PORTRAITS
Portraiture and the painted encounter is a central tenet of Miller’s practice setting the parameters for all facets of his painting practice from landscape, to figure and still-life. Many portraits remain un-exhibited, part of a decades long evolving project.
Selected exhibited work includes: Nick Miller and the Studio of Edward McGuire a seminal drawing project CLOSER. Various watercolour projects including STANDING | SITTING | LYING and ON MEETING and a 2011 film Painting Patrick: After Venus & Olympia. He received the inaugural Hennessy Portrait Prize in 2014 at the National Gallery of Ireland.
Selected exhibited work includes: Nick Miller and the Studio of Edward McGuire a seminal drawing project CLOSER. Various watercolour projects including STANDING | SITTING | LYING and ON MEETING and a 2011 film Painting Patrick: After Venus & Olympia. He received the inaugural Hennessy Portrait Prize in 2014 at the National Gallery of Ireland.
Hennessy portrait prize (2014)
Last Sitting: Portrait of Barrie Cooke, 2013
Oil on linen | 61 x 56cm | © nick Miller/ National Gallery of Ireland
Winner of the Inaugural Hennessy portrait prize at National Gallery of Ireland 8th November 2014-18th February 2015
For information on Barrie Cooke, and the newly published archive at Cambridge University see: A treasure trove of unseen writing by Ted Hughes and Seamus Heaney reveals a vital creative friendship
https://www.cam.ac.uk/stories/big-fish-hughes-heaney-cooke
Commission for the National Gallery of Ireland:
Dónal Lunny, playing 2015
Oil on linen | 102 x 91cm | © Nick Miller/ National Gallery of Ireland
Portrait of Dónal Lunny, made over 3 days in Sligo while Lunny played the bouzouki tuned to A432.
PORTRAIT PROJECTS
40 Days | 40 portraits : Brooklyn 2012
A project at Point B, Brooklyn, New York in Oct/Nov 2012. Each day over 40 days Nick Miller invited people to sit in his Brooklyn studio: artists, writers, collectors, friends, strangers, whoever could be found for that day by arrangement or chance. Sitters included the critics David Cohen: Sitting still on the brink of Sandy: Nick Miller paints a portrait and Blake Gopnik Newsweek/ Daily Beast
SITTING: a portrait residency at Laois Art House, 2014
A residency and exhibition at Laois Arthouse curated by Muireann Ni Chonnaill in association with the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Funded by Per Cent for Art Scheme and Laois Co Council. See video : Filmed and Edited by Lisa Fingleton and Rena Blake. MORE INFO
SEE IMAGES BELOW
A project at Point B, Brooklyn, New York in Oct/Nov 2012. Each day over 40 days Nick Miller invited people to sit in his Brooklyn studio: artists, writers, collectors, friends, strangers, whoever could be found for that day by arrangement or chance. Sitters included the critics David Cohen: Sitting still on the brink of Sandy: Nick Miller paints a portrait and Blake Gopnik Newsweek/ Daily Beast
SITTING: a portrait residency at Laois Art House, 2014
A residency and exhibition at Laois Arthouse curated by Muireann Ni Chonnaill in association with the Irish Museum of Modern Art. Funded by Per Cent for Art Scheme and Laois Co Council. See video : Filmed and Edited by Lisa Fingleton and Rena Blake. MORE INFO
SEE IMAGES BELOW
PORTRAITS: selected works
PORTRAITS : links
Related project links
Portrait of Steve Wickham
Nick Miller and The Studio of Edward McGuire (IMMA)
OLYMPIA:Painting Patrick after Venus & Olympia
CLOSER
STANDING | SITTING | LYING
PORTRAIT to Still Life
National Gallery of Ireland
Video: Portrait of Dónal Lunny (NGI)
Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane
Irish Museum of Modern Art
The Model; The Niland Collection
Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane
Portrait of Steve Wickham
Nick Miller and The Studio of Edward McGuire (IMMA)
OLYMPIA:Painting Patrick after Venus & Olympia
CLOSER
STANDING | SITTING | LYING
PORTRAIT to Still Life
National Gallery of Ireland
Video: Portrait of Dónal Lunny (NGI)
Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane
Irish Museum of Modern Art
The Model; The Niland Collection
Dublin City Gallery, The Hugh Lane
Selected press
The Irish Times, (pdf) 12 November 2014
Arena RTE Radio 1(Podcast). 12/11/14
RTE 9 O'Clock News 11/11/2014 (vimeo)
RTE The Works (vimeo) 11/2014
The Sunday Times (jpeg) 16/11/14
Irish Arts Review Summer 2015
Newsweek/ Daily Beast (pdf) 16/11/12 (web) Blake Gopnik
artcritical.com (pdf) 30/10/12 (web) David Cohen
Irish Times (pdf) 7/8/14. Anne Marie Hourihan
RTE: Arena (podcast) 30/6/14 (web) Sean Rocks
Irish Arts Review Summer 2015
Whats On-London 3/5/2000
The Irish Times 26/1/2000
Independent-London 8/4/2000
The Irish Times, (pdf) 12 November 2014
Arena RTE Radio 1(Podcast). 12/11/14
RTE 9 O'Clock News 11/11/2014 (vimeo)
RTE The Works (vimeo) 11/2014
The Sunday Times (jpeg) 16/11/14
Irish Arts Review Summer 2015
Newsweek/ Daily Beast (pdf) 16/11/12 (web) Blake Gopnik
artcritical.com (pdf) 30/10/12 (web) David Cohen
Irish Times (pdf) 7/8/14. Anne Marie Hourihan
RTE: Arena (podcast) 30/6/14 (web) Sean Rocks
Irish Arts Review Summer 2015
Whats On-London 3/5/2000
The Irish Times 26/1/2000
Independent-London 8/4/2000
Texts & publications
CLOSER text (catalogue extract PDF)
A432: Dónla Lunny Playing (Video - Vimeo)
Standing Sitting Lying (pdf)
Texts & publications
Sitting publication 2014 (pdf) Texts: Nick Miller, Pat Boran, Cathy Carmen and others
Media release IMMA launch
Barrie Cooke Archive
CLOSER text (catalogue extract PDF)
A432: Dónla Lunny Playing (Video - Vimeo)
Standing Sitting Lying (pdf)
Texts & publications
Sitting publication 2014 (pdf) Texts: Nick Miller, Pat Boran, Cathy Carmen and others
Media release IMMA launch
Barrie Cooke Archive