Selected solo exhibitions

2007
Apex: Wes Mills, Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR June – October
PDX Contemporary Art, Portland, OR. July.
Small is Beautiful, Gasser & Grunert, Inc. New York, NY May 14 – June 30th
Jane Highstein, David Ireland, Toshi Miki, Wes Mills, Dwight Hackett projects, Santa Fe NM March 24 – May 5
Unspeakable: James Castle, Andrea Merrel, Wes Mills, J. Crist Gallery, Boise, ID. February 10 -March24
New aquisitions, Art Museum of Missoula, December – January

2006
Block Party, Daniel Weinberg Gallery, Los Angeles,CA. July 15 - August 26
Line and Surface, works on Paper, Peter Blum, New York, NY. January 20 - March 25.
Strange, The Cartin Collection, G fox building, Hartford, CT. February 11 - April 9.

2005
Wes Mills, drawings from the cartin collection, Art Basel / Art + Design, Miami Florida, Dec.1-4
Contemporary drawings, Schick Art Gallery, Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, NY. Nov 11- Dec 18.
Wes Mills, Tom Sather” Dwight Hackett Projects, Santa Fe New Mexico, May 21-June 25
Tom Friedman, untitled, Wes Mills, Drawings of Jain,Galerie Albrecht, Munich Germany, Apri 21-May 21
Traces Tracy Williams, Ltd, New York, NY. January - February 2005

2004
Contemporary works on paper, Museum of Fine Arts, Santa Fe, NM. October 22 - January 9, 2004
Wes Mills, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. May 28 - July 2, 2004
Works on Paper: A 5th Anniversary Exhibition, (group exhibition) James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM. Dec. 19, 2003 - Feb. 26, 2004
Paper, (group exhibition) Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA. July. 19 - August 16
Wes Mills: Drawings from the Second Nature, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA. March 15 - April 19
Wes Mills: The Second Nature, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM. Dec. 20, 2002 - Feb. 22, 2003

2003
At the Edge of Science, Sun Valley Center for the Arts, Ketchum, ID. Nov. 10, 2003 - Jan.9,

2002
Wes Mills: Bitterroot drawings, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, February 21 - March 30
Anne Appleby, Mala Breuer, Cary Smith, Wes Mills, Galerie Albrecht, Munich Germany. Oct. 17 - Nov. 16
Drawings at the Ice House, The Ice House, Mayfield, KY. June 4 - June 26
Survey, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA . July - Aug. 12

2001
Anne Appleby / Wes Mills, Art Museum of Missoula, November 2, - January 5, 2002
Wes Mills: Over the shore line, Galerie Albrecht, Munich Germany. July 5 - Aug. 8
Stuart Arends, Mala Breuer, Wes Mills,Tom Waldron Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. May 29 – June 23
Summer (group exhibition), Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY. July 1 - Aug. 15
Survey, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA . July 1 - Aug. 15
Minimal, G. Goldberg, E. Kelly, S. LeWitt, B. Marden, W.Mills, R.Tuttle. Jim Kempner Fine Art, New York, NY. March 31 - May 5
Wes Mills: Drawings, Hosfelt Gallery, San Francisco, CA. Jan. 27 - March 3
Gallery Artist, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM. March

2000
Wes Mills: at Aurobora Press, San Francisco, CA. November 13 - December 16
Microwave, 123 Watts Gallery, New York, NY. Sept. 16 - Nov. 18
Anne Appleby / Wes Mills New Prints, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. Aug. 26 - Sept. 16
Wes Mills: Open- Ended, Galerie Albrecht, Munich Germany. May 4 - June 8
Tamarind: Forty Years, University Art Museum, Albuquerque, NM. June 6 - September 30
Mala Breuer, Kate Sheppard, Wes Mills, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM.
Wes Mills: Memory line, Gallery Joe, Philadelphia, PA. March 17 - April 29
Paperworks: Group exhibition, Contemporary Arts Society of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM. March 1- 31
Wes Mills: Missoula Drawings, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY. January 28 - February 24
Lasting Impressions: Contemporary prints from the Bruce Brown Collection,
Portland Museum of Art, Portland, ME. April 5 - June 4

