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Petra Malá Miller
Trebic, Czech Republic
Lives and works in Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
 

Education
2001 - 2008
Master of Fine Arts (MFA)
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic / Studio of Photography 
2007 - 2008      
Pedagogic Minimum (Certification in Art Education)
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic
2005                    
Athens School of Fine Arts, Athens, Greece / Studio of Photography
2004                    
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic / Studio of Illustration and Graphics
2003                   
University of Technology, Faculty of Fine Arts, Brno, Czech Republic / Studio of Paper and Book
1997 - 2001       
Secondary School of Applied Arts, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic / Studio of Photography
 

Solo Exhibitions
2015            
Dusk to Dusk, CASA, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Portraits in Light, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, (curated by Christina Cuthbertson), Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
2013
The Voice Reached Us Through the Floor, but the Words Themselves Were Lost, (curated by Patrick Macaulay),
Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
2012
The Voice Reached Us Through the Floor, but the Words Themselves Were Lost & other photographs, 
Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada
2011                
The Voice Reached Us Through the Floor, but the Words Themselves Were Lost, Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague,
Czech Republic
2008                
And She Said She Is Looking, Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic
2007                
Innocence, Krasny ztraty Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
 

Group Exhibitions
2016
Couples, Gallery 17/18, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2015
Night Hours, Art Gallery of St. Albert, Alberta, Canada
The Intimate Circle in Contemporary Czech Photography, Landskrona Museum, Sweden
2014
The Intimate Circle in Contemporary Czech Photography, Museum of Modern Art, Olomouc, Czech Republic
"the best", Zoya Museum, Elesko, Modra, Slovak Republic
Euroartphoto, Palazzo delle Stelline, Milan, Italy
2013
The Intimate Circle in Contemporary Czech Photography, House of Art, Bratislava, Slovak Republic
The Intimate Circle in Contemporary Czech Photography, (curated by Vladimir Birgus), City Gallery Prague,
Municipal Library of Prague, Czech Republic
Proof 20, (curated by Mikhel Proulx), Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Transitions & Transformations, (curated by Darcy Logan), CASA Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Drawing the Canada-Wide Science Fair, University of Lethbridge Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
2011           
Likeness, (curated by Patrick Macaulay), Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, Canada
On the Threshold, Jiri Svestka Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Mapping A Prairie City: Lethbridge and Its Suburbs, (co-curated by Don Gill and Ryan Doherty),
Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Canada
2010           
Inter-view, (curated by Barbora Gerzova), Nitra Gallery, Slovak Republic           
2009           
ESSL ART AWARD CEE 09, Exhibition of Award Winners, (co-curated by Daniela Balogh and Silvia Kopf), Essl Museum,
Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria
Traces & Records, (curated by Marketa Kubacakova), 8th Photography Festival Funke’s Kolin, Czech Republic
Two rooms, (curated by Darina Zavadilova), (A)VOID Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
ESSL ART AWARD CEE 09, Nominees Exhibition, Veletrzni palac, Prague, Czech Republic
Czech It, (co-curated by Jen Saffron and Eva Heyd), Space Gallery, Pittsburgh, USA
FRAME008, Mesic ve dne Gallery, Ceske Budejovice, Czech Republic
Fraktalni kvetak, (curated by Marketa Kubacakova), Internet exhibition, Prague
2008           
FRAME008, Exhibition of Award Winners, Leica Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
The Essence, (co-curated by Ivan Pinkava, Lucie Mlynarova and Michal Hladik), Manes Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2007           
New Czech Photography, G+Galleries, Contact Photography, Toronto, Canada
Six Czech School of Photography, Prague House of Photography, Prague, Czech Republic
2006           
Henkel Art.Award, Nominees Exhibition, Louvre Gallery Cafe, Prague, Czech Republic
Still Life, Krasny Ztraty Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Krasa zeny v cokoladovem pojeti, Studio of Libena Rochova, Prague, Czech Republic
2005           
Prototype, Krasny Ztraty Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2004                       
Small Inventory, Theater Alfred ve dvore Prague, Czech Republic
2003           
Klauzury002, Liberec Gallery, Czech Republic
Today, Spolek Cafe, Brno, Czech Republic
2001                       
What we saw on our journey and what others did not see, Southern Moravian Museum, Zlin, Czech Republic
1999           
TSTTT, Klub kultury, Uherske Hradiste, Czech Republic


