Mia Merlin was born in 1970 in Atlanta, Georgia and she lives and works there currently. Mia received her BA in psychology and religion 1992 from Hampshire College in Amherst, Massachusetts and her MFA from Georgia State University in 2003. Mia is represented in Atlanta by Fay Gold Gallery, and her work has been exhibited in many solo and group shows in galleries and museums in the southeast. Currently she teaches drawing and painting at Georgia State University, Spelman College, and Kennesaw State University in Atlanta.