Barbara Matthews
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Since completing a BA in Fine Art at The School of Art, Aberystwyth, Barbara has continued to develop her Art practice, through painting, printmaking, photography, installation and shallow space sculpture using a variety of materials.
Living and working in the mountainous area of North Ceredigion with it's almost forgotten industrial past leaving its mark on the landscape in a myriad of subtle and not so subtle ways has lead her to explore the effects of past and future industry on the landscape of this area and how this relates to attitudes which shape current thought and action in the wider industrial and environmental picture.
She has exhibited widely throughout Wales and the rest of Britain and her work is held in a number of private collections.

Qualifications and Training
2005 BA(Hons) in Fine Art,  School of Art,  University of Wales, Aberystwyth,  


Current and Forthcoming Exhibitions

At The Margins International Print Exchange
Aberystwyth Printmakers/ Print Council Aotearoa New Zealand
Feb - April 2017                                       Aug 2017
Napier, New Zealand                            School of Art and Old College, Aberystwyth University
Aberystwyth Printmakers Spring Show, Mid Wales Arts Centre
March19th – April 30th 2017
Curious Travellers, Movement, Landscape, Art.
May 16th – June 26th 2017                     July 2017
Oriel Brondanw, Llanfrothen              Old College, Aberystwyth University
Fugitive Constructs, Solo Exhibition, Mid Wales Arts Centre, Caersws, Powys
Jul/Aug 2018
Solo Exhibitions
Aug-Sept 2014
Ceredigion Art Trail - Open Studio

February 26th – April  1st 2014
Hidden Depths, Gas Gallery/Oriel Nwy, Aberystwyth
Aug – Sept 2013
Old Work, New Work, Work in Progress, Ceredigion Art Tr
Aug – Sept 2012
‘Up to Now’, Ceredigion Art  Trail.
Oct 2012 – Jan 2013
‘Circularity’, Small works on Slate, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Winter Craft Fair
Aug – Sept 2012
‘Up to Now’, Ceredigion Art  Trail.
Oct 2011-Jan 2012
Small Works on Slate, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Winter Craft Fair
Summer 2011
Secret  Lives /Bywydau gyfrinach (Installation), Coed Y Bobl, Devil’s Bridge
2007
‘Frongoch and Wemyss Series’, Bronglais Hospital, Aberystwyth
‘Frongoch and Wemyss Series,’Oriel Cambria Gallery, Tregaron
Group Exhibitions

Oct 10th - Dec 16th 2016
Curious Travellers, Movement, Landscape, Art.
Oriel Sycharth, University of Glyndwr, Wrexham

Oct 9th 2015 - Jan 26th 2016
Creative Mapping, Amgueddfa Ceredigion Museum, Aberystwyth.

April 2015
Aberystwyth Printmakers, Minerva Arts Centre, Llanidloes.
Nov 1st 2014 - Jan 4th 2015
30 Local Artists MOMA Wales, Tannery Gallery, Machynlleth
Nov 6th - Dec 3rd 2014
Maps and Makers, Gas Gallery Aberystwyth

May 18th – Aug 1st  2014
Selected Artists, Da Mhile Distillery, Tasting Room
2013
7th-11th May
A Spot of Red, Espacio Nomadics, Menier Gallery, Southwark, London.
21st-26th Feb
‘Melange’, Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
31st Jan – 5th Feb
Emergance, Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green, London
Dec 2012
‘Splendid Stuff’, Espacio Gallery, Bethnal Green, London,
2010
The Picturemakers, Theatr Clwyd, Mold
2009
Unique Perspectives, Chapel Gallery, Ormskirk
The Picturemakers, Morlan Centre, Aberystwyth
2008         
‘
Land’,  St Dogmaels Gallery, St Dogmaels, Pembs
The Picturemakers, Oriel Cambria, Tregaron
The Picturemakers, Pendre Gallery, Cardigan
The Picturemakers, The Gallery, Rhayader
The  Picturemakers, Morlan Centre, Aberystwyth
2007
‘Cynefin’, The Picturemakers, King St. Gallery, Carmarthen
2005                                      
‘A Welsh Landscape’ Series,            Oriel Cambria, Tregaron
Curatorial Projects
Aug 2014

Curator, Ceredigion Art Trail Hub, Gas Gallery, Aberystwyth
2009 
Lead artist/ coordinator – utilizing any empty shop space (28 Terrace Rd, Aberystwyth)  collaborative exhibition involving  Blaengar, Ceredigion Museum, Plwm and Llywernog Mining Museum around the theme of Lead Mining in North Ceredigion.
2008
Curator, The Picturemakers, Oriel Cambria, Tregaron,
Competitions
2010
Yr Awdl Haf, Tabernacl Art Competition, MOMA Cymru/Wales, Machynlleth, (selected for exhibition)
2009 Selected for Welsh Artist of the Year Exhibition 
2007  In a country Churchyard/ Mewn  Mynwent Wledig, Tabernacle Art Competition, MOMA Cymru/Wales, Machynlleth.) (selected for exhibition)
2006 Dressing Mill VI Tabernacle Art Competition, MOMA Cymru/Wales, (selected for exhibition)
Commissions
Set Painting for Aberystwyth Arts Centre Youth Theatre Productions ‘The Musicians’ and ‘Every Picture Tells a Story’
Set Painting for Louche Theatre Production of  ‘The Bespoke Overcoat’