dylan williams
Wales, painter
biography
Dylan Williams b.1995 is a Welsh painter based in London. His paintings are unearthed from the Welsh hills where he grew up and drawn from the surroundings on walks, cycles and swims. Deeply concerned with a metaphysical connection to the natural world, his work attempts to fuse transcendental and universal encounters into meditative, calm imagery of the landscape. Dylan studied at Swansea College of Art, and is based at Elysium Gallery Studios, and has shown in group and solo shows across the UK and in the USA where his work is held in major private collections. In 2022 he won the Glynn Vivian award at the BEEP Painting Biennale, and in October and November of 2023, he will take part in the Freeman residency in Charlottesville, Virginia.
exhibitions
Education
2014-2016
Bath Spa University
2016-2018
Swansea College of Art, Fine Art BA
2019-2021
Swansea College of Art, Fine Art MA
Solo Shows
2021
Underland, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales
2022
The Mad Singing in the Hills, Oxmarket Contemporary, Chichester, England
Lie down and Listen to The Ground Breathe, Fortnight Institute, New York, USA
Selected Group Shows
2021
Stand close and breathe me in- Oceans Apart Gallery Manchester, England
Walking in two worlds- Oceans Apart Gallery Manchester, group show
2022
Blink And You’ll Miss It, Safehouse Peckham, London
Arcadia, Mothflower gallery , Online show
SHOW 2, Paintings made recently in Wales, LLE Projects at BAY Arts Cardiff, Wales
BEEP Painting biennale, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales
Awards
Winner of the Glynn Vivian Welsh painting prize, BEEP Painting Biennale 2022, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, Wales
