Arglwydd Dyma Fi

The Bruise invited Rebecca Gould to curate an exhibition. In selecting these three other artists for this online exhibit I am showing a slice of young contemporary art by artists from Wales, U.K. Although the work all has a very different visual language, the omnipresent element is the use of irony by the four artists.

Rebecca Gould

Gould works with a range of mediums encompassing sculpture and video. The physicality that film doesn’t have is brought to life by coupling with sculptural objects. Film and sculpture share and reciprocate, creating something that has moved beyond the object as a sculptural form. Gould completed an MA in Fine Art, at Central Saint Martin’s, London in 2005. She has exhibited extensively in the UK and more recently in Europe. Gould (b. 1980) is currently based in London.  The worlds that Gould constructs, usually via a form of nonlinear narrative, typically fuse personal memories within a larger historical compass derived from fairytales, folklore and mythology.

Elinor Evans

Evans’s works on both paper and canvas deal with the complex relationship between man and beast. Evans subverts this central idea through displacement of the human, replaced by foxes heads and other masks. Her work is reminiscent of Classical mythologies and she uses this to question old-established views of hierarchy between human and animal. Evans is a graduate of Chelsea School of Art and the Royal College of Art where in 2004 she won the Amlin prize for most promising artist. Evans (b.1982) currently lives and works in Spain, exhibiting widely in London, Wales and Spain. She is a founding member of The Shaman Project, a moving exhibition of music, art and performance that has been based in Salamanca and Bilbao.

Carwyn Evans

Evans works in mixed media, photography and installation. His work is concerned principally with issues related to his individual sense of place. In 2000 he was awarded the Young Artist Scholarship at the National Eisteddfod of Wales and was the first recipient of the Ifor Davies award in 2003 for work which was seen to convey 'the spirit of activism in the struggle for language, culture and politics in Wales.' Evans (b. 1979) studied Sculpture at Cardiff School of Art (1998-2001) and has exhibited widely, principally in Wales. He now lives and works in Cardiff. Most of my work deals with my own cultural experiences. Its purpose is to question those aspects that are inseparable to language, community and a region's character - aspects that should be protected from further destruction.

Iwan Lewis

Lewis’s paintings are often approached with heavily applied oil paint that’s layered to create contrast of texture, thus creating a tactile sense of depth. Lewis plays with nostalgic memory but his humour turns our attention to a more cynical experience.Iwan Lewis (b.1980) is living and working between London and Caernarfon, North Wales. He graduated with a BA Fine Art from UWIC, Cardiff in 2002. Since then he has exhibited extensively in Wales and more recently in Europe. Lewis received 2nd prize of The Gold Medal in last years The National Eisteddfod of Wales. Lewis’s work questions current social issues with humour and a hint of sarcasm. Everyday happenings are given surreal titles that often create an unexpected scenario.