Chris Miller is the founder of New Paradigm Design Workshop. Originally from the cold, cold North woods of Minnesota, he now lives with his family in South Portland, Maine.
His creative practice is inspired by kindness, adventure, outer space, dinosaurs, bedtime stories and ice cream. It is preoccupied with the past, the future and everything in between. It is about cultivating curiosity, inciting imagination, and a shared sense of wonder.
With professional experience spanning art, design, education and construction, Chris holds a master’s degree in architecture from MIT, a BFA in sculpture from the Art Institute of Chicago and an associate's degree in liberal arts from Central Lakes College.
His recent work includes public art commissions around Maine, both temporary and permanent. He has contributed to exhibitions at the National Building Museum in Washington, D.C., the Shenzhen Biennale, the Boston Public Library, the City Museum of New York, the Janet Wallace Fine Arts Center at Macalester College, the Hyde Park Arts Center and Myopic Books of Chicago.