Full CV

Education

Institute of Higher Education, Cardiff - BA Honours in Fine Art
Coleg Technegol, Bangor, Art Foundation Course
Ysgol y Berwyn, Y Bala
Ysgol Ffridd y Llyn, Cefnddwysarn, Y Bala
Ysgol y Sarnau, Sarnau, Y Bala

 

Jobs in Education

1994 - 2000 Coleg Meirion-Dwyfor, Dolgellau
1992 Coleg Technegol, Bangor
1991 Ysgol Syr Hugh Owen, Caernarfon
1990 Coleg Technegol, Bangor

 

Selection of Workshops

2023 - 1990 - Many primary schools, most recently as a Creative Schools Practicioner, including -
Cynwyd, Rhostryfan, Capel Garmon, Llangybi, Hendre Caernarfon, Bod Alaw, Llanrug, Pontardawe, Castell Nedd, Henllan, Y Parc, Llandwrog, Pwllheli, Ffridd-y-Llyn, Edern, Y Ffôr, Betws Gwerfyl Goch, Maesincla, Dyffryn Banw, Ganllwyd, Pen Barras, Deiniolen, Amlwch, Llanaelhaearn, St Silas's Toxteth, Caergybi/Holyhead, Hafod Lon, St Giles Wrexham, Llangollen, Llanddulas, Rhostyllen, Maesgeirchen

2023 - 1990 - Many secondary schools - including -
Y Gader Dolgellau, Bodedern, Bron Dyffryn Dinbych, Dinbych, Prestatyn, Bryn Hyfryd, Botwnnog, Glan Clwyd, Bae Colwyn, Coleg Meirion Dwyfor Pwllheli, Ysgol y Moelwyn Blaenau Ffestiniog, Ysgol Glan-y-Môr Pwllheli

2023 - 2017 Artist on the Creative Schools project – painting, printing, 3D and digital art workshops – throughout Wales
2022 - 2020 On-line and video art workshops to encourage schoolchildren and people of all ages to create art during the lockdowns
2021 Creating a textile hanging with secondary age pupils to celebrate the inscription of the Slate Landscape of north west Wales as a World Heritage Site
2021 Creating a community mural for Strata Florida Trust / Ymddiriedolaeth Ystrad Fflur, Ceredigion
2020 Banners for St David's Day Parade, Colwyn Bay, project with 6 schools
2016 Roald Dahl art workshops, Literature Wales, various locations
2016 Creating a community mural for Yr Ysgwrn, Eryri National Park
2016 Creative schools project, Wales Arts Council, Ysgol y Moelwyn, Blaenau Ffestiniog
2016 Groundwork project, Plas-y-Don home and pupils from Ysgol Glan-y-Môr, Pwllheli
2016 Silff Storis2, Derwen Centres for ill children
2016 Colour workshop, Canolfan Grefft Rhuthun
2015 Oriel Davies art workshops, National Eisteddfod, Maldwyn
2015 Stories of the Mabinogi project, primary schools in Swansea
2015 Big Draw, Galeri, Caernarfon
2015 Silff Storis, Ysbyty Gwynedd Hospital and Derwen Centres for ill children
2014 Course for creating art with iPads for primary teachers, Gwynedd
2013 Ysgol Craig-y-deryn project - developing art skills and environmental sensibilities
2012 Welcome banners, Eisteddfod yr Urdd, Eryri
2011 Josef Herman Art Foundation project, Counties of Swansea, Powys, Carmarthen, Neath Port Talbot
2011 Art and music project for Ensemble Cymru, Denbighshire schools
2010 Our City project, mural around the building site of Pontio arts centre, Bangor
2010 Wylfa mural project, Ysgol Bodedern, Ynys Môn
2010 Healthy Eating project, Ysgol Glan-y-Môr, Pwllheli
2010 Art and music project for Ensemble Cymru, Flintshire schools
2010 The Garden project, Ysgol Hafod Lon, Y Ffôr
2010 Pre-school project, Cylch Chwarae Môn, Amlwch
2010 Pre-school 'Language and Play' project, Noddfa, Caernarfon
2009 Workshop & demonstration of the pre-school 'Language and Play' project, Cardiff
2009 Pre-school mural project, Maesincla, Caernarfon
2009 Project Cyhwfan - Banners & procession, Caernarfon
2009 Pre-school mural project, Maesgeirchen, Bangor
2008 Pre-school mural project, Blaenau Ffestiniog
2007 Engage Cymru Pilot Project, Ysgol Cymerau, Pwllheli
2007 Art and poetry project on the theme Slate, Ty Newydd, Llanystumdwy
2006 Art course for teachers, Swansea
2005 Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
2005 Oriel 31, Newtown
2005 Art course for secondary teachers, Meirion Dwyfor
2005 Art course for secondary teachers, Môn
2004 Waunfawr Cowshed Workshops - Museum of Welsh Life - St Fagan's
2004 Art course for primary teachers, Dinbych
2004 Art course for secondary teachers, Meirion Dwyfor
2004 - 1998 Classes for people with Special Needs
2003 Art course for primary teachers, Bethesda
2002 Urdd art workshops - Meirionnydd
2002 Art course for primary teachers Dolgellau
2001 Art course for primary teachers, Porthmadog
2001 Course for young farmers in art, Machynlleth
2001 Segontiwm Caernarfon, National Museum of Wales
2001 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Denbigh National Museum of Wales
2001 Rhuthun Craft Centre
2000 Oriel 31, Newtown
1998 Course by Dawns Dyfed
1997 Pethau Brau, Y Bala
1996 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Llandeilo
1994 Urdd Eisteddfod, Dolgellau
1992 Urdd Eisteddfod, Rhuthun
1991 - 1992 Many primary schools in Dyfed with the show "Nefoedd yn Fy Mhoced", Cwmni Theatr Arad Goch
1990 Womanhouse Project, Castlemilk, Glasgow

