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"My paintings are narratives of events
that I see emerging from the painting. My work is like a moment
captured in time. I see many paintings full of action, and
paintings full of poetry. I look at art history as I believe
it speaks to me of fantastic human capabilities. I do not
try to compete with the past, but it gives me confidence because
through these images I see mother and child, or husband or
bride, or hero and anti-hero, figures which come spontaneously
from within me. These fictional characters can be comical
or tragic, playful or serious. The narratives have no beginning
or end.
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"Angels
Looking to Appear"
Oil on canvas
80cm x 60cm
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"Taff
Embankment, Riverside"
Oil on canvas
180cm x 120cm
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Now more than anything it is
easier to be a painter. I feel I can paint any subject. I
cannot hide my joy and I am free in my painting. I am making
my own rules, telling my own stories, from the information
that comes into my brain daily.
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| I am originally from
Caernarfon, North Wales and currently live in Cardiff with my
artist partner. I studied for my BA and MA at Cardiff Institute
of Higher Education, where I developed my painting under Terry
Setch. My large scale representations from life and imagination,
created in my own painterly manner, generated interest and appreciation..
I valued the time in higher education because it made me aware
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"Crazy
Woman"
Oil on canvas
76cm x 61cm
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"Cathedral
Road"
Oil on canvas
157cm x 126cm
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I have exhibited
nationally and internationally in group shows. These have
included 'Homeland', a group exhibition by women based on
our response to theme of 'Homeland'. I have been in numerous
exhibitions as a member of Group 75, including successful
shows in Cape Town, South Africa. I was selected as one of
2001's outstanding MA graduates for the national 'Ida Branson
Memorial Bequest Exhibition'. I was with 'Meta: Imaging the
Imagination', a group exhibition by painters and poets, which
toured Wales and Lithuania, two cultures with roots in folklore
and poetry. I was the representative of Wales in the 2002
'Euro Celtic Art' exhibition, at the Interceltic Festival,
Lorient, Brittany." |
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EDUCATION
BA HONS Fine Art
1992-95: Cardiff Institute of Higher Education
MA Fine Art
1998- 2000: University of Wales Institute Cardiff
EXHIBITIONS
1994: Caernarfon Library, Gwynedd - Solo
Exhibition
1996: Aberwystwyth Art Show - Group Show
1997-1998: 'Dialogue' - Group 75 Touring
Exhibition (Invited artist)
ECTARC, Llangollen; Tabernacle, MOMA, Machynllth; Williamson
Museum & Gallery, Birkenhead; Henry Thomas; Pontardawe;
Oriel Bangor
1998: University of Glamorgan Purchase Prize,
Pontypridd - Group Show
1998-1999: 'Homeland' - Group Exhibition
Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy; Ceredigion Museum and Gallery,
Aberystwyth; Ucheldre Arts Centre, Holyhead; Y Bont, Pontypridd;
Oriel Pendeitch, Caernarfon; Salford Museum and Art Gallery;
Wrexham Arts Centre; Washington Art Centre, Penarth
1999-2000: '10 + 4' - Group 75 Touring Exhibition
Oriel Gallery, Theatre Clywd, Mold; The Royal International
Pavillion, Llangollen; Haverfordwest; St Davids Hall, Cardiff;
Llantarnam Grange, Cwmbran; Turner House, Penarth; Rhyl Museum
and Gallery
1999: Royal National Eisteddfod, Angelsey
2001: 'Ida Branson Memorial Bequest Exhibition'
- Group Exhibition
Atkinson Gallery, Millfield, Somerset
2001-2003: 'Spirit of the Place' - Group
75 Touring Exhibition
Rhyl Library Arts Centre; Royal International Pavilion, Llangollen;
Pontardawe Arts Centre, Swansea; Williamson Art Gallery &
Museaum, Birkenhead; Ucheldre Art Centre, Holyhead; Y Tabernacl,
Machynlleth; Ceredigion Museum & Art Gallery, Aberystwyth;
Oriel, Bangor; Royal International Pavilion, Llangollen; Metropolitan
Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
2002: 'Euro Celtic Art' - Festival Interceltique
de Lorient - (Representative of Wales), Group Exhibition
Lorient, Brittainy
2003-2004: 'META: Imaging
The Imagination' Group Touring Exhibition
* Queens Hall Gallery, Narberth
* Newport Museum & Art Gallery
* Henry Thomas Gallery CCTA Carmarthen
* Arka Gallery, Vilnius, Lithuania
* Bute Street Gallery, Cardiff
2005 - Open Project - Group 75 Exhibition
MEDIA COVERAGE
2002 Sioe Y Gelf , S4C (The Art Show)
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"Walking
in Town before Angel Hotel"
Oil on canvas
120cm x 60cm
"On
the beach under the UV rays after the
ozone problem was found"
Oil on canvas
240cm x 360cm
Tracey Williams has here own web page:
www.traceywilliams.info
and can be contacted on:
tracey@traceywilliams.info
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