CASW member Jan Bennett is showing work in an exhibition at Cardiff’s Ffotogallery featuring responses to archive work from the experimental artist collective tactileBOSCH. The exhibition, which shows both archive work and four artists’ responses to it, has just started but runs until Saturday 15 August. tB Fist Inside The Velvet Glove is the umbrella title of a series of exhibitions which reflect on and respond to the tactileBOSCH archive.

Gallery details
Ffotogallery
Fanny Street
The Old Sunday School
Cathays, Cardiff CF24 4EH
Wed to Sat, 12.00 to 5.00 pm
02920 341667
ffotogallery ...

CASW member Zena Blackwell is showing work in Safe As Milk, a group exhibition at Elysium Gallery, Swansea from Friday 7 August, the opening, to Saturday 19 September 2026. All members are warmly invited to the opening on Friday, 7 August at 7.00 pm.

Gallery details
Elysium Gallery, 12-24 Belle Vue Way
Swansea SA1 5BY
Opening hours: Wed - Sat, 11.00 am to 5.00 pm
e: info@elysiumgallery.com
07980 925449
www.elysiumgallery.com ...

CASW member, Carl Chapple, is showing work in Celf Gallery’s Summer Exhibition. The exhibition runs from Saturday, 11 July to Sunday, 16 August 2026. CASW members are welcome at the Opening, Friday, 10 July 2026, 6.00 to 8.00 pm.

Gallery details
Celf Gallery, Roath Park Hall,
Bangor Street, Cardiff CF24 3NA.
Wed to Sat 10.00 - 5.00
Sun 11.00 - 3.00 ...

CASW member, Gerda Roper, is showing work in the Summer Exhibition in Upton Castle Gardens this summer. CASW members are warmly invited to the Private View on Saturday, 4 July 2026, 6.00 to 8.00 pm. For those unable to come to the private view, the exhibition continues until 20 September 2026.

Upton Castle Gardens and Gallery, Cosheston, Pembrokeshire SA72 4SE,
01646 689996
Upton Castle Gardens & Gallery ...

Dilys Jackson
Now you see them: Natural World

CASW member Dilys Jackson is holding a solo exhibition, Now you see them: Natural World, at Rhoose Community Library and Activity Centre. The exhibition has just opened and runs until Friday, 1 May 2026. All CASW members are warmly welcome to visit.

📅 Monday, 23 March – Friday, 1 May 2026
📍 Rhoose Community Library and Activity

Mae aelod CASW, Dilys Jackson, yn cynnal arddangosfa unigol, Now you see them: Natural World, yn Llyfrgell a Chanolfan Gymunedol Y Rhws. Mae’r arddangosfa bellach wedi dechrau ac yn rhedeg tan ddydd Gwener, 1 Mai 2026. Mae croeso cynnes i holl aelodau CASW ymweld.

📅 Dydd Llun, 23 Mawrth – Dydd Gwener, 1 Mai 2026
📍 Llyfrgell a Chanolfan Gymunedol Y Rhws ...

🎉🎨 CASW Members in Barry | Aelodau CASW ym Mharri 🎨🎉

Celebrating International Women’s Day with a vibrant exhibition by the Women’s Arts Association of Wales (WAAW) at Art Central Gallery.

📅 7 March – 11 April 2026
✨ Over 60 works by women artists & makers from across Wales
🎤 Dr Frances Woodley – Diane Setch Annual Lecture
🕑 Sat 28 March | 2pm

⸻

🎉🎨 Dathlu Diwrnod Rhyngwladol y Menywod 🎨🎉

Arddangosfa fywiog gan WAAW yn Oriel Art Central, Y Barri
📅 7 Mawrth – 11 Ebrill 2026
✨ Dros 60 o weithiau gan artistiaid benywaidd o Gymru
🎤 Dr Frances Woodley – Darlith Flynyddol Diane Setch
🕑 Dydd Sadwrn 28 Mawrth | 2yp

#CASW #WAAW #InternationalWomensDay #WomenArtistsWales #CelfCymru ArtCentralBarry ...

We are delighted to share that Contemporary Art Society for Wales member Jonathan Retallick will present a solo exhibition at Oriel Ffin y Parc, Llandudno.

