John Mills (sculptor)

Teaching

• Full-time at St. Albans School of Art and Hertfordshire College of Art and Design, 1962–77
• Visiting Associate Professor in Printmaking and Sculpture, Eastern Michigan University, 1970–71
• Visiting lecturer Detroit School of Creative Arts, 1970–71
• Visiting Professor and Artist in Residence University of Michigan, 1980.

  Awards

• Fellow of the Royal British Society of Sculptors, 1982
• Otto Beit medal, Royal British Society of Sculptors, 1983
• President of the Society, 1986, and again in 1997
• Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, 1993
• Honorary Master of Arts, University College Northampton, 2000

  Work in public places

• William Blake Memorial
• Blitz the National Firefighters Memorial
• London River Man
• John Jorrocks
• Family Outing
• Brothers
• Swimmers
• Diver
• St George
• Degas Dancing
• Thoughtful Girl
• The Thrower
• Boy With Cat
• Lion
• The Unicorn and Wellcome Wellcome Foundation, Beckenham, Kent, England)
• Road Research
• The Risen Christ, St Mary's Church, Ashwell, Hertfordshire, England)
• Sir Thomas Sopwith
• Sir Lawrence Bragg,
• Jackie Milburn Memorial
• The Meeting, Harpur Square, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England
• Chinese Reference, Harlow, Essex, England
• Quadriga, fountain Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina, USA
• Time, Cavendish Hotel Derbyshire, England
• The Risen Christ, Church of Great St Mary, Sawbridgeworth, Essex, England
• Campus Thoughts, University College Northampton, England
• Memorial to Alan Turing, University of Surrey, Guildford, England
• Lion and the Unicorn and Digitalis, William Harvey Centre, Charterhouse Square, London
• Monument to the Women of World War II Whitehall, London

  Competitions

• Winner of the design competition for 'The Topham Trophy' 1961 and 1962.
• Winner of the RBS silver medal in 1991 for 'Blitz'.
• Winner of the Royal Mint design competition for the 'D-Day fifty pence coin 1993'.
• Winner of the Royal Mint design competition for the 'VE Day two pound coin 1994'.
• Winner of the Royal Mint design competition for the Euro Cup two pound coin 1995.
• Winner of the Coin of the Year award for the D-Day fifty pence 1994.
• Winner of the Royal Mint design competition for the Euro Cent, British entry for the European Competition 1996.
• Winner of the Royal Mint design competition for the 25th anniversary of the our entry into the Common Market fifty pence coin 1997.
• Winner of the Royal Mint design competition for the 50th anniversary of DNA Double helix two pound coin.

  Published works

• Sculpture in Ciment Fondu, 1958.
• The Technique of Sculpture 1962.
• Sculpture in Concrete, 1966.
• The Technique of Casting for Sculpture 1968.
• Studio Bronze Casting 1969, this book was written in collaboration with Michael Gillespie ARBS.
• Modelling the Figure and Head 1978.
• Encyclopaedia of Sculpture Techniques 1989.
• Catalogue contribution for Chelsea Harbour 93 1993.
• Sculpture 108, Contributed article 'What I didn't learn at Art School' Spring issue 1997
• Sculpting the Human Figure 2006