Amy McMillan
Biography
'I use storytelling, folklore, and mythology to cushion some of the darker themes in my work. I use gesture, pose and costume to communicate self-worth, expansion, release, and freedom.'
Amy Mcmillan (b. 1995, England) is an interdisciplinary Brighton based artist primarily working in ceramics and water based media. Her hybrid figures embody a feminine experience, where the body is fluid, penetrated, gives birth and where time is cyclical rather than linear. Motifs such as the seasons and the moon appear often in her work, reflecting a similar idea of a world that moves in cycles rather than straight lines.
Mcmillan’s work is in the collection of Minerva, London. Recent group exhibitions include :
The Earth Laughs In Flowers (Nov 22). The Affordable Art Fair (March 22), Life on Venus, The Tub Hackney (2021) and FBA Futures, Mall Galleries (2019). She has recently taken part in a 6 week Independant Ceramics Residency at Arquetopia, Pueble, Mexico (March 22).
'A lot of my work is connected to my relationship with my maternal genealogy. I come from a line of deeply creative women whose trauma, early childhood life and lack of opportunities, both economical and structural meant that developing their own art practice wasn’t possible for them. Despite these challenges, they still managed to express their joy for colour, eccentricity and creative force through dress, storytelling, drawing, collage and obsessive object collecting. I go back to them, what has been carried down through generational trauma, to begin to understand their experience as the survivors, and mine as the processor.
I use storytelling, folklore, and mythology to cushion some of the darker themes in my work. I use gesture, pose and costume to communicate self-worth, expansion, release, and freedom.'
Mcmillan’s work is in the collection of Minerva, London. Recent group exhibitions include :
The Earth Laughs In Flowers (Nov 22). The Affordable Art Fair (March 22), Life on Venus, The Tub Hackney (2021) and FBA Futures, Mall Galleries (2019). She has recently taken part in a 6 week Independant Ceramics Residency at Arquetopia, Pueble, Mexico (March 22).
'A lot of my work is connected to my relationship with my maternal genealogy. I come from a line of deeply creative women whose trauma, early childhood life and lack of opportunities, both economical and structural meant that developing their own art practice wasn’t possible for them. Despite these challenges, they still managed to express their joy for colour, eccentricity and creative force through dress, storytelling, drawing, collage and obsessive object collecting. I go back to them, what has been carried down through generational trauma, to begin to understand their experience as the survivors, and mine as the processor.
I use storytelling, folklore, and mythology to cushion some of the darker themes in my work. I use gesture, pose and costume to communicate self-worth, expansion, release, and freedom.'
Works
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Britomartis, 2023Amy McMillan, Britomartis, 2023£ 945.00 -
Calypso, 2023Amy McMillan, Calypso, 2023£ 745.00
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Pandora's Jar, 2023Amy McMillan, Pandora's Jar, 2023£ 785.00
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Drama Triangle, 2021Amy McMillan, Drama Triangle, 2021£ 455.00
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Heeled Feet, 2021
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The WishAmy McMillan, The Wish£ 400.00
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Co-DependenceAmy McMillan, Co-Dependence£ 400.00
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SweetNothingsAmy McMillan, SweetNothings£ 450.00
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MotherAmy McMillan, Mother£ 430.00
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Becoming Animal
Exhibitions
