Eleri Mills Solo Show 2015

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Y)Marchog!(The!Rider)! ! mixed!media!on!paper! 60x92cm! !


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Tirlun)i)dywysogion)IV!(Landscape!for!Princes!IV)! ! mixed!media!on!paper! 60x92cm! !


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Y)winllan)I!(Ancestral!Landscape!I)! ! gesso,!paint,!ink!&!thread!on!fabric! 48x76cm!


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Y)winllan)II!(Ancestral!Landscape!II)! ! gesso,!paint,!ink!&!thread!on!fabric! 48x76cm!


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Yn)y)dyffryn!(In!the!Valley)! ! gesso,!paint,!ink!&!thread!on!fabric! 49x76cm! !

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Argoed!(Arcadia)! ! gesso,!paint,!ink!&!thread!on!fabric! 47x75cm! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !


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Marchog!(Rider)! ! mixed!media!&!thread!on!fabric! 28x54cm!


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Y)llwybr!(The!Path)! ! pen!&!ink!on!paper! 57x76cm!


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Y)ffridd!(Summer!Pasture)!diptych! ! mixed!media!on!paper! 38x114cm!


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Y)llwybr)I!(The!Path!I)! ! mixed!media!on!paper! 29x76cm! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! !


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Tirlun)i)dywysogion)II)(Landscape!for!Princes!II)! ! mixed!media!on!paper! 28x38cm!


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Ffordd)y)mynydd:heibio’r)llyn)II!(Mountain!Track!–!Past!the!Lake!I)! ! mixed!media!on!paper! 36x76cm!


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Tirlun)i)dywysogion)III))(Landscape!for!Princes!III)! ! mixed!media!on!paper! 38x58cm!

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Arenig:ailymweld)I!(Arenig!–!revisited!I)! ! mixed!media!&!thread!on!gessoed!paper! 22x51cm!


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Ffordd)y)mynydd:heibio’r)llyn)II!(Mountain!Track!–!Past!the!Lake!II)! ! mixed!media!on!paper! 36x76cm!


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Tuag)at)Llysyn!(Towards!Llysyn)! ! mixed!media!&!thread!on!gessoed!paper! 34x52cm! !

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Yn)y)dyffryn)II!(In!the!Valley!II)! ! gesso,!paint,!ink!&!thread!on!fabric! 28x38cm!


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Efo’r)ceffyl!(With!the!Horse)! ! mixed!media!on!paper! 28x38cm!


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Ganol)haf!(Midsummer)! ! mixed!media!on!paper! 26x39cm!


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Tirlun)i)dywysogion)I!(Landscape!for!Princes!I),!etching! !

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ELERI!MILLS!

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Born!Mid!Wales!! B.A.!Hons!Art!and!Design!at!Manchester!Polytechnic! Working!from!studio!in!Manchester.! Working!from!studio!in!Mid!Wales.! Elected!Member!of!the!Royal!Cambrian!Academy.! !Accepted!to!the!honorary!order!of!the!Gorsedd!white!robe!at!the!National!Eisteddfod!of!Wales! Artwork!selected!by!Cerys!Mathews!as!the!backdrop!for!Land!of!Song!–!WOMEX!13!(The!World!Music!Expo)!! Opening!Concert,!Wales!Millenium!Centre,!Cardiff!

! SOLO!EXHIBITIONS!! 2015! ! Thackeray!Gallery,!London! 2014! ! Martin!Tinney!Gallery,!Cardiff! 2013!! ! Thackeray!Gallery,!London!! 2012!! ! Macy!Art!Gallery,!Teachers!College,!Columbia!University,!New!York! 2010!!! ! Galeri!Betws!y!Coed,!Wales! 2009!!! ! Thackeray!Gallery,!London! 2009!!! ! National!Assembly!for!Wales,!Cardiff! 2008!!! ! Galeri!Betws!y!Coed,!Wales! 2007!! ! Thackeray!Gallery,!London! 2005!! ! Thackeray!Gallery,!London! 2003!! ! Thackeray!Gallery,!London! 1999!! ! Y!Tabernacl,!Museum!of!Modern!Art,!Wales) 1995!! Museu!Textil!i!d’Indumentaria,!Barcelona!(Wales!in!Catalonia!Festival)!&!UK!tour!