Rydym yn falch iawn o rannu bod aelod Contemporary Art Society for Wales Jonathan Retallick yn cynnal arddangosfa unigol yn Oriel Ffin y Parc, Llandudno.

Winner of the CASW National Eisteddfod Purchase Prize 2023, Jonathan’s work explores landscape and experience through contemporary painting.

Yn enillydd Gwobr Prynu Eisteddfod Genedlaethol CASW 2023, mae gwaith Jonathan yn archwilio tirwedd a phrofiad drwy baentio cyfoes.

📅 20 March – 11 April 2026

📅 20 Mawrth – 11 Ebrill 2026

CASW members are warmly invited to the Private View:
🕕 Friday 20 March | 6–8pm

Mae croeso cynnes i aelodau CASW i’r Noson Agoriadol:
🕕 Dydd Gwener 20 Mawrth | 6–8pm

📍 Oriel Ffin y Parc.

#JonathanRetallick #CASW #WelshArt #ContemporaryArt #ArtExhibition Llandudno OrielFfinYParc CelfCymru ...

CASW Sgwrs Ar-lein / Online Talk Joseph Hillier
Tuesday, 24 March 2026, 19.00 - 20.15.

Yn y sgwrs hon, mae Joseph yn edrych ar rai o’i weithiau comisiwn a’i arddangosfeydd sydd wedi canolbwyntio ar y weithred greadigol. Trwy weithio gyda phrosesau digidol a chydweithio ag ymarferwyr eraill – fel actorion a dawnswyr – mae wedi creu cyfres o weithiau sy’n ceisio dal amser a symudiad mewn ffurf gadarn. Mae’r darnau efydd sy’n deillio o hyn yn aml yn meddu ar lif neu natur fomentol, sydd mewn tensiwn â natur dragwyddol cerflunwaith.

In this talk, Joseph looks at some of his commissioned works and exhibitions that focus on the creative act. Working with digital processes and collaborating with other practices—such as actors and dancers—he has created a series of works that attempt to capture time and gesture in solid form. The resulting bronze pieces often have a fluid or momentary quality that sits in tension with the timelessness of sculpture.

💻 Digwyddiad Ar-lein / Online Event

Gallwch fwynhau’r digwyddiad mewn un o ddwy ffordd:
You can enjoy this event in one of two ways:

🔹 Ar Zoom / On Zoom – mynediad llawn i’r sgwrs a’r cyfle i ofyn cwestiynau.
Full access to the talk with the opportunity to ask questions.

https://us02web.zoom.us/j/89805776836?pwd=UkWIBHyAqaQPacJNWB9WMEaHK3mXIA.1

🔹 Ar YouTube / On YouTube – i’r rhai sydd am wylio’r sgwrs yn unig.
For those who would prefer to simply watch the talk.

https://youtube.com/live/NstiXWmZ-AU?feature=share

Os oes unrhyw anhawster gyda’r dolenni, copïwch a gludwch nhw i’ch porwr.
If you have any difficulty with the links, please paste them into your browser.

🎥 Bwriedir recordio’r digwyddiad.
🎥 The event is intended to be recorded.

✨ Mae’r digwyddiad hwn yn rhad ac am ddim ac yn agored i’r cyhoedd.
✨ This online event is free and open to the public. ...

CASW Online Talk
Paula MacArthur
Infinite Precious Things
Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 19.00 - 20.15
CASW Online Talks
Paula MacArthur
Infinite Precious Things
Wednesday, 25 February 2026, 19.00 - 20.15

This online event is free and open to the public.

You can enjoy this event in one of two ways.
On Zoom: This will give full access to the talk and will give anyone who joins on Zoom an opportunity to take part and ask questions. The link to join on Zoom is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/87337757249?pwd=gmsQMGFLghH27XkV3nOGVlVwWRLoAG.1
On YouTube: This is for those who would prefer to just watch the talk. The link to watch on YouTube is:
https://youtube.com/live/_4Un91xttZ0?feature=share ...

CASW members looking at Linder - a recent pop-up visit to the Glynn Vivian in Swansea to see their brilliant exhibition of Linder’s works. Another visit to Abergalsney & Camarthen to see Clive Hicks-Jenkins’ current exhibition takes place in March. If you’d like to join us, you can become a member. https://casw.org.uk/membership/ ...

