In 2012 I returned to painting after a fifteen year hiatus during which time I carved out a successful career as an illustrator. My work is rooted in the tradition of British and European post-war Modernism particularly abstract painting, drawing inspiration from various sources such as coastal landscape, the city and its architecture and geometric design. These are a catalyst for what then becomes a sensual engagement with the materials - deconstructing and reconstructing shapes into various compositions and textures until a point of departure from the subject matter has been reached.
Miles Cole
Born Bristol 1965
1989/90 Chelsea School Of Art, London - MA Fine Art
1986/89 Gloucestershire College Of Art & Design - BA(Hons) Fine Art
Fine Art Commissions
1993 Reuters Ltd, four large monoprints for Fleet St office.
1992 Trainload Freight Ltd, six large monoprints for London office.
1995 to present, work as an illustrator with regular commissions for The Economist,
Times Educational Supplements, Mail On Sunday, Wall St Journal, Esquire, Tatler and numerous publishing and advertising clients.
2012 I returned to painting after a fifteen year hiatus.
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford, Oxfordshire
1996 Gabrielle Skelton Ltd, London – an exhibition of drawings, paintings and prints.
1995 Praxis Gallery, Bristol – an exhibition of screenprints on the theme ‘Jazz’.
1993 Blackheath Gallery, London – an exhibition of silkscreen and monoprints.
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020 Winter Exhibition, Linden Hall Studio, Deal, Kent
Selected group exhibitions with Cricket Fine Art, Chelsea, Josie Eastwood Fine
Art, Hampshire and Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford.
2019 Selected group exhibitions with Cricket Fine Art, Chelsea, Josie Eastwood Fine
Art, Hampshire and Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford.
Holland Park Villas – Paintings on loan to luxury residential property.
2018 Selected group exhibitions at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford, Josie Eastwood,
Hampshire and Cricket Fine Art, Chelsea.
Autumn Show with Josie Eastwood, Badlingham Manor, Cambridgeshire.
Winter Show, Paisnel Gallery, London.
2017 Gray MCA at London Art Fair 17, London.
Gray MCA at BADA Fair, London.
2016 Phoenix Cinema Gallery, Finchley, London.
1996 London Print Workshop, London.
Jazz - Earlsfield Library, London.
1995 ‘National Print Exhibition’, London.
1994 ‘The First National Print Exhibition’, Mall Galleries, London.
1993 Fine Art Consultancy at Shad Thames, London.
‘Jazz’ - Art For Offices, London.
1992 Brent Arts Festival, London.
9th Portobello Open, Tabernacle Gallery, London.
Group Show – Pitville Gallery, Cheltenham.
1991 ‘Fresh Art’ Business Design Centre, London.