AshleySauderMiller
AshleySauderMiller
Education
2007 M.F.A., Painting and Drawing, James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
2003 B.S., Art, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA
2001 A.A., Liberal Arts, Hesston College, Hesston, KS
Juried Art Festivals
New Orleans JazzFest (2026), New Orleans, LA
Kimball Art Festival (2025, 2026), Park City, UT
Des Moines Art Festival (2026), Des Moines, IO
Atlanta Dogwood Festival (2025, 2026), Atlanta, GA
Plaza Art Festival (2024, 2025), Kansas City, MO
Oklahoma City Festival of the Arts (2025), Oklahoma City, OK
Art Festival Beth-El (2026), St. Petersburg, FL
Boca Museum Festival (2026), Boca Raton, FL
Rittenhouse Fine Arts Festival (2023, 2024, 2026), Philadelphia, PA
La Quinta Art Celebration (2025), La Quinta, CA
Montgomery Bell Academy Show (2025), Nashville, TN
Stockley Gardens Art Festival (2025), Norfolk, VA
Allentown Art Festival (2025), Buffalo, NY
Sun Valley Art Festival (2025), Ketchum, ID
Coconut Grove Art Festival (2025), Miami, FL
Armonk Art Festival (2024), Armonk, NY
Artisphere (2023, 2026), Greenville, SC
Old Town Art Festival (2023), Chicago, IL
Ann Arbor Street Art Fair, The Original (2023, 2024), Ann Arbor, MI
Cherry Creek Art Festival (2022, 2026), Denver, CO
Winter Park Sidewalk Art Festival (2022, 2024), Winter Park, FL
Central Pennsylvania Festival of the Arts (2023, 2025, 2026), State College, PA
Tarpon Springs Fine Art Festival (2022), Tarpon Springs, FL
Taubman Sidewalk Art Show (2021), Roanoke, VA
Chastain Park Arts Festival (2021), Atlanta, GA
Arlington Fine Art Festival (2021, 2022), Arlington, VA
Crozet Arts and Crafts Festival (2021, 2022), Crozet, VA
Northern Virginia Festival of the Arts (2021, 2022), Reston, VA
Gasparilla Festival of the Arts (2020-2025), Tampa, FL
Bethesda Row Arts Festival (2019, 2022, 2023-2025), Bethesda, MD
Fall Foliage (2017, 2021), Waynesboro, VA
Gypsy Hill Art in the Park (2015, 2018), Staunton, VA
Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art Boardwalk Show (2016-2019, 2021-2026), Virginia Beach, VA
Solo Exhibitions
2021
Stay Awhile, Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA
2018
New Work, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg, VA
Lull, 292North Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2017
There’s Always a Lull, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art Satellite Gallery, Virginia Beach, VA
Gently forced, if necessary, Darrin-McHone Gallery, Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, VA
2016
Gently Forced, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA
Recent Work, Pegasus Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2015
Fixers, Miller Gallery, Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
Patterns of Domestic Bliss, Fleda A. Ring Gallery, Roanoke, VA
In the Making, Darrin-McHone Gallery, Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, VA
Ashley Sauder Miller, Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA
Group Exhibitions
2021
The Grief Project, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2020
Teeny Tiny Trifecta 3, Second Street Gallery, Charlottesville, VA
VMRC National Juried Show, Harrisonburg, VA
6x6x30, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
Regional Juried Show, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg, VA
2019
The Deck Show III, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg, VA
VMRC National Juried Show, Harrisonburg, VA
Staunton Augusta Art Center, Staunton, VA
Hung Juried, Glave Kocen Gallery, Richmond, VA
6x6x30, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2018
The Telephone Show, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg, VA
Dimensions: A Collage Exhibition, Latela Gallery, Washington, DC
VMRC National Juried Show, Harrisonburg, VA
Wonderkitten, Darrin-McHone Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
6x6x30, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2017
The Deck Show II, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg, VA
10x10x100, Mary Margaret Gehman Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
Gallery Flux, Ashland, VA
6x6x30, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
Woven: the Traditional to the Contemporary, The Gray Gallery, Winchester, VA
