Y GRÅ´P CYMREIG THE WELSH GROUP
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Exhibitions
8 Shows: In the Landscape
A project where artists make work that responds to place, an area of land in Ceredigion approximately 30 acres of woodland, meadow, reed beds, an area that is a wildlife habitat. The work for this project has a haptic presence using materials found on site to form structures that are hand made and then changed by the passing of time and the action of nature.
Woodland, Llandysul, Ceredigion
4 April - 9 May, 2025
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8 Shows: Unexpected
In some ways all artists deal with the unexpected, sometimes explicitly and more often by default.Georgia O’Keeffe describes it this way ’making your unknown known - a rediscovery’ or as Magritte puts it ‘The beauty of art lies in the unexpected connections it makes between things’.
Studio Cennen, Llandeilo
20 March - 26 April, 2025
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8 Shows: Witness
Online project. Andy Warhol said ‘Voyeurism is a director’s job description. It’s an artist’s too'. An online showing of work that exists in the digital world alone or that reframes an event or happening.
Online
Screening 6 December, 2024
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8 Shows: Seen and Unseen
As artists we gather memory sensations, specific observations and feelings. Sometimes this results in dreamlike, disembodied spaces. Chromatic intensity heightens the mood. Absence of specific colour also creates gaps for new space sensations and feelings to occur. Some artists delve into a fantastically rich European tradition of colour density and Eastern sensibilities of emptiness…
Bay Art, Cardiff
8 - 23 November, 2024
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8 Shows: Making Space / Shaping Space
An exhibition that exploits the architectural environment either by making sculpture that explores the interior architectural environment, - actual space and actual object - or by exploiting the illusory space contained within the edges of the picture.
West Wharf Gallery, Cardiff
6 November - 31 December, 2024​
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​8 Shows: Genius Loci
This is an exhibition where artist respond to nature, going beyond the mere surface of things, finding a quality described as genius loci or spirit of place - a quality that defies description but is present nevertheless
Oriel Canfas, Cardiff
2 - 20, July, 2024
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​8 Shows: Where Are We Now?
Have the pandemic years impacted on or changed the way we make art today and has an increased awareness of our mortality altered the way we look at the world? These are some of the questions five women artists are hoping to explore.
Oriel Canfas, Cardiff
23 March - 13 April, 2024
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​8 Shows: About Time
An exhibition that brings together artists who make work about time explicitly, or who explore variations on a theme or subject over time, often over many decades.
Queen Street Gallery, Neath
2 - 30 March, 2024
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The Welsh Group and Bernard Mitchell
Recent work by The Welsh Group together with photographs of members past and present by Bernard Mitchell.
Y Gaer (Museum and Gallery), Brecon
1 March - 19 June 2023.
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Celf Gwyrdd, How Green is my Artwork?
A summer exhibition on the theme of the environment.
Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws
9 July - 3 September, 2023.
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Turner House Gallery, Penarth
18 September - 20 October, 2022.
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The Welsh Group: Across Two Valleys
The Welsh Group exhibiting in two neighbouring valleys simultaneously; Merthyr and Cynon.
Redhouse Cymru, Merthyr Tydfil
Cynon Valley Museum, Aberdare
28 October - 26 November 2022.
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Attic Gallery, Swansea.
6 November 2021 - January 2022.
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Art Central, Barry, Wales.
9 October 2021 - 8 January 2022.
The second online exhibition of work created by members of The Welsh Group during the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic.
The Welsh Group website.
9 May - 9 June 2021
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Twenty Twenty
An exhibition of small paintings and sculpture by members of The Welsh Group to mark 2020.
FOUND Gallery, Brecon.
19 August - 13 September 2020
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An online exhibition of work created by members of The Welsh Group during the coronavirus Covid-19 pandemic.
The Welsh Group website.
15 July - 15 August 2020
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The Welsh Group: Across Two Valleys (Online)
Online exhibition at Cynon Valley Museum.