CASW member, Dilys Jackson, is holding a solo exhibition, Now you seem them: Natural World, at Dinas Powys Library & Activity Centre. The exhibition has just started but continues to 14 March 2026. All CASW members are welcome to the Private View, Saturday 7 February, 2.00 - 4.00 pm.

Dinas Powys Library & Activity Centre, Fairoaks, Dinas Powys CF64 4QU
Tel: 02920 512556
Mon - Fri 10.00 am - 4.30 pm
Sat 10.00 am - 12.30 pm @dilysjackson2024 ...

CASW online talk, Thursday 5 February 2026, 7.00 to 8.15 pm

Nigel Prince was appointed Director of Artes Mundi in 2019 and will be well-known to many CASW members, having previously spoken to members about Artes Mundi 9 and Artes Mundi 10, as well as recently guiding a number of members around the works of Anawana Haloba, Sawangwongse Yawnghwe, Sancintya Mohini Simpson, Kameelah Janan Rasheed, Jumana Emil Abboud and Antonio Paucar on display in Amgueddfa Cymru as part of Artes Mundi 11.

In this new talk, Nigel will speak about Artes Mundi 11, with particular reference to the work of the winners of the Artes Mundi Prize and the Derek Williams Prize. The winners will be announced at an Award Ceremony to be held at Amgueddfa Cymru on 15 January 2026.

This online event is free and open to the public.

You can enjoy this event in one of two ways.
On Zoom: This will give full access to the talk and will give anyone who joins on Zoom an opportunity to take part and ask questions.

The link to join on Zoom is:
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/86113665612?pwd=ak1M7teLXT5MeUR63wNPSu8JEdPpbp.1

On YouTube: This is for those who would prefer to just watch the talk. The link to watch on YouTube is:
https://youtube.com/live/4vhMn7usAOU?feature=share

If you have any difficulty with either link, please paste it into your browser. ...

CASW member Sue Hunt is exhibiting work in Dialogue, an exhibition curated by Steffan Hughes Jones showing at Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown. Sue is one of seven artists who have created a response to artworks by Augustus John, Vanessa Bell, Matthew Smith, Evan Walters, Maurice de Vlaminck loaned from Amgueddfa Cymru/National Museum Wales. The other artists, some of whom have work in CASW’s distributed collection, are Shani Rhys James, Jeanette Orrell, Eleri Mills, Catrin Davies, Ann Thomas and Anya Paintsil. The exhibition opened before Christmas but runs until 28 February 2026 ...

Claire is a ceramist whose work features in our distributed collection. She has also given several talks to CASW members, discussing her practice with the CASW community.


between my finger and my thumb

Claire Curneen

PRIVATE VIEW
Thursday 29th January 7-9 pm
The Drawing Schools Gallery, Eton College, Common Lane. SL4 6DU
Please book by using the Eventbrite link,
The gallery is open to visitors by appointment on Sunday afteroon, 2.30 - 5.00pm

https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/between-my-finger-and-my-thumb-claire-curneen-tickets-1976443346253 @clairecurneen ...

Another superb CASW visit to a brilliant exhibition. CASW members were enthralled by Clive Hicks-Jenkins’ many and varied book illustrations in his retrospective exhibition at Hay Castle, the ‘Art of the Book’. Clive - also a CASW member - guided members through his illustrations, which ranged from his work for Simon Armitage’s Hansel and Gretel: A Nightmare in Eight Scenes (for which he won the V&A Illustrated Book Award), Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and The Owl and the Nighingale as well as for Seamus Heaney’s Beowulf and Emily Wilson’s The Odyssey and The Iliad.

If you’d like to join us for our 2026 events, see our website: Events 2026 | CASW, which also has details about how to join CASW. #welshartist #contemporaryart #wales #illustration #drawing @haycastletrust ...

Many CASW members will know Brendan Stuart Burns from his inspiring presentations — and we’re delighted to share news of his forthcoming publication Space Between.
Written in close collaboration with Brendan by art historian and curator Ian Massey, the book covers over 40 years of his work, from early influences and subjects at the Slade School of Art towards full artistic maturity.
Published by Lund Humphries on 10 November @brendan.stuart.burns ...

