b. 2000, London, United Kingdom

2023-2024, The Collective Studio, The Newbridge Project, Newcastle Upon Tyne

2019-2023, BA Fine Art, Newcastle University, Newcastle Upon Tyne with study abroad program at University of Victoria, Canada

2018-2019, Level 3 Diploma in Fine Art, The Royal Drawing School, London

Millie Shafiee is a multi-disciplinary artist, who works in drawing, film, sound and installation. Light and space are key elements in Shafiee’s practice and her imagery is often created using drawings from film. Her references to cinematic light highlight her experience of creating imagined stories from her family history. Being half Persian, her practice explores diaspora, inherited memory, and the fragility of oral histories, which become diluted or lost in translation. Her in-depth audio documentation of familial conversations reflects her experience of capturing snippets of family history, and the ache of grasping at details lost by language and time.