Lewis Miller (artist)

Lewis Miller (artist)

Lewis Miller (born 1959, Melbourne, Australia) is an Australian painter and visual artist, known for his portraits and figurative works. His father Peter Miller was a painter in the social realist tradition. His sister Lisa Miller is an Australian singer/songwriter.

Lewis studied painting at the Victorian College of the Arts in Melbourne from 1977 to 1979, and then travelled to London, Europe and Malaysia. He held his first solo exhibition in 1986 and is represented in the National Gallery of Australia, state and private galleries. In 1998 he won the prestigious Archibald Prize, [ [http://www.thearchibaldprize.com.au/history/prev_winners/archibald Archibald Prize 2008: Archibald Prize ] ] which brought him greater prominence and lead to many further commissions. He has travelled widely, including trips to the USA in 1998, 2000, 2003 and 2005.

In 2003 and 2005 Miller was commissioned to produce a series of portraits of the scientists and technicians involved in the mapping of the human genome. [ [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/26/1067103265105.html Miller's travelling tales - www.theage.com.au ] ]

His other commissioned portraits include Australian rules football coach Ron Barassi, mountaineer Sir Edmund Hillary and scientist James D. Watson. [ [http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/10/26/1067103265105.html Miller's travelling tales - www.theage.com.au ] ] In 2003 he travelled to Iraq as Official Australian War Artist. [ [http://www.theage.com.au/news/Arts/Painted-soldiers/2005/03/14/1110649123755.html Painted soldiers - Arts - www.theage.com.au ] ]

As of 2005, he has entered the Archibald prize at least 17 times and been hung 13 times. He was interviewed in the 2005 Peter Berner documentary "Loaded Brush".

Awards

* 1982 - Hugh Ramsay Portrait Prize
* 1998 - Archibald Prize - "Portrait of Allan Mitelman No 3"
* 2000 - Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sporting Portrait Prize - "Ronald Dale Barassi"

Notes

References

*cite web |title= Artists - Lewis Miller |publisher= Australian Galleries |url= http://www.australiangalleries.com.au/ag/artist/lewis_miller/ Lewis Miller |accessdate= 2006-06-24


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