Mia Aplin Rollins
Providence, RI | New York, NY | Nashville, TN
miarollins12@gmail.com
mia-rollins.com
Born 1995, from Nashville, TN
Professor of Manufacturing Design
Department of Physics and Engineering, Community College of Rhode Island
EDUCATION
Rhode Island School of Design (RISD)
M.F.A. Sculpture
Providence, RI | 2020-2022
Oxbow School of the Arts and Artist Residency
Summer Intensive Program
Saugatuck, MI | 2021
Brown University
B.A. Visual Arts | B. A. Modern Culture and Media
Providence, RI | 2013-2017
Brown University Summer Abroad Program
Comillas, Spain | 2014
SOLO + TWO-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
Dreams Like Cherenkov
Galerie Siedlarek | Frankfurt, Germany | 2023
Phantasmagoria
3S Artspace, | Portsmouth, NH | 2021
Seven Voyages
with Ali Al-Chaer
Studio 66 Gallery | Nashville, TN | 2019
Goodnight Baby: Retrospective in Lullaby
List Art Center | Providence, RI | 2017
Beautiful Little Fool
List Art Center | Providence, RI | 2015
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
Inheritance
Chashama Gallery | New York, NY | 2022
RISD MFA Graduate Thesis Exhibition
Dukin Donuts Convention Center | Providence, RI | 2022
Residual Hauntings
RISD Museum | Providence, RI | 2022
Hypothesis
The Torpedo Factory | Alexandria, VA | 2021
RISD Sculpture Biennial
Sol Koffler Gallery | Providence, RI | 2021
Memories and How We Hold Them
Gelman Gallery | Providence, RI | 2021
Vibrant Matter
RISD | Providence, RI | 2021
Pandemonium
Pawtucket A.C. | Pawtucket, RI | 2020
Home is Where the Plastic-Eating Stomach Is
Swale House | Governors Island, NY | 2019
Double-Decker Juried Show
Greenpoint Gallery | Brooklyn, NY | 2019
The Shape of Memories
LOFT Artist Gallery | Stamford, CT | 2019
Review of Art of the South
Memphis College of Art | Memphis, TN | 2019
Exploration
Sciences Library | Providence, RI | 2019
Sustainable Impact
Turnip Greens | Nashville, TN | 2018
Crappy Magic
Track One | Nashville, TN | 2018
Entropy
Sciences Library | Providence, RI | 2018
Brown University 2017 Juried Exhibition
David Winton Bell Gallery| Providence, RI | 2017
Momo Art Collective
The Nations | Nashville, TN | 2017
Graduation Show
List Art Center | Providence, RI | 2017
Graduation Show
Granoff Center for the Arts | Providence, RI | 2017
Un-Touch-Able
Granoff Center for the Arts | Providence, RI | 2017
Brown University 2016 Juried Exhibition
David Winton Bell Gallery | Providence, RI | 2016
North by Northeast
List Art Center | Providence, RI | 2016
Moving Media
Granoff Center for the Arts | Providence, RI | 2016
In Fact, However, And Yet This
List Art Center | Providence, RI | 2016
Conceptual Proportions
List Art Center | Providence, RI | 2016
Spring Arts Festival
Granoff Center for the Arts | Providence, RI | 2016
Brown University 2015 Juried Exhibition
David Winton Bell Gallery | Providence, RI | 2015
The Border of Whimsey
List Art Center | Providence, RI | 2015
The Girls
Granoff Center for the Arts | Providence, RI | 2016
Exposition
Universidad Pontifica | Comillas, Spain | 2017
AWARDS | GRANTS
NASA SCoPE Seed Grant
NASA Science Mission Directorate Community of Practice for Education (SCoPE)
in partnership with the University of New Hampshire | 2022-2023
Oxbow School of the Arts Summer Intensive Program Graduate Scholarship
SAIC/RISD | Saugatuck, MI | 2021
S.L.Y. Herman Scholarship
RISD | Providence, RI | 2020-2022
Joslin Award for Excellence in Art
Brown University | Providence, RI | 2017
M.H. Hicks Prize in Sculpture
Brown University | Providence, RI | 2017
Marlene Malick Sculpture Award
Brown University | Providence, RI | 2016-2017
Brown Arts Initiative Grant
Brown University | Providence, RI | 2016
Julia Sloane Memorial Fund
Brown University | Providence, RI | 2015-2016
