Casey Riordan Millard is a Cincinnati-based artist working in a variety of media including painting, drawing, sculpture, video, and publication. Millard obtained a Bachelor's in Fine Art in 1994 from Ohio University in Athens, OH. Millard’s artwork has been displayed in various cities and states such as Cincinnati, OH, Buffalo, NY, and Chicago, IL. Millard’s character, Shark Girl, appears in many of her illustrations, paintings, and sculptures. Shark Girl is a young girl with the head of a shark created in 2004. Her children’s book “Shark Girl and Belly Button” was published by blue Manatee Press and was nominated for The Foreword Reviews 2014 INDIEFAB Book of the Year Award, Picture Books. In addition, the book was a 2015 Ohio Book Award nominee.
Biography
2017
Anima and Animus Illustrated, Marta Hewett Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Solo Exhibitions:
2017
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
2016
ArtWorks, Kennedy Heights Arts Center Annex, Cincinnati, Ohio
2015
Albright- Knox Art Gallery, Canalside, Buffalo, New York
2014
Thomas More College, Crestview Hills, Kentucky
2013
Angela Meleca Gallery, Columbus, Ohio
Findlay Street Project Space, Cincinnati, Ohio
Cincinnati Recreation Commission, Yeatman’s Cove, Cincinnati, Ohio
2012
UnMuseum, Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2011
PAC Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Packer-Schopf Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Herron School of Art and Design, IUPUI, Indianapolis, Indiana
2009
Weston Art Gallery, Aronoff Center for the Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio
2008
Packer-Schopf Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
The Carnegie, Covington, Kentucky
2006
Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
Group Exhibitions:
2016
Faculty Art Show, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
2015
Escape Hatch Collective, Kennedy Heights Arts Center, Cincinnati, Ohio
2014
The Fine Art of Illustration, Gallery One One, Cincinnati, Ohio
2013
Lubeznik Center for the Arts, Michigan City, Indiana
2012
SOFA Chicago, with the Packer Schopf Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2010
John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
PAC Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Summerfair Group Exhibition, Funkes Fired Arts, Cincinnati, Ohio
For the Birds, Northern Kentucky University, Highland Heights, Kentucky
20 Years/20 Artists, Art Academy of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, Ohio
UTurn Gallery, Breaking Up Is Hard To Do, Cincinnati, Ohio
2009
Evanston Arts Center, Once Upon a Time and Now, Evanston, Illinois
Fuller Craft Museum, The Perfect Fit, Brockton, Massachusetts
2008
Fine arts Fund, Enjoy the Arts 20/20 Festival, Cincinnati, Ohio
Columbus Metropolitan Library, Ohio Arts Council juried show, Columbus, Ohio
Art Chicago, with the Packer-Schopf Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2007
Bridge Art Fair, with the Packer-Schopf Gallery, Miami, Florida
Music Show II, through Publico Gallery, Cincinnati, Ohio
Art Chicago, with the Packer-Schopf Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2006
Gen Art, Ignite! 2006 Chicago, Chicago, Illinois
Art Chicago, with the Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2005
University of Cincinnati, WordArt, Cincinnati, Ohio
Aron Packer Gallery, Four, Chicago, Illinois
2004
The Affordable Art Fair, with the Aron Packer Gallery, NYC, New York
2003
Aron Packer Gallery, Chicago, Illinois