The first talk of February, in the Home and Away talk series, curated for GS Artists Swansea with Tom Goddard brings back the wonderful Will Hughes to coincide with their solo show at GS Artists on High Street. In this extra special talk, Will shall be in conversation with Artist and curator, Natasha MacVoy. They first met in Cardiff and ever since have supported each other through skill sharing, discussing their work and the crossovers in their practices.

Mae sgwrs gyntaf mis Chwefror yn y gyfres sgyrsiau Gartref ac i Ffwrdd, a guradwyd ar gyfer GS Artists Abertawe gyda Tom Goddard, yn dod â’r artist gwych Will Hughes yn ôl i gyd-fynd â’u sioe unigol yn GS Artists ar y Stryd Fawr. Yn y sgwrs arbennig iawn hon, bydd Will yn sgwrsio â’r artist a’r curadur Natasha MacVoy. Cyfarfu’r ddau am y tro cyntaf yng Nghaerdydd, ac ers hynny, maen nhw wedi cefnogi ei gilydd trwy rannu sgiliau, trafod eu gwaith a’r gorgyffwrdd sydd yn eu harferion.

Will Hughes is a Multi-Disciplinary artist who is a studio holder at The Auxiliary in Middlesbrough. Their work is conceptually driven by lived experiences as a queer, non binary person in the UK, mixing pop culture references with material language to construct moments. They wish to seduce the viewer through often using repetitive mechanical movement, the use of glossy/shiny surfaces and the lens of glamour as a means of storytelling.

Will Graduated from BA (Hons) Fine Art from Bath School of Art in 2018. In the same year they were awarded the Kenneth Armitage Foundation, Graduate Award and completed a year long studio fellowship at Spike Island in Bristol. In 2021 they completed a Master of Fine Art at the BxNU institute (Baltic Centre for Contemporary art & Northumbria University). Recent projects include a duo exhibition with artist Garth Gratrix titled, ‘Why I’d trash him from top to bottomus’ (2021) at Pineapple Black in Middlesbrough and a group show titled ‘Loss and Looking (2021) at Baltic 39 in Newcastle. In September 2021 at bb15 in Linz, Austria. they produced a new body or work for a duo show with local artist Amanda Burzic on the theme of Art & Magic.

Exhibitions include 'I'm a soldier to my own emptiness, I'm a winner', with Robbie O’Keeffe (Online). ‘Everyday Future Waiting’, Baltic 39, Newcastle. ‘Queer Contemporaries’ Air gallery, Altrincham. ‘Self’, Fringe Arts, Bath. ‘Engagement and Entrapment’, Seoul, South Korea, curated by Diana Ali. ‘Alumni Exhibition’, Bath School of Art, Bath.

Artist amlddisgyblaethol sydd â stiwdio yn The Auxiliary yn Middlesbrough yw Will Hughes. Mae eu gwaith yn cael ei arwain gan brofiadau byw fel person cwiar, gan gymysgu cyfeiriadau diwylliant pop gyda iaith faterol i lunio eiliadau. Maent am hudo’r gwyliwr trwy ddefnyddio symudiad mecanyddol ailadroddus yn aml, arwynebau sgleiniog/gloyw a lens cyfaredd fel modd o adrodd straeon.

Graddiodd Will â BA (Anrhydedd) mewn Celfyddyd Gain o Ysgol Gelf Caerfaddon yn 2018. Yn yr un flwyddyn, dyfarnwyd gwobr Kenneth Armitage Foundation, Graduate Award iddynt, gan gwblhau preswyliad am flwyddyn mewn stiwdio yn Spike Island, Bryste. Yn 2021, cwblhawyd cwrs Meistr mewn Celfyddyd Gain yn Athrofa BxNU (Canolfan Baltig ar gyfer Celf Gyfoes a Phrifysgol Northumbria). Mae prosiectau diweddar yn cynnwys arddangosfa ar y cyd gyda’r artist Garth Gratrix o dan y teitl, ‘Why I’d trash him from top to bottomus’ (2021) yn Pineapple Black yn Middlesbrough ac arddangosfa grŵp o’r enw ‘Loss and Looking (2021) yn Baltic 39 yn Newcastle. Ym Medi 2021, yn bb15 yn Linz, Awstria, cynhyrchwyd corff newydd o waith ar gyfer arddangosfa ar y cyd gydag artist lleol o’r enw Amanda Burzic ar y thema 'Art and Magic'.

Mae arddangosfeydd yn cynnwys 'I'm a soldier to my own emptiness, I'm a winner', gyda Robbie O’Keeffe (Ar-lein). ‘Everyday Future Waiting’, Baltic 39, Newcastle. ‘Queer Contemporaries’ Air gallery, Altrincham. ‘Self’, Fringe Arts, Caerfaddon. ‘Engagement and Entrapment’, Seoul, De Korea, wedi ei churadu gan Diana Ali. ‘Alumni Exhibition’, Ysgol Gelf Caerfaddon, Caerfaddon.

Website: willhughesartist.com

Instagram: will_hughes_art_

This event will take place in English / Digwyddiad Saesneg fydd hwn

• A zoom link will be sent out 2 hours prior to the talk.

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