Eleri Mills Eleri Mills was born in Llangadfan, Powys in1955. She studied Art and Design at Manchester Polytechnic. Eleri was elected to the Royal Cambrian Academy in 2000 and her work has been exhibited throughout Europe, the USA and Japan. She won the Creative Wales Ambassador Award by the Arts Council of Wales for 2010/2011
The land has always been there in my mind, beginning with a childhood
helping on the farm. The passing on of the land from one generation to
the next represents continuity and instils a deep sense of belonging. I
grew up, therefore in a place where history and traditions were relevant
and my familiar landscape was connected by a network of mythic and
cultural associations. The art of storytelling celebrated life in all
its forms, thus fuelling a culture founded on narrative as opposed to a
visual tradition, creating fabulous and complex imagery of the mind.
