Bedwyr Williams
Bedwyr Williams (born 1974) is a Welsh artist. His work combines installation and stand-up comedy.[1]
Biography
He studied at St Martins School of Art and Ateliers, Arnhem.[2]
In 2004 he won a Paul Hamlyn Award for the Visual Arts[3] and in 2005 he was Welsh artist-in-residence at the Venice Biennale.[4]
He was shortlisted for the Beck's Futures prize in 2006.[5] His work Walk a Mile in My Shoes was a rack of 41 pairs of size 13 shoes.[6]
In 2011 Williams won the Gold Medal for Fine Art at the National Eisteddfod of Wales for his mixed media sculptures and artworks, including carved wellington boots filled with straw.[7]
His 2011 Lionheart & Lightsout brass sculpture was installed in Swansea Kingsway by Locws international’s Art Across the City event.[8] The sculpture commemorates two Swansea cage fighter dressed in drag on a night out, who were assaulted. The subsequent fight was documented on CCTV and became an internet hit in 2009.[9]
References
- ^ Kim Dhillon, Bedwyr Williams, Frieze, April 2006.
- ^ walesvenicebiennale.org
- ^ news.bbc.co.uk, Thursday, 14 October, 2004, accessed April 7, 2008
- ^ Adrian Searle, Picture perfect, The Guardian, Nov 30, 2004.
- ^ arts.guardian.co.uk, accessed April 7, 2008
- ^ Oliver Duff, Beck's pushes boundaries with 'Bums Breakfast' and smelly shoes, The Independent, March 29, 2006.
- ^ "Bedwyr’s tribute to the farmer wins the Gold Medal for Art at the Eisteddfod", Wales Online, 1 August 2011, accessed 20 January 2011.
- ^ http://www.locwsinternational.com/?portfolio=bedwyr-williams&langswitch_lang=en, 20 March 2011, accessed 7 March 2016
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/wales/8296190.stm, 8 October 2009, accessed 7 March 2016
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