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Based in St Ives, Cornwall, we are a leading contemporary art gallery and online store. Our first floor, water front iconic premises hosts artist led seasonal exhibitions with some of the UK’s most well regarded artists and craftsmen.

Alongside this the studio also offers art and curation consultancy, with installation and advisory services for commercial and private clients. Art and craftsmanship at the centre of all our projects, we can help to create timeless interiors that speak of their history and architecture, and our clients own personalities.

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Milieu was set up in 2023 by artist Caroline Robinson. Caroline is a painter and artist in her own right and a resident in St Ives, Cornwall for nearly twenty years. With extensive hospitality experience after previously founding a highly successful Michelin star awarded smallholding and restaurant with her husband and young family. In 2023 Caroline decided to focus on her artistic connections and insatiable ardor of art and design. Launching Milieu Studios in order to create a space for showcasing a variety of different practises and artistic approaches. Not just to visit here in Cornwall, but also to provide a platform for conversation surrounding art, bringing the voices and unique stores behind each piece and practise to the fore front.

Milieu has gained much momentum over its first year since opening and now sells work Internationally, representing some of the UK’s most well regarded contemporary artists.

Caroline practises her own painting career, alongside mentoring other artists, you can find her work with limited availability through some well respected galleries within the UK and through Milieu directly.

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MOLLIE MILTON

Mollie Milton is slipware potter based in West Cornwall. She began working with clay during her Fine Art degree in Manchester, but it wasn't until after graduating that she began to teach herself to use the potter's wheel and make functional work. In 2022 she undertook a two-year apprenticeship with master potter, Richard Phethean, funded by the charity ‘Adopt A Potter’ for the final year. She makes contemporary slipware inspired by the liveliness of decoration found in 17th-century European pottery and endeavors to bring that liveliness and freshness to contemporary objects, for the modern home.