Biography

  • 1934 Pontarfynach (Devil's Bridge), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion

  • 1945-51 Ardwyn Grammar School, Aberystwyth

    1951-56 Cardiff College of Art

  • 1999 Centre D'Art I Natura. Farerra de Pallars, Catalunya, Spain

    1998 Cywaith Cymru. National Eisteddfod, Bro Ogwr. Installation and Collaboration on lolo Morganwg

    1997 Green Mountain College, Vermont, U.S.A. 

    Progetto Galles Celtico, Citta Di Adria, Italy

    1995 Guest Tutor, Rajastan, India

    1993 'Cwlwm Celtaidd / Ceangal Ceilteach'. Three-month exchange Residency. Highland Regional Council / West Wales Arts 

    1990 Studio Exchange to Philadelphia, U.S.A. 

    1988 Residency, Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland

  • 2023 ‘Mary Lloyd Jones’, 21 January to 2 April 2023, Canolfan Y Celfyddydau | Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth

    2006 'First Language/laith Gyntaf' Gregynog Gallery, National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth 

    2005 ‘New Work’, Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff 

    2004  'The Colour of Saying', Llantarnam Grange, Gwent

    'The Colour of Saying', Oriel Theatr Clwyd 

    2002/2003 ‘Colour Notes/Nodau Lliw', an exhibition at Denbigh Library Gallery and Network Venues

    2002 Martin Tinney Gallery: book launch exhibition for Delweddau o'r Ymylon, Bywyd a Gwaith Mary Lloyd Jones

    2001  ‘Lliwio'r Gair/The Colour of Saying’, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, touring

    ‘New Work’, Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff. New Work

    2000 Trinity Arts Centre, Tunbridge Wells, Kent

    1999 Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff

    1998 Oglivy and Estill Gallery, Conway, Gwynedd

    Gŵyl Bro Preseli, Community Education Centre, Crymych

    1997 Star Gallery, Lewes, Sussex

    Green Mountain College, Poultney, Vermont

    Victoria Gallery, Bath

    Progetto Galles Celtico, Citta Di Adria, Italy

    1996 Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff

    British Embassy, Oslo, Norway

    1994 Oriel Bangor, Gwynedd

    Monserrat Gallery, New York

    1993 ‘New Work’, Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff

    1992 ‘New Work’, Neuman Gefler Gallery, Cologne

    1991 ‘Images of Wales’, The Gateway Gallery, Shrewsbury

    ‘Iaith Gyntaf/First Language’, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, touring

    ‘Recent Work’, Rhondda Heritage Park/Sweet Waters Gallery, London.

    1989 Manor House Gallery, Ilkley

  • 2023 ‘Mary Lloyd Jones a Chyfeillion | and friends’. A retrospective of Aberaeron artists from the 1970s.
October to November 2023, Gallery Gwyn, Aberaeron

    2022 ‘Rage’, a joint exhibition with Mary Lloyd Jones and Alison Lochhead, 14 August to 30 October 2022, Mid Wales Arts, Caersws, Powys

    2006 

    Drawing Biennale, Aberystwyth Arts Centre

    Welsh Artist of the Year exhibition, St Davids' Hall, Cardiff

    Lines and Strata, Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan 

    Aberystwyth Printmakers, Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan

    2005

    'Eryri: Y Syniad o Le/A Sense of Place', Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery, Bangor 

    Aberystwyth Printmakers, Ceredigion Museum

    Aberystwyth Printmakers, Aberystwyth Arts Centre

    fforma Artists Group Exhibition, Theatre Clwyd

    Cambrian Academy Summer Exhibition 

    2004 

    'Mari Lwyd', St Donat's Arts Centre

    National Eisteddfod Visual Arts Exhibition, Newport, Gwent

    Waldo Williams Celebration, Haverfordwest Library

    Dylan Thomas Exhibition, Oriel Myrddin Caerfyrddin

    Cambrian Academy Summer Exhibition, Conwy

    2002

    'Ystyr y Tir', seven artists from Wales at the Celtic Festival L'Orient, Brittany

    2000 

    The Art of the Garden, National Botanic Garden of Wales

    Royal National Eisteddfod Exhibition, Llanelli

    The Art of the Garden, Lampeter University

    Art West, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen, touring

    1999 

    Certain Welsh Artists, National Museum of Wales, touring into 2000

    Wales Drawing Biennale, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, touring 

