ARTIST BIOGRAPHY
Liz K Miller - Artist & Researcher
Born 1983, Hexham, UK
Liz K Miller is an interdisciplinarity artist and researcher. She works at the intersection of sound and imagery, exploring the listening experience through visual diagramming, mapping, scoring, sketching and drawing. Her making techniques range from printmaking, natural dye pigment making and cyanotype, to field recording, digital audio analysis and manipulation, which combine to create installations, works-on-paper, podcasts and performances. Recent field recording study sites have included: The Cairngorms National Park, Scotland, with the Murmuration sound group (2018); the Caledonian Forest, Scotland, with conservation group Trees for Life (2019) and Blackheath Forest, England, in partnership with Surrey Hills Arts (2020).
Recent exhibitions have included a solo installation at Limnerslease Woodland, Watts Artist Village, Surrey, UK (2020) and a solo exhibition at Huddersfield Art Gallery in collaboration with the Huddersfield Contemporary Music Festival (2018). Audio works include Listening to Sylvan Sounds radio broadcast for Glasgow-based Radiophrenia series Current Trends in Sound and Transmission Arts. Conference presentations include Beyond Human Communication at Royal Holloway University, London (2022) and Seeing Sound at Bath Spa University (2020). Her artwork was used in the workshop Ways of Listening to Forests for the exhibition Critical Zones: Observatories for Earthly Politics at Centre for Art & Media Karlsruhe, Germany (2021).
Liz is currently a PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art in the School of Arts and Humanities, funded by the UK Arts and Humanities Research Council in the Techné Doctoral Training Partnership.
Education
2017 – 2023 PhD Practice-based Fine Art, Royal College of Art, London
2008 – 2009 MA Visual Arts: Printmaking, Camberwell College of Art, London
2003 – 2006 BA (Hons) Visual Communication: Illustration, Edinburgh College of Art, Scotland
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2020
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Forest Listening. Limnerslease Woodland, Watts Artist Village, Surrey, UK
2019
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Forest Listening. Blackheath Forest, Surrey, UK
2018 – 2019
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The Circular Scores. Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, UK
2015
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Scordatura. Bearspace Gallery, Deptford, London, UK
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
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Unruly Encounters. Southwark Park Galleries, London
2021
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What on Earth. The Koppel Project, TKP Exchange, Piccadilly Circus, London
2018
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Oaks Editions. Riverside Gallery, Richmond, London
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Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. Royal Arsenal Riverside, London
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Nine Artists Peckham. The Thin House, Peckham, London
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Flight Mode. Assembly Point, Peckham, London
2017
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Mixing Signals. Kobi & Teal Gallery, Frome, UK
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Woolwich Contemporary Print Fair. Royal Arsenal Riverside, London
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National Original Print Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London
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Flourish Award 2017. West Yorkshire Print Workshop, Mirfield, UK
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Uncertainty Playground. London Design Festival, London College of Communication, London
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy of Art, London
2016
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International Print Biennale. Gallery North, Newcastle Upon Tyne, UK
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London Design Festival. London College of Communication, London
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Multiplied Art Fair. Christie's, South Kensington, London
2015
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Neo Art Prize. Gallery 27, Bolton, UK
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National Original Print Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London
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RCA Secrets. Royal College of Art, London & Art Dubai, Madinat, Dubai
2014
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Don't Drink the Milk. TripSpace Projects, London
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Neo Print Prize. Gallery 22, Bolton, UK
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Pushing Print: 5 Years On. The Pie Factory Gallery, Margate, UK
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Beyond Boundaries. Rochester Art Gallery, Rochester, UK
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Bainbridge Open. Embassy Tea Gallery, London
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National Original Print Exhibition. Bankside Gallery, London
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Print Informs. Mayor's Parlour Gallery, London
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Royal Academy Summer Exhibition. Royal Academy of Art, London
