Bedwyr williams wiki

Bedwyr Williams (born 1974 in St. Asaph) is a Welsh artist. He works across varied media including drawing, painting, writing and video..^[1]

Biography

He studied at St Martins School of Art and Ateliers, Arnhem.^[2]

In 2004, he won a Paul Hamlyn Award for the Visual Arts^[3] and in 2005 he was Welsh artist-in-residence at the Venice Biennale.^[4]

He was shortlisted for the Beck's Futures prize in 2006.^[5] His work Walk a Mile in My Shoes was a rack of 41 pairs of size 13 shoes.^[6]

In 2011, Williams won the Gold Medal for Fine Art at the National Eisteddfod of Wales for his mixed media sculptures and artworks, including carved wellington boots filled with straw.^[7]

His 2011, Lionheart & Lightsout brass sculpture was installed in Swansea Kingsway by Locws international’s Art Across the City event.^[8] The sculpture commemorates two Swansea cage fighter dressed in drag on a ni