    15 Years, 15 Artists, Star Gallery, Lewes, Sussex

    Art 99, Art Fair Islington; represented by Martin Tinney Gallery

    Summer Exhibition, Anderson Gallery, Broadway, Worcester 

    Peter's Barn Gallery, South Amersham, Midhurst, West Sussex

    Royal National Eisteddfod Exhibition, Llangefni, Anglesey Gallery of Modern Art, London

    1998

    Twentieth Century British Art Fair, Royal College of Art; represented by Martin Tinney Gallery

    Art 98, Art Fair Islington; represented by Martin Tinney Gallery

    1997 

    Royal National Eisteddfod Exhibition, Bala

    Wales Drawing Biennale, Aberystwyth, Arts Centre, touring 

    Shared Language/Iaith Rhyngom, paintings by Mary Lloyd Jones, Sue Hunt and Tessa Waite, Newport Museum and Art Gallery and Glyn Vivian Gallery, Swansea 

    1996 

    Seven Artists from Wales, The John Martin Gallery, London

    Summer Exhibition, John Martin Gallery, London

    Royal National Eisteddfod Exhibition, Llandeilo

    1995 

    Celebrating our Diversity: The Celtic Nations, The Courtyard Gallery, Dublin

    Showcase Wales, Y Tabernacl, The Museum of Modern Art, Machynlleth

    1994 

    Watercolour Society of Wales Exhibition, Glyn Vivian Gallery, Swansea

    Royal Cambrian Academy Exhibitions

    London Contemporary Art Fair, Islington; represented by Martin Tinney Gallery

    Isis Gallery and Arts Centre (with John Lewis), Leigh-on-Sea, Essex

    Welsh Landscape Exhibition (with Pat Clark), Gallery of Modern Art, London

    Cwlwm Celtaidd/Ceangal Ceilteach, Exchange Residency Exhibition (with Beka Dilworth), which subsequently toured the Scottish Highland Region and Wales, 1995-6

    1993 

    Dyfed Art Show (selector George Melly), Oriel Myrddin and Carmarthen Library Gallery

    Designs for Gasometer, Cywaith Cymru/Artworks Wales

    The Land and Sea, Oriel Myrddin and Carmarthen Museum 

    Bath Art Fair, represented by the Martin Tinney Gallery

    Mixed Feelings, Dean Clough Gallery, Halifax 

    Celtic Landscape, Gallery of Modern Art, London

    Art for Sale/Guardian Newspaper: work selected for November

    Landscape Exhibition, Anthony Hepworth Fine Art, Bath 

    1992 

    International Art Fair, Miami, USA; represented by Sweet Waters Gallery, London

    Twentieth Century British Art Fair; represented by Sweet Waters Gallery, London and Ogle Fine Art, Cheltenham

    Bath and Edinburgh Art Fairs; represented by Martin Tinney Gallery

    Wales Open Exhibition, Aberystwyth Arts Centre

    Art for Sale/Guardian Newspaper Exhibitions, Whiteley's, London

    Symbolic Elements in Landscape Painting, Sweet Waters Gallery, London.

    1991

    Welsh Contemporaries, Red Square Gallery, London 

    Wales Open Exhibition, Aberystwyth Arts Centre 

    Blue Point Gallery, Berlin

    Safleoedd/Sites, Artworks Wales/Cywaith Cymru, The Old Library, Cardiff

    Ogle Fine Art, Cheltenham

    Twentieth Century British Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London; represented by Ogle Fine Art, Cheltenham and Sweet Waters Gallery, London

    Mercia Fine Art/Contemporary Art at the Shire Hall, Newport

    Recent works (with Sue Hunt and Jacqueline Alkema), West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff

    1990

    Pelter Sands Gallery, Bristol

    St David's Day Exhibition, The Old School, Lisvane, Cardiff 

    Dyfed Art Show (selector Terry Frost)

    Solo Express, Group Show, Monserrat Gallery, New York 

    Katherine Starr Gallery, Philadelphia and Rosenfeld Gallery, Philadelphia

    The Rhymney Valley Royal National Eisteddfod Exhibition, curated by Cen Williams

    Wales Open Exhibition, Aberystwyth Arts Centre

    Wales' First Art Fair, represented by the Power House Gallery, Laugharne

    The Old School Gallery, Lisvane, Cardiff, curated by Cen Williams

    The Painted Chair, Kilvert Gallery Christmas Show, Clyro, Powys

    Save St David's, touring exhibition at St Mary's Hall, St. David's, the West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff and the Vanessa Deveraux Gallery, London

