Miles Aldridge rose to prominence in the mid-nineties with his arresting, highly stylised photographs with references to film noir, art history and pop culture.
Born in London in 1964, the son of famed art director and illustrator Alan Aldridge, his interest in photography began at an early age when he was given a Nikon F camera by his father. He went on to study graphic design at Central Saint Martins, graduating with a BA in 1987.
An acclaimed colourist, Aldridge renders elaborate mise-en-scènes in a palette of vibrant acidic hues. These glamorous, frequently eroticised images probe society’s idealised notions of domestic bliss where sinister undercurrents swirl beneath a flawless surface. Aldridge has worked prolifically for more than thirty years, and today he remains one of the few photographers shooting predominately on film. His creative output encompasses large-scale c-type prints, Polaroids, screenprints, photogravures and drawings.
Selected Public & Private Collections
National Portrait Gallery, London
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
The British Museum, London
International Centre of Photography, New York
The Davis Museum, Wellesley College, Massachusetts
Fondation Carmignac, Porquerolles
Palais Galliera Musée de la Mode de la ville de Paris
Nicola Erni Collection, Zug
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2021
Process: Vintage Polaroids and Contact Sheets 1999–2018, Lyndsey Ingram, London
Virgin Mary. Supermarkets. Popcorn. Photographs 1990–2020, Fotografiska Museum, New York
2020–21
Virgin Mary. Supermarkets. Popcorn. Photographs 1990–2020,
Fotografiska Museum, Stockholm
2020
The Taste of Colour, Lumiere Brothers Gallery, Moscow
2019
Screenprints, Polaroids and Drawings, Christophe Guye Galerie,
Zurich
2018
This Side of Paradise, Huxley Parlour Gallery, London
Art History, Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam
2017
(after), Lyndsey Ingram, London
2016
Please return Polaroid, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
Please return Polaroid, Lyndsey Ingram, London
2015
The Pure Wonder, Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles
A Dazzling Beauty, OCA, São Paulo
2014
The Age of Pleasure, Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich
One Black & White and Twenty Four Colour Photographs, Reflex
Gallery, Amsterdam (Catalogue)
Miles Aldridge’s Carousel: Lithograph and Screenprints, Drawings
and Photographs, Sims Reed Gallery, London (Catalogue)
2013
Short Breaths, Brancolini Grimaldi, London
I Only Want You to Love Me, Somerset House, London
CAROUSEL, Brancolini Grimaldi, London
I Only Want You to Love Me, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
2010
13 Women, CONTRIBUTED Studio For The Arts, Berlin
New Work, Brancolini Grimaldi, Florence
Kristen As seen by Miles Aldridge and Chantal Joffe, Reflex Gallery,
Amsterdam (Catalogue)
2009
Pictures for Photographs, Collette, Paris
Pictures for Photographs, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
Doll Face, Hamiltons Gallery, London
2008
Acid Candy, Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam (Catalogue)
2007
The Cabinet, Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam (Catalogue)