2011 Goldmsiths College London (Currently undertaking MFA Fine Art) 2002 Slade School of Art, London. BA Hons Fine Art.
1st
Class 1997
Coleg Menai, Bangor.
Art Foundation, Distinction.
Solo Exhibtions
OpenEmptySpaces - Cardiff . Site-specific piece for the ‘Hole in the Wall’
space. 2009. It’s a Wonder/ Dyna
Rhfedod -National Eisteddfod Wales, Mold. Exhibition of multimedia work/performances made as
Artist in Residence.2007. Theatre
Freuddwydion/Theatre of Dreams -Galeri Caernarfon.Exhibition
of multimedia work made during position as Artist in Residence.
2006. Wish You Were Here? - Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno. Spotlight exhibition, videos, photography,
sculptures.2003.
Group Exhibitions
Group Exhibtions
2011 Make Room - Milkwood Gallery, Cardiff Exhibted and performed with Ffaf at private view. Wunderland - Tatctile Basch, Cardiff Exhibtied Video work.
2010 Here Lies Art - Nunhead Cemetary , London. New sculpture and solo performance. CELL - 3 venues Across Ruthin Lead artist with Julia Peat & Rhian Haf. Curated 12 artists for site specific exhibtions in museums. Also created new installation and solo performance. Mercedes Fire - Good Hatchery, IMOCA Ireland. Invited fellow for summer school residency and road trip. Cerbyd - Artists bus trip across Wales Group Residency. Ongoing work and collaborations Gwaith Powdwr - Art and wildlife festival, Penrhyndeudraeth, Gwynedd Lead artist with Julia Peat, curated 20 artists in outdoor art trail on nature reserve. Also created new video and sculptural work. ArtEden - Lonjera, Italy Residency and exhibition. Take a Pew - London New tapestry sculpture shown.
2009 Mumchance
and Guise- English FolkDance and Song Headquarters, London- Invited to exhibit
costume and solo performance in a group exhibition. Helfa Gelf- participated as an open studio.
Thoroughly Modern Dora, Wilseden Green, London. New video work for group
exhibition based on life and work of Dora Gordine.
CelfEden
Plas Tan y Bwlch,Snowdonia, One of the 8 artists, I
made new photographic and performance work during the week long residency. Locws 4, Locws International, Swansea 03/2009. Commissioned sculpture for this
group exhibition across Swansea
City.
2008 Night
Garden - Anderton
Park, Cheshire Year of the Garden 10/2008. Outdoor art event,
including a mixture of sound, light sculpture, video and performances, with Julia Peat.
If You Build It
They Will Come - G39 Cardiff. Limited prints exhibited- work also to be included
in a publication. Edgecentrics - Williamson Tunnels, Liverpool, Sculpture shown in this group exhibition. (Now on
loan at venues request)
2007 Upstaging Nature - Lookoutpost, Sydenham
Woods, London.
Temporary outdoor installation and performance
work.
Real writers Residency
Programme - G39 Gallery, Cardiff.
Co-ordinated exhibition on behalf of Real
Institute, exhibited video work and performed in the cabaret-opening event.
2006 Young Wales, Royal Cambrian
Academy, Conwy.
Helfa Gelf, Open Studios event, Conwy. 2004 White Noise. Mile End Ecology Centre, London.
2002 Beyond A Firm
Foundation. Oriel Ynys Mon,
LLangefni, Anglesey.
Performances/ Directing/ Writing
Performances / Directing / Writing
2011 Eco Panto - Theatr Cynefin - Caerdroia Labyrinth Llanrwst Site specific Immersive theatre production in a forest. Devised and directed this performance featuring 15 National and International performers. The production featured archetypal Pantomime characters set within a context of the recession, sustainability and anti-consumerism. 2010 Les Mis - Here Lies art- Nunhead Cemetary, london Solo durational comedic performance based on the Victorian professional funeral mute. Walk the Line - CELL, Ruthin Solo durational performance as a lone prisoner line dancing to Johnny Cash through the town center. Butterfly Girls - Arteden, Lonjera, Italy Collaborative comedic/ physical theater piece with Femke Van Gent
2009
Panto Cabaret - Ffaf, British Legion Llanrwst Devised/ directed and performed in artists cabaret night in collaboration with Ffaf. Created several comedy sketches and audience interactive activities which deconstructed the notion of traditional pantomime. One Woman Mummers. Mumchance
and Guise- English Folk Dance and Song Headquarters, London- Invited to create
new Solo performance; by wearing a multiple personality costume I acted out
13 characters from
English folk plays the Mummers Plays, also added and modified the tradtional
script.
