IWAN
BALA
Winner of the National Eisteddfod
Gold Medal for Art 1997
"What have they done to you Gwalia?"
by Iwan Bala - Click on the image
for enlarged version.
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Iwan
Bala is an artist and writer born in north Wales and based
in Cardiff. He has taught on the M.A. Fine Art course at the
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff and introduced and compiled
"Certain Welsh Artists Custodial aesthetics in contemporary
Welsh art", published by Seren in 1999. He was awarded
the Gold Medal for Fine Art at the National Eisteddfod of Wales
in 1997. His work has been exhibited widely at home and abroad
and features in many public and private collections.
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| Recipient
of the Owain Glyndwr Award for contribution to the arts in Wales,
1998. |
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page provides a taste of some of the work produced by leading
Welsh Contemporary artist Iwan Bala. It has also been assembled
to provide access to other pages containing articles written
by Iwan Bala. |
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Educational
Resources - articles by Iwan Bala - have been kindly supported
by-
THE WEALTH OF THE WORLD..... FIELD
NOTES FOR REINVENTION.
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Artist,
writer, theorist, Iwan Bala is a positive and dynamic figure
on the Welsh cultural scene. He has been involved in numerous
cross-media collaborations and has exhibited internationally;
his work is held in many private collections in the UK and abroad.
Extract taken from "Certain Welsh
Artists" introduced and compiled by Iwan Bala. Seren books
1999. |
Click on images for an enlarged version of "Shooting
Down the Union" by Iwan Bala |
| Born,1956
in Sarnau near Bala, North Wales. He
completed the MA Fine Art at Cardiff Institute in 1993
Member of Grwp
BECA and Ysbryd/Spirit Wales.
Co-founder of The Artists' Project/Prosiect
Artistiaid, an artist led organization dedicated to
international events.
LLYFRAU GAN YR ARTIST - BOOKS
BY THE ARTIST.
Iwan Bala has written a number of books:
"Certain Welsh Artists, Custodial Aesthetics in Contemporary
Welsh Art".
Gol. Ed and Intro. Seren Books. 1999.
"Darllen Delweddau".
Gwasg Carreg
Gwalch. 2000.
"Offerings and Reinventions / Offrymau
ac Ailddyfeisiadau".
Oriel 31/Seren Books. 2000
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DYLUNWYD
GAN YR ARTIST - BOOKS ILLUSTRATED BY THE ARTIST.
Iwan Bala has also
been commissioned to produce illustrations for the following
publications:
"Dan
Anasthetic". Iwan Llwyd. Gwasg Taf.
"Cyw Haul", and "Cyw
Dol", Twm Miall, Y Lolfa.
"Fishbone", and "Pavellons", David
Greenslade, Gwasg Israddol.
"Ffwl yn y Dwr".
Poetry for young people. ed Menna Elfyn. Gomer.
"Barddoniaeth Alltudiaeth/
The Poetry of Exile"(jacket). ed J.Rowlands University
of Wales Press. 1997
"Welsh Retrospective" (jacket). Danny Abse.
Seren Books. Bridgend 1997.
"The New Companion to the Literature of Wales",(jacket).
Meic Stephens. University of Wales Press. 1998
"Assemblea di Poeti" (jacket). ed Tony Curtis.
Mobydick. Faenza, Italy 1998
"Dal Confine"
(jacket). Tony Curtis. Mobydick. Faenza, Italy 2000
"The Literary Review (Re imagining Wales)"
Farleigh Dickinson University. Madison. New Jersey. 2001
"Footsore on the Frontier". (jacket). Nigel
Jenkins. Gomer Press, Llandysul. 2001
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COMISIYNAU
- COMMISSIONS.
S4C. Ffilm Cymru. Cywaith Cymru/Artwork
Wales. Cwmni Ffilmiau Elidir. The
British Red Cross/ European Humanitarian Office. Centre for
Visual Arts/ Cardiff County Council. Urdd
Gobaith Cymru.
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Gallery
of Work
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"Leaving" by Iwan Bala |
"Truely Imagined" by
Iwan Bala |
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"Cauldron of Rebirth" by Iwan Bala |
Iwan Bala has been
instrumental in the recent development of the Bute Street workshop
gallery, which officially opens on Friday 22nd February 2002. |
