ALICE MILLER: PRESENTATION

Alice Miller b. 1999, lives and works in Dorset, UK. At once secretive and sincere, her work examines the heightened psychological state born under cover of darkness. Sitting somewhere between a glowing coal and a neon light, each painting seems to simultaneously absorb light and emit one of its own. She draws parallels between the idea of religion and the hedonism of the nighttime social scene, playing with archetypes of light and dark employed by both: rich shadow lures the viewer in, while light often obscures more than it reveals. Figures are held by the detached eye of a phone camera. A fragment of time expands over the painting’s surface as small scale keeps the rest of the story just out of reach.

Miller later joined us for a residency in January 2023. More information on her practice and her work made during the residency is available here. 

Life in Colour, The Room London Gallery, London, UK, 2022; The Waverton Art Prize, Alice’s Oyster Bar & Gallery, Boisdale of Bishopsgate, London, UK, 2022; RBA Rising Stars, Royal Over-Seas League, London, UK, 2022; The Flesh of Paint, Liliya Art Gallery, London, UK, 2022; Works On Paper 4, Blue Shop Cottage [online], 2022; After Dark, Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers, London, UK, 2022; amongst others.