Are you an artist, arts organization or venue?

artist

What town do you live in?

Amherst

In which disciplines do you work or exhibit?

Drawing, Painting, Sculpture

Artist Statement/Bio

Hillary Milens is a working artist born and raised in Burlington, Vermont. Milens has a Bachelor of Fine Art from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst. After concentrating mainly in sculpture while at UMass, she began experimenting with drawing and painting. Milens returned to Amherst, MA in the fall of 2005 to continue pursuing her art career as well as a career in non-profit/arts management. Milens is currently the General Manager of Amherst Cinema and Pleasant Street Theater.

Milens’ work is an exploration of surface, texture, and color. Her paintings are made by building up and breaking down the surface of the wood by applying layers of paint, scrapping into the paint and marking the surface with various tools and techniques. An interest in repetition, organic form and the meditative process are all present in the paintings.

Milens is represented by wünderarts in Amherst, MA. Parties interested in seeing a selection of her work, may contact Tony or Nora Maroulis at (413) 256-6600 or visit www.wunderarts.com. For other inquiries about Milens’ artwork, please email her at hamilens@gmail.com.