    The Wales/Philadelphia Visual Arts Exchange Exhibition (with Kathy Quigley of Philadelphia) at West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff

  • 2005 Guest Artist: Fete des Langues du Monde a Brest

    Arts Council of Wales Grant for preparing large format digital works for 2006 exhibition the National Library of Wales

    2004 Grant from Arts Council of Wales, research into large format digital printing

    2003 A. C. of W. Pilot Research Project Grant for 2006 exhibition

    2001 United Kingdom and New York Festival organised by The British Council in New York, 'Different Light' with Composer John Metcalf

    BBC Digital Storytelling Project

    2000 Contemporary Art Society for Wales; selected Artist for Millennium Print Project

    1997 Artist's Development Grant, Arts Council of Wales, towards cost of Residency in Centre D'Art i Natura di Farrera, Catalunya

    Travel Grant, Arts Council of Wales 

    1996 Design of Commemorative Plate for Urdd National Eisteddfod, Lampeter, 1999

    First prize, Wales Open Exhibition, Aberystwyth Arts Centre 

    1992 Earth Words Project; collaboration with the poet Janet Dubé for the Garden Festival, Ebbw Vale

  • BOOKS (since 2000)

    2014 No Mod Cons, Llygad Gwalch Cyf

    2006 First Language, Gomer Press/ National Library of Wales

    BOOKS DEVOTED TO THE ARTIST (since 2000)

    2009 All the Colours of Light, Carolyn Davies and Lynne Bebb, Pont Books

    2002 Delweddau o'r Ymylon, Bywyd a Gwaith Mary Lloyd Jones, Ceridwen Lloyd Morgan, Y Lolfa, Talybont

    2001 The Colour of Saying, Eve Ropek (ed.), Gomer Press/Aberystwyth Arts Centre

    BOOK CHAPTERS AND ARTICLES BY THE ARTIST

    2000 Taliesin (108), review of Darganfod Celf Cymru, ed. Ivor Davies and Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan, University of Wales Press

    1998 Planet (139), article on her residency at the Centre d'Art i Natura de Farrera in Catalunya

    1995 'Between Two Worlds', in Our Sisters' Land: The Changing Identities of Women in Wales, ed. Jane Aaron, Sandra Betts, Teresa Rees and Moira Vincintelli, University of Wales Press

    BOOK COVERS (since 2000)

    2022 Dychmygu Iaith, Mererid Hopwood, Gwasg Prifysgol Cymru

    2002 Delweddau o'r Ymylon: Bywyd a Gwaith, Ceridwen lloyd Morgan, Y Lolfa

    2005 Cof Cenedl XX, (ed.) Geraint Jenkins, Gomer

    Collected Poems, Lynette Roberts, Carcanet

    Viva La Vida, Peter Abbs, Salt Modern Poets

    Llwybrau Llên, Gwerthfawrogi Llenyddiaeth a Barddoniaeth, Emyr Llywelyn (ed.), Y Lolfa

    2003 The Bloodaxe Book of Modern Welsh Poetry, Menna Elfyn and John Rowlands (eds.), Bloodaxe Books

    BOOKS INCLUDING CHAPTERS ON THE ARTIST

    2003 Against the Flow, Peter Abbs, Routledge Falmer, p. 139-142

    Here and Now, Essays on Contemporary Welsh Art: Iwan Bala 'Deep Memory/Shallow Memory, The Landscape', Seren, p. 33–34 

    Imaging Wales, Hugh Adams, Seren/Wales Arts International, Profile, p. 33

    2000 Darllen Delweddau, Beirdd ac Artistiaid, Iwan Bala (ed.), Gwasg Carreg Gwalch

    1999 Certain Welsh Artists, Iwan Bala (ed.), Seren

    1997 Cymru Wrth eu Gwaith/Welsh People at Work, Elin Meek, Y Lolfa

    ARTICLES ON THE ARTIST

    1997 Norbert Lynton, essay for Shared Language catalogue 

    1996 'From Perspective to Paradise', Peter Abbs, Resurgence (17) 

