Harland Miller, born in 1964 in Yorkshire, is a renowned writer and visual artist known for his combination of literature and painting. After studying at Chelsea School of Art, he published several literary works before achieving international fame with his large-format painting series „The Penguin Book“. This series parodies the classic book covers of the Penguin publishing house and combines the adoption of the iconic logo with humorously biting titles such as „International Lonely Guy“.

Miller's work is strongly influenced by Pop Art and American abstraction. He utilises the familiar aesthetics of old paperbacks to combine autobiographical references with intellectual wit and socio-political commentary. His pictures are shown worldwide in solo exhibitions in metropolises such as London, Paris and New York. Through his artistic treatment of the semantics of language, Miller creates a bridge between the literary world and contemporary visual art. In doing so, he utilises the aesthetic abstraction of words to process complex themes such as isolation and identity in a way that is both playful and profound