Miles McAlinden

Born in England 1937, resident in Norway since 1977.

Educated at the College of Art, Leeds 1955-59, Slade School of Fine Art, University College, London 1959-61. 1961—70 Lecturer, Fine Art Dept. College of Art, Leeds. 1970—77 Principal Lecturer, Fine Art Dept. Leeds Polytechnic. Visiting teacher at a number of art schools in England, i.a. Royal College of Art, Wimbledon, Harrogate, Norwich, Exeter, Eton, Falmouth. Visiting teacher at the Art School Brage, Umeå, Sweden 1977-78, 1981 teaching painting at the Art Academy in Trondheim.

Solo exhibitions:

Calouste Gulbenkian Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne 1965, Holst Halvorsen, Oslo 1969, Gallery Kim, Stavanger 1972, Holst Halvorsen 1972, Stavanger Art Association 1978, Drammen Art Association 1978, Landsforeningen Norske Malere, Oslo 1980, Modum Art Association, Ibsenhuset, Skien 1980, Christianssand's Art Association 1981.

Most important group exhibitions:

"Young Contemporaries", R.B.A. Galleries, London 1959—61,

"Artists of Promise", Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham 1961, Stadthaus Galleri, Dortmund 1963, & Image", Institute Gallery, Leeds 1966, "Drawing", University of Alberta, Canada 1966, "Leeds Ten", Midland Group Gallery, Nottingham 1968, Richard Demarco Gallery, Edinburgh Festival 1968, "Leeds Ten", Park Square Gallery, Leeds 1969, (KYorkshire Art 1900—73), Harrogate Festival 1973, 2nd British International Drawing Biennale, Middlesbrough 1975, Statens Kunstutstilling, Oslo 1973—74 —78, "A-Priori", Cartwright Hall Museum, Bradford 1974, BBK's exhibitions 1978-81, "British Week", Galleri Petterson, Tønsberg 1981.

Purchased by Drammen's Art Association's Permanent Gallery, Skiens' Permanent Gallery, Modum Art Collection, Norwegian Culture Council. Decoration: Statens Gartnerskole, Jensvoll 1980.