Art Fairs
2013
Art Market Budapest, Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
2011
Volta 7 in Basel, Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
The Armory Show in New York, Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic


Catalogues
Petra Malá Miller, The Voice Reached Us Through the Floor, but the Words Themselves Were Lost, Makum, s.r.o., Prague, Czech Republic
 

Awards
2016
Canada Council for the Arts, Project Grant, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2015
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Project Grant, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2014
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Project Grant, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Canada Council for the Arts, Travel Grant, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
2012
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Project Grant, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
2009                       
ESSL ART AWARD CEE 09, Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg, Vienna, Austria
2008                       
Hlavka Foundation, Prague, Czech Republic                    
FRAME008, MIMO Association & Photographic Group Jasan, Brno, Czech Republic
2007                       
Studio 91-Model Management
, Award for Fashion Photography, Prague, Czech Republic
2006                       
Studio of Photography Award for exhibition, "The Further the Train Moves Away From That House, the Better I Feel",
Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design, Prague, Czech Republic
Krasa zeny v cokoladovem pojeti, Algida, Product Photography Award, Prague, Czech Republic
2001                       
Southern Moravian Museum Award in Photography: What you Saw on Our Journey and What Others Did Not See, Zlin, Czech Republic
 

Reviews / Articles
2016
Stephen Horne, "Portraits in Light: Petra Mala Miller, The Southern Alberta Art Gallery", Ciel Variable, April 2016
2013
Patrick Macaulay, "Petra Mala Miller, The Voice Reached Us Through the Floor but the Words Themselves Were Lost," 2013, www.harbourfrontcentre.com
2012           
“Czech artist makes solo debut with Trianon exhibition”, Lethbridge Herald, March 2012, A8.
2011
David M.C. Miller, "Memory Palace“, catalogue essay in Petra Mala Miller, The Voice Reached Us Through the Floor,
but the Words Themselves Were Lost
, (Prague: Makum, s.r.o., 2011), 31 – 34.
Josef Moucha, "The Memory Photographs of Petra Mala Miller", 2011.
Marketa Kubacakova, "Petra Mala Miller", FlashArt, May 2011, 40.
Marketa Pilatova, "Comprehensible Eyes", Pravo, April 2011, 8.
Marketa Pilatova, "Comprehensible Eyes", Novinky.cz, May 2011, www.novinky.cz
Rado Istok, "Petra Mala Miller, Katarina Poliacikova", Atelier No.6, March 2011, 5.
Karel Oujezdsky, "Two Young Artists at the Jiri Svestka Gallery", Czech Radio 3 - Vltava, 2011, www.rozhlas.cz
2009
Josef Moucha, "Funke’s Polabsky Memorial", Atelier No. 22, November 2009, 12.
Kurt Shaw, "‘Czech It’ Looks at Family of Photographers", Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, 2009, www.pittsburghlive.com
Josef Moucha, "The Parable of Petra Mala", DIGIfoto, February 2009, 79.
2008
Jan H. Vitvar, "Where Darkness Comes From", Respekt, August 2008, 53.
2007
Silvie Vondrova, "Complex Searching", DIGIfoto, April 2007, 65-68.
Silvie Vondrova, "Complex Searching", DIGIarena.cz, March 2007, www.digiarena.e15.cz


Public Collections
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada


Professional Activities
2015                       
Artist Talk, Art Now, Department of Fine Arts, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Articulations, Art Appreciation Lecture Series, Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
2014                       
President
, Trap\door Artist Run Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
2013                       
Artist Talk, Gallery 44, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
President, Trap\door Artist Run Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
2012           
Artist Talk (for the University of Lethbridge Art Now class), Trianon Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Artist Talk, Art Now, Department of Fine Arts, University of Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Treasurer, Trap\door Artist Run Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
2011          
Artist Talk (for theAcademy of Arts, Architecture and Design), Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Artist Talk (for the Graphic Arts School in Prague), Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Artist Discussion, Jiri Svestka Gallery, Prague, Czech Republic
Board of Directors, Trap\door Artist Run Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
2010
Board of Directors, Trap\door Artist Run Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada