Artist Bio Ms. Mills was born in Ohio into the well-known Mills Brothers Circus family, where both performing and visual arts were admired and encouraged. She holds a BFA in performing arts and a Masters in choreography. As a self-taught painter, Mills has developed a style distinctly her own. She currently resides in Santa Fe, NM. Artist's Statement My work stems from my need and desire to simplify and reduce each moment to its absolute essential by removing details from life that tend to obscure what is truly being experienced. I also aim to bear witness to, and often elevate in beauty, what is frequently considered unwanted or held in despair. I work with oil on various surfaces such as canvas, linen, birch panel, paper, and sometimes cardboard, as I am drawn to different surfaces and the way in which the paint soaks in or lays on them. I often use many layers of oil paint, believing that color carries emotional content and memory (along with beauty), even if it's buried within layers of color upon color...Gigi Mills Curriculum Vitae Solo Exhibitions (selected) 2023 "Bodies of Water", GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM2022 “10 Weeks of Summer” (October) GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM2021 “Gigi Mills Solo” (October) Gallery Orange, New Orleans, LA2021 “Magpie” (July) GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM2020 “The Small Space” (October) GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM2019 “Prima Materia” (September) GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM “Gigi Mills Solo” (May) Gallery Orange, New Orleans, LA2018 “Bird” (September) GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM “Following the River” (March) Gallery Orange, New Orleans, LA2017 “The Solace of Imperfection” (July) GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM2016 “The Surrender” (July) GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM “Things That Were Never Mine” (April) Gallery Orange, New Orleans, LA2015 “Land and Seascapes” (September) GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM2014 “Exhibitionism: Paintings” (August) GF Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM2013 “Gigi Mills Solo” (November) Gallery Orange, New Orleans, LA “The Deep South and Other Stories” (March) Gallery Orange, New Orleans, LA2012 “Complexity of Simplicity” (November) Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe, NM “Less is More” (March) Gallery Orange, New Orleans, LA2011 Galerie Concha de Nazelle,Toulouse, France2010 Selby Fleetwood Gallery, Santa Fe,NM2009 Zhangjiajie, Peoples Republic of China2008 Tichava-Mills Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM2006 Aftermodern, San Francisco, CA2005 Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM2004 Giacobbe-Fritz Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM Group Exhibitions (selected) 2023 Context Art Miami, Emmanuelle G.2023 New York Art on Paper, Emmanuelle G.2022 Santa Fe Playhouse workshop Artwork selected (Fishing/ Shrimp Fly) by director Catherine Hardwicke2021 New York Art on Paper, Emmanuelle G. Contemporary Bryant St. Gallery, Palo Alto, CA2020 New York Art on Paper, Emmanuelle G. Contemporary2019 New York art On Paper, Emmanuelle G. Art2018 Scope Miami, Emannuelle G. Art New York Art on Paper, Emmanuelle G. Art2017 Gallery Orange, New Orleans, LA2013 Gallery Orange, two man show2011 Selby Fleetwood Gallery, two person show Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA2010 Page Bond Gallery, Richmond, VA2009 Tichava-Mills Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM2007 The Florence Biennial, Florence, Italy The Biltmore, Art and Cuisine, Phoenix, AZ Maya, Abiquiu, New Mexico Publications 2023 Tidings of Magpies, Art and Culture, E-Pub2022 Art and Antiques, Featurette2020 The Santa Fean, August/September 2017 The Santa Fean, June/July2016 American Art Collector, Article/Feature, July2016 Monocle, May2016 The Santa Fean, June/July 2015 Heeduk Ra, poetry (Korea) 17paintings, Spring2014 THE MAGAZINE, Review, October2013 Gigi Mills, 108 Pg. Published By T. Gielbert, January2012 Art New Orleans, article & photo, Winter2011 American Art Collector, article, photos, August2011 Arts-Up, review, www.arts-up.com, June Interview w/Arts-Up www.arts-up.com, June2010 American Art Collector, article, photos, November2008 Su Casa Magazine, photo, Spring2007 Catalogue of the Biennale Internazonale, Florence, Italy, November2007 Pasatiempo (cover and article), Santa Fe, June2006 San Francisco Examiner (review and article), San Francisco, CA (June)2005 Focus Magazine, (article) Santa Fe, NM, January2002 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum Quarterly, Fall Museum and Corporate Collections 21C Louisville Collection: https://'nyurl.com/24n59vz8 Media/Radio 2021 Interview with Mark Oppenheimer2020 Less than Half, “Women of the Southwest” www.lessthanhalf.org2017 Interview with Art Fusion, Santa Fe, NM, October2017 Interview with Arts Alive Santa Fe, NM, July2009 Interview with China Radio International, May Education BFA in Theater College of Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NMMA in Choreography University of New Mexico, ABQ., NM