In the Autumn I will be curating ‘Things Seen / Unseen’ at BayArt Cardiff - part of 8 Shows:The Welsh Group

Artists: Glenys Cour, Heather Eastes, Mary Husted, Maggie James, Philip Nicol, Gerda Roper

“8 Shows,” a year-long project which brings the group to a wider audience and provides a snapshot, mid-decade, of the work being produced in artist studios across South and West Wales…

Welsh Group: 8 Shows’, which runs through to April 2025, takes place in eight spaces across South and West Wales in collaboration with Queens Street Gallery Neath; Studio Cennen in Ffairfach, Llandeilo; and Oriel Canvas, West Wharf Gallery, Bay Art, in Cardiff. Each exhibition in this cycle of eight shows has a different focus: from how we represent time in the Neath show, to ‘Where we are now,’ - the second show - which looks at the way the pandemic has changed how we understand our own mortality. Other shows explore the spirit of place - how a subject is often beyond the surface of things; and making work about memory. These exhibitions focus on work that relates to interior architectural spaces, but also out of the gallery and in an environment where objects are in a dialogue with nature.’ Paul Edwards The Welsh Group