Aidan Myers

BIOGRAPHY

b. 1992 Stoke On Trent, UK

Aidan Myers is an artist based in Cardiff, Wales working between painting and drawing.

Myers was a recipient of the Artist Support Pledge ‘Surfaces Award’ in 2021, which led to exhibiting at ASP’s inaugural group show at Hastings Contemporary. Notably in 2018 Myers travelled to India for a 3-month artist residency at the Aamir Art House in Goa, which formed the direction to his recent work. In 2017 Myers won first prize at the Oriel CRiC Open in Wales.

Myers studied Fine Art at Cardiff School of Art and Design graduating in 2014; subsequently he worked at the Art School’s ‘Inc Space’ for a 2-year studio placement.

Myers exhibits in regular group shows in the UK and been presented in solo shows in Cardiff (2023, 2021, 2018 & 2016) and Stroud, UK (2016).
He has work held in public hospital collections across South Wales.
There are public and private collections of work in: UK, Germany, USA, India & Hong Kong.

STATEMENT
My recent work has played with my powerful affinity with landscapes experienced during India’s monsoon season. I have attempted to re-invent the energy of these landscapes within my paintings.
The banana plant motif has taken on the resonance of a figure as a central subject...

Cardiff School of Art and Design, Wales, UK - First Class Bachelor of Arts with Honours in Fine Art

SOLO SHOWS

2023
– The Sustainable Studio, ‘Curated Nature’, Cardiff, Wales, UK

2021
– Cardiff M.A.D.E, ‘Encounters’, Cardiff, Wales, UK

2018
–The Sustainable Studio, ‘Labyrinth’, Cardiff, Wales, UK

2017
– Waterloo Gardens Teahouse, ‘Small Works’, Cardiff, Wales, UK

2016
– Line Gallery – Stroud Visual Arts, ‘New Matter’, Stroud UK
– Cardiff M.A.D.E, ‘Manoeuvred Matter’, Cardiff, Wales, UK

SELECTED GROUP SHOWS

2023
– Cardiff M.A.D.E, ‘Resilience’, Cardiff, Wales, UK
– Ty Pawb, ‘Horizon Garden’, Wrexham, Wales UK
– Zimmer Stewart Gallery, ‘Reflections at King Edward VII Hospital’, Marylebone, London, UK

2022
– Hearth Gallery, ‘Pages From a Book’, Penarth, Wales UK
– Terrace Gallery, ‘Wish You Were Here’, London, UK
– Cardiff M.A.D.E, ‘Mutable’, Cardiff, Wales, UK

2021
– Spring Cheltenham, ‘The Small Works Show’, Cheltenham, UK
– Hastings Contemporary, ‘A Generous Space’, Hastings, UK
– The Godown, ‘BUKA BUKU’ (Open Books), Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
– Mall Galleries, ‘Figurative Art Now’ FBA 60th Anniversary, London, UK (digital)
– Cardiff M.A.D.E, ‘Cambium’, Cardiff, Wales, UK
– Royal Cambrian Academy – ‘Annual Open’, Conwy, Wales, UK

2020
– The London Atelier of Representational Art - ‘Painting Now’, London,...