1999
Minimal / Emotional: Glen Goldberg, Wes Mills, Xiaobai Su, Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany. Nov. 30 - Dec. 26
Wes Mills: 8 Drawings, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL. July 23 - September 3
The drawing show, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA . October
Group exhibition, H. Frankenthaler, D. Smith, D. Sultan, M. di Servio, W. Mills, M. Heizer,
Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI. April 30 - June 6
Wes Mills: Drawings, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA. May 20 - June 26
Gallery artists, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY. December 18 - January 25
Blue on White: Wes Mills Drawings, James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM. March 5 - April 28
Wes Mills: New lithographs, Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM. March 2 - 26
Group drawing show, Rhona Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL. January
The Art of Drawing, G.Baselitz, James Lee Byars, B. Hunt, P. Kerkaby, A. Martin, W. Mills, S. Polka,
S. Rothenberg, E. Ruscha, D. Smith, C. Twombly, J. Westwater, T. Winters,
James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, NM. Jan 26 - Feb. 27

1998
Wes Mills / Julie Allen, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY. Dec. 2 - Jan. 16
Wes Mills: Drawings, Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany. Sept. 12 - Oct. 17
Wes Mills: Drawings, Hill Gallery, Birmingham, MI. April 30 - June 6
Wes Mills: Drawings, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY. January 21 - February 21
Works on paper: New acquisitions, Harwood Museum, Taos, NM. Summer
Drawing the Primary Sense: Wes Mills, Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA. December 13 - January 28
Works on paper,Terry Allen, Mala Breuer, Lesley Dill, Wes Mills, Bruce Nauman, Richard Tuttle, Susan Wing, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM.

1997
Wes Mills: Drawings, Galerie Haus Schneider, Karlsruhe, Germany. September 24 - October 20
The Ceramic Project, Howard Yezerski & Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA. Nov 29 – Dec 20
The Prints of Albuquerque, Richard Levy Gallery & Tamarind Institute, Albuquerque, NM. Oct.10 - Nov. 22
General Consensus, D.Judd, E. King, S. LeWitt, A. Martin, W. Mills, F. Sandback, K. Smith,
Barbara Krakow Gallery, Boston, MA. June 12 - July 24
Art Foundry Editions, L. Benglis, W. Mills, R. Morris, B. Nauman, S. Rothenberg, D. Salle, K. Smith, R.Tuttle, Knoedler & Company, New York, NY. June 18 - August 22
Quasi per gioco, B. Dimitrijevic, A. Di Fabio, B. Michajlov, W. Mills, A.Pagnes. Palazzo Mocenigo, Venezia, Italy June (Catalog)
Contemporary New Mexico Artists: Sketches & Schemas, Sheldon Art Center, University of Nebraska February 11 - April 13
Drawings, Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany. September 12 - October 17

1996
Small Scale: Group Exhibition, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY. December 18 - January 25, 1997
Contemporary New Mexico Artists, SITE Santa Fe, Santa Fe, NM. November 21 - January 11
Wes Mills: Drawings, Baumgartner Galleries Inc., Washington, DC. October 25 - December 5
Invitational, J. Allen, D. Levinthal, P. Maione, W. Mills, M. Pellegrin, Joseph Helman Gallery, New York, NY. September 4 - 28
Drawing, Galerie Albrecht, Munich, Germany. May 1 - 28
In Pursuit of the Invisible: Selections from the Mickey and Janice Cartin Collection, The Richmond Art Center, The Loomis Chaffee School, Windsor, CT. May 20 - June 6 (Catalog)
Works on Paper, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO. May 24 - July 1
Works on Paper: Group Show, Geoffrey Young Gallery, Gt. Barrington, MA. June 26 - July 20
Wes Mills: New Drawings, Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM. March 16 - April 18
The International Library (with Helmut Lohr), Frederick R. Weisman Art Museum, Minneapolis, MN. June
The Rational World: The Drawing Show, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. January 13 - February 10
Works on Paper, Curt Marcus Gallery, New York, NY. January 6 - February 10
Site Santa Fe Award Recipients Exhibition, Santa Fe, NM. November 30 - January 26
Wes Mills: Santa Fe Drawings, Galerie Haus Schneider, Ettlingen, Germany. December 16 - January 18

1995
Wes Mills: My Drawings, Baldwin Gallery, Aspen, CO. November 24 - December 28
Wes Mills: New Drawings, Kohn Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, CA. February 25 - March 25, 1995
Black and White: Drawings, Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM. September 1 - October 12
Ethereal Materialism: Ava Gerber, Jim Hodges, Siobahn Liddell, Wes Mills, Jessica Stockholder, Richard Tuttle, (Susan Harris, curator) Apex Art, New York, NY. October 15 - November 26
Wes Mills: Recent Work, Berman/Daferner Gallery, New York, NY. September 10 - November 5
Wes Mills:Orchard Drawings, Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, NM. July 22 - August 22
New Drawings on Paper, Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM. July

1993
Win Knowlton, Wes Mills, Sarah Schwartz, Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, NM. Feb 20 - Mar 20

1992
Wes Mills, Malcolm Morley, Arnulf Rainer, Ulysses Gallery, New York, NY.

1984
Eighth Annual Small Works Exhibition, Washington Square Gallery, New York, NY.

1982
Invitational Painting Exhibition, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX.
Wes Mills: Paintings and Constructions, Paris Gibson Square Gallery, Great Falls MT.
American Drawings, Portsmouth Community Arts Center, Portsmouth, VA.
Wes Mills: Paintings and Constructions, Cambellsville College, Cambellsville, KY.

