Riad Miah
Biography:
Riad Miah was born in Trinidad and Tobago and is an artist based in New York. His work has been exhibited at Equity Gallery, Wave Hill, LMAK Gallery, Sperone Westwater, the Baltimore Museum of Contemporary Art, White Box Gallery, deluxe projects, Rooster Contemporary Art, Simon Gallery, and Lesley Heller Workspace. He has participated in prestigious artist residencies including the Vermont Studio Center, the Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture, and the Higher Institute for Fine Arts (HISK) in Belgium.
Miah has received fellowships and awards from the New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA) in painting and from Germinations Europe. He has also been nominated for the Louis Comfort Tiffany Award, the Rema Hort Mann Foundation Award, and the Basil H. Alkazzi Award for Excellence in Painting. He is a contributing writer at Whitehot Magazine, Two Coats of Paint, Art Savvy, and the Brooklyn Rail.
He has taught at institutions including Pratt Institute, the New York Arts Program, Parsons School of Design, and Montclair State University. His work is included in private, university, and corporate collections, including Novartis.
Riad Miah holds an M.F.A. from The Ohio State University and a B.F.A. from the School of Visual Arts.
Exhibition & Art Fairs:
2023 My Eyes Just Heard My Brain, Equity Gallery, NY, NY
2022 Cultural Genes, Luo Zhongli Art Museum, Chongqing, China, curated by Xu Sheng
Creating Tomorrow, Art on the Ave, New York
2021 Group Exhibition, Monika King Contemporary, New York
2019 Magical Spaces, Familiar Places, Kean College Gallery, New Jersey, curated by Anna Shukelo
Reflections, Kingsborough Art Museum, New York
Waves of Light – Entwined Through the Tendrils of Time, Glyndor Gallery at Wave Hill, New York
2018 Art and Friendship, Green Door Gallery, New York
desire in the bangles, JMG Projects, East Hampton, curated by Janet Goleas
Fragments of Self, Mayson Gallery, New York
2017 Allegory & Alchemy, Novado Gallery, New Jersey
Give Voice, LMAK Gallery, New York
Alternating Current, Mayson Gallery, New York
2016 Group Exhibition, Finley Gallery, Montclair State University, NJ
Full Circle: Five Years at Mayson Gallery, Mayson Gallery, New York
Splotch, Sprerone Westwater Gallery, New York, curated by Eileen Jeng
Splotch, Lesley Heller Workspace, New York, curated by Eileen Jeng
The Persistent Nature of Urgency, Mayson Gallery, New York
Schopenhauer’s Dream, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, OH (2-person show)
Real/Fake, Anderson Contemporary, New York
Natural Selection, Mayson Gallery, New York
Black, White, and Green, Gallery at 14 Maple, Morristown, New Jersey, curated by Katherine Murdock
2015 Jardin, No. 4 Studio, New York
Chromatic Convergence, Anderson Contemporary, New York
Metropolitan Suite, Mayson Gallery, New York
Art Market- Hamptons, Mayson Gallery, New York
Art Comes Alive, ADC, Cincinnati, Ohio
Thrice Legendary, or Forever Thens, Centotto, New York
Affordable Art Fair, Mayson Gallery, New York
Affordable Art Fair, Mayson Gallery, New York
2014 Solo Exhibition, Simon Gallery, New Jersey
Relativity, Flinn Gallery, Greenwich, Connecticut
Art Around the Park, Art Around the Park in conjunction with Simon Gallery, New Jersey
Never Mind the Bollocks, Summer Invitational, Life on Mars Gallery, New York
This Is The Show, Mayson Gallery, New York
2013 Scale, Life on Mars Gallery, Brooklyn, New York
Flight form Nature: The Abstract as Ideal, National Arts Club, New York
2012 Factor 41 N – 9 W, Rooster Gallery, New York (2 person exhibition)
Employee Exhibition, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Group Exhibition featuring Annie Leibovitz, Mayson Gallery, New York
2011 Connectivity, Symphony Space, New York
Crime Story, NJ Arts Guild, New Jersey
Light Up, White Box Gallery, New York
2010 Scope Art Fair, White Box Gallery, New York
2009 10 x 10, White Box Gallery, New York
2008 Day Job, Parsons Fine Arts Gallery, Faculty Exhibition, New York
2007 Popshot, New York Foundation Benefit Auction, New York
2005 Group Exhibition, Collision, Brooklyn, New
2003 PS 122 Small Works Exhibition, PS122 Gallery, New York
2002 “I can’t wait to see you again.” deluxe projects, Chicago, Illinois
Life of the City, The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Free Ingress – Establishing a Scenario, Budapest Galéria, Budapest, Hungary
2001 Skowhegan Alumni Exhibition and Auction, Knoedler & Co. Gallery, New York
The Jubilee Exhibition – 575th Year Anniversary Exhibition Kathalieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium, (public installation)
2000 Snapshot, Baltimore Museum for Contemporary Art, Baltimore, Maryland
MFA Thesis Exhibition, Hopkins Hall Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
1999 New Directions ’99, Barrett Art Center, Poughkeepsie, New York
Group Exhibition, BLD Gallery, Columbus, Ohio.
