Shani Rhys James MBE RCA
Shani Rhys James is arguably the most exciting and successful Welsh painter of her generation. Her considerable reputation, both in Wales and beyond, continues to grow apace. William Packer, art critic of the Financial Times, has spoken of her as a painter of remarkable power whose paintings are as convincing as anything currently being produced in Britain.
She has won numerous prizes including The Jerwood Prize (the UK’s most prestigious and valuable prize for painting), The Hunting Prize, The National Portrait Award, The Mostyn Open, and the Gold Medal at the National Eisteddfod. She was the recipient of the Welsh Woman in Culture Award in 2003 and was made an MBE in the 2006 honours list. More recently she received 'The Glyndwr Award 2007', presented by MOMA for her outstanding contribution to Welsh Art, and has been made an Honorary Fellow of The University of Wales Institute Cardiff.
Her body of collectors, both private and public, continues to expand in Britain and especially abroad, with sales to important private collections in the U.S.A., Belgium, France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong. Recent public collection purchases include two major works to Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art and others to the Arts Council of England and the National Museum of Wales.
A monograph written by Edward Lucie-Smith is available. For details please see the Books page.
Mae Shani Rhys James yn un o arlunwyr Cymreig mwyaf cyffrous a llwyddiannus ei chenhedlaeth. Mae ei henw da yn parhau i dyfu - yng Nghymru a thu hwnt.
Yn y blynyddoedd diweddaf mae ei gwaith wedi eu cynnwys mewn nifer o arddangosfeydd o fri ym Mhrydain a thrwy Ewrop, ac mae wedi derbyn cymeradwyaeth sylweddol yn y wasg genedlaethol - disgrifia William Packer, ysgrifenydd celf y Financial Times, hi fel peintwraig â phwer mawr ganddi. Mae wedi ennill nifer o wobrwyon gan gynnwys Gwobr Jerwood (prif wobr peintio ym Mhrydain), Gwobr Hunting, Gwobr yr Amgueddfa Genedlaethol Portreadau, medal Aur yn yr Eisteddfod Genedlaethol. Derbyniodd Wobr 'Welsh Woman in Culture' yn 2003 a gwnaethpwyd hi yn MBE yn 2006. Yn ddiweddar, gwobrwywyd hi â 'Gwobr Glyndwr 2007' gan MOMA am ei chyfraniad i Gelf Cymreig a gwnaethpwyd hi yn gyfaill anrhydeddus o UWIC.
Mae ganddi gorff eang o gasglwyr, preifat a chyhoeddus, sy'n parhau i ehangu ym Mhrydain a thramor, gyda gwerthiant i gasgliadau pwysig yn yr Amerig, Gwlad Belg, Ffrainc, Yr Almaen a Hong Kong. Mae ei gwerthiant diweddara yn cynnwys dau waith pwysig yn Oriel Celf gyfoes yng Nglasgow ac eraill i Oriel Celf dinas Birmingham a Chyngor y Celfyddydau Lloegr.
Mae llyfr gan Edward Lucie-Smith ar gael. Am fanylion gwelwch Llyfrau a Chatalogau.
Prizes & Awards
Gwobrau
2007 Honorary Fellowship from UWIC
Glyndwr Award, presented by MOMO
2006 Creative Wales Award, Arts Council of Wales
Awarded the MBE
2003 Winner of the Jerwood Painting Prize
Woman of Culture, Welsh Women of the Year Awards
1994 Elected member of 56 Group Wales
Elected member of Royal Cambrian Academy
Prizewinner, BP National Portrait Awards
Winner of the BBC Wales Visual Art Award 1994
1993 First Prize, Hunting/Observer Art Prizes
1992-3 Welsh Arts Council Travel Award
1992 Gold Medal for Fine Art, Royal National Eisteddfod
1991 First Prize, Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno
1990 Second Prize, Wales Open, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
1989 First Prize, Wales Open, Aberystwyth Arts Centre
Selected Collections
Casgliadau Dewisol
National Museum Wales, Cardiff
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Newport Museum and Art Gallery
Glynn Vivian Museum & Art Gallery
Birmingham City Art Gallery
Wolverhampton Art Gallery
National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth
Usher Gallery, Lincoln
Museum of Modern Art Wales, Machynlleth
Contemporary Art Society of Wales
Arts Council of England
New Hall College, Cambridge
Jerwood Foundation
London Borough of Tower Hamlets
BBC Wales
Private Collections Worldwide
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