David Miller

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David Miller (1942–2008) was discovered by Isabelle Brunelin at Galerie Pierre in Paris. He presented his Nouvelles terres vernissées in Toucy in 2002, and returned in 2007 for the gallery’s tenth anniversary exhibition.
Born in London, David Miller later settled in Provence and drew profound inspiration from the Mediterranean landscape. The light and expansiveness of the Provençal sky resonate throughout his ceramics, whose vitality and chromatic intensity are striking. Like a calligrapher or an action painter, he approached the surface as a field of energy. Broad waves of colour unfold rhythmically across the form, expanding and inhabiting space until they seem to generate light itself.
David Miller passed away suddenly in 2008. In 2016, Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste dedicated a tribute exhibition to his work. A piece by the artist has since entered the collection of the CNAP.

“David Miller was someone who crossed borders — not only geographically, when he moved from England to France in 1978. Equally accomplished as a sculptor, painter and ceramicist, he resisted rigid artistic classifications. For him, ‘modern’ and ‘traditional’ were neither opposites nor hierarchies. He was at once an artist of the applied arts and of the fine arts, moving with equal assurance between genres and techniques, which he connected with remarkable fluidity.”


— Marianne Heller, Heller Gallery, Heidelberg

Public and private collections

  • Musée des Arts décoratifs, Paris
  • Musée La Piscine, Roubaix
  • Victoria and Albert Museum, London
  • Rosenthal Studio, Hamburg
  • National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
    Private collections in Great Britain, France, Germany, Ireland, Netherlands and Norway

Solo exhibition at the gallery

Works

Main exhibitions (selection)

2016
"Tribute to David Miller" exhibition, Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste, Toucy
2015
Rétrospective David Miller et présentation d’œuvres des Cinq lauréats du “Prix David Miller”, Printemps des Potiers, Bandol.
2007
Exhibition "The Pot, the Vessel and the Object", International Ceramics Festival, Aberystwyth Arts center, Wales, UK
Exposition/Démonstration “Medalta International Artists in Residence”
Program – Guest artist – Medicine Hat, Historic Clay District, Alberta, Canada
Solo exhibition, Loes & Reiner Gallery, Deventer, Holland
“10 ans de la Galerie”, Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste, Toucy
2006
"Salzbrand Keramik 2006" exhibition, Handswerkskammer, Koblenz, Germany
Exposition “Terres de Feu” – 40 céramistes contemporains, Brest
2005
"Couleurs : les Peintres de la Terre" exhibition, Maison de la céramique contemporaine, Giroussens, France
2004
Exhibition and woodfire conference, Yorkshire Sculpture Park, England
"The naked truth", Cedar Rapids, Iowa, USA
2003
Biennale de céramique, Le Grand Pressigny, France
2002
Nouvelles Terres Vernissées" solo exhibition, Galerie de l’Ancienne Poste, Toucy
Exhibition/Demonstration, Keramik Museum, Höhr-Grenzhausen, Germany