Adam Barker-Mill
Born in Wookey Hole, Nr Wells, Somerset, England, 1940
Lives and works in London, United Kingdom
EDUCATION & TEACHING
1994Visiting Tutor, Bartlett School of Architecture, UCL
1967Lecturer on Film, Bath Academy of Art
1963London School of Film Technique, Brixton
1962Studies painting; experiments with colour animation on 8mm film
1959Magdalen College Oxford. BA Modern Languages (French/German)
1957School Prize for Photography
1953Winchester College
FILMS
1984Lighting & Cameraman, Every Picture Tells a Story director James Scott
1983Lighting & Cameraman, Hero director Barney Platts-Mills
1983Lighting & Cameraman, A Shocking Accident director James Scott (Oscar, Best Short Film of 1983)
1979Lighting & Cameraman, Chance, History, Art director James Scott
1978Lighting & Cameraman, The Great Rock n' Roll Swindle director Julien Temple
1976Lighting & Cameraman, Down the Corner director Joe Comerford
1975Lighting & Cameraman, Coilin & Platonida director James Scott
1971Lighting & Cameraman, Transformation director James Scott
1970Lighting & Cameraman, Private Road director Barney Platts-Mills
1969Lighting & Cameraman, Bronco Bullfrog director Barney Platts-Mills
1969Lighting & Cameraman, The Great Ice-Cream Robbery dir. James Scott
1969Lighting & Cameraman, Richard Hamilton dir. James Scott
1967Lighting & Cameraman, Love's Presentation director James Scott
1967Director "Regal", short film about a local cinema, Corsham
1965Assistant film editor "CHINA!"
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2016Metacolour, Bartha Contemporary London, UK
2015Nastro Azzurro, Star Gallery/Botao Gallery, Nagoya, Japan
2014just-noticeable differences Part1, Laure Genillard, London, UK
2014just-noticeable differences Part2, Peacock Visual Arts, Aberdeen, UK
2014Feature, Hallmark shop window, Aberdeen, UK
2012Stacks, Sleeper Edinburgh, UK
2010ColourPlay, Pier Arts Centre, Orkney, UK
2010Disco Volante, An Tobar, Mull, UK
2009ColourPlay, Peacock, Aberdeen, UK
2007Chromat on the web, i8 Reykjavik, Iceland
2006wall installation, Private House, Turleigh, Avon, UK
2005Cairn Gallery, Pittenweem, UK
2004ColourBox, Louisa Guinness Gallery, UK
2003LITIR, SAFN, Reykjavik Journey installation, Private house, London, UK
2002COLOURS, Sleeper, Edinburgh, UK
2000ColourTherapy, Nutopia, Covent Garden, London, UK
1998Light: an exhibition, Sainsbury Centre, Norwich Cambridge Festival of Digital Arts, UK
1997PHOTOsynthesis, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, UK
1997Chelsea & Westminster Hospital, London, UK
19973-month Gallery, Liverpool, UK
1997humdrum, Trade Apartment, Brixton, London, UK
1994B.U.Y . Docklands, London, UK
1993ZERO (SpaceLight), ANTA Leuchten GmbH, Germany
1993light installations, Riverside One, London, UK
1992B.U.Y., Seville,Spain Alternative Expo Three Columns, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
1991Light Works, Ikon Corp, London, UK
1991Chromat 3, Peter Fiell, London, UK
1989SpaceLight Mk2, Issey Miyake Men, London, UK
1988SpaceLight 1, ANTA, Spitalfields, London, UK
1988SpaceLight Mk 1, Corridor Gallery, Reykjavik, Iceland
1986Chromat 1, Paul Steen Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
1985Who's afraid of red, yellow & blue?, Arnolfini, Bristol, UK
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015Line and Light, Pier Arts Centre, Orkney, UK
2014Wunderkammer, Bartha Contemporary, London, UK
2013Kleines Museum, Weissenstadt, Germany
2012NOW & THEN, Harris Lindsay, Jermyn St, London, UK
2011Disco Volante, Coldharbour, Brixton, UK
2005Evergreen, Inverleith House, Edinburgh, UK
2005Kaleidoscope, MOMA Osaka, Japan
2005cynosure – a northern light, Pier Arts Centre, Orkney, UK
1996Northern Lights, Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
1994GIVEN SPACE, Ocean Village, Southampton, UK
1990Between Dimensions, Curwen Gallery, London, UK
199011 Cities, 11 Nations, Leeuwarden, Holland, Netherlands
SELECTED PUBLIC COMMISSIONS
2012Ringstack, Notting Hill Gate, London, UK
2001Saltire Award, Scotland, UK
1999Light Tower, Whiteinch Cross, Glasgow Ambient Light, Alexander Graham Bell House, BT Building, Edinburgh, UK