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GiGi Griffin Miller is a mixed media artist, mother, and nature lover who has lived in Austin, Texas for over 20 years. GiGi seeks to bring happiness and beauty to the world by creating aesthetically pleasing art that is playful and feeds the imagination. She enjoys making ceramic tiles and sculpting whimsical concrete sculptures that have an uplifting effect on the audience. 

GiGi’s life goal is that everyone could experience joy and creativity daily. She dreams of accomplishing this goal by creating large-scale public parks and playgrounds called “Playariums” (with community involvement) that would incorporate her fantastical sculptures. Additional fuel for this passion came through learning of the therapeutic effects (both physical and emotional) of imaginative free play. GiGi’s Playarium designs include structures that promote these types of interactions through the natural use of the artistic play areas.

Throughout her life, GiGi has spent countless hours enjoying and observing nature, which is a constant source of inspiration for her themes. From a young age, her parents’ love of travel exposed her to many interesting cultures and to fine art museums around the world. Though she has been painting since she was a young girl, she is not bound to any media. GiGi loves the creative process in general, whether she is painting, sculpting, working with mosaics, producing a multimedia installation, or taking photographs. At this point in her life, as a mother of young children, GiGi has decided to focus primarily on mosaic sculpture installations because it invites hands-on participation from the entire family.

GiGi received her Bachelor of Fine Arts degree from The University of Texas at Austin in 2003. Since then, she has continued to develop her art skills by studying with respected artists. Beginning in 2010, she spent over a year studying under famed realist painter Graydon Parrish in the classic atelier method. In 2011, she completed a mosaic installation workshop with community art visionary Isaiah Zagar in the Bay Area. GiGi is an active member of the Bee Cave Art Foundation, the Austin Mosaic Guild, the Cuernavaca Arts Cooperative, the Society of American Mosaic Artists, and the National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts.

GiGi produces art out of her commercial studio located near Bee Cave, TX.