    1993 Robin Tomos, Golwg, April

    1991 Derek Hyatt, essay for First Language exhibition catalogue for Aberystwyth Arts Centre

    Menna Baines, article on First Language exhibition, Golwg, 25 April 1991

    Nigel Jenkins, Planet (88), profile of Mary Lloyd Jones 

    Jill Piercy, essay for Recent Work exhibition catalogue, Rhondda Heritage Park

    D. Guaranga, essay for Recent Work exhibition catalogue, Sweet Waters Gallery, London

    Review by Siân Wyn Jones, Y Faner, 25 October 1991 at the Sweet Waters gallery, London

    Modern Painters, Autumn 1991 

    FILM, TV AND RADIO

    2023 ‘Mary Lloyd Jones’ interview, English and Cymraeg versions, Culture Colony

    2023 ‘Mary Lloyd Jones: Tanchwa’ Culture Colony

    2016 ‘Mary Lloyd Jones’, Culture Colony

    2006 S4C. Guest ‘Wedi 7’ Programme (Tinopolis)

    2004 S4C. Interview for 'Croma' Arts Programme on the National Eisteddfod 

    2001 S4C. 'Y Sioe Gelf' (Cwmni Da). Film of 'The Colour of Saying' and performance in the Installation by Sianed Jones (Mother and Daughter Collaboration)

    S4C. Interview for 'Crwydro' (Telesgôb) with naturalist lolo Williams

    2000 Interview on the river Rheidol with David Petersen for the HTV series River Patrol

    1998 Item on exhibition at Oglivy and Estill, presented by Mal Pope, Y Sioe Gelf (Cwmni Da, for S4C)

    Item on exhibition at Oglivy and Estill, Primetime, HTV

    1997 Item on the journey to India, Y Sioe Gelf

    1994 'Three Welsh Landscape Painters', Primetime, HTV 

    Film of the New York Exhibition at the Monserrat Gallery for Hel Straeon, S4C

    1993 Item on Martin Tinney Gallery exhibition, Primetime, HTV

    Film of work in studio and in the Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff, Heno, S4C

    Interview for item on the National Museum of Wales, The Slate, BBC 1 Wales

    Item on the Highland Exchange residency, The Slate, BBC 1 Wales

    1991 Item on First Language exhibition for Primetime, HTV

    1990 ‘Graffiti’, S4C

    Film of the Wales/Philadelphia Exchange of work by Kathy Quigley and Mary Lloyd Jones, seen in the Aberbanc Studios, Scene at 6, HTV

    LECTURES

    1994 Dewi Prys Thomas Memorial Lecture, Royal National Eisteddfod, Neath

  • 2009 Honorary Fellow, Aberystwyth University

    2006 Honorary Professor, Aberystwyth University School of Art

    2005 Patron, Cambria, Wales’s National Magazine

    Advisory Panel Member for CCAT Cultural Co-operation and Touring, Aberystwyth Arts Centre and Temple Bar, Dublin

    2004 Council Member for Cywaith Cymru/Art Works Wales

    Patron, Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan

    2003 Honorary Fellow, Trinity College, Carmarthen

    1994 Dewi Prys Thomas Memorial Lecture, Royal National Eisteddfod, Neath

    1993 Member of the Selection Panel for the Art and Craft Exhibition, Royal National Eisteddfod, Builth Wells

    1991 Member of the Selection Panel for the Fine Art Exhibition, Royal National Eisteddfod, Bro Delyn

  • Alquin College, York University

    Arts Council of Wales

    Bangor Normal College

    BBC Wales

    Carmarthenshire County Council

    Ceredigion County Council

    Cite Di Adria Collection

    Clwyd County Council

    Contemporary Art Society for Wales

    Crawford Museum and Gallery, Cork, Ireland

    Dyfed County Council

    Green Mountain College, Vermont

    Highland Regional Council

    Keele University

    Museum of Modern Art, Wales, Machynlleth

    National Library of Wales

    National Museum of Wales

    S4C

    The Cardiff Arena/World Trade Centre

    The Tyrone Guthrie Centre, Ireland

    United Nations New York, British Ambassador's Residence

    University of Wales, Bangor

    University of Wales, Lampeter

    Wrexham Arts Centre