AN ARTIST from Barry Island will be one of the judges in Wales Contemporary/Cymru Gyfoes, the competition celebrating everything that makes Wales Welsh,
Gerda Roper has 50 years of experience working as an artist and art teacher across Wales and the UK - at Newport College of Art, University of Sunderland, Northumbria University, and Teesside University.
In 1977, she moved to Barry Island, where she retired in 2016.
Artists have the opportunity to win £12,000 in prizes as the competition returns for a second year.
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Developed by the Waterfront Gallery in association with the Welsh Government and with the support of Milford Waterfront, Wales Contemporary/Cymru Gyfoes is an international open competition for 2D and 3D artworks.
It celebrates all aspects of the country by inviting artists to submit work that is inspired by its heritage, art history, traditions, landscape (rural, urban or political) and contemporary culture.
Following the close of the call for entries, the submissions will be judged by a selection panel including painter Gerda Roper, Basil Beattie (RA), and sculptor Sebastien Boyesen.
The subsequent exhibition will open at the Waterfront Gallery, Milford Haven, on Friday, November 6, when it will be inaugurated by Lord Dafydd Elis-Thomas, deputy minister for culture, sport and tourism for the Welsh Government, and go on until Thursday, November, 26.
It will then tour to the gallery@oxo, London, from Thursday, February 25 to Sunday, March 7.
First prize will be £4,000; highly commended 2-dimensional work – £2,000; highly commended 3-dimensional – £2,000; Young Artist Prize (25 and under) – £1,000; prize for artists born, educated or resident in Wales – £1,500; and public choice – £1,500.
Now in its second year, the competition has established a strong reputation for championing art about Wales and from Wales:
According to Gerald Davies, winner of the 2019 Second Prize: “Wales Contemporary is a signal of the wealth of creativity in the country.”
Chris Wallbank, 2019 Welsh Artist Prize, also described the competition as “a fantastic opportunity for any artist making work linked to Wales; its landscape, culture, history, industry, anything at all.”
Moss Carroll, 2019 Young Artist Prize, said: “I really like that there is a competition to showcase work produced about Wales and by Welsh artists, I would like to see the growth of the art scene in Wales, and I like the idea of celebrating a land and culture in art.”
Artists are invited to submit a maximum of three 2D or 3D artworks in any medium excluding photography and film.
2D works may be no larger than 140 cm in any dimension; 3D works may be no larger than 50cm in any dimension.
The submission fee is £15 for one work, £25 for two and £34 for three.
All applications must be made online before Tuesday, September 1.
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