2013
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Discerning Eye. Mall Galleries, London
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Pushing Print. Pie Factory Gallery, Margate, UK
2012
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RE Open. Bankside Gallery, London
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8th British International Mini Print Exhibition. London Print Studio, London
2011
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Bainbridge Open. Embassy Tea Gallery, London
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Bite. Mall Galleries, London
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Inside A Bubble. Medcalf Gallery, London
2010
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Upside. Medcalf Gallery, London
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BHVU Summer Exhibition. Basket House Village Universe, London
2009
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Golden Centaur Lithography Exhibition. Munich, Germany
2005
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Young Scottish Illustrators. Collins Gallery, Glasgow
Selected Audio Performances
2020
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Listening to Trees Podcast - Technecast
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Listening to Sylvan Sounds – Listening event for the publication launch of I am Listening to You, broadcast live from Gunnersbury Triangle, London
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Listening to Sylvan Sounds radio broadcast – Radiophrenia series Current Trends in Sound and Transmission Arts
2019
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Listening to Sylvan Sounds Live sound event – Listening to Field, Body and Voice Summer School – Bude, Cornwall, UK
2018
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The Circular Scores Performance – Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, UK
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Seeing Sound Symposium – Bath Spa University, Bath, UK
2017
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The Circular Scores Performance – London Design Festival, Well Gallery, London College of Communication
2015
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Scordatura Performance – Bearspace Gallery, London
2014
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A Classic On Vinyl Performance – TripSpace Projects, London
Awards
2018 – Arts & Humanities Research Council (AHRC) Techne PHD Scholarship
2017 – Flourish Award for Excellence in Printmaking
2017 – Jackson's Art Prize
2015 – Neo Art Prize Intaglio Award
2014 – Spike Print Studio Award
2014 – Art Academy Award
2013 – Medway Fine Printmakers Prize
2009 – Bainbridge Contemporary Screen Print Studio Award
Residencies & Fellowships
2019 – 2020 Surrey Hills Arts. Surrey Hills AONB – AHRC Techne Partner
2018 The Object of Research. Cumbria – AHRC Techne Residency
2013 – 2016 Royal Academy Schools. London – Print Fellow
2015 Spike Island Print Studio. Bristol, UK – Printmaker in Residence
2006 – 2008 George Watson’s College. Edinburgh, Scotland – Artist in Residence
Research Presentations & Workshops
2022
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Beyond Human – Symposium – Royal Holloway University, London
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Seeing Sound – Symposium – Bath Spa University, Bath, UK
2021
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Ways of Listening to Forests for Critical Zones: Observatories for Earthly Politics Centre for Art & Media Karlsruhe, Germany
2020
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Forest Listening – Watts Gallery & Artists’ Village, Surrey, UK
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New Materialism & Sustainable Cyanotypes – London Alternative Photography Collective, London
2019
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Again & Again: Musical Repetition in Aesthetics, Analysis & Experience – Symposium – City, University of London, Music Department
2018
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The Circular Scores. Huddersfield Art Gallery, Huddersfield, UK
2015
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Scordatura. Bearspace Gallery, Deptford, London
Teaching & Lecturing
2020
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Royal College of Art – Guest Lecturer – Pre-sessional Summer School
2019
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Royal College of Art – Research Presentation – MA History of Design
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London College of Communication – Visiting Lecturer – BA Information Experience Design
2015 – 2020
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London College of Communication – Printmaking Technical Instructor
2013 – 2015
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London Metropolitan University – Printmaking Tutor – BA & MA Fine Art
Selected Press & Publications
2021 – Larch Bark & Lock Down Ed. Polly Hember, Decorating Dissidence – #12 – Backstage Craft
2020 – I am listening to You Ed. John Hughes, Centre for the Geohumnities & the Department of geography, Royal Holloway University
2020 – Prova 5 Ed. Dr Chantal Faust, School of Arts and Humanities Research, Royal College of Art
2018 – Prova 4 Ed. Dr Chantal Faust, School of Arts and Humanities Research, Royal College of Art
2017 – Where Music and Art Collide by Lisa Takahashi, Jackson’s Art