CASW member Alison Lochhead is holding a solo exhibition at Turner House, Plymouth Road, Penarth CF64 3DH between 20 November and 21 December 2025. The exhibition, Silencing, evokes the destruction of culture under oppression while revealing the enduring resilience of human expression. The exhibition will be accompanied by two evenings of poetry readings reflecting on conflict, resistance, and hope.

The two evenings of poetry readings accompanying the exhibition will be held on Saturday, 6 December and Thursday, 11 December, 6.00 to 8.00 pm, each evening.
Saturday 6 December: Mike Jenkins, Patrick Jones and Open Mic with invited Red Poets, and anyone else who wants to say a poem.
Thursday, 11 December: Patrick Jones, Abeer Ameer and David Ambrose.
Free but booking with Turner House needed:
https://turnerhouse.wales/
https://turnerhouse.wales/silencing/
Gallery Opening hours: Thursday to Sunday 10am to 4.30pm. ...

CASW member Sue Shields is showing work in Miniprint Cymru | Wales, a Swansea Print Workshop exhibition held at the Mission Gallery Swansea between Saturday 8 November 2025 and 10 January 2026. CASW members are warmly invited to the exhibition opening, 10.00 am to 5.00 pm,Saturday 8 November 2025. ...

On Tuesday 28 October 2025 at 7.00 pm artist, curator and CASW member Dr Frances Woodley will present her talk entitled A Mixed Practice as part of the Contemporary Art Society for Wales series of public talks. Frances Woodley’s practice is still in its early stages, or so it feels to her. Out of her earlier introspective and sometimes fantastical work, a practice has emerged that is more collaborative, surreal and absurd. Ceramic sculpture has been replaced by paper and card construction; while etching and drawing have been overtaken by digital painting - at least for now. This talk follows her participation in the exhibitions ‘Theatre of Objects’ at Turner House, Penarth and ‘Carnivale’, at Gallery Spot Korin, Kyoto, both in 2025.

Please take note of the venue for the talk. It will be held in Room 00.23 on the Ground Floor of the Cardiff School Management Building, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff, CF5 2YB. The building can be found on the left at the back of the campus.
There is ample on-site parking available on a pay & display basis. Those wishing to travel by bus can use the Cardiff Bus Services 62, 63 or 66 from Westgate Street to Western Avenue. ...

CASW member Sue Shields, who designed the print used for the exhibition poster, is showing work in the Unfolding Welsh Textiles exhibition, at Craft in the Bay, Cardiff. The exhibition has already started but runs up until 2 November 2025. All CASW members are warmly welcome. @shields8358
Details
Craft in the Bay, The Flourish, Lloyd George Avenue, Cardiff Bay CF10 4QH
029 2048 4611 ...

CASW member, Gerda Roper, is holding her solo exhibition, Dance to the Music of Time, at Oriel Môn, Llangefni. The exhibition has started but runs until 2 November 2025. All CASW members are warmly invited to visit the exhibition..

Details
Tuesday to Sunday, 10am to 5pm.
Oriel Môn, Llangefni, Ynys Môn, LL77 7TQ
www.orielmon.org ...

On Tuesday 7 October 2025 at 7.00 pm, sculptor Mark Richards will present his talk entitled ‘Negotiating Creativity within the confines of Commissioned Sculpture’ as part of the Contemporary Art Society for Wales’ series of public talks.

The talk will be held in the ‘Heart Space’ which is located in the centre of the main building of Cardiff School of Art and Design, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff CF5 2YB. There is ample on-site parking available on a pay & display basis.

Those wishing to travel by bus can use the Cardiff Bus Services 62, 63 or 66 from Westgate Street to Western Avenue.

This is a public talk that is open to both members and non-members and we would encourage members to bring friends and colleagues with them. ...

Artist, art historian and curator Ceri Thomas gave a fascinating talk about the Euro-Wales group of artists’ 2024 Penarth exhibition, Then & Now. This was the first of CASW’s Autumn talks for members. Ceri talked about the background to the group’s formation in 1992 - a commitment to Europe, with which all twelve artists.six women and six men, had connections - and a renewed commitment to Europe through their recent exhibition. He also showed a superb film of the exhibition, Then & Now, which is due to be posted on YouTube. ...

