Manon Awst is a Welsh artist who makes sculptures and site-specific artworks woven with ecological narratives. The ways in which materials stick to and transform locations and communities is at the forefront of her creative research.
Her interdisciplinary approach is moulded by her upbringing in North Wales, her academic studies in Architecture and Artistic Research, and ten years of collaborative practice in Berlin as part of artist-duo
Awst & Walther.
She has exhibited widely in the UK and Germany including at Cass Sculpture Foundation, National Museum Wales, Mostyn, Boros Collection, Georg Kolbe Museum and Kunstverein Braunschweig.
Her work is part of the National Library of Wales, the UK Government and Welsh Parliament art collections and she has long-term installations on the Wales Coastal Path at Nant Gwrtheyrn and at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin.
She was recently granted a
Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award.
1983
Born in Bangor, Wales
2005
Architecture (MA Cantab), University of Cambridge
2014
Artistic Research, RCA, London
2015
Creative Wales Award, Arts Council of Wales
2022
Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award
Selected exhibitions and commissions:
2022
2022
Stone’s throw Solo exhibition at PSM, Berlin
2022
Temporary AtlasGroup exhibition at MOSTYN
2022
POWER! LIGHT!Group exhibition at Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
2022
Casglu - Collecting
Group exhibition at The National Library of Wales
2021
AnghysbellSolo exhibition at Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Llanbedrog
2021
Talking Bout my Generation: Direkte Auktion
Group exhibition at Monopol, Berlin
2020
Epona
Y Lle Celf virtual group exhibition
2019
Haen Arall
Solo exhibition at Neuadd Ogwen, Bethesda
2018
And I will take you to Paradise
Group exhibition at KUBE, Ålesund
2017
Be WaterSolo exhibition at Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin (Awst & Walther)
2017
Gap to FeedPermanent public artwork at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin, commissioned by L40 Kunstverein (Awst & Walther)
2017
DefencePublic artwork commissioned as part of BINGEN 2017, Skulpturen am Rheinkilometer, Germany (Awst & Walther)
2017
Troelli
Outdoor installation and interdisciplinary forum commissioned by Y Lle Celf, The National Eisteddfod of Wales
2015
Ground ControlSolo exhibition at PSM, Berlin (Awst & Walther)
2014
Far and Wide
Public sculpture and interdisciplinary forum at Barclodiad y Gawres, Anglesey
funded by ACW and Cadw
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Lobe Block, Berlin 2022
Photo: Carys Huws
Residencies:
2022
Heuldro (Solstice) at Bryn Celli Ddu
hosted by Cadw, Tactile Bosch and Tinshed Theatre
2022
Sculplobe, Berlin
supported by Wales Arts International
2021-22
Summit to Sea Residency with Tair Collective
as part of the Endangered Landscapes Programme, Cambridge University
2014
Segontium Roman Fort, Caernarfon
awarded by Cadw
2012
CCA Andratx, Mallorca
supported by Wales Arts International
2010
Künstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
supported by The Henry Moore Foundation
2010
MeetFactory, Prague
awarded by the Goethe Institute
Other selected projects:
2022
Up Projects Constellations Cohort
Public Art Practitioners Development Programme
2021
Cynfas 5: HabitatGuest 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
Collaborations:
Awst & Walther
PSM, BerlinTair Collective
PegwArchitects
Publications:
Awst & Walther Monograph
Published by DISTANZ
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Lobe Block, Berlin 2022 