
Biography
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1934 Pontarfynach (Devil's Bridge), Aberystwyth, Ceredigion
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1945-51 Ardwyn Grammar School, Aberystwyth
1951-56 Cardiff College of Art
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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