Tanja McMillan

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Tanja McMillan
Born
Tanja Jade Thompson

1982 (age 41–42)
Maryborough, Australia
NationalityAustralia, New Zealand
Known forpainting, drawing, sculpture
Styletattoo style, graffiti, kimo-kawaii

Tanja Jade McMillan (born Tanja Jade Thompson, also Tanja Jade, and Misery 1982, Maryborough, Australia) is a graffiti artist, and painter of Tahitian and Chinese descent [1] best known as Misery, is currently based in Auckland, New Zealand. [2] [3]

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Art career

"Thief" (2015) by McMillan and John Oz, one of two sculptures located on Karangahape Road, Auckland Thief 20231207 165758 02.jpg
"Thief" (2015) by McMillan and John Oz, one of two sculptures located on Karangahape Road, Auckland

McMillan started painting as Misery since she was at Auckland Metropolitan College in 1997, where she became friends with fellow student, Elliot O'Donnell, best known as Askew, who given McMillan the name Misery. [2] [1] In 2010, McMillan temporarily abandoned the name Misery at age 28 when she felt the brand Misery was consuming her, [4] by ceremonially auctioning off the last of the Misery works at Webb's auction house in Auckland. [2] McMillan has since reclaimed the name Misery and describes her style as kimo-kawaii, creepy and cute in Japanese. [5] Her husband is a well known New Zealand tattoo artist Tom McMillan, best known as Tom Tom. [6]

There are two bronze sculptures named Twist and Thief by McMillan on Karangahape Road, commissioned by Auckland Council, to be part of Auckland Council Art Collection in collaboration with John Oz. [7] McMillan have collaborated with many well known designers and brands, such as New Balance, [8] Blunt, [9] Bitra, Casio Baby-G, Telecom, Serato and Piaggio. [10]

McMillan has been shown extensively in New Zealand and internationally such as Berlin, Taiwan, Melbourne, Paris, Hawaii and Los Angeles. [11]

Selected solo exhibitions

Selected group exhibitions

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  2. 1 2 3 RUSSELL, NICOLA (2010-11-06). "She's moving on from Misery". Stuff. Retrieved 2023-11-09.
  3. ↑ Newton, Katie (2018-08-09). "Kimo-kawaii: Where creepy and cute meet". Stuff. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  4. ↑ RUSSELL, NICOLA (2010-11-02). "It's time to end Misery". Stuff. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  5. ↑ Newton, Katie (2018-08-09). "Kimo-kawaii: Where creepy and cute meet". Stuff. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  6. ↑ Bell, Kyle (2016-10-06). "Against the Grain: How Tom Tom Founded Sunset Tattoo from a Self-Made Accident". Concrete Playground. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  7. ↑ Oz, Tanja McMillan, John. "Thief". Auckland Public Art. Retrieved 2023-11-10.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  8. ↑ "Auckland artist Misery's 'New Balance'". Remix Magazine. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  9. ↑ FNZ (2019-07-22). "Blunt Umbrellas release covetable collaboration with Misery". FashioNZ. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  10. ↑ "Creative Mornings with Misery". Concrete Playground. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  11. ↑ "WHAU RIVER – TANJA MCMILLAN (MISERY) - News". LynnMall. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  12. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tanya McMillan (Misery)". MutualArt. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  13. ↑ "Fountain of Flowers by Tanja McMillan (Misery)". 12 Gallery. 2021-07-30. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  14. ↑ "Misery and her Tang Tang Ladies". Outré Gallery. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  15. ↑ "Exhibitions". Backwoods Gallery. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  16. ↑ "Life lessons: Tanja Jade aka Misery". NZ Herald. 2023-11-10. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  17. ↑ "Horizon". Artnow. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  18. ↑ "Opening: A Place To Call Home". Artnow. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
  19. ↑ Woods, Reuben (2022-04-13). "Showtime!" . Retrieved 2023-11-10.
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  21. ↑ "The Maxx Dose | Corban Estate Arts Centre". ceac.org.nz. Retrieved 2023-11-10.
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