NATALIE MILLS

Selected Highlights

Forthcoming, August/September 2026 — A Class of Our Own, Seventh Circle Artworks and Aesthetics, Digbeth, Birmingham. A two-artist collaborative exhibition exploring class and belonging, drawn from both artists' experience of moving through different worlds and thriving outside conventional class systems.
2025 — Birmingham Open 25: selected to represent West Midlands art, sponsored by Colmore BID and Central BID, public open-air exhibition, Birmingham city centre
2025 — Surreal Solihull: commissioned by Solihull Metropolitan Council, public open-air exhibition
2025 — Cosimo Art Scholarship: selected artist, exhibited as part of Renaissance 25: Cosimo Art x art'otel London Hoxton
2024 & 2025 — FLUX Exhibition, Marylebone, London: collective exhibition of emerging and established artists (also featured in FLUX Review publication, Oct 2024)
2025 — Completed “Get Gallery Ready” bootcamp with curator and author Ruth Millington, culminating in Winter Folk exhibition at The CORE Theatre, Solihull

Education

British Association of Art Therapists, London — 04/2014 — Foundation Course in Art Therapy
Byam Shaw School of Art, London — 09/95–06/98 — BA (Hons) Fine Art (incorporating Art History & Theory of Art)
Solihull College — 09/94–06/95 — Foundation Diploma, Specialised Studies in Art & Design
Solihull College — 09/92–06/94 — BTEC National Diploma, General Art & Design and History of Art

Memberships

Member of UASB (United Artists of South Birmingham) — 2023 onwards
Member of Eastside Projects (EOP), Digbeth, Birmingham — 2024 onwards
Friend of RBSA, Birmingham — 2024 onwards

Exhibitions & Art Fairs

Forthcoming, August/September 2026 — A Class of Our Own, Seventh Circle Artworks and Aesthetics, Digbeth, Birmingham. Two-artist collaborative exhibition exploring class and belonging, drawn from both artists' experience of moving through different worlds and thriving outside conventional class systems.
June–July 2026 — Nook Gallery, Kings Heath, Birmingham. Collective of 40+ artists responding to the theme FLORA.
May–June 2026 — Seventh Circle, Digbeth. Collective of 40+ artists responding to the theme 'Beauty and the Beast', celebrating the city of Birmingham.
May–June 2026 — Stoneleigh Arms/Lighthaus Arts, Leamington Spa. Summer Open Exhibition.
April–May 2026 — Stoneleigh Arms/Lighthaus Arts, Leamington Spa. Collective of 40+ artists responding to the theme 'Fault Lines'.
March–April 2026 — Stoneleigh Arms/Lighthaus Arts, Leamington Spa. Collective of 40+ artists responding to the theme 'Beneath the Surface'.
March–April 2026 — Resorts World, Birmingham. 'Art Among Us', collective of 30+ artists responding to the theme 'When an Artist Dreams'.
March–May 2026 — 'Random' exhibition, LTB Showrooms, Coventry. Collective of 40+ artists.
January–February 2026 — 'Renaissance', Seventh Circle, Digbeth, Birmingham. Collective of 40 artists.
December 2025–January 2026 — Winter Folk, The CORE Theatre, Solihull. Collective of 20 West Midlands artists; culmination of the 'Get Gallery Ready' bootcamp run by curator and author Ruth Millington.
December 2025–January 2026 — Resorts World, Birmingham. Collective of 30+ West Midlands artists across different styles and techniques.
December 2025–February 2026 — LTB, Coventry. Collective of 30+ artists working to the theme 'Portraits'.
September 2025 — 'Vivid' exhibition, United Artists of South Birmingham. Collective of 20+ West Midlands artists.
July 2025 — FLUX Exhibition, Marylebone, London. Collective exhibition of emerging and established artists.
May–July 2025 — Birmingham Open 25. Selected to represent West Midlands art, sponsored by Colmore BID and Central BID. Public open-air exhibition, Birmingham city centre.
May 2025 — Kings Heath Arts Fest. Collective exhibition of 44 West Midlands artists.
March 2025 (ongoing) — Direct Art Action UK (Art Centre, studio and gallery), Birmingham. Regular presence in the large gallery area.
March 2025 — Nook Gallery, Birmingham. Group exhibition, 'Yellow'.
March–July 2025 — Surreal Solihull Exhibition. Commissioned by Solihull Metropolitan Council. Open-air public exhibition.
February 2025 — 'Renaissance 25: Cosimo Art x art'otel London Hoxton' exhibition. Collective exhibition as part of the Cosimo Art Scholarship Programme.
January 2025 — BobCat Gallery, London. 'Light in the Dark' exhibition, group show.
December 2024 — BobCat Gallery, London. Group exhibition.
November–December 2024 — The Art Yard, West Midlands. Group exhibition.
September–October 2024 — Birmingham Open Studios, Moseley Exchange, Birmingham.
August 2024 — Eastside Projects (EOP), Digbeth, Birmingham. Summer Camp exhibition.
July 2024 — FLUX Exhibition, Marylebone, London. Collective exhibition of emerging and established artists.
April–July 2024 — FLUX Virtual Exhibition and FLUX Review publication feature (Oct 2024).
April 2024 — Meta Space Gallery. 'Destruction and Abstraction', online exhibition.
October 2017 — Nude Tin Can Gallery, St Albans, Herts. Collective exhibition.
September 2017 — Roy's People Art Fair, Candid Arts Trust, London. Collective exhibition.
July 2017 — FLUX Exhibition, Chelsea School of Art, London. Group exhibition of 70 emerging and established artists.
January 2017 — Espacio Gallery, London. Collective exhibition.
December 2016–January 2017 — DS Arts, London. 'Yellow Dots 3' collective exhibition.
September–October 2016 — The Framework Gallery, University of Hertfordshire. Collective exhibition, a collaboration between the NHS and the Art Therapy Department of the University of Hertfordshire: 'Body, Mind and Soul: a Visual Journey through a Lived Experience'.
June–July 2016 — Nude Tin Can Gallery, St Albans, Herts. 'Solar' collective exhibition.
April 2016 — DSArts Viva Gallery, London. 'Yellow Dots' collective exhibition.
April 2016 — S.Art, Headcase Barbers, St Albans, Herts. Pop-up exhibition.
February 2016 — Brocket Hall, Hertfordshire. Charity Ball exhibition.
January 2016 — Nude Tin Can Gallery, St Albans, Herts. 'Urban' exhibition.
December 2015 — OXO Tower/Bargehouse, South Bank, London. 'Art Maze' exhibition.
September 2015 — Mardleybury Gallery, Herts. Herts Open Studios.
March 2015 — Mardleybury Gallery, Herts. Group exhibition.

Residencies

September–November 2016 — Palette People (International Arts Trust), Vagamon Artist Residency, India. Project: Exploring Art as Therapy and Freedom through Art.