Born: 1961 Llangadfan Montgomeryshire Wales
College: 1979 Central School of Art and Design London ( foundation) / 1980/84 BA Hons. Degree Goldsmiths College, University college, London.
2018/19/20 Royal Drawing School London (Intensive Programme.)
Selected Residencies and awards:
2018/19 Awarded Bursary at the Royal School of Drawing London.
2018 Sculpture Space Utica New York USA
2018 Residency Unlimited New York USA
2017 Residency Unlimited New York USA
2016 West Dean College Chichester UK
2016 Awarded a the Creative Wales award by The arts council of Wales
2014 Centre for alternative Technology (collaboration with Carlos Pinatti)
2009 Bala community, National Eisteddfod
2007 Glanrafon primary School, Mold Clwyd
2005/6 National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth with Ysgol Gymraeg Aberystwyth (12 months).
2005 ‘Shropshire Hills’ Craven Arms, Shropshire (6 months)
2005 Bala primary schools and community (9 months)
2003 Meifod National Eisteddfod of Wales – Cywaith Cymru and National Museum of Wales. (6 months)
2001 Montgomeryshire primary and high school (3 months )
1989 Banw Primary School (6 weeks)
Employment:
1989/95 Oriel 31/Oriel Davies, Newton, Powys – Education Officer
1987/88 Wrexham Library Art Centre – Exhibitions Officer
1985/87 Bangor Museum and Art Gallery University College North Wales. ( Assistant curator )
1985 Rowley House Museum and Art Gallery, Shrewsbury working with costume collection.
Teaching:
2010/ 19 Master classes for School Pupils / teachers, various workshops
1995/2010 Coleg Meirion Dwyfor, Dolgellau – part time lecturer in Art and Design
2005 Manchester Metropolitan University Art College. Associate lecturer.
1994 /6 Visiting lecturer at Shrewsbury Art College
Exhibitions ( selected )
2018 Bae arts Cardiff 'Dim ond geiriau' ( ydi iaith ) curadur Iwan Bala.
2017 Peninsula Gallery , Brooklyn New York USA
2017 ‘ Senedd’ Welsh goverment building Cardiff ( Hedd Wyn )
2017 ‘cusp’ exhibition Rhuthun Craft Centre ( selected )
2017 National Eisteddod of Wales Ynys Môn ( selected )
2016 Plas Glyn y Weddw Jan Morris celobratory Exhibition ( selected). Curated by Iwan Bala
2016 Museum of Kozara Prijedor ( selected)
2015 Royal Cambrian Academy ‘By Invitation’ Curator Shani Rhys James.
2015 National Eisteddfod of Wales Meifod (selected)
2014 Receive and Return ( social sculpture ) at National Library of Wales (one day event)
2014 Receive and Return , CAT ‘s 40 th anniversary . CAT Machynlleth. ( one day event)
2013 Rhuthun Crafft Centre ‘Rendezvous Goldsmith.’
2013 Powys Castle ( National trust ) (collaboration with International Indian Artist Sharmila Samant)
2013 Rhuthun Craft Centre ‘windows of Wales ‘ ( Edward Pugh exhibition) selected )
2010 Rhuthun Craft Centre ‘Hadau’ including performance
2009 Sain Ffagan National Museum Wales ‘Hadau’
2009 Cywain Bala ‘Hadau’
2009 National Eisteddfod of Wales Bala Art commission(collaboration with Guto Puw Composer)
2009 Smithsonian Museum Washington USA (folk Festival)
2009 Chongqing, Shanghai, Guangzhou and Beijing ,China
2008 Museo Municipal de Artes Visuales de Trelew, Argentina.
2006 National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth.
2006 National Library Pavilion at National Urdd Eisteddfod, Rhuthun
2006 Contemporary Welsh Arts Society at National Library .
2005 Kells, Ireland – Strata. Ystrad Fflur – StrataFlorida (Curator Tim Davies)
2005 Bala – Plase. ‘Communicating in Wool’
2004 100th Anniversary of Royal Welsh Show. Toured to Library of Wales. Curator Jill Piercy
2003 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Meifod, Arts and CraftsPavilion. Residency exhibition selection travelled to National Museum
2002/03 National Eisteddfod – Arts and Crafts Pavilion (selected)
2002 ‘Farmers Daughters’. Rhuthun Craft Centre. CuratorPhilip Hughes
2001/05 ‘Wales Drawing Biennale’ Aberystwyth Arts Centre. Travelled to Wrexham Library Arts Centre
( Amongst others )
Public collections include:
National Library of Wales
National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
Contemporary Art Society of Wale.
University Wales Bangor
Gregynnog Collection, University of Wales
MOMA Wales, Tabernacl, Machynlleth
National Welsh Film Archive
Publications/articles
2000 ‘Farmers Daughters’. Exhibition catalogue
2003 Planet. No. 161
2005 Planet. No. 173
2005 Ground Breaking. The Artist in the Changing Landscape, CywaithCymru. Edited Iwan Bala
2013 Crafts no 245
2015 Barn no 630, Golwg 27 no 47
Lectures:
2003 National Eisteddfod, Meifod
2004 Bodelwyddan Castle
2004 Oriel Davies, Newtown
2004 Cywaith Cymru, Cardiff
2005 MAC, Birmingham
2005 Oxford University
2005 Swansea Institute, part of UCW
2006 Drwm, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
2009 Academy of Arts Beijing China
2010 Rhuthun Craft centre
2013 Rhuthun Craft centre
2014 National Library of Wales.
2015 Chichester university Art College
Media:
2003 HTV Wales
2003/06/07/09/10 S4C – Sioe Gelf/ Bro /wedi saith
2003/05/06/08/09/10/13 Radio Cymru
2005 Radio 4 1/2 hour program with my guests.
2007 Reviewed the Turner prize for S4C television.
2008 Radio Chubut Argentina.