Sam Orlando Miller

Miller was born in London and grew up there, spending time in the workshop of his family's silversmithing business. There he learnt to work with the reflective surface of silver and how it interacts with the space around it.{{Cite web|url=https://howtospendit.ft.com/art-philanthropy/106253-mirrored-art|title=Mirrored Art|last=Van Der Post|first=Lucia|date=13 May 2016|website=How to Spend It}}

Miller graduated (1986) in Fine Art from Falmouth School of Art.{{Cite journal|last=Miller|first=Helen|date=April 2004|title=Found Effects|journal=The World of Interiors|page=156}} His graduation theses subject was the work of American artist Barbara Kruger.

In 1994, after time spent living and working in Italy and Scotland, Miller returned to London. There he established a studio for projects for commercial and residential interiors. The studio made high specification sculptural objects, interiors and fittings.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sightunseen.com/2012/10/sam-orlando-miller-le-marche-italy/|title=Sam Orlando Miller, Le Marche, Italy|last=Singer|first=Jill|date=18 October 2012|work=Sightunseen|access-date=2 April 2019}}

In 2002 he relocated to a remote part of Le Marche, central Italy. He continued to make functional sculptural objects and interior fittings and furniture.{{Cite news|url=https://www.architecturaldigest.com/story/sam-orlando-miller-mirrors-article|title=Sam Orlando Miller's Elegant Mirrors|last=Gardner|first=Anthony|date=1 December 2011|work=Architectural Digest|access-date=2 April 2019}} Alongside this work he created drawings, paintings and steel sculptures,{{Cite news|url=https://howtospendit.ft.com/house-garden/48403-fine-artist-led-furniture|title=Fine artist-led furniture|last=Crichton-Miller|first=Emma|date=21 February 2014|work=How to Spend It|access-date=2 April 2019}} some of which would later form the Nostalgia Futuro series, completed in 2016.{{Cite web|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/sam-orlando-miller-gets-illusory-at-gallery-fumi|title='Tra L'Occhio e L'Ombra':Sam Orlando Miller gets illusory at Galery FUMI|last=Bertolli|first=Rosa|date=3 May 2016|website=Wallpaper}}

In 2005, to coincide with an exhibition of his work at Macandi showroom in Mayfair, London, his work was featured in The World of Interiors.

In 2009 Miller made the first Untitled Mirror for his home in Italy, using discarded mirrors he had found and picked up because he was drawn to the flaking silver.{{Cite web|url=http://youhavebeenheresometime.blogspot.com/2011/09/non-conversation-with-sam-orlando.html|title=a (non) conversation with Sam Orlando Miller|last=John|first=David|date=25 September 2010|website=You Have Been Here Sometime}} He then began working with a palette of handmade glass which he silvered to create mirror, often adding patina by creating marks on the silver itself with painterly lines and numbers. He became interested in creating a complexity of layers for the viewer, drawing attention to the surface of the mirror itself and creating distractions from their own reflection.{{Cite news|url=https://howtospendit.ft.com/house-garden/48403-fine-artist-led-furniture|title=Mirror Funiture Design|date=29 September 2018|work=ILOBOYOU|access-date=2 April 2019}}{{Failed verification|date=October 2023}}

Sixteen new works in shaded from inky midnight blue to pale celeste, The Sky Blue Series, were exhibited at Hedge Gallery in September 2012, including the first Untitled Tables I and 2. In this series Miller explored the thought of sky as a metaphor, likening the sky to the mind; dark and light, clear and hazy, intangible and mysterious. In 2012 Miller also exhibited works during Salone del Mobile Milan as guest artist at Gallery Space | Laboratorio Avallone, curated by Malgosia Szemberg.{{Cite news|url=https://www.sightunseen.com/2012/04/at-the-2012-milan-furniture-fair-part-iii/|title=At the 2012 Milan Furniture Fair, Part III|last=Kemshurov|first=Monica|date=26 April 2012|work=Sightunseen|access-date=3 April 2019}}

A large-scale mirror Rete Corallina 6X6/4 was presented at Design Miami/Basel 2015, now in a private collection.{{Cite news|url=https://www.designboom.com/design/gallery-fumi-design-miami-basel-2015-06-14-2015/|title=Gallery FUMI – Contemporary Works and Commissions|last=Azzarello|first=Nina|date=14 June 2015|work=Designboom|access-date=3 April 2019}} An exhibition of eleven new works, Tra L'Occhio e L'Ombra was presented at Gallery FUMI in April 2016, including Sguardo Cubetti series consisting of six functional sculptural objects each using the same form attached into different dimensions, creating tables and cupboards with secret sliding compartments. The exhibition included four works from Miller's very personal Nostalgia Futuro series where the reflection of his studio seen in the mirror panel of the work is painted onto the surrounding surface.{{Cite news|url=https://www.blouinartinfo.com/news/story/1389940/sam-orlando-millers-new-works-open-at-gallery-fumi|title=Sam Orlando Miller's New Works Open at Gallery FUMI|last=Perkovic|first=Jana|date=3 May 2016|work=Blouin Artinfo|access-date=3 April 2019}}

Miller's latest body of work Sentiero dei Viandanti (Path of The Wayfarers) was a creative shift and marked his relocation from Italy to Catalonia, Spain. Pivoting around a large free-standing sculptural mirror work, Rifugio dei Viandanti (Sanctuary of The Wayfarers), the installation was designed to present the back of the work, where Miller's making and structuring was clearly visible like the clues on the back of a painting for the visitor to discover as they move around the gallery.{{Cite news|url=http://living.corriere.it/tendenze/design/sam-orlando-miller-fumi-gallery-londra/|title=Sam Orlando Miller: specchio delle mie brame|last=De Conte|first=Massimo|date=5 March 2019|work=Living il Corriere della Sera|access-date=3 April 2019}}

Sam Orlando Miller is married to photographer and filmmaker Helen Underwood Miller. They have worked together professionally for thirty years. He lives in London and Catalonia, Spain.

