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. Glyn Jones
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"Ottoman", 1996
oil/acrylic on canvas
95x82cm
"Aura-Celtic", 1999
oil/acrylic on card
68x63cm
"Presence", 2000
oil/acrylic on paper
81x62cm1&2=private collections, Cardiff&Hampshire; 3=artist's collection)
Glyn Jones was born in 1936 in Tynewydd, Rhondda Valley, South Wales. From 1953 to 1957 he studied Fine Art at Cardiff College of Art, and from 1957 to 1960 at the Slade School of Fine Art in London. He is a member of Ysbryd/Spirit Wales and chairman of the 56 Group Wales.
Artist's Statement: "I am interested in exploring the way in which the process of painting, symbols & abstraction can be used to convey & interpret experience. My interest in Celtic ornamentation, the art & craft of India & North Africa, and the particular sensations I have experienced when travelling in such countries all contribute directly or indirectly to my work.
I usually work on a painting over a long period during which the deliberate application of images & techniques create many chance relationships between colour & form. I see this process of improvisation as similar to that used by many composers & musicians, particularly jazz musicians & those of India. These preoccupations are synthesised through the painting process to fix an image & create a sensation that needs no further alteration." (quoted by kind permission of the artist from the literature to his exhibition at Winchester Cathedral, November 2000).
"I am constantly aware of my Welshness but I am rarely reminded of my Celtic origins. If they are synonymous so be it, it is not an issue for me. However I sense that aspects of both Welsh and Celtic cultures share many of those values which offer an important alternative to the overt materialism of our secularised society. I particularly understand the spiritual dimension which in the distant Celtic past may have been 'magic' but became, centuries later, that glorious Celtic Christian Church and eventually the virile denominational mix, full of contradictions, which characterised the Wales of my childhood: the interwoven sounds and rhythms of choral music, the Welsh preacher as an instrument of the Holy Spirit chanting life-saving wisdom. Such things may surface in unexpected ways as one tries to fix an image which catches their reflection, each reflection being essentially formed and appreciated in our time and not that of the past" (quoted by kind permission of the artist from "Celtic Vision" in LINK No.53, 1986)
Teaching Experience:
1961-65 lecturer at the Mid Warwickshire School of Art ; 1965-71 senior lecturer at Coventry College of Art (now Coventry University); 1972-99 head of School of Fine Art (1994 Professor) at University of Wales Institute Cardiff (formerly Cardiff College of Art); 1999-2001 director of research Cardiff School of Art and Design, UWIC.
Commissions: 1979 'Lifelines' Mural for University College Swansea, 21'x11.5'; 1998 'Crucifixion' for St.Anne's Church Welshpool..
Awards: 1957 Silver Medal at Cardiff College of Art; 1959-60 postgraduate award for independent study at the Slade School; recipient of an Arts Council of Wales major artist's award; prize winner at the Television South West/South West Arts National Exhibition; 1994 made professor at the School of Fine Arts in cardiff.
International Links:
awards abroad=1994 at the 7th International Exhibition in Libramont/Belgium; 1999 Selected to represent Wales at 'Euro Celtic Art' Lorient, France.
collections abroad=the National Gallery of Slovakia;
exhibitions abroad=1975 Muller Gallery Stuttgart Germany, Glyn Jones Drawings (solo); 1979 Frank Marino Gallery New York (solo); 1979 Frank MarinoGallery New York, 'Paper Plus' (mixed); 1979 Musee de la Poste, Amboise France, 56 Group Wales (mixed); 1980 Frank Marino Gallery New York, 'Highlights 1979-80' (solo); 1982 Gallerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Germany, Cardiff Artists (mixed); 1983 Gallerie D'Arte Moderna, Bologna Italy, 56 Group Wales (mixed); 1986 Czechoslovakian Ministry of Culture, 56 Group Wales touring exhibition (Bratislava, Kosice, Karloy Vary, Brno); 1988 Bank of Ireland Exhibition Centre Dublin, 'Celtic Vision' (mixed); 1991 Czech. Ministry of Culture, 56 Group Wales touring exhibition (Prague, Ceske Budejovice, Plzen Raknovik, Frydek Mister); 1995 The Boole Library, University of Cork, 'Roomfull of Flowers' (mixed); 1997 The Courtyard Gallery, Dublin, 'Artists from Ireland and Wales' (mixed); ; 2001 and 2002 Euro Celtic Art, Lorient France, 'Yspryd/ Spirit' Group (mixed); 2002 Le Salle Aragon, Trelaze Festival, France, 'Yspryd/Spirit' Group (mixed); 2002 Le Centre Culturel, Ti Ar Vro, Carhaix France;
