PAX 2023
PAX
MOMA Machynlleth & Aberystwyth Art Centre, Aberystwyth University
exhibition runs till 18th June 2023
A group exhibition curated by Heledd Wyn Hardy commemorating the centenary of Wales’ remarkable Women’s Peace Appeal of 1923-24. ‘The Women’s Peace campaign of 1923 was a truly remarkable Wales-wide effort involving almost every household, through peace activists going door-to-door, supported through county and community organisers of ‘the League’. A delegation, led by WLNU Chair Annie Hughes-Griffiths, travelled from Wales to America in March 1924 for a 2 month ‘Peace Tour’ of the States, building support through American women’s organisations involving over 60 million people. ‘
In my work PAX is reflected by the ability to walk freely and alone through a varied natural environment. Many things are occurring to enable this autonomy of action - the person is not subject to a repressive regime, is not fearful of bodily harm from a war zone, is not subject to oppressive gender restrictions… Thankfully within the UK slowly the boundaries of action as simple as walking are opening up to a diverse range of people...
The drawing was made in 2021 - during and just after lockdown - as part of a series of works with Malaysian architect Eu Jin Lim - who was also experiencing lockdown in Kuala Lumpur. It was part of Open Books Online
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Original exhibition curated by Heledd Wyn at MOMA Macynlleth 11th February - 15 April 2023
The Welsh Group in Focus 2023
The Welsh Group in Focus: Paintings,Sculpture and Bernard Mitchell’s Artist Portraits
Paintings and sculpture by members of The Welsh Group
Great to be taking part in this Welsh Group show
Bernard Mitchell has been photographing artists in Wales since 1966. His photographs of all the members of the Welsh Group will form the basis of the groups 75th Anniversary exhibition, at the wonderfully restored Y Gaer in Brecon. The photographs will accompany paintings, drawing and sculpture by existing and former members.
Y Gaer, Brecon, Powys LD3 7DW 1 March - 19 June 2023
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STAGE 2023
A multi artist installation & zine project curated by Casper White and James Moore at Kingsgate Studios
STAGE
part of PEBBLE / SHOE
Lle gallery at Kingsgate Project Space, 110 - 116 Kingsgate Road, London NW6 2JG 24th/25th February 2023
John Abell Jo Berry Abi Birkinshaw Sarah Boulter Dave Brooke Gordon Dalton Lara Davies Roslim Dew Tamara Dybnyckyj Robbie Fife Elliott Flanagan Rebecca Gould Abigail Hampsey David Hancock Callum Harvey Beatrice Hasell-Mccosh Marielle Hehir Maggie James Gareth Kemp Dean Knight Iwan Lewis Rhiannon Lowe Daniel MacCarthy James Moore Ruth Murray Philip Nicol Mahali O’Hare Tom Pitt Chantal Powell Ben Risk Fiona Roberts Robin Tarbet Liorah Tchiprout Ruby Tingle Toby Ursell Casper White Dylan Williams Ellie Young
curated by Casper White and James Moore.
The installation consists of two formats of art work: large backdrops and smaller works hung on top of the backdrops. A zine will be created in the gallery space during the exhibition days on Friday 24th Feb & Saturday 25th Feb.
‘Celebration of Welsh Contemporary Painting’ 2022
Highlights from Celebration of Welsh Contemporary Painting Exhibition 2022
The penultimate exhibition in the 2022/23 series, sponsored by Dawn Bowden MS Deputy Minister for Arts and Sport. The exhibition brings together artists in ‘a broad and eclectic exhibition that celebrates painting as a specific art form present in Wales today’.
‘Past The Jumping Boys’ - one of seventeen new paintings shown earlier in 2022 at Found Gallery, Brecon - will be part of the exhibition.
This painting relates to a 3km bike ride, from a house in North East Cardiff to a studio in the South of the city. The route is calm, with an energy and dynamic unlike other ways through the city. Delicate ecosystems thrive along the pathways, creating an almost continuous green trail. Everything is in flux - the light, the wind, the mood of the day, the temperament of the people you pass, the background sounds of the city… and this changes the feeling and mood of the journey. Most days the river is muddy with a sombre green reflection, but this can change to a mirror reflection of animators blue sky.
‘Celebration of Welsh Contemporary Painting’ Futures Gallery, The Pierhead, Cardiff, CF10 4PZ
The exhibition runs from 15th December - 9th February 2023
Past The Jumping Boys
Y Silff, Cardigan 2022
Gilly Booth, Tess Gray, Cathryn Gwynn, Maggie James, Arwel Micah, Flora McLachlan, Jason Rouse
Curated by painter Sam Vicary, this exhibition is an invitation to the artists to display their work in carefully assembled ‘vignettes’ or installations including paintings, drawings, text, prints and ceramics.
“I’m interested in how we collect inspiration in our studio spaces. The shelf gives the public an insight into that creative process, but it’s also a way people might display their art at home alongside their treasures and other special objects”.
Some artists have chosen to display their ideas alongside the work for sale. Others have used it as a platform to present their work. The exhibition is designed to be a playful take on tradition still-life, where artists often use their spaces and objects around them to inspire new work.
Displayed across two rooms, the exhibition embraces the winter season and offers experienced and budding art collectors plenty of choice. The artwork can be bought off the shelf.