1981
Fifth National Painting Exhibition, W.F. Mullaly Galleries, Birmingham, MI.
Appalachian National Drawing Exhibition, Boone, NC.
Appalachian Drawing Exhibition, Traveling Exhibition
Wes Mills: Paintings, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY. September
National Drawing Exhibition, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ.
Wes Mills: Pregnant Space, Mason Art Gallery, Murray, KY.

1980
Kentucky Drawing Exhibition, Clara M. Eagle Gallery, Murray, KY.
Dana Heath & Wes Mills, University Art Center Art Gallery, Murray, KY.

1979
Point Dexter Student Show, Point Dexter Gallery, Helena, MT.

Selected Bibliography

2005
Quinn, Elizabeth, “Three Drawings”High Desert Journal . Fall 2005 Issue #2
King Sarah, “Santa Fe summer preview” Art in America Magazine. June/July 2005
Lhamo Rinchen, “Wes Mills, Tom Sather at Dwight Hackett Projects” THE Magazine, July 2005

2004
Reed, Arden, “ Wes Miills at Richard Levy”Art in America Magazine. September 2004
Armitage, Diane, “Wes Mills: Drawings from 1994 to 2004” THE Magazine, July 2004
Cartin, Mickey, “Wes Mills” (cataloge), May 2004
Previews,”Wes Mills,Bridges and the Living Line”, THE Magazine, May 2004
Chicon Rafael , Lloyd, Ann Wilson, “Wes Mills,” (hard cover book) Printed Matter, Inc. 2004

2003
Bailey, Susan, “New Age...” Wood River Journal, November 5, 2003
Pettinger, E.J, “And The Universe Said” Boise Weekly, December 17, 2003
Fallon, Roberta, “Pencil Perfect,” Philadelphia Weekly, April 2, 2003
Chambers, Christopher, “April Picks: Marjetica Potrc, Cecily Brown, Wes Mills...,” NY Arts Magazine, April 2003
Carlisle, Susanna, “Wes Mills: The Second Nature,” THE Magazine, April 2003
McQuaid, Cate, “Meticulous meditations on the Abstract,” Boston Globe, January 3, 2003

2002
Esplund, Lance, “Wes Mills drawings”, Art in America , November 2002
Naves, Mario, “Sweet Somethings of Silk and String” The New York Observer March 2002

2001
Corbett, William, All Prose “Wes Mills” 2001
Kwasny, Melissa, “Anne Appleby & Wes Mills” Catalog essay Winter 2001
McNamer, Megan, “What you see is... what you see” Missoula Independent 2001
Jones, Sherry, “Almost nothing” The Missoulian, November 2001
Esplund, Lance, Writers on Modern Art, Modern Painters , Fall 2001
Bienvenu, Josee “Microwave 3”, (catalog) September 2001
Pulka, W ,“Art Chicago”, Albuquerque Journal, June 3, 2001
Artner, Alan, “Art Chicago”, The Chicago Tribune, May 2001

2000
Esplund, Lance, “Divinations, The enigmatic drawings of Wes. Mills”, Modern Painters Magazine, Autumn 2000
Perl, Jed, “Theory for Gallerygoers, Wes Mills drawings”,The New Republic Magazine, (Review) March 2000
Rubinstein, Raphael, “Surveying the scene, The Whitney biennial” Art in America Magazine. July 2000
Liener, Michael, “Wes Mills New Monotype Drawings” (Catalog essay) November 2000
Bruce, Brown, “Lasting Impressions: Contemporary prints from the Bruce Brown Collection”, (Exhibition catalog)
Glueck, Grace, “ Wes Mills: Missoula drawings” The New York Times, (Review) February 18, 2000
Karlins, N.F, “Wes Mills: Missoula drawings” ArtNet Magazine (Review), March, 2000
Camper, Fred, “ Wes Mills: Missoula drawings”, (catalog) January 2000
Applaus, “Open Ended”, The Munich Paper (Review) May 2000
Bienvenu, Josee, “Microwave 2”, (catalog) September 2000
Levin, Kim, “Village Voice” (Recommended) September 2000

