ARTIST & CURATOR
b. 1994, Dartmoor, Devon, UK

Millie is an artist, curator and hiker who has spent time living, working and travelling between Devon, London, Austria and South America. Millie has co-founded three artist collectives, curated a range of indoor and outdoor projects and is now working as Assistant Curator at East Quay in Watchet, Somerset.

EDUCATION
2019 - 2021 : MA Sculpture, Royal College of Art, London
2012 - 2015 : BA Fine Art (1st class Hons), Falmouth University, Cornwall

EXHIBITIONS
2023
- Otherworlds/Annwn, group show at the Museum of Barnstaple & North Devon
- Royal Society of Sculptors Summer Exhibition, Dora House, London
- 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
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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)