Allison Miles is an artist based in Gippsland, Victoria. After developing an interest in art at an early age, Allison is predominantly self-taught. One of her earliest memories of making art is sitting outside as a child, decorating bamboo sticks with dot-painted flowers. Through school and later life, art became a place of refuge, expression and return. At the heart of Allison’s practice is a simple but powerful truth: art enhances life!
Allison Miles
Meet Allison
I live with schizophrenia, and my art is closely connected to my mental health journey. As an artist, I feel driven to express my inner world out. Making art is a way to process difficult experiences and express what can be hard to put into words. Art enhances my ability to connect and share with others. Art offers a pathway through darkness, grief, change and moments of psychosis. Art is a place of colour, meaning and freedom, and a light when the days feel dark. Art is a way to calm my mind, and just be.
An artist from Gippsland expressing her inner world through vibrant, heartfelt creations.
STYLE
Allison’s work often includes vivid colour, flowers, faces, animals, symbolic imagery and expressive forms. Oil pastels, ink, pencils, pens, markers and oil paints are just some of the mediums Allison loves to explore. Her work instinctively and emotionally, brings inner feeling onto the page through various studies in colour, texture and character creation. Allison works on her art every day. Her practice often enters a flow state, where time falls away and the page becomes a safe space for thought, memory and image.
EXHIBITIONS
In 2025, Allison held her first solo exhibition, ‘Cat Tails’, at ARC Yinnar in Gippsland. She also began working with Arts Access Victoria mentor Betra Fraval, who supported the development and completion of several works later exhibited in ‘Embrace’ at The Dax Centre in Parkville, Melbourne, in 2026
CREATIONS
Allison has produced books, calendars and greeting cards featuring her original artworks. A selection of these are available at:
Gallery
Art that reflects my journey and the great joy it brings me to share art with others.