1999
Camper, Fred, “Drawing Us In”, The Chicago Reader, (Review) May 1999
Artner, Alan G, “Wes Mills at Rhona Hoffman”, The Chicago Tribune, (Review) July 1999
Camper, Fred, “Art 1999’s luminaries...”, The Chicago Reader, May 1999
King, Sarah, “Blue on White”, Wes Mills drawings at Jim Kelly Contemporary, Art in America, (Review) July 1999
Carlisle, Susanna, “Blue on White”, Wes Mills drawings” (Review) THE magazine, May 1999
Cross, Guy, “Interview with Wes Mills”, THE Magazine, March 1999
Brack, B., Wes Mills “Winter Drawings” NY Arts Magazine, January 1999
Mark Van De Walle, “Learning to see Slowly: the Drawings of Wes Mills” (Catalog Essay) September 1999

1998
Lloyd, Ann Wilson, “Walking on the Sea” (Catalog Essay) Spring 1998
Wilson, Malin. “Wes Mills’ Drawings: the Taos Years” (Catalog Essay) 1998
Goodman, Jonathan, “Wes Mills at Joseph Helman Gallery”, Art in America Magazine, June 1998
Sussler, Betsy, “Wes Mills”, BOMB Magazine, Summer 1998
Brennan, Michael, “Wes Mills”, (Review) ArtNet Magazine, March 1998
Corbett, Bill, “ Wes Mills drawings at Joseph Helman Gallery”, Arts Media Magazine, March 1998
Johnson, Ken, “ Wes Mills at Joseph Helman Gallery”, The New York Times, February 6, 1998
Walcott, Ellison, “ Wes Mills at Joseph Helman Gallery”, Review Magazine, February 1, 1998
McQaid, Cate, “Wes Mills at Barbara Krakow”, The Boston Globe, January 15, 1998

1997
Kiby, Ulrika, “Wes Mills / Raymond Pettibon at Galerie Haus Schneider”, Flash Art, October 1997
Corbett, Bill, (image) Wes Mills, Lingo Magazine #7, 1997
Adlmann, Jan, Contemporary Art in New Mexico, Wes Mills (p.130-133) 1997 (Hard cover Book)
Pulka,Wesley, “Artist extend textures far beyond surface”, Albuquerque Journal, June 1997
Armitage, Diane, “Drawings About Growth”, THE Magazine, July 1997

1996
Yau, John. “In Pursuit of the Invisible, Selections from the Collection of Janice and Mickey Cartin”,Hard Press, 1996

1995
Tobin, Richard, “Wes Mills and Corin Hewitt at Laura Carpenter Fine Art”, THE magazine,
Wes Mills Innerview”, Interview Magazine, August, 1995
Van de Walle, Mark, “Santa Fe”, Flash Art, Summer, 1995
Crump, James, “Alcove Show, Santa Fe Museum of Fine Arts,” New Art Examiner, March 1995
Adelman, Jan, “Report from Santa Fe,” Art in America, January, 1995
Harris, Susan, “Wes Mills at Berman/Daferner”, Art in America, January, 1995

1994
Ziolkowski, Thad, “Wes Mills”, Artforum Magazine, December 1994
Cross, Guy, “Universe of Wes Mills”, THE Magazine, September 1994
Armitage, Diane, “Exquisite Drawings Gain Power from Vulnerability”, Albuquerque Journal, March 24, 1994
Balsamo, Dean, “New Drawings: Wes Mills, Laura Carpenter Fine Art”, New Mexican
“Win Knowlton, Wes Mills, Sara Schwartz”,Pasatiempo, Santa Fe New Mexican, March 18, 1994

1993
Mark Van De Walle, “Win Knowlton, Wes Mills, Sara Schwartz”, New Art Examiner, May 1993
Van de Walle, Mark, “Win Knowlton, Wes Mills, Sara Schwartz”, THE Magazine, April 1993
Van de Walle, Mark, “Wes Mills”, Artforum Magazine, December 1993
Mentzinger, Bob, “Wes Mills Interview”, The Taos News, May 1993

1992
Ensor, Deborah, “Mill’s drawings: the essence of growing up”,Tempo, Dec. 1992

1981
Lawrence, Janice, “Artist dislikes being stereotyped”, Murray State News, Sept. 1981
Johnson, Barry,“Phyllis George Brown inspects Mills sculpture”, Murray State News, Oct. 1981

Selected Public Collections

Art Museum of Missoula, Montana
Harwood Museum of Art, University of New Mexico, Taos
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Museum of Fine Art, Santa Fe, New Mexico
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Rose Art Museum, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York