BIOGRAPHY

About the artist Originally from Bala, in North Wales, Angharad Pearce Jones graduated from renowned 3D Design and Craft BA (Hons) course at Brighton University in 1991 and completed an MA in Fine Art at Cardiff Art School in 1999. She supports her practice by working as a commercial blacksmith and steel fabricator. 

In her early career, she created a clear distinction between her artwork and commercial work but over the years they have become inter-dependable. She realises the sculptural potential in everything made of steel, from agricultural fences, sports stadium turnstiles, prams, and scaffold poles, to the dust that congeals on her disc cutter. She has one foot in the mundane everyday life of being a mother of 3 whilst indulging in too much reality tv and another in heavy industry and high art, resulting in a fascinating combination that has led to some thought-provoking work.

BYWGRAFFIAD

Yn wreiddiol o’r Bala, graddiodd Angharad Pearce Jones o gwrs BA (Anrh) mewn  3D Dylunio a Chrefft o Brifysgol Brighton yn 1991 a chwblhau MA mewn Celfyddyd Gain yn Ysgol Gelf Caerdydd yn 1999. Mae’n cefnogi ei hymarfer gan gweithio fel gof masnachol a gwneuthurwr dur. 

Yn ei gyrfa gynnar, roedd gwahaniaeth clir rhwng ei gwaith celf a gwaith masnachol ond dros y blynyddoedd maent wedi dod yn gyd-ddibynnol. Mae hi'n sylweddoli'r potensial cerfluniol ym mhopeth sydd wedi'i wneud o ddur - o ffensys amaethyddol, gatiau tro stadiwm chwaraeon, pramiau, a pholion sgaffald, i'r llwch sy'n cuddio ar ei thorrwr disg. Mae ganddi un droed ym mywyd beunyddiol cyffredin o fod yn fam i 3 o blant tra'n ymroi i ormod o deledu realiti ac un arall mewn diwydiant trwm a chelfyddyd uchel, gan arwain at gyfuniad hynod ddiddorol sydd wedi arwain at waith sy'n ysgogi'r meddwl.