| Iwan Bala Curriculum Vitae |
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| Born 1956 Sarnau near Y Bala, North Wales |
| 1974 - 75 University of Wales, Aberystwyth |
| 1975 - 77 Howard Gardens, Cardiff College of Art |
| 1990 Artist in Residence, 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 |
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| Member of Grwp BECA and Ysbryd/Spirit Wales. Co founder of the Artists' Project/Prosaic Artisiaid, an artist led organisation dedicated to international events. |
| 2002 - 07 Special Projects Manager (part time) with Cywaith Cymru . Artworks Wales |
| 2003 - 04 Lead Artist, Galeri, Caernarfon |
| 2004 - 07 Consultant Curator, Galeri Caernarfon |
| 2007 - today Senior Lecturer, School of Humanities and Creative Arts, Trinity College, Carmarthen |
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| Awards |
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| Recipient of grants from the Arts Council of Wales, in particular a travel grant to visit Zimbabwe in 1990 to work as Artist in Residence at the National Gallery in Harare. Also aided by a British Council Special Award. |
| Prizewinner at the National Eisteddfod of Wales, 1988,89,93, and a selector in 1995, Gold Medal Winner in 1997. |
| Recipient of the Owain Glyndwr Award for contribution to the arts in Wales, 1998. |
| Arts Council of Wales research funding for "Certain Welsh Artists", a collection of essays published by Seren Books in 1999. |
| Arts Council of Wales, Career Development Grant (printmaking) 2001. |
| Wales Art International travel grant to Galicia 2004, Brittany 2007. |
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| Selected One Person Exhibitions |
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| 2008 Field Notes Interceltique Festival, L’Orient, Brittany |
| 2008 Hon, Oriel Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Gwynedd |
| 2008 Island of the Heart Rhondda Heritage Centre |
| 2008 Maps & Vessels Oriel Q, Narberth,Pems |
| 2007 Hon, Ynys y Galon Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff |
| 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 Hannes/History, Le Moyne College, Syracuse, USA |
| 2000 - 01 Offerings + Reinventions, Oriel 31, Newtown and touring |
| 1999 Flags for the Assembly, Wales Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth |
| 1992 - 93 Hiraeth Oriel, Cardiff and touring |
| 1991 Flowers of the Dead Red Sea, Tramway, Glasgow. Chapter, Cardiff. Brentford Art Centre, London. |
| 1990 National Gallery of Zimbabwe |
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| Group Exhibitions |
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| 2008 Bossa Nova Tactile Bosch, Cardiff |
| 2007 Gair o Gelf Milennium Centre, Cardiff |
| 2006 In Arcadia Tactile Bosch, Cardiff |
| 2006 The Painted Pot Newport Museum & Art Gallery, Newport, Wales |
| 2006 others came by sea Coedhills Rural Artspace, Wales |
| 2006 StrataSite specific installation, Strata Florida, Wales and Kells, Ireland |
| 2006 Wales Modern The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff |
| 2005 VII Xuntanza Exhibition, Lalin,Galicia, Spain |
| 2005 Identidades Morelia, Michoacån, Mexico |
| 2004 VII Xuntanza Obradoiro, International das Artes Plasticas Museo A Solaina Galicia, Spain |
| 2004 Horizon, Haagse Kunstkring, Den Haag, Holland |
| 2004 Welsh Contemporaries, Paddington, London |
| 2002 A Propos, National Museum and 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 Croation Artists, Zagreb |
| 2001 Ysbryd/Spirit, Mall Galeries, London |
| 2001 Wales European Office, Brussels |
| 2000 Locws International, Swansea |
| 2000 Painting the Dragon, National Museum and Gallery of Wales |
| 1999 Clean Slate, Wales Arts International/Arists' Project, Cardiff |
| 1998 Landmarks, Art in Wales Gallery, National Museum and Gallery of Wales |
| 1997 Myth and Modernity, Rotunda Gallery, Hong Kong |
| 1997 Borders, Museum of Modern Art, Zagreb. National Museum and Gallery of Wales |
| 1996 Transformations, The Artists Museum, Lodz, Poland |
| 1994 Site-ations, Artist' Project International Event, Cardiff |
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| Curating |
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| 2005 Agoriad launch exhibition, Galeri Caernarfon |
| 2002 Capel Celyn. Artists Response to Tryweryn, Canolfan y Plase, Y Bala |
| 2001 Certain Welsh Artists, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea |
| 2000 Certain Welsh Artists, National Museum and Gallery of Wales |
| 1999 Darllen Delweddau, St Davids Hall, Cardiff |
| 1991 - 92 Trosi/Trasnu, Touring Exhibition, Wales and Ireland |
| 1989 Armed of Dreams, West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff |
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| Published Work |
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| 2007 Hon; Ynys y Galon. Monograph. Essays; Sian Melangell, Prof. Sioned Davies, Jon Gower, Iwan Llwyd. Gomer |
| 2007 What Artists Need (ed), Cywaith Cymru. Artworks Wales. |
| 2005 Groundbreaking. The Artist and the Changing Landscape. (ed)., Seren/Cywaith Cymru . Artworks Wales. |
| 2004 here+now, Essays on Contemporary Art in Wales, Seren |
| 2000 Offerings and Reinventions, Seren |
| 2000 Darllen Delweddau, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch |
| 1999 Certain Welsh Artists, Seren |
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| Essays published regularly in Planet magazine from 1999 and; |
| 2005 Take me somewhere good, Re imaging Wales. ed Hugh Adams. Seren |
| 2005 Horizon Wales. Postcolonial Wales, University of Wales Press |
| 2004 Islands of the Floating World, Artes Mundi Catalogue, Seren |
| 2003 A Suitable Case for Study. Process, The Work of Tim Davies, Seren |
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| Public collections |
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| The Imperial War Museum, London. |
| The National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff. (Derek Williams Trust Purchase). |
| Y Tabernacl, The Museum of Modern Art, Wales at Machynlleth. |
| The Contemporary Art Society of Wales. |
| The University of Glamorgan, Pontypridd. |
| The National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Bulawayo. |
| Asolaina, Galicia, Spain. |
| Orbis Pictus Europa, Hornicke Muzeum, Pribram, Czech Republic. |
| Iturrienea Ostatua, Bilbao. Euskadi. |
| The Wales European Centre, Bruxelles. Belgium. |
| S4C Television. |
| Ysgol y Berwyn, Y Bala. |
| South Glamorgan County Council. |
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| Catalogues and Reference |
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| Imaging the Imagination. ed Chris Kinsey and Ceridwen Lloyd Morgan, essay Osi Rhys |
| Osmond. Gwasg Gomer 2005 |
| Imaging Wales ed Hugh Adams. Seren 2003 |
| A Propos (catalogue ) essay Mike Tooby NMGW 2002 |
| Being in Water (catalogue) essay Richard Gwyn 2002 |
| Wales Unautherised Version Alex Farquahason 2001 |
| Painting the Dragon ed Prof Anthony Jones NMGW 2000 |
| Flags for the Assembly (catalogue)1999 |
| Borders (catalogue) The Artists' Project 1997 |
| Welsh Painters Talking ed Prof Tony Curtis. Seren 1997 |
| Standpoints (catalogue) Wrexham Library Arts Centre/Arts Council of Wales 1995 |
| Hiraeth (catalogue ) essay Fintan O'Toole. Oriel/Arts Council of Wales 1993 |
| Gwenllian. Essays on Visual Culture Peter Lord. Gomer 1994 |