text: ALLISON MILLER (b. 1974) lives and works in Los Angeles. The artist holds a BFA from the Rhode Island School of Design and an MFA from the University of California, Los Angeles. Miller makes abstract paintings that challenge both maker and viewer. From stenciled drips to color fields applied with a Crayola-like oil stick, Miller’s gestures suggest a spontaneity that belies a highly considered and indexical approach. Diverse elements combine to form active paintings with compositions that never quite settle. Miller’s work can be found in the permanent collections of the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center, Vassar College; the Orange County Museum of Art, Newport Beach; the Pizzuti Collection, Columbus; the Santa Barbara Museum of Art; and the Neuberger Museum of Art, Purchase, among others. Her work has been reviewed in Artforum, Frieze, The New Yorker, The Los Angeles Times, Flash Art, The Brooklyn Rail, and Hyperallergic, among others.