Physical exhibitions at Redhouse and Cynon Valley Museum planned originally for April/May 2020 - Postponed until 2022 due to COVID 19.
Cynon Valley Museum website
2020 - 2021
2019:
The Welsh Group at RCA
The Welsh Group exhibiting at the Royal Cambrian Academy during its 70th anniversary.
Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy.
19 October 2019 – 16 November 2019.
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The Welsh Group at MOMA
The Welsh Group exhibiting at MoMA during its 70th anniversary.
Museum Of Modern Art, Machynlleth, Powys.
4 May – 22 June 2019.
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Diverse Imaginings
The Welsh Group exhibiting in a health setting.
The HeARTh Gallery, University Hospital Llandough, Vale of Glamorgan.
4 February – 10 March 2019.
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2018:
The Welsh Group 70th Anniversary exhibition and Publication Launch at Oriel Y Bont
The Welsh Group marks the 70th year of the group's formation with a publication by David Moore, launched at Oriel-Y-Bont.
Oriel Y Bont, University of South Wales, Pontypridd.
29 October 2018 – 31 January 2019.
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The Welsh Group at the National Assembly for Wales
The Welsh Group exhibiting at both the Senedd and the Futures Gallery.
The Senedd, The National Assembly for Wales, Cardiff Bay.
The Futures Gallery, The Pierhead Building, Cardiff Bay.
20 – 30 August 2018.
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The Welsh Group and BBK at Mid Wales Arts Centre
The Welsh Group and five selected sculptors from German group the BBK Düsseldorf at Mid Wales Arts Centre. Exhibition and Artists' Garden Party.
Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys, Wales.
6 May - 8 July 2018.
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The Welsh Group at Cynon Valley
The Welsh Group art exhibition.
Cynon Valley Museum & Gallery, Aberdare, Wales.
2 March – 7 April 2018.
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2017:
Rare Visions
The Welsh Group art exhibition.
Llantarnham Grange Arts Centre, Cwmbran, Wales.
10 June - 29 July 2017.
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The Welsh Group in Tenby
The Welsh Group art exhibition.
Tenby Museum & Art Gallery, Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales.
7 February - 18 March 2017.
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2016:
Myriad Perspectives
The Welsh Group art exhibition.
Cyfarthfa Castle Art Gallery and Museum, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.
11 July - 11 September 2016.
Mixed Matter
The Welsh Group art exhibition
The Ceri Richards Gallery, Taliesin Arts Centre, Swansea University, Wales.
13 May - 19 June 2016.
2015:
Yma Ac Acw / Hier Und Da / Here And There
The Welsh Group art exhibition in partnership with German group BBK.
QQTec e.V., Hilden, Duesseldorf, Germany.
21 June - 5 July 2015.
Yma Ac Acw / Hier Und Da / Here And There
The Welsh Group art exhibition in partnership with German group BBK.
BBK Kunstforum Gallery, Duesseldorf, Germany.
18th June - 12th July 2015.
The Welsh Group art exhibition
Redhouse, Merthyr Tydfil, Wales.
25 April - 30 June 2015.
2014:
The Welsh Group art exhibition
Clwyd Theatr Cymru, Mold, Wales.
25 October - 29 November 2014.
The Welsh Group art exhibition in partnership with American group ISEA.
Art Central, Barry, Wales.
12 July - 30 August 2014.
Yma Ac Acw / Hier Und Da / Here And There
The Welsh Group art exhibition in partnership with German group BBK.
Gas Gallery, Aberystwyth, Wales.
July 2014.
Yma Ac Acw / Hier Und Da / Here And There
The Welsh Group art exhibition in partnership with German group BBK.
Mid Wales Art Centre, Caersws, Wales.
June 2014.
Yma Ac Acw / Hier Und Da / Here And There
The Welsh Group art exhibition in partnership with German group BBK.
Level One, Rhondda Heritage Centre, Wales.
May 2014.