Staring at the Sea: Contemporary Painting from Wales

About

With artists radically working across hard edged, intuitive and painterly abstraction to playful, loose or refined representation, and all factions in between; this exhibition displays a glimpse of the variety of approaches to painting in the locale.

In this exhibition, a multitude of sins are covered, representing the wide spectrum of exciting responses to the question(s) of contemporary painting, in South Wales today

Artists:

Jo Berry

http://joberry.me.uk/

Recent exhibitions: John Moores Painting Prize, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Y Lle Celf, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Carmarthenshire (both 2014); Hot-One-Hundred, Schwartz Gallery, London (2013).

Liam Marc O’Connor

http://www.liamoconnor.net/

Recent exhibitions: Face to Face, Denise Yapp Contemporary Art, Monmouth; Riff/Rift, BALTIC 39, Newcastle (both 2014); On Performance, Cyfarthfa Castle Museum, Merthyr Tydfil (2012).

James Green

http://www.jg-gallery.co.uk/

Recent exhibitions: MASKA, g39, Cardiff (2014); Rituals of Vision,  ARCADECARDIFF, Cardiff; Masks of The Rhondda, Museum of Newport and Art Gallery, Newport, (both 2012).

Christopher Holloway

http://www.christopherholloway.net/

Recent exhibitions: Christopher Holloway, ARCADECARDIFF, Cardiff (2014); Summer, Denise Yapp Contemporary Art, Monmouth (2013); Christopher Holloway, Denise Yapp Contemporary Art, Monmouth (2012).

Ifan Lewis

https://www.facebook.com/ifanlewislewisart

Recent exhibitions: BYOB3 vs CGI FRIDAYS, Abacus, Cardiff; Ifan Lewis, Acapela Studios, Pentyrch (both 2015); No.4, West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff (2014)

Catrin Llwyd

http://cargocollective.com/catrinllwyd

Recent exhibitions: Open19, MOSTYN, Llandudno (2015); Cardiff Open, Cardiff Arts Collective, Cardiff (2014); In the Summer Light, Heritage Gallery, Oswestry (2013)

Samantha Lyle

http://samlyleart.tumblr.com/

Recent exhibitions: Winter Exhibition, Cardiff M.A.D.E, Cardiff (2014); Interim, Fish Factory Falmouth; Four Corners, Wellington Terrace Studios; Falmouth (both 2013)

Aidan Myers

http://www.aidanmyers.co.uk/

Recent exhibitions: FloatArt14, GX Gallery, London; Secret Art Prize, Curious Duke Gallery, London; Outset, The Gate Arts Centre, Cardiff (all 2014)

Melanie Wotton

https://www.behance.net/melaniewotton

Recent exhibitions: International Women’s Day, Art Central Gallery, Barry (2015); Additions, Butetown History & Arts Centre, Cardiff; Tears in Rain, Pier Head Building, Cardiff (both 2014).

Ellie Young

http://ellieyoungart.com/

Recent exhibitions: Piano Pieces, Abacus, Cardiff; Semi-Fiction, BayArt, Cardiff (both 2014); One Hour Portrait Studio, Vyner Street, London (2013).