunity for galleries to find new artists to take under our wings and cultivate, promote and distribute. It’s a very positive new development at Artexpo.”
Miller can name countless artists who’ve found their footing at SOLO and Artexpo: for instance, Hamilton Aguiar.
"Tres" (Black) (7395) by Hamilton Aguiar
“Hamilton’s first exposure really was at the SOLO section of Artexpo New York, probably around six years ago,” says Miller. “He is now one of our bestselling artists and we distribute his work all over the world. That’s the value of exhibiting at SOLO and Artexpo. As an artist, you really do meet galleries from all over the world.”
According to Miller, Artexpo is one of the best ways for artists to gain exposure: “It’s unbelievable networking exposure,” she says. “Artists have a tremendous opportunity in Artexpo. You can see what’s going on in the art world, where the pricing is, who the biggest distributors are. You get exposed to galleries from London, Germany, Asia—dealers come in looking for new, fresh artwork.”
For those artists who feel they aren’t quite ready to exhibit at Artexpo and SOLO, Miller strongly recommends they simply attend the show to get a sense for the marketplace.
“Sometimes I tell artists to go and attend Artexpo as a guest,” says Miller, “to see the pricing, see what’s out there. I use it as a reference for other artists who want to see what’s going on before they start to market themselves or advance their careers. It is truly a wonderful learning tool.”
In the end, says Miller, being successful as an artist is all about self-marketing.
“If you’re not out there promoting yourself, people are not going to know about you. It’s a tough market—lots of galleries are looking for something new and different. If you’re not out there, you’re forgotten.”
See Nan Miller’s gallery online at: www.NanMillerGallery.com
4 Responses to “Artexpo Success Story: Nan Miller”
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Ms. Miller, I found you on facebook where I have some of my art listed. I know everyone wants you, but I sure hope you take a moment to look at my work. The colors are what I am know for and my imagination is close behind. My resume is good with about 77 shows, 3 coming up in the Houston area where I live and more proposals are out already for next year so I am actively look to promote myself and not wait for someone to find me. More of my work can be found at http://www.artvalet.com, http://www.artshouston.ning.com
Thank you for your time.
Victoria Lewelling
713-303-3032
HI NAN MILLER,I AM GEORGES PIENTER I WOULD LIKE TO PARTISEPETED WITH YOU AND YOUR GALLERY.NAN LETS ME SEE YOUR ESPACE OK BYE BYE NEXT
Hi Ms Miller,
I am Molly Lee from Shanghai – Montaigne Gallery. I would like to show you my Artist painting from China – Xu Jie (www.chinese-boys-and-girls.com), she is not the young talent and she is quite establised in China. We will be very happy if Ms. Miller can represent us in New York. more than 1000 of her paintings are in USA and Europe country now. Hopefully we can hear from you soon.
Regards
Molly Lee
Montaigne Gallery Shanghai
Dear Man Miller or Others who read this message,
Well, i do not know where to start, where to end and where to attract people in my message.
I recently am working for an association in Cambodia on arts and cultural training programs. Cambodia is so small and most people, who know zip about Asia will not know where it is and as it is also a poor country, but most people have known Cambodia through the awesome architectural Angkor Wat.
After the Khmer Genocide (Khmer Rouge), Cambodia has been completely destroyed and collapsed almost everything, economic, architecture, religion, human resources, tradition, culture and arts. Almost fifteen year of our existence of our association in Battambang’s vicinity of Cambodia we have developed and promoted many artistic training programs to thousands of people in Cambodia, including contemporary arts, classical arts, performing arts…..
More than 1500 students from the very difficult social background, trafficked, disable, orphaned, street children, and from the tough predicament families are attending the artistic class with the free of charge. Our objectives are to improve the community living standard through the practice of arts and culture, to promote the ability and talented of young artist, to build the peacefulness through arts and culture, to raise the awareness of value of arts in cambodian society, arts as a key to empower livelihood, and to use the arts overcome the trauma and mentality illness from the vulnerable people and old-timers who faced and survived from the Khmer Genocide (Khmer Rouge).
We are trying to help these students to grant some budget to support their family (sisters, bothers..) to have good live and sustain the financial situation in the family and help them to reach the top quality of professionalization in what the word art is. We are a Cambodia NGO and we do not have enough budget to pay for booth for exhibiting the artworks of our students. However, I would like to appeal to everybody, charity, supporter and everybody who are interested in our project and Cambodian lives. Please tell me how to find a place to expose the artworks of our students in order for them to share, to learn, to step by step become specialist and famous, and start to flow step by step the value and the idea of arts in every single of Cambodian’s heart.
Website: http://www.phareps.org