Lives and works in Caernarfon, North Wales
Encompassing performance, sculpture, painting and video, Bedwyr Williams's practice is characterised by his unique humour and gentle self-depreciation, both informed in part, by his upbringing in Wales. At Frieze art fair in London in 2012 Williams made a cadaver out of cake, representing a murdered curator which visitors were invited to eat. Drawing from his life experiences, Williams' work, on the one hand, offers a sharp critique of our everyday world, and on the other a celebration of the obscure and overlooked.
www.bedwyrwilliams.com
Education
Ateliers Arnhem, The Netherlands 1998-1999
Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, UK 1994-1997
Selected Exhibitions
Bedwyr Williams, Tramway, Glasgow International 2014
The Starry Messenger, Wales in Venice Cymru Yn Fenis Collateral Event at the 55th International Art Exhibition – la Biennale di Venezia 2013, Venice, Italy, 2013
Dear Both, Ceri Hand Gallery, London, UK 2012
My Bad, Glyn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea, Wales, UK 2012
My Bad, Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK, 2012 Title tbc, Ceri Hand Gallery, London, UK, 2012
Nimrod, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown, Wales, UK, 2011
Performa Ha!, Performa 11, Club Nutz, New York, USA, 2011
The Jinx, 1857, Oslo, Norway, 2010
Nimrod, Ceri Hand Gallery, Liverpool, UK, 2009
Awards
Gold Medal and People's Choice Award, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Wrexham, Wales, 2011
The 2004 Paul Hamlyn Awards for Artists, 2006
Arts Council of Wales, Creative Wales Award, 2005
Making something together and sharing ideas.
ArtScapers have explored co-creating by planning a cityscape, creating an exhibition, making up enormous numbers together.
Time spent slowing down, noticing and considering.
ArtScapers have been reflecting whilst collecting, revisiting, thinking about space.