Residencies
2007 – Vermont Studio Center, Johnson, Vermont
2001 – Germinations Europe, Budapest, Hungary
2001 – Higher Institute for Fine Arts – Flanders, Antwerp, Belgium
2000 – Skowhegan School of Painting and Sculpture – Skowhegan, Maine.
Professional Teaching Experience
2018 – present PRATT INSTITUTE, Visiting Assistant Professor
2021 – Sarah Lawrence College, Visiting Guest Faculty
2021 – Kean State University, Adjunct Professor
2016 – present MONCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY Adjunct Faculty
2014 – present KINGSBOUROUGH COMMUNITY COLLEGE Adjunct Assistant Professor
2013 – present NEW YORK ARTS PROGRAM
Director of Summer Visual Arts Intensive program (part-time, summer’s only)
2005 – 2012 PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
Adjunct Faculty/ Associate Director/
1998 – 2000 THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY
Teaching Associate – Full classroom responsibility including grading.
Proficient in teaching traditional and digital studio, and lecture courses. Distance Learning course utilized using teaching platforms and teaching tools including blogging and Voice Thread. Proficient in using Black Board, Canvas, Creative Suite, and digital programs.
Academic & Administrative Experience
2012 – present NEW YORK ARTS PROGRAM
Director for Summer Visual Arts Intensive course and consultant for curriculum development.
2018 – MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY (Consultant)
Provided assessment for the art Collection at the University.
2015 – MONTCLAIR STATE UNIVERSITY (Consultant) Curriculum development for the following programs:
2014 – 2015 NEW YORK STUDIO SCHOOL FOR PAINTING, DRAWING, AND SCULPTURE- Recruitment Coordinator for Programs (Temporary hire)
2013 – SCHOOL OF VISUAL ARTS (SVA)
Counselor for Career Development (Temporary hire)
2006 – 2012 PARSONS THE NEW SCHOOL FOR DESIGN
Associate Director/ Assistant Professor, Parsons SPACE
Work closely with the Associate Dean, Part-time faculty Managers, Assistant Dean of Part-time Faculty Affairs, and the Director of Operations for Summer, Precollege, and Continuing Education Program
Grants and Awards
2023 Pratt Faculty Development Award, New York, NY
2004 Fellow in Painting from New York Foundation for the Arts (NYFA)
2001 Germinations Europe, International Artists Grant, Germany
2000 Peter B. Lewis Fellowship, New York
98-00 Three-time recipient of the Edith Fergus Gilmore Awards, Columbus, Ohio
Public and Private Collection
Susan Weiler, New York, NY
Donna Zaccaro and Paul Ullman, Greenwich, CT
Ann Finaly, Greenwich, CT
The Catholic University, Leuven, Belgium
Cincinnati Children’s Hospital, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C. New York, NY
Novartis Pharmaceutical Company, NJ
The Ohio State University, Columbus, Ohio
Works are included in other national and international private collections in Europe and North America.
Statement:
¨This work explores my interest in Buckminster Fuller’s inventions and observations in physics and science. The two Fuller inventions I am most drawn to are the Dymaxion World Map and the Geodesic Dome. The concept of the Dymaxion Map reminds me of the kind of space often created in my paintings. The surfaces of my paintings are flat, yet they often evoke a sense of depth through layered visual effects. The Dymaxion Map, or Fuller Map, projects the globe onto an icosahedron surface that can be unfolded and flattened into two dimensions. I became interested in Buckminster Fuller’s Geodesic Dome because of how it is built. Its lattice structure resembles the grid I draw to create order at the start of each painting. Another fascinating aspect of the Geodesic Dome’s lattice is the triangular rigidity, which distributes stress evenly and maximizes space. My own “lattice” grid drawing helps establish composition over the rigid square format. Through the process of painting and its applications, this lattice grid adds a sense of space and depth¨.
