ARTIST
b. 1994, Dartmoor, Devon, UK
Millie is an artist and hiker who has spent recent years living, working and travelling between Devon, London and South America. Millie has co-founded three artist collectives and curated a range of indoor and outdoor projects. She is now working as Creative & Cultural Assistant at East Quay in Watchet, west Somerset.
EDUCATION
2019 - 2021 : MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London
2012 - 2015 : BA Fine Art (1st class Hons), Falmouth University, Cornwall
EXHIBITIONS
Current
- Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition, Dora House, London
Upcoming
Otherworlds/Annwn, group show at the Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon (September-November 2023)
2023
- the foot sinks into it, trio show at The Plough Arts Centre, Devon
2022
- KS75, Merz Barn, Elterwater, Lake District
- Oxmarket Open 2022, Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester, Sussex
- Either Side, textiles show at Art Lacuna, London
- View with a Loo, solo show at Liquid Gold Studios, London
- Custard Cowboy, A Group Show, Liquid Gold Studios, London
- Art Outside: Round the Bend, Sculpture Playground Open Weekend, Bickleigh, Devon
- Print It!, Aire Place Studios, Leeds
- Winter Group Show, Linden Hall Studios, Deal, Kent
2021
- GATHER, W3 Gallery, London
- Sarah Staton: SupaStore Southside, Slingbacks & Sunshine, South London Gallery, London
- Air Open 2021, Air Gallery, Altrincham
- Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition, Dora House, London
- RCA2021, Online Degree Show: https://2021.rca.ac.uk/students/millie-laing-tate
- Proxy: RCA Satellite Degree Show, Cromwell Place, London
- Prick & Stitch Alliance, Standpoint Gallery, London
- Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition (online), Edinburgh, Scotland
- ADAM's Window, 44, Bedford Street, Charing Cross, London
- Cardboard Conversation, co-curated exhibition with the Merz Society and Merz Gallery, Sanquhar, Scotland
2020
- Life on Venus, The Tub Hackey, London
- Wells Art Contemporary (online), Somerset
- Touch Me, online group show
- Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition, Dora House, London
- WIP show, Royal College of Art, London
Previous
- Reimagining Psychogeography, Walkative Society, Royal College of Art, London
- Priority Rule, Merz Society, Royal College of Art, London
- Wells Art Contemporary, Somerset
- colouring out solo show, redearth gallery, Devon
- Lyme Regis Arts Festival Sculpture Trail, Dorset
- Delamore House and Sculpture Gardens, Devon
- Degree Show, Falmouth University, Cornwall
AWARDS
-Art in Healthcare Purchase Prize, Royal Scottish Academy Annual Exhibition online, Scotland (2021)
- Curation Team Student Prize, Wells Art Contemporary, Somerset (2020)
- Elected Member, Royal Society of Sculptors, London (2020)
- Wilhelmina Barns-Graham Italy Travel Bursary, Falmouth University, Cornwall (2015)
COLLABORATIONS & RESIDENCIES
- La Wayaka Current Desert 23S, Atacama, Chile (2022)
- Project Manager/Assistant Curator/Artist in Residence at KS75, Merz Barn, Elterwater, Lake District (2022)
- Member of Liquid Gold Studios - artist collective on Southampton Row, London (2022)
- Co-founder of ADAM - artist collective on Adam Street, London [ADAM Publication available at Taco! Gallery] (2020-21)
- Co-leader of Merz Society, Royal College of Art, London (2020-21)
- Co-leader of Merz Barn Residency, Lake District (2020-21)
- Shortlisted for Grizedale Residency, Lake District (2020-21)
- Shortlisted for Spike Island Residency, Bristol (2015)
