Mae CARWYN EVANS yn gweithio mewn cyfrwng cymysg, ffotograffiaeth a gosodweithiau er mwyn archwilio materion yn ymwneud gyda’i synnwyr o le.
 
Roedd ei sioe unigol gyntaf ‘Y Bore Hwnnw, Gwyliodd y Wawr yn Torri’ yn Oriel Davies, Y Drenewydd, yn cynnwys gwaith a adlewyrchai brofiadau personol Evans tra hefyd yn archwilio newidiadau cymdeithasol a gwleidyddol ehangach yng Nghefn Gwlad Cymru.
 
Mae llawer o waith Evans wedi canolbwyntio ar 'fudo' o'i fagwraeth yng Ngheredigion wledig i brifddinas Cymru Caerdydd, er mwyn dilyn ei yrfa artistig. Adlewyrchu ar effaith ei ymadawiad, y gwacter a adawyd ar ôl (ffisegol a diwylliannol), a chanlyniad newid yw’r themau o dan sylw yn ei waith. Ar yr un pryd, mae cyfres ffotograffig yn rhoi llais i unigolion sydd wedi mudo yn ddiweddar ac wedi adleoli i famwlad yr artist i roi lle ar gyfer persbectif gwahanol. Mae Evans yn defnyddio arddull cerfluniol sydd wedi ei symleiddio, gan weithio gyda gwrthrychau sy’n bodoli’n barod a rhai a gynhyrchwyd yn benodol (ac sy’n aml wedi eu gwneud yn grefftus iawn).
 
Fe raddiodd Carwyn o Athrofa Prifysgol Cymru, Caerdydd yn 2001 ac ar hyn o bryd mae’n fyfyriwr Ôl-Radd yn y Coleg Celf Brenhinol. Yn 2000 ennillodd Ysgoloriaeth Artist Ifanc yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol, gan ennill Gwobr Ifor Davies yn yr Eisteddfod yn 2003 a 2007 am ddarnau o waith a oedd yn ‘cyfleu ysbryd y frwydr dros iaith, diwylliant a gwleidyddiaeth Cymru’. Yn 2009, yn y Bala, fe dderbyniodd wobr Gelfyddyd Gain yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol. Cymerodd ran yn sioe Locws 3 yn 2007, yn ogystal ag arddangos mewn sioeau ar hyd a lled Cymru, yn Nenmarc, Awstria a Mecsico.
 
Astudiodd Evans (g. 1979) yn Ysgol Gelf Caerdydd (1998-2001) ac mae'n arddangos yn rheolaidd, gan amlaf yng Nghymru.

 

Arddangosfeydd Sengl:

2009

'Y Bore Hwnnw, Gwyliodd y Wawr yn Torri', Oriel Davies, Y Drenewydd

 

Arddangosfeydd Grwp Dethol:

2010

'Lunch is for Wimps', Gwyl Dylunio Clerkenwell, Llundain (Arddangosfa myfyrwyr RCA)

'Gennym Ni Mae’r Drychau, Gennym Ni Mae’r Cynlluniau', Mostyn, Llandudno

'Interim', Orielau Henry Moore, Coleg Celf Frenhinol, Llundain (Arddangosfa myfyrwyr RCA)

'Contemporary Art from Wales', Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, DU

'Outsider', Oriel Myrddin, Caerfyrddin

'A Book About Death', MOMA Cymru Wales, Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth

'Embrace', Coleg Celf Caeredin (Arddangosfa myfyrwyr RCA)

2009

'RCA Secret', Coleg Celf Brenhinol, Llundain

'Y Lle Celf', Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Y Bala

'It Wouldn’t Be Worth It Without The Struggle', Oriel Gerddi Howard, Caerdydd

'Cymru yng Nghwyl Bywyd Gwerin y Smithsonian, Washington DC

'Wythoni', Llangrannog, Ceredigion

'Rhôd', Drefelin, Carmarthenshire

2008

'Gair o Gelf', Oriel Canfas, Caerdydd

'If You Build It, They Will Come', g39, Caerdydd

'Gwisgo Salem eto', Capel Salem, Llanbedr, wrth Harlech (comisiwn wrth S4C i ymateb i ganmlwyddiant Salem gan Curnow Vosper)

2007

'Gair o Gelf', Glanfa, Canolfan Mileniwm Cymru

'The Suitcase Project': Copenhagen a Caerdydd

'Y Lle Celf', Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Y Wyddgrug

'Spoilio', Llywernog (Gosodwaith safle-penodol)

'Locws 3', Abertawe (Gosodwaith safle-penodol)

2006

'Club Shepway Annual Seaside Review', Club Shepway, Folkestone

'Dan Gochl', Oriel Davies, Y Drenewydd

'Arwyneb', Oriel Davies, Y Drenewydd

'Rhwng a Rhagddo // Without and Within', Kunstverein Baden Galerie, Baden, Awstria (Arddangosfa Sengl a chydweithrediad gyda Wanda Zyborska)

2005

'On Leaving & Arriving', g39, Caerdydd

'Hunaniaeth a Dwr' Arddangosfa a Phreswyliad, Morelia, Mecsico

Yr Wyddor, Oriel Canfas, Caerdydd

2004

‘Brawdoliaeth’, Llyfrgell Hwlffordd, Sir Benfro

Ar y Maes, Comisiwn Cywaith Cymru, Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Casnewydd (Gosodwaith safle-penodol)

2003

Y Ffwrwm, Cynhadledd, Theatr Felinfach, Ceredigion

Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Meifod (ennillydd Gwobr Ifor Davies)

Prosthetig, Stiwdios Rise, Caerdydd

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CARWYN EVANS works in mixed media, photography and installation to explore issues related to his individual sense of place.

