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Chris
Miles
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| Studio |
| 2512
Elizabeth St. #8 |
| Salt
Lake City, UT 84106 |
| (801)
467-5604 |
| chris@chrismiles.net
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| Coda Gallery, Palm Desert |
| 73-151 El Paseo |
| Palm Desert, California 92260 |
| (760) 345-4661 |
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| Palmer's Gallery |
| Trolley Square |
| Salt
Lake City, UT 84102 |
| (800)
353-9866 |
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| Torrey
Gallery |
| 80
E. Main St |
| P.O.
Box 750009 |
| Torrey,
UT, 48775 |
| (435)
425-3909 or (435) 425-3200 |
| www.torreygallery.com |
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| Utah
Artist Hands |
| 61 West 100 South |
| Salt
Lake City, UT 84101 |
| (801)
355 0206 |
| http://www.utahands.com/ |
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About
Me
- I grew up in Utah and like Utah and the West very much, especially
for the skiing, hiking, and general natural beauty. I graduated
in art from the University of Utah in 1990 and then moved to New
York City, where I illustrated for magazines, book covers, and
children's books. While in New York I also took some side trips
into publishing a volunteer neighborhood newspaper and teaching
English as a Second Language. In 2000 I returned to Salt Lake
and have been doing fine art ever since. In September 2006 my wife Jeanny and I had twin girls, Maya and Annika. I still manage to paint full time.
What
I paint -
I usually like to have some kind of narrative in my paintings.
I get ideas and inspiration from reading, from old master and
contemporary paintings, from nature, and from delving into my
own imagination. I like to include images that have symbolic meaning
that viewers can interpret in some personal way. For more about what I paint click here
How
I paint
- I particularly like traditional painting techniques of Europe
that were used and developed before the advent of impressionism,
and modern art. I study painters like Bruegel, Raphael, and pen
and ink artists like Gustave Dore. I also study many contemporary
artists who work in these older techniques. I keep sketchbooks
in which I draw imagined ideas or whatever or whoever's in front
of me. Some of these ideas evolve into paintings. For more about how I work click here.
Thanks for taking the time to
look at my work! -Chris
SELECTED
EXHIBITIONS
- 2007 Myth & Magic; Recent works by Chris Miles, Loge Gallery, Pioneer Theater, Salt Lake City, Utah
- 2006 After Hours; New Paintings by Chris Miles, Sagebrush Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 2005 Utah Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 2005 Recent works by Chris Miles and Osral Allred, Forum Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah
- 2004 Utah
Arts Festival, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 2004 New
Works by Chris Miles, Dale Minson, Tom Jackson, Lamar Walbeck,
Local Colors Artworks, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 2004 Open
Studio and Sale, Rockwood Art Studios, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 2003 Open
Studio and Sale, Rockwood Art Studios, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 2002 Fine
Art in the Garden, Group Show, Salt Lake City.
- 2002 Unfinished
Stories, Local Colors Artworks, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 2002 Real
and Imagined, Paintings by Chris Miles, Oasis Gallery, Salt
Lake City, Utah.
- 2002 Painted
from Life, Group Show: Chris, Miles, Nate Ronniger, Steve Larson,
Jason Jones, Glenndinning Gallery, Salt Lake City, Utah.
- 2002 The
Group of Nine, Rocky Mountain Grill, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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2001
Chris Miles: Works in Oil, Park Cafe, Salt Lake City, Utah.
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2001
Utah Arts Council Traveling Show, small towns.
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2001
Art & Soup, Salt Lake City, UT. Juried group show and fundraiser
for Community Nursing Services.
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2001
World of the Wild Art Show, Salt Lake City, UT. Juried by
Jim Jacobs, Brad Slade, and Richard Murray
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1998
RSVP Dreams exhibit. Juried show, Society of Illustrators,
New York, NY.
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1992
Society of Illustrators 34th annual Exhibit of American Illustration
AWARDS:
- 2007 Purchase Award: Days of '47 and Deseret News Landscape Art Show Color of the Land
- 2007 Springville Museum of Art 83rd Annual Spring Salon, Award of Merit
- 2006 President's Art Show, Celebrity Award; Salt Lake Community College
- 2004 World of the Wild Art Show, Hogle Zoo, Juror's Award.
- 2004 Post Picasso.Com - Embodiment; Myths in Animal Form, Honorable Mention.
- 2004 Springville
Museum of Art 80th Annual Spring Salon, Award of Merit.
- 2004 Springville
Museum of Art Religious and Spiritual Show, Award of Merit.
- 2002 World
of the Wild Art Show, Hogle Zoo, Best of Show.
- 2002 Bountiful/Davis
Art Center statewide competition, Honorable Mention.
- 2001 Deseret
News landscape art show Color of the Land, merit award.
- 2001 World
of the Wild Art Show, Hogle Zoo, Utrecht Award.
- 1990 Society
of Illustrators annual scholarship competition. Members Award.
- 1989 Annual
student exhibition, University of Utah. Best in Illustration.
EDUCATION:
- Sept.
'86 - June '90 University of Utah, Bachelor of Fine Arts. Salt
Lake City, UT.
- Sept.
'85 - June '86 University of Urbino, ISEP foreign exchange program,
Urbino, Italy.
- July '85
- Sept '85 School of Italian Language for Foreigners, Sienna,
Italy.
- Sept.
'83 - June '85 Utah State University, Logan, UT. Undergraduate
studies
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