CASW members, Philippa Robbins and Alan Salisbury, are holding a joint exhibition, Recent Work, at West Wharf Gallery, top floor Jacob’s Market, Cardiff. The exhibition opens on Saturday 4 October with a private view from 2pm and continues on Thursdays, Fridays and Saturdays until 1 November. 2025. All CASW members warmly welcome at the private view. ...

CASW member, David Brook, is showing work in BayArt’s Stage II exhibition at BayArt Gallery, 54 B/C, Bute Street, Cardiff CF10 5AE. The exhibition has just started and runs to 11 October 2025. ...

This year’s purchase prize was awarded to North Wales-based Lesley James through Wrexham’s Ty Pawb art centre, where her work will be displayed. Lesley’s Darn bach o’r Cefn I (A Little Piece of the Cefn, 2025) pays tribute to the high-quality terracotta bricks manufactured by JC Edwards, formerly based in Wrexham. These bricks were famously used in buildings such as the Birmingham Assize Courts, Cardiff’s Pierhead and Liverpool University’s Victoria Building. Darn bach o’r Cefn I, mounted in a lightbox, incorporates rubbings of bricks manufactured by JC Edwards’ in graphite and acrylic paperwork. The image shows three works: Darn bach o’r Cefn I, II & III. ...

CASW member Philippa Robbins is participating in an Open Studio event in North Pembrokeshire, 23 August to 6 September 2025. Her studio will be open 11am to 4pm, Saturday 23 August and then Wednesday to Saturday 27 - 30 August and 3 - 6 September. All CASW members are warmly invited to visit her studio, which is part of an open studio event in North Pembrokeshire, featuring over 40 artists. ...

Amber Mottram @amber.mottram receives CASW’s 2025 Student Award. Amber graduated from her BA in Fine Art from the University of Wales Institute Cardiff (UWIC) in 2011 and has recently completed a part-time MFA at Cardiff School of Art and Design within Cardiff’s Metropolitan University. Between her two degrees, she held several exhibitions and co-founded The Boat Studio. Amber’s recent work combines film, sculpture and writing as a way of documenting and exploring domestic space. As with Dancing Pegs III, she frequently exploits repetition. ...

In Tir a Môr - Land and Sea, CASW member Kate Montefiore and Zinc present an eclectic mix of prints and paintings which is deeply connected to the land and seascapes in South Wales. The artists treat colour, gesture and texture as opportunities to expand and consider the environment using a variety of artists’ media and styles. The quality of light is unique under Welsh skies and often affects the colour changes in nature. This detail can be seen in both Kate’s and Zinc’s work, especially in their use of colour mixing. Kate Montefiore studied at St Martins School of Art, London and went on to a degree in Theatre Design from Birmingham School of Arts.

The exhibition has already begun and runs until 26 July 2025.

Art Central Gallery, Town Hall, King Square, Barry CF63 4RW
Mon to Sat, 10.00 am to 3.30 pm ...

Exhibition of CASW commissioned prints plus Kevin Sinnott etchings, Oriel Ci Melyn, Whitchurch Road, Cardiff

Since the late 1990s, Oriel Ci Melyn, located in CASW member Neil Confrey’s offices in Cardiff, has been supporting and exhibiting work by Welsh artists. Neil is now relaunching the gallery and dedicating it to 20th century and contemporary limited edition prints by Welsh artists or artists linked to Wales, The opening show brings together the portfolio of 12 prints commissioned by CASW some 25 years ago to celebrate The Year of the Artist, 2000/2001. These prints are by established Welsh artists, not otherwise known as printmakers, on the theme of the months of the year and have not been shown together since that time (so far as Neil is aware). In addition, the gallery will be exhibiting on permanent display a suite of coloured etchings by Kevin Sinnott from 1990. ...

20th Century Welsh Artists exhibition at Hay Castle until 22 September .CASW member Martin Tinney, who has championed modern and contemporary Welsh artists through his former art gallery, has curated an exhibition of 20th Century Welsh Artists which features several CASW members as well as work by Gwen John, Ernest Zobole, Ceri Richards, Felicity Charlton and Sir Kyffin Williams. The exhibition not only celebrates 20th century Welsh art but also reflects the quality and strength of the visual arts in Wales. The exhibition has already started and runs throughout the summer until 22 September 2025. ...

