Bio & Resume

Lyn Swett Miller is a micro-climate photographer with a BA in Art History from Harvard College (1988), a Masters in Business Administration from the University of Virginia (1995), and a Masters in Teaching from The Upper Valley Educator’s Institute (2012). She lives in Hanover, New Hampshire, USA. 


Miller’s first solo show, “Compost Compositions,” was in 2019. Since then, her work has been in numerous juried exhibitions throughout the United States. Her most recent solo compost exhibition, “Compost: Muse & Metaphor” was at WinCam at The Griffin Museum of Photography in Winchester, Massachusetts. 


Miller lives with her husband, two dogs, many houseplants, an extensive garden and two children when home from college. She has spent the past fifteen years trying to figure out what it takes for a suburban family of four to live sustainably. She is a founding member of the Sustainable Hanover Committee and has found a voice for her activism through photography.


Miller is happiest mucking around with the detritus of her life. While investigating compost, landfills, and other aspects of our material world, she creates visual meditations on the power of regeneration, transformation, and renewal.


The best way to keep up with Lyn is to either follow her on Instagram (@lynswettmiller) or subscribe to her newly launched newsletter, 13 Tons of Love. 


Resume

Education

Workshops with Maine Media, Griffin Museum, & more, 2021-present.

Upper Valley Educators Institute, MAT, 2012.

University of Virginia, MBA, 1995.

University of Edinburgh, Rotary Scholar, 1989-1990.

Harvard-Radcliffe College, BA - Fine Arts, 1988.


Solo Exhibitions

2024 — AVA Gallery & Art Center, "Meandering Mold: Messages from a Garden Library," Lebanon, NH USA.

2023 — AVA Gallery & Art Center, "370 N. Plainfield Road: An Intimate Portrait," Lebanon, NH USA.

2022 — WinCam@Griffin Museum of Photography, "Compost: Muse & Metaphor," Winchester, MA USA.

2022 — Vermont Center for Photography, Featured Artist, June, Brattleboro, VT USA.

2019 — AVA Gallery, "Compost Compositions," Lebanon, NH USA.


Group Exhibitions

2023 —Griffin Museum of Photography, "Photography Atelier 37" (Jennifer McClure)

2023 — Filter Photo, “Context 2023” Chicago, IL (Karen Haas)

2022 — Rhode Island Center for Photographic Arts, 4th Juried Member's Show (Kristin S. Street)

2022 — Griffin Museum of Photography, 28th Juried Exhibition (Frances Jakubek & Iaritza Menjivar)

2022 — Colorado Photographic Arts Center, Juried Member’s Show (Gregory Harris)

2022 — Fine Arts League Cary, NC Annual Juried Exhibition (Jennifer Dasal)

2022 — AVA Gallery, “Tilt Toward the Sun” Lebanon, NH (Janie Cohen)

2022 — Praxis Gallery, “Words, Words, Words” Minneapolis, MN (Dallas Crow)

2022 — Praxis Gallery, "Transience" Minneapolis, MD (Aline Smithson)

2022 — Allegany National Photography Competition & Exhibition, Cumberland, MD (David Oresick)

2022 — Perspectives Gallery, "Lens2022" Evanston, IL (Karen Irvine)

2020 — Vermont Center for Photography, "Open Juried Show" Brattleboro, VT (Andrea Rosen)

2019 — AVA Gallery, "Messages for the Future" Lebanon, NH (Alan Chong)

2018 — Osher at Dartmouth, "Barnyards & Backyard Discoveries" Hanover, NH, USA


Publications and Media

AVA Studio Chat. Interview in Studio 310 at AVA Gallery & Art Center, 2023

Optics. Episode 9, Griffin@WinCam with Crista Dix, Winchester, MA 2022

"Compost: Muse & Metaphor" Featured in Eye of Photography, Fall 2022

"Extinction 2022" Gallerium Art, Spring 2022

"Moldy Bread & Watarmelon" Artistonish, March 2022

Spark. CATV Interview with Amanda Rafuse, Hartford, VT 2021

“Compost, Corn and Deep Caring,” Green Energy Times, Issue 60 March - May 2020

“Pomegranates, 2015” Greenovation, Produced by Audi Environment Foundation. 2019
“Leek Soup & Salad, 2017” Harvard Art Journal, Vol. VI, Special 25th Reunion Edition, May 2018


Artist's Talks & Workshops

"Compost: Muse & Metaphor," Griffin Museum of Photography, December 2022

“Climate Joy: How Creativity & Climate Action Can Inspire Joy & New Ways of Being,” AVA Gallery, Lebanon, NH, 2019.
“Waste & Our Material World,” A Conversation with Marc Morgan, Manager of the Lebanon Landfill, AVA Gallery, 2019.
“Walt Whitman & Compost: Who Knew?” A workshop in celebration of International Compost Awareness Week & the celebration of the 200th anniversary of Walt Whitman’s birth, Open Door Studio, White River Junction, VT, 2019.


Lyn Miller, Spark LSM In Action
Lyn Miller, VCP LSM 2022 a,LSMiller
Lyn Miller, Optics Interview LSM & CD,LSMiller