Samantha Millington

We are pleased to sell works on behalf of Samantha Millington

Artist Statement:

My passion for creating art has been my life since I was a teenager. I started my career in the fashion industry, having gained a 2:1 at Manchester Metropolitan University. I proceeded to find a job as a designer. This took me to the Far East and Europe, working in India, China, and the Philippines. With the birth of my first son, I went freelance. Creating prints and embroideries or the fashion world. I started to teach Life drawing and fashion illustration at Salford University and Manchester University on the Fashion Degree course., During this time I also worked with Zion arts, providing art education across a broad spectrum of groups. I moved to Cornwall in 2011 to pursue my own path. Investing in the correct materials to take my work to the next level. My current work is based on figurative abstract, pushing my perspective and working on larger pieces.

Lecturer in Fashion Illustration, Life drawing, Pattern cutting, toile on the stand. Computer Aided Design using illustrator and photoshop.

Zion Arts Principal Facilitator

Worked with excluded youths, using art as a bridge back to education. Using graffiti to engage and teach these young adults how to create a piece of art they can be proud of.

Extended school programme for the Hulme/Moss side cluster. Introducing art into the curriculum.

End of Year curated art exhibition to showcase all of the schools artwork projects.

Mural Painter , working on several community based projects. Including youth groups and outreach engagement with youth members.

Freelance Art Educator

Curriculum enrichment, showing how to include art based learning to staff.