Current
G39 Artist Fellowship with Freelands Foundation 2022-2024
Education
BA Honors Fine Art, Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, 2005
Prizes and awards
Welsh Artist of the Year 2009, Time Based Media
John Brookes Memorial Prize for Fine Art, Oxford 2005
Residencies
Artist in Residence, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Wales 2009
Expedition no. 3, Art IG Showrooms, Hannover, Germany 2006
Exhibitions
Virtual exhibition at https://seekbeak.com/v/RlzoBYkN12M , Houeshold Name, with Laura Ford, Cherry Pickles, Zoë Gingell, Zena Blackwell, Adele Vye, Fern Thomas and Raji Salan, curated by Contemporary Cymru and supported by Arts Council Wales and Arts Council England, 2021
Household Name, Elysium Artspace Swansea, 2020
Household Name, The Bomb Factory, London, 2020 (cancelled due to covid 19)
Body, Land, Place, Plas Glyn Y Weddw, curated by Simon Whitehead, 2019
Y Lle Celf, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Senedd, Cardiff 2018
Ephemeral Coast alongside These Waters Have Stories To Tell, Glynn Vivian Gallery, Swansea 2018
Situation/Material/Ocean, The […] space, Mission Gallery 2017 http://www.ephemeralcoast.com
The Book Project, The reading Rooms, ALEX building Swansea, For Glynn Vivian off-site 2016
Welcome to Tata Land, British Legion Club, Port Talbot, South Wales 2016
Programme of films on Land, John Andrews Space, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, North Wales 2015
Ffilm 2, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea 2011
Coedwig (Forest), Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen 2011
Artemisia, St Davids Hall, Cardiff, Uk 2011
Ground: Adele Vye and Olivia Williams, Curated by Tim Davies, Oriel Lliw Gallery, Pontadawe Arts Centre, Swansea 2010
Test Bed, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown 2010
Artists from Swansea Studios, Swansea Museum, Swansea 2010
Mission Photography Open, Mission Gallery, Swansea 2010
Women Centre Stage, Dylan Thomas Centre, Swansea 2010
Catalyst, The Old Tannery, MOMA Wales, Machynlleth 2009
Zen Garden (FAO), National Theatre Wales 2009
Cosmic Distance Ladder, St Davids Hall, Cardiff 2009
A Collection of Drawings, Mission Gallery, Swansea, Wales 2008
Crash Worship, Tactile Bosch, Cardiff, Wales 2008
Excavations; Artists Responses to the Gas Pipeline, Oriel LLiw Gallery, Pontadawe Arts Centre 2008
Obsessions, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford, UK 2008
Live Performance at Dylan Thomas fringe festival launch, Elysium Art Space, Swansea 2007
Annexe – an exhibition of work not selected for the Eisteddfod, Tactile Bosch, Cardiff 2008
Experimentica, Live performance at G39 in association with Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff, UK 2008
London Artist Book Fair, I.C.A, London Curated projects 2005
Artist talks
2010 – The Book Project- In Conversation with Karen Mackinnon, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery , Swansea
2009- Public Artist Talk, FAO, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Collaborations and social works
Founder member of Supersaurus, Swansea based collaborative pop up and DIY studio group circa 2010-2013
Founder member of FAO (collaborations between Fern Thomas, Adele Vye, Owen Griffiths) circa 2005-2010
Founder member of Framework, a live art, participatory action and socially based artist collective in Swansea. Best known for the ‘Famework Social’, a monthly night of live art, performance, participatory work, installation, projection, animation, sound work, spoken word, buffet and bingo at the St James Social Club. Other projects of note include ‘Annexe: work not selected for the National Eisteddfod’, tactileBOSCH, 2008 and ‘Art’s Birthday: a week long celebration in Swansea’, January 2009. circa 2006-2010
Teaching and Technician work
Dylan Thomas Dialogues project Printmaking Technician, Swansea Print Workshop, 2013
Printmaking Technician, Lifelong Learning based at Swansea Met, 2010-2011
Mixed media Tutor, Lifelong Learning, Swansea College and in the community
Drawing and Painting Tutor, Lifelong Learning, Swansea College and in the community
Printmaking workshop Leader and Assistant (various), Swansea Print Workshop
Artist in residence in schools across swansea for Ever Changing Swansea project, Swansea Print Workshop
Various Art Workshop leader, 2005-2011
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