2016
2017 Young Painters Award Finalists Exhibition, Hiestand Galleries, Miami University, Oxford, OH
Parings, Residency Exhibition, Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery, EMU, Harrisonburg, VA
Parings, Cyndi Gusler and Ashley Sauder Miller, McGuffey Art Center, Charlottesville, VA
Annual Juried Regional Show, Larkin Arts, Wine-Riner Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
6x6x30, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
Picking Up Marks: Cyndi Gusler, Ashley Sauder Miller, and Katherine Burling. 292 North Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
2015
The Deck Show, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg, VA
Red, Fleda A. Ring Gallery, Roanoke, VA
Alumni Exhibition: Cyndi Gusler, Ashley Miller, and Katherine Burling, Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery, EMU, H’burg, VA
Between Two Worlds, Juried CIVA Conference Exhibition, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI
Food, Flora, and Fauna, Juried Exhibition, Larkin Arts, Harrisonburg, VA
Annual Member Show, Spitzer Art Center, Harrisonburg, VA
CSArts Exhibition, Darrin-McHone Gallery, Arts Council of the Valley, Harrisonburg, VA
Art on the Square, J. Ellis Studio, Harrisonburg, VA
40Under40, Shenandoah Valley Art Center, Waynesboro, VA
6x6x30, Spitzer Art Center, Harrisonburg, VA
Annual Juried Regional Show, Larkin Arts, Wine-Riner Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
With These Hands, Spitzer Art Center, Harrisonburg, VA
Grants/Awards
Best in Show, Fibers, Kimball Art Festival, Park City, UT, 2025
Award of Distinction, Art Festival Beth-El, St. Petersburg, FL, 2026
1st place Mixed Media, Allentown Art Festival, Bufffalo, NY, 2025
Directors Award, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Boardwalk Show, 2025
Best in Show, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Boardwalk Show, 2024
2nd Place, Virginia Fall Foliage Festival, Waynesboro, VA, 2021
2nd Place, Taubman Sidewalk Art Show, Roanoke, VA, 2021
Sanddollar Award, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Boardwalk Show, 2021
3rd Place, 6x6x30 2020, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
Best in Division, VMRC National Juried Art Show, Harrisonburg, VA, 2019
Juror’s Choice Award, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Boardwalk Show, 2018
2nd Place, Staunton Augusta Art In the Park, 2018
3rd Place, 6x6x30 2018, Park Gables Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
Sanddollar Award, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Boardwalk Show, 2017
Miami University Young Painters Competition 2017, William and Dorothy Yeck Purchase Award Finalist, Oxford, OH
First Place, Mixed Media, Virginia Fall Foliage Festival, Waynesboro, VA, 2016
Best in Show, Virginia Museum of Contemporary Art, Boardwalk Show, 2016
Creative Inspiration Grant, Arts Council of the Valley, 2016
Best in Show, 2D, Staunton Augusta Art In the Park, 2014
Related Experience
Curator, The Grief Project (October 2019-July 2021)
Residency, EMU (November-December 2016), Margaret Martin Gehman Gallery, Harrisonburg, VA
Adjunct Faculty, (2018-19) Bridgewater College, Bridgewater, VA
Adjunct Faculty, (2018) James Madison University, Harrisonburg, VA
Adjunct Faculty, (Fall 2016) Visual and Communication Arts Department, Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA
Guest Critic, Shenandoah Valley Watercolor Society, Harrisonburg, VA
Artist Residence in Motherhood, (2016-ongoing), Harrisonburg, VA
Director, (2015-present) Spitzer Art Center, Harrisonburg, VA
Curator, 10x10x100 (2016-17), Eastern Mennonite University, Harrisonburg, VA
Curator, 6x6x30 (2015-2020), Spitzer Art Center, Harrisonburg, VA
President, Board of Directors (2014-2015) Spitzer Art Center, Harrisonburg, VA
Bibliography
New American Paintings, selected for No. 148, South Issue, 2020
Dudenhoefer, Nicole, "Mother, Artist, Teacher: Ashley Sauder Miller's Woven Roles", Professional Artist Magazine, October 21, 2016
"Ashley Sauder Miller". Professional Artist Magazine, Artist Spotlight Gallery, September, 2016
"Ashley Sauder Miller”, Fresh Paint Magazine blog, February 26, 2016.
Fresh Paint Magazine, selected for International Issue 10, December, 2015. pgs. 6 and 52