MILES ALLEN
EXHIBITIONS—SOLO
2023 Miles Allen & Maruku Arts: Tjukurpa Putitja/Bush Stories, Fireworks Gallery, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, QLD
2021 Lines between - Apart - Boundaries with Sam Taylor, Gympie Regional Gallery, Gympie, QLD
2020 Miles Allen - Connections, Fireworks Gallery, Bowen Hills, Brisbane, QLD
2018 Have you ever wondered..., Noosa Regional Gallery, Tewantin, QLD
2016 Miles Allen, Fireworks Gallery, Newstead, Brisbane, QLD
2015 What’s on the box, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, Toowoomba, QLD
2015 Rediscovered, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, Caloundra, QLD
2015 Lasting Impressions Gallery, Kenilworth, QLD
2014 Capturing and releasing Broken Hill, Broken Hill Art Exchange, Broken Hill, NSW
2013 Out of the Box, Percolator Gallery, Paddington, QLD
2013 Measuring fruit and veg, Bleeding Heart Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2012 Boxing clever, Percolator Gallery, Paddington, QLD
2009 The Cavern, Mermaid Beach, QLD
2007 Urban Grind, Paddington, QLD
2004 Colours, Neo Gallery, Ann St, Fortitude Valley, QLD
2004 Urban Grind, Boundary St, West End, QLD
2003 Straightforward, Freestyle Tout, Rosalie, QLD
2003 Infinite Systems, Charlotte St, Brisbane, QLD
2002 Stepping out of line, Palace Gallery, Queensland University of Technology, South Brisbane, QLD
2002 Freestyle Tout, Rosalie, QLD
EXHIBITIONS—GROUP
2023 Evidence of Scale III: Drawing & Sculpture, FireWorks Gallery Brisbane
2020 Know your neighbour, Pine Rivers Art Gallery, Strathpine, QLD
2020 Adaption, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD
2019 Woven, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2018 Small Mercies, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2017 A SWEEP: Old & New Works, FireWorks Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2015 Collector’s Choice, Lasting Impressions Gallery, Kenilworth, QLD
2015 Clayton Utz Art Award finalist, Brisbane, QLD
2015 Brisbane Grammar School Art Show, Brisbane, QLD
2015 Immanuel Arts Festival, Buderim, QLD
2015 Reflections, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Noosa, QLD
2014 Coastal with a Twist, Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza, VIC
2014 Redland Art Awards, Redland Art Gallery, Cleveland, QLD
2014 Outside in, St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Brisbane, QLD
2014 Noosa Art Award, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Noosa, QLD
2014 Moreton Bay Region Art Awards finalist, Strathpine, QLD
2014 Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular, Riverside Centre, Brisbane, QLD
2014 Collins Street Baptist Church Art Prize finalist, Melbourne, VIC
2014 Taste of Art, Noosa Regional Art Gallery, Noosa, QLD
2013 Urban Art, Manyung Gallery, Mt Eliza, VIC
2013 Bush and ’Burbs: Landscapes from the Collections, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD
2013 Clayton Utz Launch Art Award finalist, Brisbane, QLD
2013 Righting/writing the direction, Rob McNamara Exhibition finalist, Collingwood, VIC
2013 Lethbridge 10000 Small-scale Art Award finalist, Paddington, QLD
2013 Collectomania, Queensland Museum, South Brisbane, QLD
2013 Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular, Riverside Centre, Brisbane, QLD
2012 Brunswick Street Gallery 40 x 40 Prize Show, Fitzroy, VIC
2012 City of Swan Contemporary Art Awards, Midland, WA
2012 Imagine you know, Biennial Emerging Artists Award, Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD
2012 Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery - celebrating 75 years, Toowoomba, QLD
2012 Lethbridge 10000 Small-scale Art Award finalist, Paddington, QLD
2012 Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular, Riverside Centre, Brisbane, QLD
2011 Stanthorpe Art Festival Award finalist, Stanthorpe Regional Art Gallery, QLD
2011 Kenilworth Art Prize finalist, Kenilworth, QLD
2010 Sunshine Coast Art Prize finalist, Caloundra Regional Art Gallery, QLD
2010 Artworkers Alliance Award, Metro Arts, Brisbane, QLD
2009 Maleny Art Awards and Exhibition, Maleny, QLD
