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Cristin Millett

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105 Visual Arts

Cristin Millett

Biography

Straddling traditional disciplinary boundaries, Cristin Millett’s investigations of medicine and its history are integral to her artistic process. Her toolkit of sculptural processes incorporates new advances in digital technology along with established methods of sculpture such as stone carving and bronze casting. The resulting objects and installations prompt a contemporary cultural critique of societal issues surrounding reproduction and gender identity.

Cristin was awarded a Fulbright to the University of Western Australia in 2020. For her Fulbright, she will be an artist in residence at SymbioticA, an artistic laboratory dedicated to research and hands-on engagement with the life sciences. At SymbioticA, she will study the science of ectogenesis, the augmentation or replacement of the fecund uterus by a machine. The outcome of her research will be the creation of a sculptural artwork titled Ex-Utero. Ex-Utero will prompt questions and conversations about the socio-cultural impact of ectogenesis, a science with far-reaching implications that will change the future of humanity.

Cristin’s artwork has been widely exhibited, including at the Villa Strozzi, Florence; the International Museum of Surgical Science, Chicago; the Exploratorium, San Francisco; and the Mütter Museum, Philadelphia. She is an Embedded Faculty Researcher in the Arts + Design Research Incubator and a Professor of Art in the School of Visual Arts at Penn State.

Collected Works

Detail close-up of a black hollow kidney made from cast iron. The kidney is in two pieces and the cavity is filled with brown human hair.
Chandelier made with cast aluminum and white cast vinyl crystal accents.
Close up shot of Large circular aluminum frame with white printed chiffon panels. The center has a modified exam table with a video projection of a human body and the viewer's face.
Large circular aluminum frame with white chiffon panels. Each panel is printed with a cross pattern and cameo design.
Close-up shot of a white feminine hand sculpture protruding from a wood frame.
Large floor sculpture of black cast iron hand balled into a fist. In the background, a white feminine hand sculpture protrudes from a wood frame.
Detail shot of art installation of many silver spoons cascading from a painted-black disembodied mouth embedded in a wood frame.
Art installation of many silver spoons cascading down to the floor from a wood frame.
Close-up shot of the grey protruting hands holding a silver platter with two glass eyes.
Wall-mounted installation of a grey, blindfolded face and hands protrude from matching frames. The hands are holding a silver platter with two glass eyes.
Cristin Millett
Black hollow kidney made from cast iron on a rustic platter. The kidney is in two pieces and the cavity is filled with brown human hair.
Light grey, rectangular marble sculpture with female form indent, propped on a stand. The indent is lined with cured meats.
Dark-stained wood throne, accented with gold jacquard padding on the arms and seat. The seat is cut out in a horseshoe shape and the backrest is adorned with ten dark red resin bumps.
Close-up detail of gold disembodied hands protrude from an oval wood-framed floor mirror, holding a gold platter of white breast forms.
Gold disembodied hands protrude from an oval wood-framed floor mirror, holding a gold platter of white breast forms.
Wall-mounted sculpture of gold disembodied hands holding a gold platter with a white breast and red pomegranate.
"#MeToo – for Cecilia in Trastevere" by Cristin Millett. Sculpture made from cast silicone, acrylic and cotton fiber, pubic hair, and cast aluminum.
Cristin Millett peering through one of the red portholes of her "Coronal Plane" installation piece.
Art installation of twelve architectural structures made from medium density overlay, LED lights, and inkjet prints mounted on glass