“Strongly believed-in and stated convictions about art have a habit of tumbling and collapsing infront of the canvas when the act of painting actually begins” Philip Guston
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 many 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. Lillias is an Honorary member of the Institute of East Anglian Artists (IEA) and a Patron of the Society of East Anglian Watercolourists (SEAW)
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).
Annual Exhibition from 2000 – Royal Institute of Painters in Water Colours (RI), Mall galleries, London
PRIZEWINNER in 2002, 2005, 2006, 2010, 2017, 2019 (2 Awards), 2020
2021
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition – Mall Galleries, London
2020
ING Discerning Eye exhibition – ONLINE only
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition – Willis Museum and Sainsbury Gallery, Basingstoke
Adrian Hill fine Art – Holt, Norfolk – ‘A Narrative’ – watercolour exhibition
(Mall Galleries, London – postponed RI exhibition was held in September after a 5 month delay re Covid 19)
2019
RI at The Lighbox, Woking
SEAW (Society of East Anglian Watercolourists) Long Melford, Suffolk – exhibited as Patron
Hunter Gallery – Bury St Edmunds
Adrain Hill Fine Art – Holt, Norfolk
2018
SEAW Babylon Gallery, Ely – exhibited as Patron
Hunter Gallery – Bury St Edmunds
Adrain Hill Fine Art – Holt, Norfolk
RI fundraising show – Naomi Tydeman gallery, Tenby, Wales
2017
Sunday Times Watercolour Competition, Mall Galleries London
Beaux Arts Gallery, Bath
RI, Horsham Museum and Art Gallery
RI, Albany Gallery, Cardiff
Old Fire Engine House, Ely – Solo
IEA (Institute of East Anglian Artists) Buckenham Gallery, Southwold
SEAW Pond gallery, Snape – exhibited as Patron
2016
Adrian Hill Fine Art
IEA Holt
RI Splash, Mall Galleries, London
SEAW Babylon Gallery, Ely – exhibited as Patron
2015
Walton and Bovill Fine Art – Long Melford, Suffolk
Bury Art Trail, Bury Festival, Bury st Edmunds
Edmund Gallery, Bury st Edmunds
St Edmundsbury Cathedral, Suffolk
The Gallery, Snape Maltings, Snape, Suffolk
2014
Walton and Bovill Fine Art, Long Melford, Suffolk
IEA (Institute of East Anglian Artists) Mandell’s Gallery, Norwich, Norfolk
RI, Tenby Museum, Pembrokeshire, Wales
RI, Lloyds Register, London
2013
IEA (Institute of East Anglian Artists) Picturecraft, Holt, Norfolk
Contemporary East Anglian Artists, Gainsborough’s house , Sudbury, Suffolk
‘Still Alive’, FBA members exhibition, Mall Galleries, London
2012
IEA inaugural exhibition, Picturecraft, Holt, Norfolk
The Federation of British Artists presents London, Mall galleries
London Views RAC club, Pall Mall, London
RI in Rye, Rye Art Gallery
RI at the National Theatre, Southbank, London
2011
‘Fragments, images from a vaulted ceiling’, Edmund Gallery, Angel Hill, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Assembly House Art Show 2011, Norwich
South Suffolk Show
2010
‘A-Z of Still Life’, Wildwood Gallery, Bury St Edmunds
Art in the Barn, Dove Barn, Groton, Suffolk
Watercolour Academy, Mall Galleries, London
Suffolk showcase, Smiths Row, Bury st Edmunds, Suffolk
RI exhibition Gallery Lefort Fine Art, Bath,
Highwaymans Gallery, Risby, Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
2009
Art at the Park, Croxton, Norfolk
Harleston Gallery, Harleston, Norfolk
RI at the 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
RI at The Russell Gallery, Putney, London
2004, 2006 – 2008
Artworks at Blackthorpe Barn, Rougham, Bury St Edmunds
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
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