Ceri H Pritchard

I grew up in Llangefni, Anglesey and attended the David Hughes Secondary School, Menai Bridge. Following studies in fine art at Liverpool Art School and a John Moore’s Scholarship I continued studying on a post graduate fine art course at St Martin’s School of Art, London. Since then I have traveled widely, living and working in New York, Berlin, and Paris. In 2010 I moved to Mexico. As well as sculpture and painting I also work with sound and video. I have exhibited extensively both in my homeland and abroad. Leaving Mexico in 2015, I returned to to my Celtic origins in the wilds of North Wales. In 2020 I received funding for my solo exhibitions at Oriel Ynys Môn and MOMA, Machynlleth from the Arts Council of Wales.
Statement:
“The iconography of my paintings – derived from the domestic mundane – responds to the absurdities, paradoxes and crisis of modern life. Unresolved tensions and a sense of bewilderment, dislocation and unease are central to my work. The paradoxical nature of painting, a process that can involve hours of solitary work to represent a singular instant of lived experience, provides me with opportunities to address our deep-seated traumas and recover hidden memories”.

Recent Personal Exhibitions

2021 Paradoxes – MOMA, Machynlleth, Wales (with support of the Arts Council of Wales)

2020 The Strange Edge of Reality (part 2) – Oriel Ynys Môn, Llangefni, Wales (with support of the Arts Council of Wales)

2016 The Strange Edge of Reality – Tenby Museum and Art Gallery, Tenby, Wales.

2016 The Late November Gallery, Haverfordwest, Wales.

2014 El Foco Rojo, Oaxaca de Juarez, Mexico.

2013 La Jicara Librespacio Cultural, Oaxaca de Juarez, México.

2013 La Olla Restaurante/Galería, Oaxaca de Juarez, México.

2013 ISMOS, Cuidad de México, México.

2012 Fábrica La Aurora, San Miguel de Allende, México.

2009 Instituto Allende, San Miguel de Allende, México.

2008 La Trésorerie, Rochefort en Terre, France.

2008 Espace La Fayette, La Garcilly, France.

2005 Washington Gallery, Cardiff, Wales.

2003 Brava Café Gallery, Cardiff, Wales.

Recent Group Exhibitions

2022 Attic Gallery, Winter Show, Swansea, Wales

2021 Attic Gallery, Summer Show, Swansea, Wales.

2021 Plas Glyn y Weddw, Summer Show, Lanbedrog, Wales .

2021 Tŷ Pawb, Annwn, Wrexham, Wales.

2020 Tŷ Pawb, Tŷ Pawb O...