 

Selection of Solo Exhibitions

2022 Dancing the polka, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw Gallery, Llanbedrog
2021 Dancing the polka, Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
2019 Land and sea, Oriel Brondanw, Llanfrothen
2017 Oriel Tegfryn, Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge
2016 Homeland, Oriel Ynys Môn, Llangefni
2014 Oriel Tegfryn, Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge
2013 The Welfare, Ystradgynlais
2012 Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
2011 Pethe ar daith…, Y Plase, Y Bala
2010 Albany Gallery, Caerdydd
2010 Left Bank Gallery, Aberdeenshire, Scotland
2009 Bysedd Lliw - Coloured Gloves, Galeri, Betws-y-Coed
2009 Bysedd Lliw - Coloured Gloves, Galeri, Caernarfon
2008 Cynefin - Homeland, Oriel Tegfryn, Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge
2005 Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
2005 Galeri, Caernarfon
2004 The Ark Gallery, Chester
2003 Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
2002 Washington Gallery, Penarth
2002 National Museum of Wales Cardiff, "Eisteddfod Project" Denbigh
2000 Collecting Eggs, Norwegian Church Arts Centre, Cardiff Bay
2000 Collecting Eggs, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw Gallery, Llanbedrog
2000 Collecting Eggs, Rhuthun Craft Centre
1999 Washington Gallery, Penarth
1998 Gallery of Modern Welsh Art, Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth
1998 Wall Place, Conwy
1998 Perthyn - Belongings, Swansea Arts Workshop
1997 Pethau Brau, Heulwen, Y Bala - installation during Eisteddfod week
1997 Canolfan Plase, Y Bala
1997 Gallery of Modern Welsh Art, Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth
1996 Rhuthun Craft Centre
1996 Oriel Pendeitsh, Caernarfon
1994 Gallery of Modern Welsh Art, Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth
1994 National Museum of Wales, Llanberis
1993 Galway, Iwerddon
1993 Theatr Gwynedd, Bangor
1992 Rhuthun Craft Centre
1992 Bistro Stones, Caernarfon
1991 Ancrum Gallery, Jedburgh, Scotland
1991 Oriel Pendeitsh, Caernarfon

 

