Lesley Millar

Lesley Millar is Emerita Professor of Textile Culture at the University for the Creative Arts, UK. She has been responsible for many international touring textile exhibitions, particularly featuring artists from Japan and the UK. She has contributed to many publications most recently Surface Tensions (2013) and Outside: Activating Cloth to enhance the way we live ( 2014). In 2008 she received the Japan Society Award for significant contribution to Anglo-Japanese relationships and in 2011 was...See more

Lesley Millar is Emerita Professor of Textile Culture at the University for the Creative Arts, UK. She has been responsible for many international touring textile exhibitions, particularly featuring artists from Japan and the UK. She has contributed to many publications most recently Surface Tensions (2013) and Outside: Activating Cloth to enhance the way we live ( 2014). In 2008 she received the Japan Society Award for significant contribution to Anglo-Japanese relationships and in 2011 was appointed MBE for her contribution to Higher Education. See less