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Born in north Wales 1956, Iwan Bala now lives in Cardiff and is known as both artist and writer on art in Wales. He has travelled and exhibited widely, including Europe, the USA, Hong Kong and Africa and he has participated in several international site-specific events. |
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"My work deals with landscape, a physical and cultural landscape, the imagined landscape, the landscape of identity. It is an exploration and a mapping of this landscape, this sole island, and an attempt to place it within the larger landscape of the world." |
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Corazon
2002 |
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| A heart-shaped form is created by the reflection of an island on the surface of a still sea, or perhaps a submerged land beneath the sea is visible. The island above bears a resemblance to the outline map of Wales on it's side.. or a castle surmounting the rock. |
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Wele Rith (A Vision)
2005 |
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| A visage, a vision, an island.... |
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Byd Caeth. Enslaved World
2005 |
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| The world caught in the destructive machinery of mankind.. |
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Nic's World
2006 |
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Gal+Gal
2004 |
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| Drawings and assemblage made during a residency in Galicia. |
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Others Came By Sea
2006 |
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| Wall mounted figure inspired by Cernunnos, the horned deity of the forest. Made for exhibition at Coedhills Rural Artspace, Summer 2006 |
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Mammon
2006 |
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| A cartoon |
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Byd Bach/Small world
2005 |
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| It's a small world - our world.
Byd bach - ein byd ni. |
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| Education and biography | |
| 1974-75 University of Wales, Aberystwyth 1975-77 Howard Gardens, Cardiff College of Art 1990 Artist in Residencce, National Gallery of Zimbabwe. 1992-93 MA Fine Art, University of Wales Institute, Cardiff 1997 Winner of Gold Medal for Fine Art, National Eisteddfod of Wales. SELECTED ONE PERSON EXHIBITIONS 2006 Mappa Mundi Llantarnam Grange Art Centre, Cwmbran 2005 Agoriad Inaugural exhibition. Galeri Caernarfon. 2004 Hon;The Shape of my Country Cynon Valley Museum, Aberdare 2003 Gwales Queens Hall, Narberth, Pembrokeshire 2002 Hanes/history Le Moyne College. Syracuse, USA 2000-01 Offerings + Reinventions Oriel 31, Newtown and touring SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS 2006 Strata Site specific installation, Strata Florida, Wales and Kells, Ireland 2006 Wales Modern The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff 2005 V11 Xuntanza Exhibition, Museum D.Ramon Aller Lalin, Galicia, Spain 2005 Identidades Morelia, Michoacán, México 2004 Ysbryd/Spirit The Gate Art Centre, Cardiff 2004 V11 Xuntanza Obradoiro - International das Artes Plasticas Museo A Solaina Galicia, Spain 2004 Horizons Haagse Kunstkring. Den Haag, Holland 2004 Welsh Contemporaries Paddington, London 2002 A Propos National Museum & Gallery of Wales, Cardiff 2002 Ysbryd/Spirit, Le Salle Aragon, Trelaze. Le Centre Culturel, Tir Ar Vro, Carhaix 2001 Festival Interceltique de L’Orient. Britanny 2001 Dreaming Awake Touring Exhibition, Czech Republic 2001 Wales, Unauthorised Version House of Croatian Artists, Zagreb |
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| Website: www.iwanbala.com | |
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