Documentary film, Stuff of Dreams
CASW member Madoc Roberts has made a documenatary about a painting that is now showing on Netflix. It is called Stuff of Dreams and follows window cleaner Steven Wadlow, who thinks he may have discovered a lost portrait of William Shakespeare aged 31. If so, it could be the only portrait of Shakespeare painted whilst he was alive. The painting has a persuasive provenance and has been subjected to scientific tests at the Hamilton Kerr institute, UCL and by Lumiere Technology in Paris. So far it has passed all the tests.

This is a link to the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-h-9Vri79Xs Stuff of Dreams will be showing on Netflix for a year. ...

CASW member, Richard Cox, is exhibiting work alongside two other artists at the West Wharf Gallery in an exhibition which runs from 3 May to 28 June 2025. @westwharfgallery ...

CASW members Anne Gibbs, Chris Nurse, Heather Parnell and Frances Woodley work collaboratively as ‘Object Theatre’. They are holding an exhibition,Theatre of Objects, at The Turner Gallery, 12 Plymouth Road, Penarth CF64 3DH from 12 April to 18 May 2025. ...

Join us Tuesday 25 March 2025 at 19.00 for Garry Barker’s CASW talk, Forms of Becoming: The poetics of Interoception either on Zoom
https://us02web.zoom.us/j/83870108266?pwd=38byXPQjUKbMNG1uVhuKaqQr05pW8w.1
or on YouTube
https://youtube.com/live/XMmrhnrfiaw?feature=share

The talk can also be viewed on YouTube after the event. ...

Dilys Jackson Spiked Pollen III stolen from Llandough Hospital. CASW member, Dilys Jackson’s bronze sculpture Spiked Pollen III has recently been stolen from its site at Llandough hospital. Any information, please contact the police or Dilys Jackson herself: dilysjackson@yahoo.co.uk ...

CASW’s president, Peter Wakelin, took part in an art history film on the Welsh National War Memorial in Cathays Park, Cardiff as part of a series for the HENI gallery https://heni.com/talks/welsh-national-war-memorial ...

CASW Online - Martin Finnin
The first of CASW’s online public talks for 2025 takes place on Tuesday, 28 January 2025, 19.00 - 20.15. Limerick-born artist Martin Finnin will be talking about his shift from abstract to figurative painting - ‘Tigers at the Gates’.

The talk is free and open to all but you do need to book via eventbrite:
https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/martin-finnin-tigers-at-the-gates-tickets-1118930133149
Hope to see you online! ...

Superb talk on Ernest Zobole by CASW member and Zobole specialist Dr Ceri Thomas last Saturday. Ceri’s talk was the last of the autumn series given to CASW members.

If you’d like to come to talks like these or go on one of CASW’s many visits and study tours both in UK and abroad, join us.

You’d be supporting contemporary art and artists in Wales at the same time! Or give someone a gift membership as a seasonal present! ...

Antidote at Oriel Canfas, 44a Glamorgan Street, Cardiff CF5 1QS
CASW members, including Jan Bennett and Alan Salisbury, are showing work in Antidote, Oriel Canfas. Opening: Fri, 29 November 2024, 18.00 - 20.00. The exhibition runs to .21 December. ...

National Eisteddfod 2024 Gold Medal Winner, Angharad Pearce Jones, to give CASW public talk, 26 Nov 2024, 7.00 pm

Angharad Pearce Jones will talk about her sculptural work in steel at Cardiff School of Art & Design’s ‘Heart Space’, Cardiff Metropolitan University, Llandaff Campus, Western Avenue, Cardiff CF5 2Y. The talk, one of a series of public talks organised by the Contemporary Art Society for Wales, takes place on Tuesday 26 November 2024 at 7.00 pm. ...

CASW member Sharon Magill is showing work in a group printmaking exhibition, Pressed and Pulled, at The George Gallery, Newnham on Severn GL14 1BS. Private View Fri 22 Nov, 6.00 - 8.00 pm/Exhibition runs to 30 Nov/Gallery opening 11.00 am - 4.00 pm daily except Sun & Mon. ...