ELERI MILLS
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Capel y Ffin ponies (Merlod Capel y Ffin) – ink, pastel and charcoal on paper – 17 x 50cm
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Travelling along the mountain track I (Teithio ar hyd ffordd y mynydd I) – ink, pastel and charcoal on paper – 28 x 77cm
ELERI MILLS
Spirit of the Land 31 May – 17 June 2022
PREVIEW DAYS Thursday 26 May Friday 27 May Saturday 28 May
The entire exhibition can be viewed at www.thackeraygallery.com The exhibition continues until 1pm on 17 June 2022 All work is available to purchase now
18 THACKERAY STREET
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KENSINGTON
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LONDON
W8 5ET
www.thackeraygallery.com | enquiries@thackeraygallery.com | 020 7937 5883
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Spirit of the Land Having represented Eleri Mills for nearly 25 years now, we have had the privilege and pleasure of hearing and seeing of hundreds of clients connect with her extraordinary works. More often than not we hear the same words and phrases when people are admiring Eleri Mills’ work. energy Wales space story telling flow ancestral embracing land
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belonging 70’s music reverie poet in paint
magical reflection peace passing through journey sense of place mystical delight in life
Arcadia - revisited (Argoed - ailymweliad) paint, ink, pastel and charcoal on paper – 57 x 76cm 3
Through the trees (Trwy’r coed) ink, pastel, charcoal on paper - 36 x 123cm
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The path (Y llwybr) ink on paper - 28 x 38cm 6
In the garden II (Yn yr ardd o gariad II) ink, pastel & charcoal on paper - 30 x 46cm
Maytime (Carol hâf) paint and ink on board - 20 x 26cm
Procession I (Gorymdaith I) paint, ink & pastel on khadi paper - 21 x 38cm 7
This leaf... (‘Y ddeilen hon…’) paint, ink, pastel and charcoal on paper - 57 x 76cm 8
Borderland (Y Dref Wen) paint, ink, pastel and charcoal on paper - 57 x 76cm 9
In the valley - river of the heart (Yn y dyffryn - afon y galon) ink, pastel, charcoal on paper - 69 x 102cm 10
In the valley - midsummer (Yn y dyffryn - ganol hâf) ink, pastel, charcoal on paper - 69 x 102cm 11
Farewell summer pasture (Ffarwel Ffridd Cringae) paint, ink, pastel and charcoal on paper - 37 x 55cm 12
The rite of spring (‘Y Gwanwyn pêr o’r pridd’) paint, ink, pastel and charcoal on paper - 53 x 119cm 13
The messenger (Llatai) paint, ink, pastel and charcoal on paper - 57 x 76cm 14
Borderland horses (Meirch ar y ffin) paint, ink, pastel and charcoal on paper - 57 x 76cm 15
Mountain tracks (Llwybrau’r mynydd) ink, charcoal and pastel on paper - 35 x 156cm
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Pink Moon paint and ink on khadi paper - 70 x 103cm 18
Poet Reclining (Bardd yn ei awen) paint and ink on khadi paper - 70 x 103cm 19
In the valley - mountain track I (Yn y dyffryn - ffordd y mynydd I) ink, pastel, charcoal on paper - 69 x 102cm 20
In the valley - mountain track II (Yn y dyffryn - ffordd y mynydd I) ink, pastel, charcoal on paper - 69 x 102cm 21
Pink Moon II paint, hand stitching and appliqué on calico - 38 x 60cm 22
Garden (Cynefin) paint, hand stitching and appliqué on linen - 45 x 69cm 23
Travelling along the mountain track II (Teithio ar hyd ffordd y mynydd II) ink, pastel, charcoal on paper - 28 x 77cm 24
In the valley - towards the bridge II (Yn y dyffryn - tuag at y bont II) ink, pastel, charcoal on paper - 69 x 102cm 25
Mountain stream I (Nant y mynydd I) paint and ink on khadi paper - 57 x 77cm 26
Mountain stream II (Nant y mynydd I) paint and ink on khadi paper - 57 x 77cm 27
In the valley - through the Trees (Yn y dyffryn - trwy’r coed) ink, pastel and charcoal on paper - 69 x 102cm 28
In the valley - through the Trees (Yn y dyffryn - trwy’r coed) ink, pastel and charcoal on paper - 69 x 102cm 29
BIOGRAPHY Eleri Mills was born in Mid Wales in 1955, She completed a BA Hons in Art and Design at Manchester Polytechnic from 1974-1977. In the late 1970’s, Eleri worked from a studio in Manchester, and from 1988, she returned to live and work in rural Mid Wales. In 2010 she won the Arts Council of Wales’ Creative Wales Ambassador award followed by a three month residency in New York at Columbia University and a showing at SOFA NYC (the international art fair for Sculpture, Objects and Functional Art) at Park Avenue Armory. Other residencies include Ruthin Craft Centre and Sanskriti Kendra, Delhi in 2016. Her work is featured in national collections which include the Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester, National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh and the National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth. Eleri is an elected Member of the Royal Cambrian Academy and has been represented by Thackeray Gallery since 2000 SOLO EXHIBITIONS FROM 1995 – PRESENT: Museu Textil i d’Indumentaria, Barcelona (Wales in Catalonia Festival) & UK tour; The Tabernacle, Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth, Wales; Galeri Betws y Coed, Wales; National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff; Macy Art Gallery, Teachers College, Columbia University, New York; Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff; Oriel Davies, Newtown, Wales; Ruthin Craft Centre, Wales; Twenty Twenty Gallery, Ludlow; Thackeray Gallery, London SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS: Eleri Mills has exhibited extensively in many mixed exhibitions around the world, to include: New York, Poland, France, Budapest, Madrid, Japan, Chicago, London and her native Wales CORPORATE COLLECTIONS: Contemporary Art Society for Wales; National Museums of Scotland, Edinburgh; MOMA Wales/Cymru, Collection, Machynlleth; National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth; Contemporary Art Society for Wales (etching commissioned for Year of the Artist portfolio 2000); Whitworth Art Gallery, University of Manchester; National Farmers Union Mutual and Avon Insurance, Headquarters, Stratford upon Avon; Embroiderers Guild Collection, Hampton Court Palace AWARDS, RESIDENCES & COMMISSIONS FROM 1999 – PRESENT: 1987 Gold Medal for Craft, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Porthmadog; 1999, Award for most outstanding exhibit, “Art of the Stitch” exhibition, Barbican, London; 2008, Winner of the Painting Prize and Runner-up for Welsh Artist of the Year Award, St David’s Hall, Cardiff; 2010/11, Winner of the Creative Wales Ambassador Award. Arts Council of Wales, Winner of the Kyffin Williams Drawing Prize 2021 30
Above: Eleri Mills handstiching “Pink Moon II”
Front Cover: Borderland (Y Dref Wen) - paint, ink, pastel and charcoal on paper - 57 x 76cm Back Cover: creating “Travelling along the mountains track I” from photographs First Published in 2022 by Thackeray Gallery Ltd, 18 Thackeray Street, Kensington, London. Copyright © 2022 Thackeray Gallery Ltd All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means electrical, mechanical or otherwise without first seeking the permission of the copyright owners and the publishers. All images in this catalogue are protected by copyright and should not be reproduced without permission of the copyright holder. Details of the copyright holders are to be obtained from Thackeray Gallery Ltd.
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