Alice Miller is an oil painter specialising in small scale photorealism, currently based in South West England.
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. Visible tension in expression and gesture gives way to an underlying sense of unease, but reality always manages to slip from the grasp. We edge into the scenes, unsure if we are friend, guest, spectator or voyeur.
For commissions and general enquiries, please contact me via email at aliceemiller@icloud.com or use the contact form.
Education
2017 - 2020 BA (Hons) Fine Art, Loughborough University, UK
Residencies
2023 The Fores Project, London, UK
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Alice Miller - Frieze Presentation, The Fores Project, London, UK
Group Exhibitions
2023 Art on a Postcard Summer Auction 2023, Hoxton Gallery, London, UK
Skin Deep, Studio West, London, UK
Royal Society of British Artists Bicentennial Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London, UK
Night, Light, Cob Gallery, London, UK
2022 A Kind of Human Clothing, Liliya Art Gallery, London, UK
Life in Colour, The Room London Gallery, London, UK
The Waverton Art Prize, Alice’s Oyster Bar & Gallery, Boisdale of Bishopsgate, London, UK
RBA Rising Stars, Royal Over-Seas League, London, UK
The Flesh of Paint, Liliya Art Gallery, London, UK
Works On Paper 4, Blue Shop Cottage [online]
After Dark, Sworders Fine Art Auctioneers, London, UK
2021 The Signature Art Prize 20/21 Gala, Bankside Hotel, London, UK
Small Pleasures: Part II, All Mouth Gallery [online]
Life Interrupted: Painting during the Pandemic, ArtHelix Gallery, SHIM Art Network, Artsy [online]
Every Woman Biennial, Copeland Gallery, London, UK
2020 Free Range x Clear Channel, Truman Brewery [billboards across the UK]
The ING Discerning Eye Exhibition, Mall Galleries [online]
ArtHelix: Home(work), ArtHelix Gallery, SHIM Art Network, Artsy [online]
Autumn Exhibition 2020, Visual Space [online]
The Displaced Degree Show, The Student Gallery [online]
The SHIM/Bachelors Show, SHIM Art Network, Artsy [online]
Gallery 8, The Social Distance Art Project [online]
Visual Impact, Manufacturing Technology Centre, Coventry, UK
2018 LSA Annual Exhibition, New Walk Museum and Gallery, Leicester, UK
Awards and Achievements
2023 The de Laszlo Foundation Prize - Highly Commended
2022 The Waverton Art Prize - Shortlisted
RBA Rome Scholarship - Finalist
2021 Signature Art Prize 20/21 - Finalist
Selected Features
2022 In the Studio with Alice Miller. AucArt.
2020 Meet the Artist - Alice Miller. Artit.
Voice of Artists Issue 12 - Portraits and Figures. Artit.
Episode 7 - Alice Miller. Telling Art Podcast.
Student artists exhibit their final shows online — in pictures. The Guardian.
2018 Student Award 2018 Winners. Leicester Society of Artists.
Students awarded exhibition space after success in annual artists’ awards. Loughborough University.