I am deeply honoured to have been awarded the Osi Rhys Osmond Art Prize 2025. My sincere thanks to my tutors and mentors at Carmarthen School of Art for their unwavering support and guidance. The foundation course has been the key to the lock of a long closed door and through it, I have regained creative permission once again.
Thank you to my peers for their inspiration and congratulations to all the nominees who’s work I greatly admire.
A special thank you to the committee for this recognition. Winning this prize has been profoundly affirming for me to keep pursuing and creating on my path as a visual artist.
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‘Saltlight’ can now be viewed at the Osi gallery in Llansteffan.
@carmarthenschoolofart
Allan Heddiw / Out Today ••• Exclusively on bandcamp.
Hotel Et Al - Simsan
Ein hymateb i arddangosfa Artes Mundi;
Our response to the Artes Mundi exhibition; Kameelah Janan Rasheed & responses to Linder Sterling’s exhibition at the Glynn Vivian gallery.
Dolen/Link ar proffil
Diolch ✨
@menterabertawe@glynnvivian@kameelahr@lindersterling
Diolch o galon i bawb @menterabertawe@glynnvivian am ein cynnal ni a diolch i bawb a ymunodd â ni yn y gofod hudolus, Glynn Vivian.
Pleser mawr cael gweithio gyda Rhodri Davies & Anushiye Yarnell. Diolch i ti Richard James am drefnu ni i gyd gyda'n gilydd.
@rhodrijd@anushiyeyarnell
Photos: Keith Bolton @old_aged_punk
•••Hello••• / On the 12/02/26 at Swansea’s Glynn Vivian Gallery, Hotel Et Al will be creatively reuniting for a special performance with/gyda gwesteion ARBENNIG - Anushiye Yarnell & Rhodri Davies.
I’m beyond thrilled to get to share this experience, response and reimagining of the Artes Mundi works with such beautiful people. I think this is what being alive is for.
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Drysau/Doors: 5:30pm
Start: 6:30pm
Am Ddim/Free
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(As you can see) Packed & eager to go. Fringe has been cut (Diolch Martine) Let’s forget about the dark (wannabe) ‘overlords’ for a few hours •••(Bring a Brolly)•••
Diolch o galon @rebeccawynkelly - the beginning of something oh so very special 🙏🏼🌕🌞
Quiet intentions witnessed by the loving and open arms of sincerity, learning as we go. My heart has burst wide open.
‘Cunabula’ - The installation audio for Foundation (Carmarthen School of Art) Rise Exhibition 2025
“This piece is composed of multi-layered and manipulated recordings of the print drying racks at Jobswell Campus. Through this process, I became deeply engaged with the unique ‘voice’ of the racks - an industrial yet rhythmic presence that emerges only at the beginning and end of the drying process. It was in these moments of activation, when the racks ‘sang’ into motion or settled into stillness, that their sonic character became most apparent.
However, what struck me most profoundly was not just the audible presence of the racks, but rather the silence - the ‘space between’ - that spoke the loudest. This interval, in which the prints quietly dried, held an almost meditative quality, an unseen but essential phase of transformation. In this silent liminality, time itself felt suspended, echoing broader themes of temporality, transition, and the unseen forces at work in processes of creation and change.
This process of waiting, of allowing something to take form in its own time reminded me of incubation.
Just as an egg remains still while life stirs within, or a thought quietly gestates before emerging as an idea, the prints undergo their own silent metamorphosis.
The racks, in this sense, act as both a vessel and a threshold, holding space for an unseen yet inevitable transformation. Through layering and manipulation of these sounds, I sought to explore this contrast between presence and absence, action and stillness, inviting the listener to consider the significance of what is often overlooked.”
Available to listen/purchase only on @bandcamp
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Singing with space at the beautiful Wogan Cavern. Moments of transcendental transportations thanks to repetition, harmonics and channeling.
The cavern sings back.
Diolch Richard James @evolutionofbeauty_01 for inviting me to be part of your magical project - it’s been an inspiring experience for me. More to share soon.
Thank you also to the lovely pigeons.
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‘Spinning The Apple’ has been out a week(!) - yes time - you like to do your thing.
As it’s in its mere week anniversary - a celebratory availability has been made via @bandcamp
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I gently urge you to support musicians via the likes of platforms such as @bandcamp
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Thank you for the love and support for this little humble impromptu - it was borne from the same.
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Let’s get together and make all well. Community is everything 🍏
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Studio visual snippets taken by my dear friend Topo Mattz.
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Produced : Frank Naughton & Accü
Guitar : Gareth Bonello
Drums : Topo Matz
Bass : Frank N
Backing vox : Andy Fung
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Mastered : Iwan Morgan
Mixed : Accü
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Links - Linktree - Bio
“Spinning The Apple” out/mas 5/12/24 ar @libertinorecs
Bydd @georgiarooth yn chwarae hi am y tro gyntaf heno ar ei sioe ar BBC Radio Cymru 🫧
Gwrandewch i clywed am yr holl broses - gweithio mewn Stiwdio Tŷ Drwg efo Frank Naughton / Ffrindiau - lleol a thu hwnt.
Llun : @daixiavu22
Edit : @corneliavanrijswijk
Hello,
I've got to share something wonderful and strange with you. I have got to record and sing on a feature film for the very first time. Strange because they are mostly very intimate acapellas. Strange because that makes me feel strange. I'm hoping one day that won't feel so strange to me. Strange maybe because I have not yet seen it in it's entirety!
So...
I am over the moon to announce that 'Flathead' - Written & Directed by the inimitable Jaydon Martin, will be having it's world premiere in Rotterdam at IFFR 2024 @iffr
Screening Dates
28/01/24
30/01/24
1/02/24
Ticket links on @flathead_film_aus
Thank you again @jaydon__martin for trusting my voice. It was as cold as it is now when I made them - I think - a good thing.
Image:
Flathead note did not show itself on film, and so I've kindly written it out again for you...you know...just in case you missed it because I do want you to remember 'Flathead'.
I hope this finds you well! Deep breaths now...
