Ultrapots: Adam Miller and Trinie Dalton
Book Launch and Conversation

Join MOCA Store for a conversation between Adam Miller and Trinie Dalton celebrating Ultrapots by Adam Miller, a new publication by Lord Byron Editions that shares Miller’s ceramic works from recent exhibitions in Los Angeles and Paris. Miller and Dalton will share stories about cultivating arts communities; multitasking and the importance of mutual support systems in DIY contexts; and centering compassionate joy in creative processes. Miller’s luxe linen-bound book, that includes essays by Dalton and Reuben Merringer, celebrates artworks that archive particularly precious and challenging periods in Miller’s life. Come hear tales and toast to Miller, a central figure in Los Angeles arts culture and beyond. Conversation to be followed by a Q&A and book signing.

Adam D. Miller was born in Bellevue, WA and lives and works in Los Angeles, CA. He received a Master of Fine Arts degree from Art Center College of Design in 2008 and a Bachelor of Arts from California State University, Sacramento in 2005. Recent and forthcoming solo exhibitions include The Future Perfect, San Francisco and New York City; Gattopardo, Los Angeles; and Lefebvre & Fils, Paris. Miller is represented worldwide by The Future Perfect in addition to Mindy Solomon Gallery, Miami, and Lefebvre & Fils gallery, Paris. Miller is also the co-founder of the artist-run gallery The Pit in Los Angeles, as well as the lead designer and owner of Reaperware, a functional ceramics line that recently launched. He has curated dozens of exhibitions in California and New York including at The Torrance Art Museum, Verge Center of the Arts in Sacramento, CA, the Luckman Fine Arts Complex in Los Angeles, among others. He has also designed, edited, and published dozens of artist publications through The Pit’s former Risograph imprint.

Trinie Dalton has made seven books, including Destroy Bad Thoughts Not Your Own, a risograph edition of micro-essays published by The Pit. Dalton also writes about art and music. Monograph essays of hers salute artists like Keith Boadwee (The Pit), Tim Presley (Anthology Editions), Cate LeBon (Mexican Summer), Laura Owens (Rizzoli), Chris Martin (Skira), Tannaz Farsi (Sibley House), David Altmejd (Damiani), and Dorothy Iannone (Siglio). Dalton is Assistant Professor of Creative Writing at CSU East Bay, and lives in Grass Valley, CA.