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Sam Orlando Miller
Born
London, England
NationalityBritish
Known forSculpture

Sam Orlando Miller (born 1966) is a British artist specialising in sculptural artworks made of mirror.[1]

Early life

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Miller was born in London and grew up there, spending time in the workshop of his family's silversmithing business. There he learnt to work with the reflective surface of silver and how it interacts with the space around it.[2]

Miller graduated (1986) in Fine Art from Falmouth School of Art.[3] His graduation theses subject was the work of American artist Barbara Kruger.[2]

Work

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In 1994, after time spent living and working in Italy and Scotland, Miller returned to London. There he established a studio for projects for commercial and residential interiors. The studio made high specification sculptural objects, interiors and fittings.[4]

In 2002 he relocated to a remote part of Le Marche, central Italy. He continued to make functional sculptural objects and interior fittings and furniture.[5] Alongside this work he created drawings, paintings and steel sculptures,[6] some of which would later form the Nostalgia Futuro series, completed in 2016.[7]

In 2005, to coincide with an exhibition of his work at Macandi showroom in Mayfair, London, his work was featured in The World of Interiors.[3]

In 2009 Miller made the first Untitled Mirror for his home in Italy, using discarded mirrors he had found and picked up because he was drawn to the flaking silver.[8] He then began working with a palette of handmade glass which he silvered to create mirror, often adding patina by creating marks on the silver itself with painterly lines and numbers. He became interested in creating a complexity of layers for the viewer, drawing attention to the surface of the mirror itself and creating distractions from their own reflection.[9]

Sixteen new works in shaded from inky midnight blue to pale celeste, The Sky Blue Series, were exhibited at Hedge Gallery in September 2012, including the first Untitled Tables I and 2. In this series Miller explored the thought of sky as a metaphor, likening the sky to the mind; dark and light, clear and hazy, intangible and mysterious.[1] In 2012 Miller also exhibited works during Salone del Mobile Milan as guest artist at Gallery Space | Laboratorio Avallone, curated by Malgosia Szemberg.[10]

A large-scale mirror Rete Corallina 6X6/4 was presented at Design Miami/Basel 2015, now in a private collection.[11] An exhibition of eleven new works, Tra L'Occhio e L'Ombra was presented at Gallery FUMI in April 2016, including Sguardo Cubetti series consisting of six functional sculptural objects each using the same form attached into different dimensions, creating tables and cupboards with secret sliding compartments.[7] The exhibition included four works from Miller's very personal Nostalgia Futuro series where the reflection of his studio seen in the mirror panel of the work is painted onto the surrounding surface.[12]

Miller's latest body of work Sentiero dei Viandanti (Path of The Wayfarers) was a creative shift and marked his relocation from Italy to Catalonia, Spain. Pivoting around a large free-standing sculptural mirror work, Rifugio dei Viandanti (Sanctuary of The Wayfarers), the installation was designed to present the back of the work, where Miller's making and structuring was clearly visible like the clues on the back of a painting for the visitor to discover as they move around the gallery.[13]

Personal

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Sam Orlando Miller is married to photographer and filmmaker Helen Underwood Miller.[4] They have worked together professionally for thirty years. He lives in London and Catalonia, Spain.

Selected exhibitions

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2004

  • Exhibition of objects and furniture, Macandi Showrooms, London, UK[citation needed]

2005

2006

2012

  • Guest artist at Gallery Space | Studio Avallone, curated by Malgosia Szemberg, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy[citation needed]
  • Flection, Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, USA[15]
  • They Sky Blue Series, Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, USA[16]

2014

2015

  • Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE [19]
  • Design Miami/Basel 2015, Basel, Switzerland[20]

2016

  • Sam Orlando Miller | Tra L'Occhio e L'Ombra, Gallery FUMI, London, UK[21]

2017

  • Salon Art + Design, New York City, USA[22]

2018

  • Reflections, ammann//gallery, Cologne, Germany[23]
  • Re-considering Canon, Design Museum, London, UK[24]
  • Now and Then | 10 years of Collectable Creativity , curated by Libby Sellers, Gallery FUMI, London, UK[25]