Selection of Group Exhibitions

2022 40+1 Bangor Art Foundation, Storiel, Bangor
2021 Women's Art in Wales - A Personal View, MOMA Wales, Machynlleth
2018 Taith Byw, touring exhibition: MOMA Wales, Machynlleth; Storiel, Bangor; Galeri, Caernarfon; Millenium Centre, Cardiff; Craft in the Bay, Cardiff; Oriel Ynys Môn, Llangefni; Yr Ysgwrn, Trawsfynydd
2018 Celebration Exhibition, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw, Llanbedrog
2017 Welsh Art in China, Oriel Hong Yi Jiu Zhou, Chong Qing, China
2015 Food Festival, Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge
2014 Arenig, Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
2013 Perspectives, Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
2012 Christmas Exhibition, Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
2012 Summer Exhibition, Oriel Tegfryn, Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge
2012 Tir, MOMA Wales, Machynlleth
2011 Christmas Exhibition, Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
2011 Small Works, Oriel Tegfryn, Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge
2011 Tir, Void Gallery, Derry, Northern Ireland
2011 Summer Exhibition, Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
2011 Summer Exhibition, Oriel Tegfryn, Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge
2011 Tir, Áras Éanna Arts Centre, Inis Oírr, Galway, Ireland
2011 Tir, Taigh Chearsabhagh, Lochmaddy, North Uist
2011 Tir, Celtic Connections/Glasgow Royal Concert Hall, Glasgow
2010 Winter Exhibition, Martin Tinney Gallery, Cardiff
2010 Winter Exhibition, Oriel Tegfryn, Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge
2010 Tir, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw Gallery, Llanbedrog
2010 A Visual Feast, Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
2009 Winter Exhibition, Oriel Tegfryn, Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge
2009 Winter Exhibition, Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2009 Winter Exhibition, Jamandic Fine Art, Chester
2009 Harlech Biennale, Harlech
2009 Celf Eden, Plas Tan-y-Bwlch, Maentwrog
2008 Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
2008 North Wales Artists, Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2007 Winter Exhibition, Oriel Tegfryn, Porthaethwy/Menai Bridge
2007 Winter Exhibition, Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2007 Prints of Wales, Kansas City, Kansas, USA
2006 Gwisg Bywyd - Life's Clothing, Oriel Ceredigion, Aberystwyth
2006 The Painted Pot, Newport Museum and Art Gallery, Gwent
2006 Exodus, Oriel Môn, Llangefni
2005 Winter Exhibition, Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2005 Exodus, Oriel Bangor, Bangor
2005 Oriel Cymru, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Faenol
2005 Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
2005 Summer Exhibition, Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2005 Eryri, Oriel Bangor, Bangor
2005 The Alphabet, Canvas Gallery, Cardiff
2004 Farming and the landscape, Royal Welsh Show exhibition touring to Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy; National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
2004 Elfennau Cymreig, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw Gallery, Llanbedrog
2003 Shelter Cymru - touring exhibition S4C/Sioe Gelf
2003 Hud a Lledrith, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw Gallery, Llanbedrog
2003 Exodus, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw Gallery, Llanbedrog
2002 Exodus, Gallery of Modern Welsh Art, Y Tabernacl Machynlleth
2002 Women Exhibition Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2001 Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
2001 Winter Exhibition, Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2001 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Denbigh
2001 Young Wales 5, Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
2000 Winter Exhibition, Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2000 Certain Welsh Artists, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery, Swansea
2000 Summer Exhibition, Albany Gallery, Cardiff
2000 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Llanelli
2000 Farmers' Daughters, Rhuthun Craft Centre
1999 Certain Welsh Artists, National Museum of Wales, Cardiff
1999 Counting Sheep, Inverness Museum & Art Gallery
1999 Reading Images, St David's Hall, Cardiff
1999 Summer Exhibition, Plas Glyn-y-Weddw Gallery
1999 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Ynys Môn
1999 Art from Wales, Cardiff City Hall, EEC Convention
1998 Basged Berwyn, Canolfan Plase, Y Bala
1997 Oriel Mostyn Open, Llandudno
1997 Christmas Exhibition, Oriel Pendeitsh, Caernarfon
1997 The Best from the Eisteddfod, Oriel Cambrian, Aberystwyth
1997 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Y Bala
1997 Taro Tant, Oriel Pendeitsh, Caernarfon
1996 Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
1996 Oriel Mostyn Open, Llandudno
1996 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Llandeilo
1995 WYSIWYG, Wrexham Arts Centre
1995 WYSIWYG, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
1995 Oriel Contemporary Arts, London
1995 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Bro Colwyn
1995 Canolfan Plase, Y Bala
1993 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Builth Wells
1992 Oriel Bangor, Bangor
1992 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Aberystwyth
1992 Canolfan Plase, Y Bala
1991 National Eisteddfod of Wales, Mold

 

Performances

2015 Bysedd Lliw / Coloured Gloves - with Huw Warren, Caffi Blue Sky Cafe, Bangor
2015 Bysedd Lliw / Coloured Gloves - with Huw Warren, Theatr Ardudwy, Harlech
2009 Bysedd Lliw - Coloured Gloves with Huw Warren, Galeri, Caernarfon
2005 Cerdd Dant Carols, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
1995 Bara Menyn, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
1995 Bara Brith, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Bro Colwyn
1994 Sioe John Cale, Capel Soar, Pontardawe
1993 Sioe John Cale, Capel Tegid, Y Bala
1993 Sioe John Cale, Pan Celtic Festival, Galway, Ireland
1992 Sioe John Cale, Cywaith Cymru.Artworks Wales, Cardiff
1992 Nefoedd yn Fy Mhoced, Theatr Arad Goch
1990 European Tour with rock group "Yr Anhrefn"

