George Bures Miller (born 1960) is a Canadian artist noted for his collaborative works with his wife Janet Cardiff. Miller and Cardiff represented Canada at the 2001

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. They are based in

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, Canada.

Solo works

Works with Janet Cardiff

Bures Miller and Cardiff represented Canada at the 49th Venice Biennale with ''Paradise Institute'' (2001), a 16-seat movie theatre where viewers watched a film, becoming entangled as witnesses to a possible crime played out in the real world audience and on the screen. The artists won La Biennale di Venezia Special Award at Venice, presented to Canadian artists for the first time and the Benesse Prize, recognizing artists who break new artistic ground with an experimental and pioneering spirit. Cardiff and Bures Miller have recently had exhibitions at

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, San Francisco (2018),

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(2008), the

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, Edinburgh, Scotland (2008)

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(2005), Luhring Augustine, New York (2004), Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati (2003),

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(2002),

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(2002) and Oakville Galleries, Oakville, Ontario (2000).

Publications

* Cardiff, Janet and George Bures Miller. ''The Killing Machine and Other stories 1995 - 2007.'' Texts by Ralph Beil and Bartomeo Mari and other authors. MACBA Barcelona and Mathildenhohe Darmstadt, 2007. * Cardiff, Janet and George Bures Miller. ''Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller: Louisiana Contemporary''. Michael Juul Holm and Mette Marcus (eds). Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Denmark, 2006. * Cardiff, Janet and George Bures Miller. ''The Secret Hotel. Janet Cardiff + George Bures Miller''. Kunsthaus Bregenz and Eckgard Schneider (eds). Buchhandlung Walther Koenig, 2005. * Cardiff, Janet and George Bures Miller. ''Janet Cardiff & George Bures Miller – Venice Biennial – The Paradise Institute''. Texts by Wayne Baerwald. Buchhandlung Walther Koenig, 2001. * Miller, George Bures. ''George Bures Miller – Simple Experiments in Aerodynamics: 6 & 7''. Texts by Wayne Baerwaldt & Dana Samuel. Toronto:

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, A Centre for Contemporary Art, 2001.

References

General references

* Smith, Roberta. "Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller." ''The New York Times'' (March 2004): E33.

External links

Janet Cardiff and George Bures Miller official website

{{DEFAULTSORT:Bures Miller, George Artists from Alberta Canadian installation artists 1960 births Living people OCAD University alumni Canadian contemporary artists People from Vegreville