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