Saint Anthony Hall Educational Fund Grant
Saint Anthony Hall | Providence, RI | 2015
RESIDENCIES
Oxbow School of Art and Artist Residency
Saugatuck, MI | 2023
Visual Muze Storytelling Residency
Governors Island, New York, NY | 2022
Brown University Space Program
Artist in Collaboration | 2022
Rhode Island Nuclear Science Center
Artist in Residence | 2021-2022
Flow Physics Facility Artist in Residence
University of New Hampshire | 2021-2022
Department of Astrophysics Artist in Collaboration
Community College of Rhode Island | 2021-2022
Pulse Laser Residency
Center for the Holographic Arts | Columbus, OH | 2020
(Accepted, canceled due to COVID-19)
Elsewhere Artist Residency
Greensboro, NC | 2020
(Accepted, canceled due to COVID-19)
Production Assistant to Leslie Thornton for Collide Artist Residency at CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire)
Meyrin, Switzerland | 2019
BIBLIOGRAPHY
“Phantasmagoria at 3S Artspace Looks into Memories of Portsmouth”
The New Hampshire | Jan. 24, 2021
“Crawl Space: May 2019”
The Nashville Scene | May 2, 2019
PUBLICATIONS
Messy Resurrections | MFA Graduate Thesis | 2022
Snuggleupagus | 2017
Imperfectly Elsa | 2016
The Sketchbook 9(1) | 2015
Saint Anthony Hall | Providence, RI
The Sketchbook 8(2) | 2015
Saint Anthony Hall | Providence, RI
Bluestockings Magazine | May 26th, 2015
Brown University | Providence, RI
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
2022 Graduate Professor Rhode Island School of Design
• Assisted with teaching and planning of Sophomore and Junior Research Studio, Deigital Fabrication, and Open Hardware classes
2020-2022 Graduate Teaching Assistant, Rhode Island School of Design
• Assisted with teaching and planning of Sophomore and Junior Research Studio, Deigital Fabrication, and Open Hardware classes
2019 Artist Assistant to Mary Mattingly
• Assisted artist with research and development of projects. • Acted as docent and organized community outreach projects at Swale House on Governor’s Island.
2019 Production Assistant during Leslie Thornton’s Artist Residency at CERN (Conseil Européen pour la Recherche Nucléaire, Switzerland)
2018-2019 Visual Arts Teacher Episcopal School of Nashville
• Taught visual art to pre-kindergarten through fourth-grade classes
• Steer-headed, assisted, and advised school on creative projects
2017- 2019 Artist Assistant to Leslie Thornton, Filmmaker
• Production Assistant
• Assistant Editor
2017 Teaching Assistant, Brown University Department of Modern Culture and Media
• Helped teach "Intro to Filmmaking" and "Advanced Filmmaking: What's Happening to Narrative?" courses.
• Managed organizational aspects of running the classes, ran equipment.
• Ran workshops on Bolex Cameras, Digital cameras, and sound and image editing in Adobe Premier
• Held office hours for students who need extra help with projects
2015-2017 Department Undergraduate Group Leader for Brown University Department of Visual Arts
• Help students make and strengthen connections with other concentrators, professors, and department alums through organizing department events such as parties, lectures, and exhibitions.
• Provide a means for students to explore the VISA concentration through giving tours and representing Visual Arts at university events
2016-2017 Studio Monitor, Printmaking Studio, List Art Center
• Monitored students during open studio hours, cleaned and organized space and materials
2015-2016 Gallery Assistant, List Art Center
• Help set-up and take-down exhibitions, clean and maintain gallery spaces and studio spaces.
• substitute studio monitor for painting, printmaking, and digital media studios
2001-2013 USFSA Competitive Figure Skater, Trained in TN and in MA
• Senior level, competed nationally, performed in many shows