2004

• Exhibition of objects and furniture, Macandi Showrooms, London, UK{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

2005

• Made in Italy, Macandi Showrooms, London, UK{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

2006

• Before the Thought of God, curated by Andrew Hewish, Centre for Recent Drawing, London, UK{{Cite web|last=ArtFacts|title=Before the thought of god {{!}} Exhibition|url=https://artfacts.net/exhibition/before-the-thought-of-god/292682|access-date=2021-02-22|website=ArtFacts|language=en}}
• Group Exhibition, Pinacoteca Santa Vittoria in Matenano, Italy{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}

2012

• Guest artist at Gallery Space | Studio Avallone, curated by Malgosia Szemberg, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy{{citation needed|date=November 2019}}
• Flection, Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, USA{{Cite web|title='Flection' at Hedge Gallery {{!}} DeTnk|url=https://detnk.com/node/11521.html|access-date=2021-02-22|website=detnk.com}}
• They Sky Blue Series, Hedge Gallery, San Francisco, USA{{Cite web|last=White|first=Sarah Virginia|title=DESIGN DAILY: SKY BLUE SERIES BY SAM ORLANDO MILLER|url=https://www.californiahomedesign.com/trending/2012/10/25/design-daily-sky-blue-series-sam-orlando-miller/|website=California Home Design}}

2014

• Wallpaper Handmade, Salone del Mobile, Milan, Italy{{Cite web|date=2014-04-15|title=Fuorisalone 2014, si chiude il sipario|url=https://www.amica.it/2014/04/15/fuorisalone-si-chiude-il-sipario/|access-date=2021-02-22|website=Amica|language=it-IT}}
• Modern Makers, curated by Sara Griffiths, Sotheby's, Chatsworth House, UK{{Cite web|url=http://www.sothebys.com/en/auctions/2013/modern-makers-l13902.html|title=Modern Makers|website=www.sothebys.com|access-date=3 April 2019}}

2015

• Design Days Dubai, Dubai, UAE {{Cite web|title=Fair: Design Days Dubai 2015|url=https://gallery-fumi-5e3e86.webflow.io/fairs/design-days-dubai-2015|access-date=2021-02-22|website=gallery-fumi-5e3e86.webflow.io}}
• Design Miami/Basel 2015, Basel, Switzerland{{Cite news|url=https://www.iconeye.com/design/news/item/12041-design-miami-basel|title=Design Miami/Basel|date=19 June 2015|work=Icon}}

2016

• Sam Orlando Miller | Tra L'Occhio e L'Ombra, Gallery FUMI, London, UK{{Cite web|last=Magazine|first=Wallpaper*|date=2016-05-03|title='Tra L'Occhio e L'Ombra': Sam Orlando Miller gets illusory at Gallery Fumi|url=https://www.wallpaper.com/design/sam-orlando-miller-gets-illusory-at-gallery-fumi|access-date=2021-02-22|website=Wallpaper*}}

2017

• Salon Art + Design, New York City, USA{{Cite web|title=Fair: The Salon Art + Design 2017|url=https://www.galleryfumi.com/fairs/the-salon-art-design-2017|access-date=2021-02-22|website=www.galleryfumi.com}}

2018

• Reflections, ammann//gallery, Cologne, Germany{{Cite web|title=exhibitions / art fairs, ammann//gallery › ammann gallery|url=https://ammann-gallery.com/exhibitions-art-fairs/|access-date=2021-02-22|website=ammann-gallery.com}}
• Re-considering Canon, Design Museum, London, UK{{Cite web|url=https://designmuseum.org/whats-on/london-design-festival-2018/reconsidering-canon|title=Reconsidering Canon|website=Design Museum|access-date=3 April 2019}}
• Now and Then | 10 years of Collectable Creativity , curated by Libby Sellers, Gallery FUMI, London, UK{{Cite web|title=Now and Then {{!}} 10 YEARS OF COLLECTABLE CREATIVITY|url=https://www.libbysellers.com/news/213/|access-date=2021-02-22|website=Gallery Libby Sellers}}

2019

• Sam Orlando Miller | Sentiero dei Viandanti, Path of The Wayfarers. Gallery FUMI, London, UK{{Cite web|last=FUMI|first=Gallery|title=Sam Orlando Miller: Sentiero dei Viandanti {{!}} Path of the Wayfarers at Gallery FUMI|url=https://www.galleriesnow.net/shows/sam-orlando-miller-sentiero-dei-viandanti/|access-date=2021-02-22|language=en-US}}

2020            

•  2020: It’s Good to be Home, Gallery FUMI, London, UK{{Cite web|title=At Home, 2020 – DANIELLA ON DESIGN|url=https://www.daniellaondesign.com/blog/at-home-2020/|access-date=2021-02-22|language=en-US}}
• ‘Kleureyck, Van Eyck’s Colours in Design’, Design Museum Gent, Gent, Belgium{{Cite web|date=2020-06-02|title=design museum gent explores color in contemporary design with 'kleureyck' exhibition|url=https://www.designboom.com/design/design-museum-gent-color-kleureyck-van-eyck-exhibition-06-02-2020/|access-date=2021-02-22|website=designboom {{!}} architecture & design magazine|language=en}}

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