MEET OSIAN!

Osian is a full time artist and curator living and working full-time in mid . He opened The Short Bridge Street Gallery ‘Art by Osian’ in January 2019.

Recent exhibitions include a solo exhibition at the national Assembly for Wales . The National Library of Wales recently requested permission to archive his work.

Osian’s work has been sold to private collections across the world. OSIAN RECENT NOTEABLE EXHIBITIONS:

GWENT 2020 Exhibition of Contemporary AGSA 2019 a 4 month Solo Exhibition 'Remixing the Landscape’ National Assembly of Wales - The Cardiff

2018 Exhibition of Contemporary Welsh Art London

RECENT EXHIBITIONS CONTACT OSIAN Art by Osian 3 Short Bridge St. 2020 Llanidloes Powys Manchester & Derry Northern Ireland SY18 6AD Cancelled - (COVID-19) [email protected] May 2020 www.osiangwent.com Sussex socialmedia: @artbyosian Cancelled - (COVID-19) +44 7484 763507 February / March 2020 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Welsh Art London

Open all year ‘Art by Osian’ 3 Short Bridge Street Llanidloes Wales

Exhibitions in the Gallery updated every 2-3 weeks Open 10 am to 4 pm / Mon-Sat

January – April Hafren Theatre Exhibition Newtown Wales OSIAN GWENT AGSA 2019

2019

December Llanidloes Artists Network Exhibition ‘WINTER SHOW’ Hafren Theatre Newtown Wales

October Llanidloes Artists Network Exhibition ‘AUTUMN SHOW’ Minerva Arts Centre Llanidloes Wales

July / November Solo Exhibition 'REMIXING THE LANDSCAPE’ National Assembly of Wales The Senedd Cardiff

June / July Solo Exhibition Tŷ Medi Machynlleth Wales

May / June Llanidloes Artists Network Exhibition ‘HIDDEN’ Mid Wales Arts Centre Caersws Wales

January Established ‘Art by Osian‘ Gallery 3 Short Bridge Street Llanidloes Powys Wales Open all year round

Exhibitions in the gallery updated every 2-3 weeks Open 10 am to 4 pm / Mon-Sat OSIAN GWENT AGSA 2018

2018

December Inaugural exhibition Llanidloes Artists Network Old Bank Llanidloes Wales

November Llanidloes Remembrance Mural Compton’s Yard Trust

October Founding member of Llanidloes Artists Bringing together artists in the community, sharing ideas, encouraging practice and promoting artists

September ‘The Bright Field’ 10th Anniversary Mid Wales Arts Centre Caersws Wales

July National Library of Wales Request to archive my recent work

March 2018 Annual Exhibition of Contemporary Welsh Art London Welsh Centre London

February Solo exhibition TIC Wales OSIAN GWENT AGSA 2017

2017

December Solo Exhibition ‘12 Large Works’ Old Market Hall Wales

September Solo Exhibition ‘Romancing the Sea’ Compton’s Yard Trust Llanidloes Wales

August Ceredigion Summer Art Exhibition Old College Aberystwyth Wales

Ceredigion Summer Art Exhibition Falcondale Hotel Wales

Ceredigion Summer Art Exhibition ‘Art on The Prom’ Promenade Bandstand Aberystwyth Wales

March Solo Exhibition: ‘30 New Works’ Comptons Yard Trust Llanidloes Wales

ACADEMIC BACKGROUND

Member of the Fine Art Trade Guild 2020 Associate Member of the Guild Society of Artists 2020

Professional Education Certificate Bath Spa University

PGCE Expressive Arts Oxford

BA (Hons) Fine Art Cheltenham School of Fine Art

Newport School of Fine Art