Pamela Miles Folk Art

biography


Born in Oak Park, IL

BS Speech, BA English at Northwestern University

Pre 1980 – Group and Solo shows in Chicago suburbs and Connecticut

1980 - Solo show of original work at Swearingin Gallery; Louisville, KY

1981 – Poster commissioned by “Historic Homes” of Louisville, KY

1982 – Solo show, Actors Theatre, Louisville, KY

1982 – Poster commissioned by Louisville Ballet for “Billy the Kid”

1982 – Liberty National Bank, KY. Six artist invitational

1983 – Solo show of work 1979-1983 at Kentucky State Capitol – “Pamela Miles, Retrospective of a Kentucky Primitive Painter”

1984 to 1990 – Group shows at Jay Johnson American Folk Heritage Gallery, NYC. Represented by Portals Gallery, Chicago and Frank Meile Gallery, NYC until 2010

2023 - 2 paintings aquired by the KMAC Contemporary Art Museum in Louisville, Kentucky

Work in private collections internationally including Phyllis George, Governor’s Mansion of Kentucky, Citizens Fidelity Bank of Louisville, KY