• Adam D. Miller is a Los Angeles–based ceramic artist, gallerist, and entrepreneur, best known as the co-founder and director of The Pit, a contemporary art gallery in Los Angeles CA. Through The Pit, Miller works closely with artists, institutions, collectors, and designers, building exhibitions and cultural programs that bridge fine art, craft, and contemporary design. The Pit also maintains a longstanding commitment to community-driven initiatives throughout Los Angeles.

    Alongside his curatorial work, Miller maintains an active studio practice focused on sculptural ceramics that blend pop culture, autobiography, and West Coast clay traditions. He is also the founder of Reaperware, a ceramic design line that has launched successfully twice in Los Angeles, with presentations hosted by MARTA Gallery in 2022 and The Future Perfect as part of LA Design Weekend 2025. From 2009–2015, Miller worked in the non-profit sector with People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals, an experience that continues to inform his values around advocacy and community engagement. Miller began his career as a studio assistant to Sterling Ruby and served as a teaching assistant to Jim Shaw while completing his MFA at ArtCenter College of Design. He holds a BFA from California State University, Sacramento, and continues to exhibit nationally while directing The Pit’s expanding artistic program.

    A full color monograph was published by Editions Lord Byron Publishing with essays by Trinie Dalton and Reuben Merringer.

    ADAM D. MILLER
    www.adamdmiller.com
    adam@adamdmiller.com
    Education
    2008
    MFA, Art Center College of Design, Pasadena, California
    2005
    BA, California State University of Sacramento
    Solo and 2 person Exhibitions
    2026
    Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami FL (forthcoming)
    GattoPardo, Los Angeles CA (forthcoming)
    2025
    Galaxies Crossed to be with You, Lefebvre & Fils Gallery, Paris FR
    Adam D. Miller, The Future Perfect, Los Angeles
    2024
    Condalia, The Future Perfect, New York NY
    2023
    The Future Perfect, San Francisco CA
    2022
    If You Get Lost, I will Find You, Lefebvre & Fils, Paris
    You are my Sun, You are my Moon (for River and Logan), Gattopardo, Los Angeles CA
    2020
    The Giants of Light, Kantor Gallery, Los Angeles CA
    Calling All Destroyers, The Newsstand Project, Los Angeles CA (2 person exhibition with Ryan Schneider)
    2019
    Between Planets, Odd Ark LA, Los Angeles CA
    2018
    Electric Banquet, 2 person exhibition with Nora Shields, Southfield Detroit MI
    2016
    MythMAKER, The Pit II, Los Angeles CA (2 person show with Devon Oder)
    2015
    TitanCrusher, O.N.O., Los Angeles CA
    Hive Mind, ROCKSBOX Contemporary, Portland, OR
    2012
    Rise of the Minotaur, Steve Turner Contemporary, Los Angeles CA
    Group Exhibitions
    2025
    Abundance, The Future Perfect, San Francisco CA
    Cup, Wolford House Los Angeles CA
    A (Hotel) Room of One’s Own, Aspen Art Fair curated by Wendy Cromwell
    2024
    Don’t Forget to Hydrate, Mindy Solomon, Miami FL
    For the Love of Clay, Barsndall Municipal Gallery LA
    NADA NYC, Gattopardo LA
    The Warmth of the Day Leaves Shadow on the Ground, Gattopardo LA
    2023
    Biscayne, Bridge Initiative, Miami FL
    Obrigado in Terra, Palacio Duques de Cadaval, Portugal organized by Lefebvre & Fils
    Group Installation, The Future Perfect, Los Angeles CA
    2022
    Design Miami, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami FL
    Composition & Layout: Contemporary Design & Objects, Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami FL
    A Confluence of Coastal Creativity, Mindy Solomon at Albertz Benda, Los Angeles, CA
    Thaw, The Landing, Los Angeles, CA
    Cup Show, Space Ten, Hawthorne, CA
    2021
    Return of the Dragons, Chinatown 1998-2008, Blossom Market Los Angeles CA
    2020
    Glyph, Unpaved Gallery, Yucca Valley CA
    Firewalk, Lefebvre & Fils, Paris France
    2019
    Store Show, Odd Ark, Los Angeles CA
    The Flat Files, The Pit, Los Angeles CA
