Courtney Miller Bellairs Biography
1969, Texarkana, Texas -
London-based, American artist and architect, Courtney Miller is an accomplished painter, whose work is often provoked by her training in architecture.
EDUCATION
1996: Yale University School of Art and Architecture, Master of Architecture.
1991: University of Maryland School of Architecture, B S Architecture (Magna Cum Laude)
AWARDS:
1999
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Young Artists' Award 2nd Prize
1996
Moulton Andrus Scholarship for Excellence in Art and Architecture
1995
George Nelson Fellowship for Independent Research and Painting
American Institute of Architects/American Architectural Foundation Scholarship
LECTURES & PUBLICATIONS:
2002, 2001, 2000
Artists & Illustrators magazine London UK
titles include: 'How Geometry Can Bring Balance and Harmony to Your Paintings'
'Shadows and Light in Watercolour - Courtney Miller shows how her architectural training and understanding of light and space inspire her paintings of buildings'
2000
Architectural Education Exchange University of Sheffield School of Architectural Studies UK
'Architectural Paintings... Investigation and Communication, Experiencing and Inspiring Imagination Through Field Study'
Royal Institute of British Architects Visiting Board Symposium Medellin Colombia SA
'Architectural Paintings... learning about architectural ideas through the making of images'
SELECTED INDEPENDENT EXHIBITIONS
2001
Reflections on Holiness The Parish Church of S. Mary Woolnoth Lombard Street London UK
2000
Inside Outside The Gallery Institute of Child Health Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children London UK
1997 - 1998
Works in Oil and Watercolour 'Influenced work' The Lord Stanley London UK
Norfolk Public Library Norfolk, Connecticut USA
1996
Spirit, Space, Light Wave Gallery New Haven, Connecticut USA
1995 - Sacred Architecture: Form, Space, Light Yale School of Art and Architecture Gallery New Haven, Connecticut USA
Exhibition of 74 watercolour sketches including Notre-Dame-du-Haut at Ronchamp, the Matisse Chapelle du Rosaire, Vence and Sante-Marie de La Tourette, L'Arbresle. This work was made possible by the George Nelson Fellowship.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS:
2002 - Mixed Exhibition WOOLFF Gallery Shoreditch London UK - Commercial General Union London UK
2001
Fresh Art Business Design Centre Islington London UK
British Representative and Figurative Art Galerie Thomas Hettlage Grunwald Germany
Commercial General Union London UK
2000
The Discerning Eye London UK
The Affordable Art Fair London UK
Royal Society of British Artists Annual Exhibition London UK
Royal Institute of Painters in Watercolours Annual Exhibition London UK
Pearson Education: Diminishing Boundaries Harlow Essex UK
Commercial General Union London UK
1999
Royal Institute of Oil Painters Annual Exhibition London UK
The Discerning Eye London UK
New English Arts Club Annual Exhibition London UK
Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours Annual Exhibition London UK
Something to Build On Stroud House Gallery Stroud Gloucestershire UK
LECTURES:
2001 - present
University of Greenwich School of Architecture and Construction London UK
Associate Senior Lecturer Co-ordinator of First Year Architecture Design BA Hons Architecture
2001
London Institute, Central Saint Martins School of Art London UK
Visiting Lecturer Spatial Design Foundation
2000 - 2001
University of Greenwich School of Architecture and Landscape UK
Visiting Lecturer Visual Studies and Architectural Design Year 1 and Diploma
1999 - 2000
University of Portsmouth Faculty of the Environment UK
Visiting Lecturer Architectural Design BA Architecture
RELEVANT EXPERIENCE:
1998 - Present
Courtney Miller Bellairs London UK
Artist / Painter and Designer
1999 - 2000 part-time
Royal Institute of British Architects London UK International Education Officer
1996 - 1997
Koetter, Kim & Associates UK Ltd London UK Architectural Designer
1992 - 1993
American Institute of Architecture Students Inc Washington DC USA National President