Stars in Thier Stars in Thier Eyes . Emergency 09, Greenroom, Manchester.
With arts collective
Ffaf; Performed new devised comedy musical look-alike extravaganza.
Based on TV show Stars
in Their Eyes, our awful look-alikes received terrible makeovers
and sang very
badly!
Trash or Treasure Island . Festival of Bathing Beauties, Mablethorpe, Lincon. Interactive performance in
collaboration with Julia Peat, was based on combining treasure island with Tv show Bargain Hunt
Seagull Lecture. Take
Part, Venue Cymru, Llandudno. Solo interactive performance and
lecture given whilst dressed as a seagull! Special Lecture. CelfEden,
Plas Tan y Bwlch,Snowdonia, Performance
work, a solo spoof scientific historical
lecture devised during the weeklong residency. Boot Up.Antifreeze
car boot, ContentsMayVary/ Contemporary Arts Manchester. Interactive Car boot gameshow based around boots.
2008 Tywrch/ Turf - Llwybr Y Ceirw Residency Public performance in LLanrswt to cover the Town square in Turf. With Mari Gwent and Julia Peat. Salty Tales Conwy Estuary Sculpture
Trail opening. Safle / Conwy County
Council. Collaborative
performance devised by myself and Julia Peat.
Alban
Hefin, Cerdroia. Golygfa
Gwydyr. 04-06/2008. Working as an associate
director/ producer for Cynefin, I co-devisied, organised and acted in this group performance,
featuring 19 artists from across Wales
and England.
2007 Ysbrydnos,Caerdroia Labyrinth, Cynefin Theatre Company.
Associate director for
Cynefin. Shared responsibility for
organising, workshops, Set, costumes, Marketing, devising
and directing of overall performance.
Up the Wall, Chester Performs, Chester City
Centre. A solo public performance, as part of live
art festival.
Vicorian
Extravaganza,Llandudno. Compere
for the Bands stage. Really Restrictive
Shorts, Llangollen, Wales. Actor for this film- making project in Trevor Hall,
in Llangollen.
2006 ‘Heuldor Haf’ & ‘Heuldro Gaeaf ‘Caerdroia Labyrinth. Llanrwst,
North Wales
Telyn. Experimentica ,
Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff.
2004 Llandudno Art Festival - Art Tapas - Fringe Festival, Real Institute.
2003 Roadshow, Real Institute and
Grizedale Arts. 2002
Critical Curtain. Bloomsbury Theatre, London.
Permanent Public Art
Llwybr Y Ceirw (Path of the Deer) Gwydyr Forest, Llanrwst. Two permanent sculptures - Ysbardyn and Neuadd Y Dref - forming part of sculpture trail. Represent the final outcomes of 2 year residency in the town, which included public exhibitions and events including: Windows to the past- video installations in shop windows Turf - public performance / memorial for the town. Residency in Collaboration with Mari Gwent.
Press / Publications
Television/ Radio ‘Wales
Today’ 25/09/09– Interview about my
involvement in Helfa Gelf Open Studio’s.
‘wedi7’ S4C.20/6/09. Interview about CelfEden
residency.
‘Sioe Gelf’ S4C. 6/5/’09. Interview about Locws 4
sculpture.
‘Sioe Glef’ S4C Series 2, episode 18.Interview/Feature
about my installation in Llanrwst
town
centre.
‘Sioe Gelf
‘Steddfod’ S4C, 12/08/07 Overview of my work at eisteddfod. ‘Wales
Today’ ITV, 7/08/07, live interview for news programme.
‘Morning
show’ BBC Radio Wales, live interview for daytime programme.
BBC Radio
Cymru, 7/05/07, Live interview for daytime programme.
Selected Newspapers/ Art Press/Catalogues. Golwg issue , October 2009 -Full page interview
about my studio.
One
in the Other- G39 Guest Curated Season 2006-08. ISBN 978-0-9541810-6-2
Taliesin,
no.131.Summer 2007. Front Cover, and photo spread, pages 80-89.
Golwg,
19, no 45. July 2007. Page 28, arts section.
Daily
Post, August 8th 2007, page 15.
Art Monthly, No
269, September 2003. Page35. ‘Roadshow: A Grizedale Arts Project, May –
October 2003.’
Grizdale
Arts, 2003. ISBN 0-9542577-6-6
