I’m an artist based in Caernarfon, North Wales, with a sculptural and performative practice rooted in specific sites. The ways in which materials stick to and transform locations and communities is of particular interest to me: from the patterns of peatlands to the textures of the intertidal zone, materials are a way of connecting to more-than-human bodies, helping us navigate more sustainable pathways on a range of scales.
My interdisciplinary approach is moulded by my upbringing on the rocky shores of Ynys Môn, a UNESCO Global Geopark, my academic studies in Architecture and Artistic Research, and ten years of collaborative practice in Berlin as part of artist-duo
Awst & Walther. I’ve exhibited widely in the UK and Germany and my work is part of the National Library of Wales, the UK Government and Welsh Parliament art collections.
I was recently fortunate to be granted a
Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award (2022 – 23) and a
Future Wales Fellowship (2023 – 25) as part of Arts Council Wales and Natural Resources Wales’ Creative Nature programme. During this period, my practice has taken a peaty turn, giving me the time and space to creatively explore Welsh peatlands in connection to the
National Peatland Action Programme. Peat has offered a material and metaphorical stickiness previously unexplored, encouraging me to push and pull at my usual ways of working. I’ve shared the work in progress at events and exhibitions including the
IUCN Peatland Conference 2024 in the Cairngorms and Earth Rising at IMMA Dublin. You can listen to my material thoughts on Alice Vincent’s podcast as part of her
Why Women Grow series, which we recorded on Crymlyn Bog, Swansea at the start of the year.
I collaborate regularly with practitioners from different fields, hosting workshops and creative events within my local, Welsh-speaking community and in schools and universities across the UK and Germany. Don’t hesitate to
get in touch if you have a collaborative idea that you would like to explore together.
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Workshop for Peak at Waun Ddu raised bog, 2024
Photo by Siôn Marshall-Waters
Awards and studies:
2023-25
Future Wales Fellowship
2022-23
Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award
2015
Creative Wales Award, Arts Council of Wales
2014
Artistic Research, RCA, London
2005
Architecture (MA Cantab), University of Cambridge
Selected exhibitions and commissions:
2025
Garden Escapers
Commission for the North Wales Wildlife Trust installed at Gwaith Powder Nature Reserve, Penrhyndeudraeth
2025
Theatr Clwyd
Public spaces commission as part of the redevelopment
by Haworth Tomkins Architects
2024
Earth Rising
Sculptures and performance lecture at IMMA, Dublin
2024
Commission to respond to garden design by
Studio Bristow
and
Size of Wales at the RHS Chelsea Flower Show
with subsequent exhibition at the
Garden Museum, London
2023
Wetland DreamsSolo exhibition at Oriel Brondanw, Llanfrothen
2023
SyfrdanolGroup exhibition at HAUS, a collaborative project between IKT and Mostyn
2023
AgoraGroup exhibition at The Turner House, Penarth
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 WaterAwst & Walther at Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin
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 ControlAwst & Walther at PSM, Berlin
2014
Far and Wide
Public sculpture and interdisciplinary forum at Barclodiad y Gawres funded by ACW and Cadw
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Photo by India Hobson at Crymlyn Bog, 2025
as part of Why Women Grow by Alice Vincent
Recent talks, lectures, workshops and teaching:
2025
Bogged down
Collaborative workshop with
Re-Peat,
Criw Compostio and
Alys Fowler
at Cors Fochno raised bog
2025
Swansea College of Art
BA Fine Art - lecture
2024
2024
Peak PeersContributor to Peak Cymru’s young people’s programme
2024
Coed / CoexistSymposium at Glyn y Weddw
2024
Swansea College of Art
BA Fine Art - lecture, workshop
2023
Coleg Menai
BA Fine Art - lecture, tutorials
2023
CAT Centre for Alternative Technology
M.Arch Sustainable Architecture - lecture, Q&A
2023
Bangor University
BA Performance Studies - lecture, Q&A
2022
DAC Disability Arts Cymru
Presentation, Q&A
Residencies:
2022
Heuldro (Solstice) at Bryn Celli Ddu
hosted by Cadw, Tactile Bosch and Tinshed Theatre
2022
Sculplobe, Berlin
supported by Lobe Block and 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:
Publications:
Awst & Walther Monograph
Published by DISTANZ
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Limestone glossary
Published by Torba Press
Order here
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