2019

  • Sam Orlando Miller | Sentiero dei Viandanti, Path of The Wayfarers. Gallery FUMI, London, UK[26]

2020            

  •  2020: It’s Good to be Home, Gallery FUMI, London, UK[27]
  • ‘Kleureyck, Van Eyck’s Colours in Design’, Design Museum Gent, Gent, Belgium[28]

References

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  1. ^ a b "Sam Orlando Miller: The Sky Blue Series on View at Hedge Gallery". Modern Magazine. 4 October 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  2. ^ a b Van Der Post, Lucia (13 May 2016). "Mirrored Art". How to Spend It.
  3. ^ a b Miller, Helen (April 2004). "Found Effects". The World of Interiors: 156.
  4. ^ a b Singer, Jill (18 October 2012). "Sam Orlando Miller, Le Marche, Italy". Sightunseen. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  5. ^ Gardner, Anthony (1 December 2011). "Sam Orlando Miller's Elegant Mirrors". Architectural Digest. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  6. ^ Crichton-Miller, Emma (21 February 2014). "Fine artist-led furniture". How to Spend It. Retrieved 2 April 2019.
  7. ^ a b Bertolli, Rosa (3 May 2016). "'Tra L'Occhio e L'Ombra':Sam Orlando Miller gets illusory at Galery FUMI". Wallpaper.
  8. ^ John, David (25 September 2010). "a (non) conversation with Sam Orlando Miller". You Have Been Here Sometime.
  9. ^ "Mirror Funiture Design". ILOBOYOU. 29 September 2018. Retrieved 2 April 2019.[failed verification]
  10. ^ Kemshurov, Monica (26 April 2012). "At the 2012 Milan Furniture Fair, Part III". Sightunseen. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  11. ^ Azzarello, Nina (14 June 2015). "Gallery FUMI – Contemporary Works and Commissions". Designboom. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  12. ^ Perkovic, Jana (3 May 2016). "Sam Orlando Miller's New Works Open at Gallery FUMI". Blouin Artinfo. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  13. ^ De Conte, Massimo (5 March 2019). "Sam Orlando Miller: specchio delle mie brame". Living il Corriere della Sera. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  14. ^ ArtFacts. "Before the thought of god | Exhibition". ArtFacts. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  15. ^ "'Flection' at Hedge Gallery | DeTnk". detnk.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  16. ^ White, Sarah Virginia. "DESIGN DAILY: SKY BLUE SERIES BY SAM ORLANDO MILLER". California Home Design.
  17. ^ "Fuorisalone 2014, si chiude il sipario". Amica (in Italian). 15 April 2014. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  18. ^ "Modern Makers". www.sothebys.com. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  19. ^ "Fair: Design Days Dubai 2015". gallery-fumi-5e3e86.webflow.io. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  20. ^ "Design Miami/Basel". Icon. 19 June 2015.
  21. ^ Magazine, Wallpaper* (3 May 2016). "'Tra L'Occhio e L'Ombra': Sam Orlando Miller gets illusory at Gallery Fumi". Wallpaper*. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  22. ^ "Fair: The Salon Art + Design 2017". www.galleryfumi.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  23. ^ "exhibitions / art fairs, ammann//gallery › ammann gallery". ammann-gallery.com. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  24. ^ "Reconsidering Canon". Design Museum. Retrieved 3 April 2019.
  25. ^ "Now and Then | 10 YEARS OF COLLECTABLE CREATIVITY". Gallery Libby Sellers. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  26. ^ FUMI, Gallery. "Sam Orlando Miller: Sentiero dei Viandanti | Path of the Wayfarers at Gallery FUMI". Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  27. ^ "At Home, 2020 – DANIELLA ON DESIGN". Retrieved 22 February 2021.
  28. ^ "design museum gent explores color in contemporary design with 'kleureyck' exhibition". designboom | architecture & design magazine. 2 June 2020. Retrieved 22 February 2021.
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