Miriam Lilje Click on the link below for a virtual tour of the artist's studio, her inspiration, concepts, and teaching space.  Originally from northern Germany, art has always been Miriam's passion. She graduated from the University of Hamburg with a Masters Degree in Art History in 2007. Her thesis explored the history of reproductive prints of the Apollo Belvedere dating from the 17th and 18th centuries. In 2008, she came to New Orleans and fell in love with the city immediately. Her first employer was the Art Department at the University of New Orleans where she taught Art History to college students. It was in this artistic environment that Miriam resumed her studio art practice. While working at Tulane University's Newcomb Art Department as Adjunct Assistant Professor for History of Art (2011-2016), Miriam started her own art business on Oak Street. She founded Atelier Mimi, a small gallery and teaching studio, in 2012. The following years were very productive: Miriam took an Advanced Painting class with Aaron Collier and presented her debut solo exhibition "Ouverture" at Staple Goods in 2014. The show featured abstract works inspired by landscapes and classical music. Miriam’s work is still rooted in abstraction. Although forms such as trees and creeping vines can be seen in her work, she lets the fluidity of her brush take precedence over finite details. Much of Lilje’s work includes washes of color - purple, green, blue - that stand in contrast to outlines and structure. Most recently her paintings were on view at Claire Elizabeth Gallery in New Orleans’ French Quarter.  In January 2019, Miriam moved her studio gallery to a larger space on Magazine Street, facilitating an interdisciplinary dialogue between a variety of artists. At the onset of the corona virus pandemic in 2020, she opted to close her brick and mortar store and is now operating out of her home in Uptown New Orleans. December 2020
July 2020 January 2020
September 2019
January 2019
November 2018-January 2019
August-September 2018
April-August 2018 Exhibition of recent works at Paris Parker Studio, Magazine Street November 2017 Mimi's Art Yard | An eclectic art market in the courtyard of Atelier Mimi, coinciding with PoBoy Festival on Oak Street October 2017-May 2018 Featured artist at the mixed merchant southern collective store Market at Magazine & Sixth December 2016-present Annual Louise S. McGehee School Book Week and Holiday Boutique - A fair for boutique owners, crafters, and artists October 2016 22nd Annual Poydras Home Art Show in New Orleans | Juried and Sales Exhibition Group exhibition at the inaugural Celebrate Mental Health Festival at Tulane University March 24th, 2016
Sept 2015-January 2018
Dec 2014-March 2015 Landscapes, exhibition at Paris Parker Studio, Magazine St Sept/Oct 2014
June/July 2014 Landscapes, exhibition at Louisiana Pizza Kitchen, French Quarter 2012-present Various events at Art Studio and Gallery Atelier Mimi
2012-present
2012-2013 Monthly Art Sale at Arts Market of New Orleans at Palmer Park |