Harland Miller

BRITISH ARTIST AND NOVELIST HARLAND MILLER IS BEST KNOWN FOR PAINTING CANVASES THAT RESEMBLE PENGUIN BOOK COVERS. THE MOTIF ALLOWS HIM TO EXPLORE THE RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN WORDS, IMAGES, AND THE PROCESS OF PRODUCING MEANING-THEMES HE EMBRACES IN HIS SCULPTURES AND MIXED-MEDIA WORKS. MILLER IS INTERESTED IN AUTHORS SUCH AS EDGAR ALLAN POE AND ERNEST HEMINGWAY AND ARTISTS LIKE ED RUSCHA, MARK ROTHKO, ANSELM KIEFER, AND ROBERT RAUCHENBERG. IN HIS WORK, HE OCCASIONALLY INVENTS WITTY BOOK TITLES LIKE HATE'S OUTTA DATE! (2017) OR INTERNATIONAL LONLEY GUY (2002). CELEBRITIES INCLUDING ED SHEERAN AND RACHEL WEISZ HAVE COLLECTED MILLER'S WORK, WHICH HAS SOLD FOR SIX-FIGURE AUCTION PRICES. MILLER HAS ALSO EXHIBITED HIS WORK AROUND THE WORLD INCLUDING SOLO SHOWS IN LONDON, HONG KONG, PARIS, AND NEW YORK, AMONG OTHER CITIES.