John Mills born London 1933
John Mills is one of the Uk’s most eminent sculptors. He studied at the Hammersmith School of Art and the Royal College of Art. He was made Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors 1982 and was awarded their Otto Beit medal in 1983 for the sculpture ‘Curved Neck Grace’. He was elected president of the Society in 1986 and again in 1997.He was made Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1993. Awarded an Honorary Master of Arts Degree by University College Northampton 2000. He has exhibited widely and his work is in many private and public collections. He is best know for his work in public places which have arisen from many commissions.
Solo Exhibitions include:
A.I.A. Gallery, London
Madden Galleries, London
Letchworth City Gallery, UK
Oakdene, Digswell
Kenmore Galleries, Philadelphia, USA,
Hitchin Art Gallery, UK
Pollock Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Lantern Gallery, Michigan, USA
Alwin Gallery, London, UK
University of Michigan Gallery, USA,
Alice Simsar Gallery, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA,
Robin Gibson Gallery, Sydney Australia,
Chapman Gallery, Canberra Australia
Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath, UK
Marina Henderson Gallery, London, UK,
Kings Street Galleries, London, UK
Jonathan Poole Fine Art, Woodstock, UK ,
Surrey University Gallery, Guildford, UK
Woodlands Gallery, London, UK,
Jonathan Poole, Compton Cassey Gallery, Withington, Cheltenham, Gloucestersire, UK,
The Whitby Gallery, Whitby, Yorkshire,UK Blake Gallery, York, UK.
Woodbridge School, UK,
Gibberd Gallery, Harlow UK
Public Commissions Include:
William Blake Memorial, (Blake House, London).
Blitz the National Firefighters Memorial (South side of St. Paul's Cathedral London)
London River Man (Isle of Dogs London).
John Jorrocks (East Croydon, London).
Family Outing (Thames Centre, Newton Aycliffe Northumberland England).
Brothers (University Hospital, Michigan USA).
Swimmers (Cambridge swimming pool, England)
Diver (Eastern Michigan University, USA)
St George (Windsor Ct Hotel, New Orleans, USA).
Degas Dancing (La Cabaña Restaurant, Buenos Aires, Argentina).
Thoughtful Girl (Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA).
The Thrower (Ernest Bevin School, London).
Boy With Cat (Highfields, Hemel Hempstead).
Lion (Ward Freeman School, England).
The Unicorn and Wellcome Wellcome Foundation, Beckenham, Kent, England).
Road Research (Road Research Laboratories, Crowthorne, England).
The Risen Christ, St Mary's Church, Ashwell, Hertfordshire, Egland).
Sir Thomas Sopwith (Brooklands Museum, Brooklands, England).
Sir Lawrence Bragg, (The Royal Institution, London).
Jackie Milburn Memorial (Northumberland,)
The Meeting, Harpur Square, Bedford, Chinese Reference, Harlow, Essex, England
Quadriga, fountain Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, SC USA
Time, Cavendish Hotel (Chatsworth House Estate) Derbyshire, England.
The Risen Christ, Church of Great St Mary, Sawbridgeworth, Essex, England.
Campus Thoughts, University College Northampton, England.
Memorial to Alan Turing, University of Surrey, Guildford, England.
Lion and the Unicorn and Digitalis, William Harvey Centre, Charterhouse Square, London.
Monument to the Women of World War II Whitehall, London
John Mills born London 1933
John Mills is one of the UK's most eminent sculptors. He studied at the Hammersmith School of Art and the Royal College of Art. He was made Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors 1982 and was awarded their Otto Beit medal in 1983 for the sculpture 'Curved Neck Grace'. He was elected president of the Society in 1986 and again in 1997.He was made Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts in 1993. Awarded an Honorary Master of Arts Degree by University College Northampton 2000. He has exhibited widely and his work is in many private and public collections. He is best know for his work in public places which have arisen from many commissions.