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! !


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! SELECTED!BIBLIOGRAPHY!! “Artists!and!Illustrators”!Interview!by!Martha!Alexander!March!2013! “Embroidery”!magazine!Article!by!Dr!Jessica!Hemmings!Jan/Feb!issue!2013! "Taliesin"!cyfrol!136!Gwanwyn!2009!'Ffenomen!cenedl"!article!by!Dafydd!ElisFThomas!! "Crafts"!No.!195!July/August!Exhibition!review!by!Mary!Schoeser!2005!! "Planet"!No.!138.!'Ancestral!Landscapes'!Exhibition!review!by!Shelagh!Hourahane!1999!! "FIBERARTS"!magazine!(USA)!Article!by!Dr.!Jennifer!Harris,!SeptlOct!1999!! "Art!Review"!ArtistsEye!article!by!Eleri!Mills,!May!1998!! "Planet"!No.!113.!'Resonant!Images'!Article!by!Peter!Lord,!1995!!

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MAJOR!COLLECTIONS!&!COMMISSIONS! Contemporary!Art!Society!for!Wales!! National!Museums!of!Scotland,!Edinburgh!! MOMA!Wales/Cymru,!Collection,!The!Tabernacle,!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!

EVENTS!/!LECTURING!! Guest!speaker!Contemporary!Art!Society!for!Wales!Cardiff!Nov!2012! Artist!in!Residence!at!Teachers!College,!Columbia!University,!New!York!March/April!2012! Artist!in!Residence!at!Ruthin!Craft!Centre,!Denbighshire,!Wales!2011!&!2012! In!conversation!with!Dr!Jessica!Hemmings,!Ruthin!Craft!Centre!Sept!2011!! Guest!speaker!Annual!conference!Arts!Council!of!Wales,!2004!! Guest!speaker!Textile!Symposium!F!"Celebrating!Diversity!in!Stitch"!Ruthin!Craft!Centre,!2004!! Guest!speaker!lecture!series!SOFA!Chicago,!2003! Artist!in!residence!at!Equilibre!Horse!Theatre,!Machynlleth!2001!


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AWARDS!&!PRIZES! 2010/11!Winner!of!the!Creative!Wales!Ambassador!Award.!Arts!Council!of!Wales!! 2008!Winner!of!the!Painting!Prize!and!RunnerFup!for!Welsh!Artist!of!the!Year!Award,!St!David’s!Hall,!Cardiff!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 1999!Award!for!most!outstanding!exhibit,!“Art!of!the!Stitch”!exhibition,!Barbican,!London!! 1987!Gold!Medal!for!Craft,!National!Eisteddfod!of!Wales,!Porthmadog!

! ! “…)Eleri)Mills)stands)alone)as) poet)painter.)Eleri)records)her)love) of)her) native)land)and)she)records)it)with)great)sensitivity) and)talent:)for)she)is) a) superb)draughtsman)and)this)is)at)the)heart)of)all)that)she)does.)In)her)art)Eleri)Mills)has)a)voice)which)is)seldom)heard,)for)it)is)a)tender)voice)and)far) removed)from)the)cacophony)of)the)art)world)today”)) Sir!Kyffin!Williams!RA!! ! ) “Of)all)the)Welsh)artists)working)today,)Eleri)Mills)exhibits)the)strongest)sense)of)art)historical)continuity)in)her)choice)of)imagery.)Nevertheless,)the) manner)in)which)she)interprets)that)imagery)is)entirely)her)own,)and)her)meanings)are)for)the)present.”!! Peter!Lord!2010!Author!of!The!Visual!Culture!of!Wales:!Imaging!the!Nation.!

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Published!by!Thackeray!Gallery!Ltd! Š!Thackeray!Gallery,!2015! ! Photography!by!Dewi!Lloyd!!


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