Harland Miller was born in Yorkshire in 1964 and now lives in London. Group exhibitions include Royal Academy, London (2005, 2006), Kunsthalle, Mannheim (2004) and the ICA, London (1996).
Miller achieved critical acclaim with his debut novel, Slow down Arthur, Stick to Thirty (2000).
In 2001 he produced a series of paintings based on the dust jackets of Penguin books. By combining the motif inherent in the Penguin book, Miller found a way to marry aspects of Pop Art, abstraction and figurative painting with his writer’s love of text. Miller continues to create work in this vein, expanding the book covers to include his own phrases, some hilarious and absurd, others with a lush melancholy.
Miller was the Writer in Residence at the ICA for 2002; during this time one season was devoted to the influence and legacy of Edgar Allen Poe. In 2008, Miller was the curator of an exhibition of works of art by 34 artists inspired by Edgar Allan Poe 'Horror on the wall: You Dig the Tunnel, I’ll Hide the Soil ' shown at White Cube.