John Mills (sculptor)

Various part-time teaching posts in UK from 1958 to 1962: • 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 (for the sculpture 'Curved Neck Grace') • 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 ==

Whitehall London. . • William Blake Memorial (Blake House, London) • Blitz the National Firefighters Memorial (South side of St. Paul's Cathedral, London) • London River Man (Isle of Dogs, London) • John Jorrocks (Croydon, London) • Family Outing (Thames Centre, Newton Aycliffe, County Durham, England) • Brothers (University Hospital, Ann Arbor, Michigan USA) • Swimmers (Cambridge swimming pool, Cambridge, England) • Diver (Eastern Michigan University, USA) • St George (Windsor Court Hotel, New Orleans, USA) • Degas Dancing (La Cabaña Restaurant, Buenos Aires, Argentina) • Thoughtful Girl (Clark University, Worcester, Massachusetts, USA) • The Thrower (Ernest Bevin School, Tooting, London) • Boy With Cat (Highfields, Hemel Hempstead, England) • Lion (Ward Freeman School, Buntingford, Hertfordshire, England) • The Unicorn and Wellcome (Wellcome Foundation, Beckenham, Kent, England) • Road Research (Road Research Laboratories, Crowthorne, England) • The Risen Christ, St Mary's Church, Ashwell, Hertfordshire, England) • Sir Thomas Sopwith (Brooklands Museum, Brooklands, England) • Sir Lawrence Bragg, (The Royal Institution, London) • Jackie Milburn Memorial (Ashington, Northumberland, England) • The Meeting, Harpur Square, Bedford, Bedfordshire, England • Chinese Reference, Harlow, Essex, England (Tesco Site) • Quadriga, fountain Charleston Place Hotel, Charleston, South Carolina, USA • Time, Cavendish Hotel (Chatsworth House Estate) 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 (Krause Publications) 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 (Contractors Record, London). • The Technique of Sculpture 1962 (B.T.Batsford, London). • Sculpture in Concrete, 1966 (McClaren, London ). • The Technique of Casting for Sculpture 1968 (B.T.Batsford, London). • Studio Bronze Casting 1969 (McClaren, London), this book was written in collaboration with Michael Gillespie ARBS. • Modelling the Figure and Head 1978 (B.T.Batsford, London). • Encyclopaedia of Sculpture Techniques 1989 (B.T.Batsford, London). • Catalogue contribution for Chelsea Harbour 93 (RBS) 1993. • Sculpture 108, Contributed article 'What I didn't learn at Art School' Spring issue 1997 • Sculpting the Human Figure 2006 (Crowood Press) == References ==