Chris Miller

Risk is a fundamental aspect of ceramicist Chris Miller’s process, and each piece must be on the brink of failure. His ceramics are fired as many times as necessary to develop their complex surfaces and color. Sometimes this happens after a single firing; others are fired six or more times with successive layers of material and glaze to achieve their final state. They are both monstrous and beautiful, intuitive and strategic, honest and impolite—visceral combines. 

Miller is a professor of art at California State University Long Beach, which fosters one of the most respected and fertile ceramics communities in the world.

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Chris Miller

Of monument, window wedge vessel thing, 2021

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

21 x 13 x 10.5"

Chris Miller

Of monument, Double Basket thing, 2021

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

13.5 x 12” x 12”

Chris Miller

Of mystery, fragment thing, 2023

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze, wood

16 x 13.75 x 4


Chris Miller

Of monument, container thing, 2021

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

16 x 10 x 9.5”

Chris Miller

Of monument, hook thing, 2023

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze, foam

28.5 x 25 x 4”

Chris Miller

Of monument, cup thing with green, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

7 x 6.5 x 6.5”

Chris Miller

Of mystery, smile thing, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze,

13.75 x 11.75 x 3.5”

Chris Miller

Untitled Slab, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

9” x 8” x 2”

Chris Miller

Of monument, rock thing for Brit, 2023

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze string

29 x 19 x 14


Chris Miller

Of monument, head bucket thing, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

19.75 x 14 x 13.25”

Chris Miller

Of monument, Gemini thing, 2023

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze,

36.5 x 41 x 19”


Chris Miller

Of mystery, gesture thing, 2023

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze, foam

77.25 x 47.5 x 2.75”

Chris Miller

Of mystery, crusty head thing, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

13 x 8 x 7”


Chris Miller

Of mystery, body thing, 2023

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze, wood,

34.5 x 26 x 21”


Chris Miller

Of monument, we loved tree thing, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

30 x 20 x 17”


Chris Miller

Of monument, mortar and pestle thing, 2023

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

15 x 10 x 9.5”


Chris Miller

Of monument, mixing pot thing, 2021

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

15 x 11 x 14”


Chris Miller

Of monument, tub thing with yellow, 2023

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

11 x 13 x 14”


Chris Miller

Of monument, brute thing, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze, wood

12 x 17 x 19”


Chris Miller

Of monument, pot and slab thing, 2021

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

15.75 x 14 x 13”

Chris Miller

Of monument, skull thing, 2021

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

10.5 x 12 x 9.5”

Chris Miller

Of monument, mortar thing, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

7 x 7.25 x 7.25”

Chris Miller

Of monument, bowl thing, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

4 x 6.5 x 7”


Chris Miller

Of monument, chicken vessel thing, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

7.5 x 7 x 5”

Chris Miller

Of monument, tree heart thing, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

24.5 x 9.5 x 9.5”


Chris Miller

Of monument, pot and stick thing, 202118 x 15 x 13”

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze


Chris Miller

Of mystery, falling thing, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

9 x 8.25 x 2.25”

Chris Miller

Of monument, stump thing, 2023

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

27 x 12.5 x 15”

Chris Miller

Of mystery, traced path thing, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

20 x 18 x 1”

Chris Miller

Of monument, stick thing, 2023

casting slip and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze, wire, Apoxie Clay

61 x 11 x 4”

Chris Miller

Of mystery, speaking vessel thing, 2023

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

27 x 21 x 16”

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Chris Miller

Of monument, cup thing, 2022

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

24.5 x 9.5 x 9.5”


Chris Miller

Stump, 2022`

Various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

30 x 13.5 x 16"

Chris Miller

Of monument, pot thing, 2021

various clays and ceramic materials, glaze, underglaze

3 x 4 x 4”