Royden Mills Is a sculptor who has taught as a contract Academic at the University of Alberta over more than 25 years. His first professional studio was in Hokkaido Japan and he now works out a rural studio not far from Edmonton. A selection of his large-scale work can be found at: Grounds For Sculpture, Hamilton New Jerzy, Terwillegar Park Edmonton Canada, State University of New York, Odette Sculpture Park, Franconia Sculpture Park, Augustana Campus of the University of Alberta and Chomin Hall Shikaoi, Hokkaido Japan, among other places. Mills work can be seen at the University of Lethbridge, Arlington Heights, Chicago, Sculpturesite Gallery San Francisco, Robert T. Webb Sculpture Garden in Dalton Georgia, The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Canmore Hospital Canada, and also in Centennial Plaza Red Deer Alberta, as well as Shikaoi, Hokkaido Japan, as well as in Imagining Science at the Art Gallery of Alberta where he collaborated with internationally recognized Print Artist, Sean CaulfieldThe work they generated has been seen at the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, UQAM Gallery Montreal, McMaster University Museum, and Enterprise Square, Edmonton. Mills is represented in many collections Including: "Grounds For Sculpture" Has acquired one of Mills sculptures and makes "Inside Elevation" available to audiences at the sculpture Park South of New York City. MIlls collaborates with artists Catherine Burgess and Walter Jule on public art projects. Solo Projects of Public Art include the Centennial Sculpture for the City of Red Deer, and the Centennial Sculpture for Augustana Campus of The University of Alberta in Camrose Alberta ( Two cities that he spent time in his formative years. The Art Gallery of Alberta Acquired "Inside Out" for their permanent Collection in 2011, and in 2014 he won the William Hardy Alexander teaching award from The University of Alberta. and he has won several major project grants including from the Alberta Foundation for the arts and Canada Council.
