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LesleyMay Miller   

  • 1977-81 Honours degree in ceramics and printmaking at Edinburgh College of Art.
  • 1981-82 Post-graduate diploma, Edinburgh College of Art.
  • 1982-83 Cycled to India.
  • 1987 Founder member of Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop.
  • 1988 Elected to professional membership of Society of Scottish Artists.
  • 1991 Elected to the Board of Directors of the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop.
  • 1993 Set up own Sculpture garden in the Borders.
  • 1994 Collaborative proposals and exhibitions for Border Sculpture Trail.
  • 1995 Artist in Residence at Wysing Arts, Bourn, Cambridge.
  • 1992-98 Series of Sculpture projects in collaboration with Kenny Munro in Montpellier,France with permanent installation of the ‘Arts Cabinet’ in the Scots College, Montpellier.
  • 1997 ‘Art in the Woods’ Poetry performance.
  • 2001 ‘The Stones of Scotland’ collaborative sculpture with George Wyllie & Kenny Munro
  • 2002 Residency on the Isle of Colonsay
  • 2007 Selected in collaboration with Susan Nuttgens for a tribute to Patrick Geddes in Edinburgh.
  • 2010 ‘A Sea Road’,collaborative installation with Ross Combe at Dunbar Harbour

COLLECTIONS AND COMMISSIONS.

  • Standard Life.
  • Church of St. John the Evangelist, Princes St., Edinburgh.
  • Bank of Scotland.
  • Leeds Education Authority.
  • S.E. Wales Arts.
  • City of Munich, Germany.
  • St. Cuthbert’s Church, Edinburgh.
  • Scottish Natural Heritage.
  • David Lloyd Club, Cardiff.
  • Private collections and commissions in U.K., France and U.S.A.

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS.

  • 1996 Aikwood Tower, Selkirk.
  • 1990 Hannah Peschar Gallery, Surrey.
  • 1988 369 Gallery, Edinburgh.
  • 1986 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.

RECENT SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS.

  • 2011 The ArtistBookGroup, McNaughtans Bookshop, Edinburgh
  • 2011 'Small', Artist Books at 'Stanza' Poetry Festival
  • 2011 Visual Arts Scotland Annual at the RSA Gallery, Edinburgh
  • 2010 ‘Small’, Artist Books, Scottish Poetry Library 
  • 2010 'Balancing Act', Loretto Gallery, Musselburgh
  • 2010 Borders Sculptors at Melrose Book Festival
  • 2009 Words on Canvas at the National Gallery of Scotland
  • 2009 Place, Identity and Memory, Gracefield Arts Centre, Dumfries and Galloway
  • 2009 PeterPotter Gallery, Haddington
  • 2008 BordersSculptors at Inverewe and Priorwood National Trust Gardens
  • 2008 The Owl and Lion Gallery, Edinburgh
  • 2007 ‘The Outer Fringe’, Seaside Artists
  • 2006 GR Gallery, Dunbar
  • 2005 Eye Gallery, Edinburgh
  • 2004/5 BuyDesign, Harestanes, Scottish Borders
  • 2003 AnTobar, Isle of Mull
  • 2002 Zodiac Artists’ Book and Prints, Association Andre Lazare, France
  • 2002 ‘Images of an Island, 6 artists on Colonsay’, London
  • 2001 ‘Rencontre Europeenne de Sculpture’, Montauban, France
  • 2001 ‘With These Hands,With These Eyes’ Wynd Gallery, Melrose
  • 2000 ‘Connections 2000’ Royal Scottish Academy, Edinburgh
  • 2000 Broughton Gallery
  • 1999 Open Eye Gallery, Edinburgh.
  • 1998 ‘Scottish Spirit’, Arthur Ross Gallery, Philadelphia and touring in U.S.A.
  • 1998 Chatton Gallery, Northumberland.
  • 1997 St. Colum Cille Exhibition, Fionnphort, Mull.
  • 1996 ‘100%’ Gracefield Arts Centre and Stranraer Museum.
  • 1996 Summerhouse Exhibition, Dryburgh.
  • 1995 The Garden Gallery, Stockbridge, Hampshire.
  • ‘Elements of Change’, Scottish Ceramics Touring Exhibition.
  • 1994 Society of Scottish Artists Annual. Awarded the prize: ‘Art for a Better World’.
  • 1994 Roger Billcliffe Gallery, Glasgow.
  • 1994 ‘Un Voyage Creatif avec Patrick Geddes’, Clermont l’Herault, France.
  • 1994 ‘Sculpture Trail by the Tweed’, Tweed Festival Exhibitions.
  • 1994 Scottish Gallery Garden Exhibition, Greywalls, Gullane.
  • 1993 Installation at Society of Scottish Artists Annual, R.S.A., Edinburgh.
  • 1993 Franco-Scottish Exhibition, Prefecture de l’Herault, Montpellier, France.
  • 1993 Brighton Festival.
  • 1992 The Collective Gallery East European Tour.
  • 1992 ‘X-A Window on the S.S.A.’, Crawford Arts Centre, St. Andrews.
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