 

Prizes

2015 Arts Council Wales grant to develop new work with musician, Huw Warren
2011 Josef Herman Art Foundation Award Artist
2009 Tour Grant to the Venice Biennale
2009 Tir - 5 week residency on the island of North Uist
2003 Good Ideas, Cywaith Cymru - with JKA Sailmakers Pwllheli
2001 Artist in Residence at Plas Newydd Llangollen
2001 Highly Commended by Sir Kyffin Williams, William Selwyn Jones and Peter Prendegast - Young Wales 5, Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy
1997 Commendation, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Y Bala
1993 Tour Grant to Galway
1991 Second Fine Art Prize, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Mold
1990 Tour Grant to Checkoslovakia
1987 Scholarship to Brittanny

 

Publications

Barn - 558/9, July/August 2009
"Mynd adref mewn paent a phwyth" by Menna Baines

Darllen Delweddau, Gwasg Carreg Gwalch 2000
Information as well as poetry based on artworks

Tu Chwith - Wales/The World, Issue 12 Winter 1999
"Catrin Llwyniolyn gartref gyda Marianne Nicolson" by Siân Melangell Dafydd

Certain Welsh Artists, Seren Books 1999
"Pethau Brau - Fragile Things. The Art of Catrin Williams" by Tamara Krikorian

Planet - 109, February/March 1995
"The First Spring - The Paintings of Catrin Williams" by Shelagh Hourahane

 

Work held in Permanent Collections

The National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
MOMA Cymru, Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth
Newport City Museum and Art Gallery
Cyngor Sir Gwynedd County Council
Oriel Ceredigion, Aberystwyth
Oriel Ynys Môn, Llangefni

 

Television and Radio

2023 Celfyddydau Ffion Dafis, Radio Cymru
2022 Stiwdio, Radio Cymru
2021 Adre, S4C
2021 Cymry ar Gynfas, S4C
2019 The Art Show, interview with Eddie Ayers, Radio ABC Australia
2019 Beti a'i Phobol, Radio Cymru
2019 Heno, S4C
2018 Dan yr wyneb, Radio Cymru
2018 O'r Maes, Radio Cymru
2016 Heno, S4C
2014 Heno, S4C
2012 Pethe, S4C
2011 Lyrical Journey - Day trip to Bangor, 29 September - BBC Radio 4
2010 Wedi 7, S4C
2010 Wedi 3, S4C
2010 Pethe Hwyrach, S4C
2009 Wedi 7, S4C
2008 Wedi 7, S4C
2007 Byd o Liw - Christmas, S4C
2006 Byd o Liw - Artists & the coast, S4C
2006 Sioe Gelf, S4C
2006 Cer i Greu, S4C
2005 Pnawn Da, S4C
2005 Cer i Greu, S4C
2005 Wedi 7, S4C
2004 Croma, S4C
2004 P'nawn Da, S4C
2003 P'nawn Da, S4C
2003 Heno, S4C
2002 P'nawn Da, S4C
2002 Heno, S4C
2002 Portraedau, S4C
2002 Sioe Gelf, S4C
2001 Sioe Gelf, S4C
2001 Heno, S4C
2000 P'nawn Da, S4C
2000 Heno, S4C
2000 Teletubbies, S4C
2000 Croma, S4C
2000 Pedair Wal, S4C
1999 Croma, S4C
1998 Heno, S4C
1998 Sioe Gelf, S4C
1997 Eisteddfod Meirion, BBC2
1997 A Trip to the Eisteddfod, HTV
1997 Primetime, HTV
1996 Artyfax, HTV
1996 Zig Zag, BBC
1995 Rap, Fflic
1995 Steil a Steil, Fflic
1995 Celtica, Irish Television
1994 Dim Ond Celf, BBC
1994 Celf Eisteddfod, BBC
1993 Dim Ond Celf, BBC
1991 Primetime, HTV
1991 Eisteddfod Genedlaethol Cymru, Yr Wyddgrug, BBC
1991 Wadlo, Criw Byw
1990 Cicio'r Cracyr, Elidir
1990 Rhaglen Hywel Gwynfryn, HTV
1990 Graffiti, HTV
1989 Noswaith Dda Mistar Roberts, HTV
1989 Fideo 9, Criw Byw

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