I make sculptures and site-specific artworks woven with ecological narratives. My interdisciplinary approach to sites and materials is moulded by my upbringing in North West Wales, my academic studies in Architecture and Artistic Research, and ten years of arts practice in Berlin.
From my studio in Caernarfon I can see the three peaks of Yr Eifl with the Iron Age hillfort Tre’r Ceiri, the dunes and forest of Llanddwyn (the first coastal Nature Reserve in Wales) and the Irish Sea beyond. This dense material, aesthetic and historic environment stretches across the north-west coast and southward into the Snowdonia National Park, and is exemplary of how deeply structured and politicized landscapes are, modified over time as ideologies change and furthermore through ecological processes. It’s a landscape that has shaped my identity and continues to guide and challenge my artistic practice as I respond to urban and rural sites.
In the studio, 2021
CV
1983
Born in Bangor, Wales
2005
Architecture (MA Cantab), Cambridge University
2014
Artistic Research, RCA, London
2015
Creative Wales Award, Arts Council of Wales
Current Public Spaces Creative Coordinator, Pontio Arts
Residencies:
2021-22 Sculplobe, Berlin
supported by Wales Arts International
2019
Haen Arall, solo exhibition at Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
2017
Gap to Feed, permanent public artwork at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, commissioned by L40 Kunstverein
2017
Defence, public artwork commissioned as part of BINGEN 2017, Skulpturen am Rheinkilometer, Germany
2017
Troelli, outdoor installation and interdisciplinary forum commissioned by Y Lle Celf, The National Eisteddfod of Wales
2014 Far and Wide, public sculpture and interdisciplinary forum at Barclodiad y Gawres, Anglesey
funded by ACW and Cadw
Still holding, Moel Tryfan 2021
Other projects:
2021 Cynfas 5: Habitat Guest editor for National Museum Wales’ digital magazine
2021
Consultant artist on Theatr Clwyd redevelopment with Haworth Thomkins Architects
2021
Storws Enlli design and development project with PegwArchitects
2019
Curator of SAIN50 exhibition at The National Library, Aberystwyth and Storiel, Bangor
2018
Curator and project manager of STAMP Castell03: To The Sea, a public art project in partnership with Cadw, Gwynedd Council and Arts Council of Wales
Still holding, Moel Tryfan 2021
