Navot Miller (b. 1991, Shadmot Mehola, Israel) observes people and environments with close attention. He documents intimacy and camaraderie found in seemingly insignificant encounters: someone looking away, a figure falling asleep, groups gathering, and transient moments unfolding between bonds—an unspeakable world. From this sustained engagement with life, his work takes form.
As both participant and observer, Miller is attentive to moments of connection as well as periods of withdrawal. Friends, lovers, companions, and strangers recur throughout his work as protagonists and muses. Relationships remain central to his practice, and those closest to him often enter his diaries and paintings.
Based in New York, Miller maintains close ties to Berlin, where family and longstanding relationships continue to shape his life and work. His distinct language is shaped by color, architecture, and photography. His paintings move through a range of emotional states, where interiors, streets, and landscapes become structured settings for his figures.
Originally trained in architecture, Miller retains a strong sense of structure. Alongside painting, his practice includes film and public murals. Across mediums, he returns to familiar, universally resonant scenes drawn from lived experience, where people, place, and time remain closely interwoven.
Miller has exhibited internationally, with solo exhibitions in Berlin, London, and New York, among other cities. In 2025, two of Miller’s works were acquired by the Jewish Museum Berlin. He has participated in residencies including Fountainhead in Miami, ISCP in New York, and Tracey Emin’s residency program in Margate. Miller received his MFA from Weissensee Academy of Art Berlin. He lives and works in New York.