    Calculating Infinity, Guerrero Gallery San Francisco CA
    Punkhouse Vs. Dreamhouse, Los Angeles CA
    Psychenetics, Elevator Mondays, Los Angeles CA
    2018
    Magic, Roberts Projects, Los Angeles CA
    Make/Work, LAVC, Valley Glen CA
    Vision Valley, The Brand Arts Library, Glendale CA
    Airtight Garage, Big Pictures LA, Los Angeles CA
    2017
    More Light, JOAN, Los Angeles CA
    Summer of Love, Wilding Cran, Los Angeles, CA
    Parallel City, Ms Barbers, Los Angeles CA
    2016
    RePlanetizer, Regina Rex, New York
    Group Show, Ryobi Room, New York
    Falcon’s Nest Pt 1, Falcon’s Nest, Los Angeles CA
    Bedfellows Club, Good Weather, Little Rock AK
    Together / Alone, Embassy, Los Angeles CA
    2015
    Where the Sand Worm Slumbers, Charles James Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2014
    Death Ship: Tribute to H.C. Westermann, The Pit, Los Angeles, CA
    Exquisite Corpse, Mass Gallery, Austin, Texas
    2013
    Homing Pigeon 2, Lara Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
    Unsolved Mysteries, POST art center, curated by Jonathan Apgar, Los Angeles, CA
    2012
    Chasm of the Supernova, Center for the Arts, Eagle Rock, CA
    2011
    Shorn from the Black Tusk of the Great Destroyer, RAID Projects, Los Angeles, CA
    Birthing Valley of the Blood Poppies, Actual Size Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    The Banquet of the Black Jackal, Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    2010
    In the Eyes of Lions, 533 Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
    Project One, Alexys Schwartz Projects, Culver City, CA
    2009
    The Night Goat Demands Reparations, Pacific Design Center, Los Angeles, CA
    2008
    Delusionarium 4: The Left Garden, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
    Happy Hour with Skip Arnold, Bonelli Contemporary, Los Angeles, CA
    Press/Publications
    2023
    LA Weekly, October 2023
    Architectural Digest, October Issue 2023
    Ultrapots, 2023. Editions Lord Byron, Paris FR. (Monograph)
    2019
    Between Planets, exhibition catalog, published by The Pit / Odd Ark LA
    2018
    Wood, Eve, Magic at Roberts Projects, Art and Cake, 2018.
    Pagel, David, Where to find fantastic beasts? At Big Pictures Los Angeles’ ‘Airtight Garage”, Los Angeles Times, 2018.
    Diehl, Travis, -struct, MAKE/WORK at LAVC, 2018 (exhibition pamphlet)
    2017
    Solar Calf, Risograph artist book published by The Pit
    MythMaker, Risograph exhibition catalog / artist book, published by The Pit
    2016
    TitanCrusher, exhibition catalog / artist book with text by Benjamin Weissman
    Super Ape Psycho Scape, limited edition Risograph artist book
    2015
    Hive Mind, exhibition catalog / artist book
    2014
    Death Ship: Tribute to H.C. Westermann, exhibition catalog / artist book with text by Gladys Katherina Hernando and
    Adam Miller published by The Pit, Los Angeles California.
    Exquisite Corpse, by Amir Fallah published by Mass Gallery, Austin, Texas
    2013
    Benefit of Friends Collected, Organized and published by Jesse Benson.
    2012
    Rise of the Minoatur, exhibition catalog / artist book with text by Benjamin Weissman
    Chasm of the Supernova, exhibition catalog with essay and images by Adam Miller
    2011
    Shorn from the Black Tusk of the Great Destroyer, exhibition catalog/artist book with essay and drawings by Adam
    Miller
    “Future Greats: Artist’s Choice-Adam Miller” ArtReview: Issue 48, March 2011.
    Birthing Valley of the Blood Poppies, exhibition catalog with essays by Adam Miller, Gavin Williamson, Trinie Dalton &
    Evan Calder Williams
    The Banquet of the Black Jackal, exhibition catalog with essays by Adam Miller, Lia Trinka-Browner, Mark Von Schegell,
    Evan Calder Williams published by Cal State Los Angeles Luckman Fine Arts
    2010
    Tuck, Geoff. Know/Notes on Looking, foryourart.com
    In the Eyes of Lions, exhibition catalog with essays by Adam Miller, Sarah Conaway, Spencer Douglass
    Night Goat Demands Reparations, exhibition catalog with essays by Adam Miller, Catherine Taft, Jan Tumlir