Many of the videos were created in his home state of South Carolina, while others were filmed around Dockery Plantation in Mississippi, where some claim the Delta blues was birthed.
He received The Contemporary Austin’s first Suzanne Deal Booth Art Prize in 2016, and the resulting solo exhibition Against a Civic Death was on view in 2018.
McMillian's 2010 work in black vinyl, Succulent, is prominently installed in the Agnes Gund Garden Lobby at the Museum of Modern Art in New York.
McMillian's 2012 solo exhibition Prospect Ave was shown at Maccarone in New York and featured found-object sculpture, site-specific installation, video, and paintings.
He painted with latex on afghans or crocheted objects purchased at thrift stores and antique shops, sometimes with the price tags still attached.