Biography

Lillias August studied Fine Art at Goldsmiths College in London followed by a postgraduate course in The History of Art and Design. She has exhibited her work widely and received several awards, most recently at the Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) for both her landscape and her architectural work. She was elected a member of the RI in 2006.

From 2000 – 2005 Lillias was project artist for St Edmundsbury Cathedral in Bury St. Edmunds during the Suffolk Cathedral Millennium Project. ‘Cross’, a series of paintings that grew out of the project, toured to Ely, Peterborough and Lincoln Cathedrals and to Southwell Minster with grants from, amongst others, Arts Council England East and East Midlands (2005 – 6).

2010  The Artist Magazine, May issue - featured artist 'In Conversation' with Julian Halsby

2000- 2010 - annual exhibtion  Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI) Mall galleries, London

  PRIZEWINNER in 2002, 2005, 2006 & 2010

2000 - 2004,

2006 - 2008 - annual exhibtion  'Artworks' at Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds

2001- 2009 - annual exhibtion    The Hunter Gallery, Long Melford, Suffolk

2010

  Art in the Barn, Dove Barn, Groton, Suffolk

  Watercolour Academy, Mall Galleries, London

  Suffolk showcase, Smiths Row, Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk

2009

  Art at the Park, Croxton, Norfolk

  Harleston Gallery, Harleston, Norfolk

  Alresford Gallery, Alresford, Winchester, Hampshire

  High Watermark, RWS & RI, Bankside and Mall galleries, London

  Threadneedle Prize, Mall galleries, London

  'Visions of Watercolour Today', Contemporary German - English Painters in Watercolour

  Villa Streccius, Landau, Germany

  The Russell Gallery, Putney, London

2008

  Langham Fine Art, Langham, Suffolk

  Suffolk Showcase 08, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery

  Harleston Gallery, Harleston, Norfolk

  Wildwood gallery, Bury St Edmunds

2007

  Langham Fine Art, Langham, Suffolk.

  Art at the Park, Croxton, Norfolk.

2006

  Retrospective '06 - mixed exhibition, Gallery 27, Cork Street, London.

  Langham Fine Art, Langham, Suffolk.

  Suffolk Showcase, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery

  Art at Dove Barn, Groton, Suffolk

2000 – 2005

  Project artist for St Edmundsbury Cathedral during the Suffolk Cathedral

  Millennium Project which includes the completion of the central Tower.

2005 – 2006 ‘Cross’ series tour to Ely, Peterborough and Lincoln

  Cathedrals and Southwell Minster.

2005

  'Millennium Tower' - St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Suffolk.

  Wildwood Gallery, Bury St Edmunds

2003,04

  Art Works in Mental Health - National Touring Exhibition.

2004

  Art Auction East, Bury St Edmunds Art Gallery, Bury St Edmunds.

  The Wall Gallery, Ely

2003

  Art Trail, Bury St. Edmunds Festival, Suffolk.

  Wildwood Gallery, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk.

2002

  Royal Watercolour Society (RWS), Bankside Gallery, London.

  'Work in Progress', Cathedral Cloister during Bury St Edmunds Festival.

2001

  Singer & Friedlander/Sunday Times Watercolour Exhibition, London.

  'Cross Country', Bury St. Edmunds Art Gallery, and Niederrheinisches

  Museum, Kevelaer, Germany.

2000

  The Old Fire Engine House, Ely, Cambridgeshire.

  'This Flat Earth', University and Firstsite Galleries, Colchester, Essex.

  The Laing Exhibition, Mall Galleries, London.

1999

  Cathedral Cloister Gallery, Bury Festival, Bury St. Edmunds.

1998

  The Laing Exhibition, Mall Galleries (PRIZEWINNER).

  'On the Border', Wolsey Gallery, Christchurch Mansion, Ipswich.

  © Lillias August 2008