Miles McAlinden

He has had a long career and expansive exhibition history with 24 solo shows and 45 group shows on his CV. Highlights include solo exhibitions at Kunstnernes Hus (1982), Trondhjems Kunstforening (1986), Galleri LNM (1980,1988), Tegneforbundet (1993), and Hordaland Kunstsenter (1996), to name a few. In the period between 1973 and 1994 McAlinden particicpated seven times in the annual state funded ‘Autumn Exhibition’. He participated in 1959 and 1961 at the yearly group show “Young Contemporaries” at R.B.A. Gallery in London. The 1961 edition of this exhibition is considered the most famous, for being the first to introduce British Pop art.

McAlinden has also spent much of his career teaching at art schools and academies in England, Finland, Sweden and Norway. He was educated at Leeds College of Art (1955-1959) and Slade School of Fine Art, University College London (1959-1961).

McAlinden lives and works in Flesberg and Oslo.