2008 Art Quirks, Biennial Emerging Artists Award Exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, QLD
2008 20-20 Vision, Art Factory Gallery, Merivale St., South Brisbane, QLD
2007 Expressions of Interest, Circle Gallery, West End, QLD
2007 Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular, Riverside Centre, Brisbane, QLD
2006 Funky Blood Festival, Bardon, QLD
2005 About Face, 69 Smith St, Fitzroy, VIC
2005 Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular, Riverside Centre, Brisbane, QLD
2004 Norvill Art Prize, Murrurundi, NSW
2004 Space Invaders, Biennial Emerging Artists Award Exhibition, Toowoomba Regional Gallery, QLD
2004 Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular, Riverside Centre, Brisbane, QLD
2003 Churchie Art Show, East Brisbane, QLD
2003 R & M McGivern Art Prize, Maroondah, VIC
2003 Brisbane Rotary Art Spectacular, Riverside Centre, Brisbane, QLD
2002 BRISSC Art Exhibition, Parliament House, Brisbane, QLD
2002 Brisbane Advertising & Design Club, Art & Soul Charity Auction, Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, QLD
2002 Pine Rivers 10th Annual Art Awards, Strathpine, QLD
2001 Brisbane Girls Grammar School Annual Art Exhibition, Brisbane, QLD
AWARDS
2019 Environmental Award, Sculpture on the Edge, Maleny
2016 First prize, Sculpture on the Edge, Maleny
2015 First prize Mixed Media, Immanuel Arts Festival, Buderim
2014 Highly Commended, Kenilworth Art Prize
2010 Judges Honourable Mention, Kenilworth Art Prize
2010 Winner, abstract class, Wilston State School Art Show
2009 Runner-up, contemporary class, Maleny Art Awards
2008 Runner-up, Nundah Festival Art Competition
2007 Runner-up, contemporary class, Nundah Festival Art Competition
2003 Runner-up, Aspects Art Show, Goondiwindi
COMMISSIONS (Selected)
2009-2010 110 x 8 metre wall mural for office building in Bella Vista, NSW.
2002 Four large paintings for surgery waiting room, Wickham Tce, Brisbane, QLD.
Approximately 35 other commissions undertaken since 2002.
PUBLISHED MATERIAL & INTERVIEWS
Papunya Tjupi Men’s Sculpture Project, The Desart Radar, June 2017
Tony Moore, ‘From mine site to art gallery - one sculptor's story’ in The Age, Oct 14, 2015
Interview with Deborah Blakeley of Zoneone Arts, July 2015
Sunshine Coast Daily, ‘All boxed and ready to satisfy art judges’ 16 June 2014
Lauren Grounsell, ‘Flair with recycling pays off’ in Range News, Sunshine Coast, 19 June 2014
Emily Roberts, ‘Recycling items into art’ in Barrier Daily Truth, Broken Hill, 17 May 2014
Victoria Cooper & Doug Spowart, Imagine you know: Emerging artists in your community. Sept 17 2012 http://wotwedid.com/2012/09/17/imagine-you-know-emerging-artists-in-your-community/
The Weekend Edition, ‘Measuring Fruit and Veg’, Tuesday, March 05 2013.
Sally Browne, ‘Out of the box’ in U ON SUNDAY in Sunday Mail, Brisbane, 3 March 2013.
Sandy Pottinger, ‘Objects get new meaning’ in The Chronicle, Toowoomba, 29 September 2012
The Chronicle, Toowoomba, 'Top artists showcased next month', 31 August 2012
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery ‘Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery - celebrating 75 years’, Toowoomba, 2012
Alicia Blumson, ‘Boxing Clever’, Brisbane News, 27 July 2012
David Wheeldon, ‘Gigantic mural makes a bright base for new office space’ in Architecture and Design Newsletter, 8 March 2011
Hill Shire Times, 'Building a canvas', Tuesday December 14, 2010
Sandy Pottinger, ‘New artists explore old themes with fresh ideas’ in The Chronicle, Toowoomba, 4 October 2008
John Mateer, ‘Under Scrutiny’ in Arts and Medicine, 1, 2005
Trent Dalton, ‘Bad for good’ in Brisbane News, 24 July 2002
COLLECTIONS
St Vincent’s Private Hospital, Brisbane, QLD
Mater Private Hospital, South Brisbane, QLD
Gold Coast University Hospital, Southport, QLD
Toowoomba Regional Art Gallery, QLD
Gadens Lawyers, Queen St, Brisbane, QLD
Australian Catholic University, Banyo, QLD
Private collections in Australia, UK, Spain, France, Sweden and Brazil
RESIDENCIES
2015 Hill End Artist in Residence program, Hill End, NSW
2014 Broken Hill Art Exchange - Capturing and releasing Broken Hill