Gweni Llwyd
Lecturer in Fine Art Welsh Speaking
Cardiff School of Art & Design
Overview
Fine Art, Interdisciplinary Practice
M.A. Fine Art, Piet Zwart Institute, Hogeschool Rotterdam
B.A.(Hons) Fine Art, Cardiff School of Art and Design
Foundation Diploma in Art and Design, Coleg Menai, Bangor
Gweni Llwyd is an artist working in the UK and internationally. Her practice spans tactile and digital realms - predominately moving-image, drawing, and installation. Gweni's works playfully weave together personal, collective and more-than-human experiences, drawing attention to how all life is part of a messy, shared metabolism.
Recent projects, residencies and exhibitions include: RIB Summer Lab Residency, Rotterdam (2024); SWAY Barry (2024); Artes Mundi Residency, Oriel Machno (2024); Elan Links Residency, Elan Valley (2023); Partial View, MAMA, Rotterdam (2023); Traces of a Cathode, s1 artspace, Sheffield (2023); I Must Be Living Twice, European Cultural Centre at the 59th Venice Biennale (2022); One Day Home, W139, Amsterdam (2022); Silicon Retina, Green Man Festival (2021); Jerwood UNITE, g39 (2021); Milan Machinima Festival (2021); Ankle Tap, NDCW & Pontio, Bangor (2020); Rat Trap x g39, Cardiff (2020), V&A Late, London (2019).
Gweni has received multiple fellowships, prizes and awards including: National Eisteddfod of Wales Young Artist Scholarship (2018); Arts Council of Wales Brian Ross Memorial Award (2018); Artists Benevolent Fund Step Change Fellowship (2017-2018); NOVA Cymru Young Artist Prize (2017); Helen Gregory Fine Art Purchase Prize (2017); Dulcie Mayne Stephens Memorial Trust Award in Fine Art (2016). She has been a speaker at Engage: Unlocking Culture Conference, Newcastle (2019), British Council Festival/S Conference, Johannesburg (2019) and a-n Artists' Assembly, Cardiff (2018). Gweni has previously received funding from Arts Council Wales, Wales Arts International, British Council and CBK Rotterdam.