His first solo exhibition 'That Morning He Watched The Dawn' recently took place at Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown which contained work that reflects Evans’ personal experiences while exploring broader social and political shifts in rural Wales. Much of his practice has focused on his ‘migration’ from an upbringing in rural Ceredigion to the Welsh capital Cardiff in order to pursue an artistic career. Reflecting on the impact of his leaving, the subsequent void left behind (both physical and cultural), and the consequence of change are all themes explored in his work. At the same time, a recent photographic series gives voice to individuals who have recently migrated and relocated to the artist’s homeland, to allow room for an alternative perspective. Evans represents these concerns using a pared down sculptural aesthetic, working with both existing and specifically produced (and often highly crafted) objects and images.

'Evans is deeply connected to a sense of Welsh speaking, Welsh Wales, but is one of an increasing number of young people from such backgrounds now ensconced in the once non-Welsh Wales city of Cardiff. This is the cultural change he refers to, where a haemorrhaging of the young is encouraged by a lack of creative enterprise and high house prices, an increasing Welsh Wales presence in Cardiff and a diminishing of Welsh spoken in the heartlands. Describing how it feels to be one of these internal émigrés has become Carwyn's dominant theme in recent work. In a characteristically economic piece from his degree show in 2001 there is a reflection on cultural demise; a book is printed with a photocopy of a family photograph, which gradually grows fainter as it is repeated from page to page, until it disappears completely.' (Iwan Bala).

Carwyn graduated from University of Wales Institute, Cardiff in 2001 and is currently a post-graduate student at the Royal College of Art. In 2000 he was awarded the Young Artist Scholarship at the National Eisteddfod, and was the recipient of the Ivor Davies Award at the Eisteddfod in 2003 and 2007 for work which was seen to convey 'the spirit of activism in the struggle for language, culture and politics in Wales'. He was awarded a Fine Art Award at the 2009 Eisteddfod in Bala. Carwyn took part in Locws 3 in 2007 and has exhibited in group shows across Wales as well as in Denmark, Austria and Mexico.

Evans (b. 1979) studied Sculpture at Cardiff School of Art (1998-2001) and has exhibited widely, principally in Wales. He now lives and works in Cardiff.

 

Solo Exhibitions:

2009

'That Morning He Watched The Dawn', Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown

Selected Group Exhibitions:

2010

'Lunch is for Wimps', Clerkenwell Design Fetival, London (RCA student exhibition)

'We Have The Mirrors, We Have The Plans', Mostyn, Llandudno

'Interim', Henry Moore Galleries, Royal College of ArtColeg Celf Frenhinol, Llundain (RCA student exhibition)

'Contemporary Art from Wales', Fraser Gallery, Bethesda, Maryland, US

'Outsider', Oriel Myrddin Gallery, Carmarthen

'A Book About Death', MOMA Cymru Wales, Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth

'Embrace', Ediburgh School of Art (RCA student exhibition)

2009

'RCA Secret', Royal College of Art, London

'Y Lle Celf', National Eisteddfod of Wales, Bala

'It Wouldn’t Be Worth It Without The Struggle', Howard Gardens Gallery, Cardiff

'Wales at the Smithsonian Folklife Festival', Washington DC

'Wythoni', Llangrannog, Ceredigion

'Rhôd', Drefelin, Carmarthenshire

2008

'Gair o Gelf', Oriel Canfas, Cardiff

'If You Build It', They Will Come, g39, Cardiff

'Gwisgo Salem eto', Salem Chapel, Llanbedr, nr. Harlech (S4C commission in response to the centenary of Curnow Vosper’s Salem)

2007

'Gair o Gelf', Glanfa, Wales Millenium Centre

'The Suitcase Project': Copenhagen & Cardiff. Y Lle Celf, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Mold

'Spoilio', Llywernog (Site-specific installation)

'Locws 3', Swansea (Site-specific installation)

2006

'Club Shepway Annual Seaside Review', Club Shepway, Folkestone

'Undercover', Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown

'Surface', Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown

'Rhwng a Rhagddo // Without and Within', Kunstverein Baden Galerie, Baden, Austria (Solo exhibition and collaboration with Wanda Zyborska)

2005

'On Leaving & Arriving', g39, Cardiff

'Identidades & Water' Exhibition & Residency, Morelia, Mexico

Y Wyddor, Oriel Canfas, Cardiff

2004

‘Brawdoliaeth/Brotherhood’, Haverfordwest Library, Pembrokeshire

Ar y Maes, Cywaith Cymru Comission, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Newport (Site-specific installation)

2003

Y Ffwrwm, Conference, Theatr Felinfach, Ceredigion

National Eisteddfod of Wales, Meifod (Ivor Davies Award winner)

Prosthetic, Rise Studios, Cardiff