UNEVEN projects:
Rob Miller (SFHEA) is a lens & object-based artist with interests that include the illusive status of objects & things, the condition of repetition, temporal anxiety and the Anthropocene dilemma. He gained a Sculpture Degree from the Wimbledon School of Art in 1993, followed by an MA in Graphic Media [UAL] in 2007, and his work has slipped between video, photography, and sculpture. He has exhibited internationally, including the WW Gallery’s exhibition Afternoon tea, at the 54th Venice Biennale (part of the UK at the Venice Biennale programme), alongside student curated projects, and is currently [attempting] the rewilding of his critical perceptions.
“As an educationalist I consider the pedagogic role as accepting responsibility for creating and adapting student focussed learning environments. A practice in its formative stage of development is potentially vulnerable, being critically fluid and prone to fantastic uncertainties. This requires the teaching to be equally adaptive and resonant to multiple needs and demands. Students should be challenged and supported through the process of defining their own research activities and by discovering suitable equivalences within a culture of research-informed teaching.”
CV:
MA Fine Art (Graphic Media) University of the Arts, London (Wimbledon) 2007, Research Paper: Time the Comedy Villain & Convergent Temporalities [the time condition of the digital video loop)
BA (Hons) Fine Art (Sculpture) Wimbledon School of Art, 1993, Dissertation: Studies in Colour Perception [colour in sculpture, colour as sculpture]
PGCE in Post-Compulsory Education and Training, Greenwich University, 2004
Recent employment & professional experience:
Lecturer/module leader in Historical & Contextual Studies - Graphic Design (Visual Communication & Illustration), University of West London (current)
Lecturer, Access to HE and Foundation Diploma in Art 7 Design, Kingston College, 3D Design specialism (current)
Lecturer in Historical, Contextual & Professional Studies - FdA & Ba(Hons) in Art & Design, Kingston College
Programme Leader BA (Hons) Art & Design, FdA in Art & Design, Kingston College (validated by Kingston University) 2009 – 2016
Lecturer, Art & Design, Kingston College (2006 - 2009)
0.5 Lecturer (0.5 Technical Instructor) Kingston College (2005 - 2006)
Sessional Lecturer, Art and Design, Kingston College (2004 - 2005)
2016 – Awarded the status of Senior Fellow, Higher Education Academy
2016 – Appointed External Examiner, Ba (Hons) Designer-Maker, Hasting Coast College, Brighton University.
2015 – Higher Education Academic Board (Kingston College)
2014 – QAA Higher Education Review (panel member)
2013 – Re-approval of the Ba (Hons) Art & Design provision, Kingston University
2012 – Validation (commendations) of the BA (Hons)Art & Design top-up provision, Kingston University
2011 – Re-approval of the FdA in Art & Design provision, Kingston University
2011 – Appointed as External Examiner, FDA Contemporary Creative Practice, Cornwall College (2011 / 2014)
2011 – External Academic on FDA Contemporary, Cornwall College Creative Practice validation panel.
2011 – Subject specialist teaching mentor, (for PGCE candidates) Kingston College
Selected events, talks & publications:
Next up: Stories, at the Glasgow Gallery of Photography, February 2025
2019 - Currently on a hiatus, attempting to rewild my critical perceptions //
2019 – Art + Future Resilience – Talk on Art in the age of the Anthropocene, Fermynwoods Contemporary Art, Northamptonshire
2018 – Looping in the grey [of one-sided conversations] a new text in FELT – AESTHETICS OF GREY, published by ZENOPRESS ANTHOLOGY, ISSUE II (with book launch & readings).
2018 – Air cooled life-forms selected for FACING UP TO THE FUTURE by Paul Hawkins, guest editor at Burning House Press (online).
2017 – Black Swan Open, Frome, Somerset
2016 – The Somme, Part II, Acid Drop Copse Collective, ArtMoorHouse, London [Guardian 5 of the best highlight]
2016 – The Somme, Part I, Acid Drop Copse Collective, Honeywood Museum Charshalton
2015 – Co_Laboratory, London
2015 – Beers Lambert, shortlisted for Contemporary Visions VI
2015 – Velocity:11, Crypt Gallery, St Pancras Church, London
2013 – The Itinerants, The Old Police Station, New Cross, London
2013 – London Calling, Shoreditch, Factory-Art, Berlin [Catalogue published]
2013 – Open West, Newark Park and Cheltenham Art Gallery + Museum [Catalogue published]
2013 – The London Group Centenary, [Catalogue published]
2013 – Aesthetica Art Prize (long listed), Aesthetica Magazine, York [Anthology Catalogue published]
2012 – Time Will Come, part of Project Berlin, Factory-Art, Berlin [Catalogue published]
2012 – Solo Award, WW Gallery, London [Catalogue published] 2011 – Mostyn Open, Mostyn Oriel Gallery
2011 – Afternoon Tea, WW Gallery, part of the UK at the 54th Venice Biennale, Venice [Catalogue published]
2010 – Art Star Supermarket, London Art Fair, WW Gallery
2010 – In Time, Blue Print, UAL, High Holborn, London
2009 – Time, WW Gallery, London
2009 – The London Group Open, Part 2, Menier Gallery, London
2008 – Raw & Un-Curated, Polish Deconstruction, Shoreditch Town Hall, London
2007 – Sub, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
2006 – Currents, Trinity Buoy Wharf, London
2004 – The Visitors, Andre Demedts Gallery, Belgium
2003 – Kingston Open, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston [winner]
2000 – Variations, Penny School Gallery, London
1999 – Works in Progress, Penny School Gallery, London
1999 – À la rentrée, Stanley Picker Gallery, Kingston
1995 – 7th China International Photographic Expo, Beijing, China
1995 – Handshake, St Margaret’s, Norwich
1995 – Open Studio, Oaks Park, Sutton
1994 – Open Studio, Warrior Studio, Brixton
1993 – COOLTAN Arts, Summer Expo, Brixton, (co-curator)
1993 – Gallery Dagmar Expo, London
1992 – The Leicestershire Collection
1991/2/3 – Cannizaro Park, Wimbledon
1989 – Sculpture & Forestry Open Day, Croydon