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Judges
Iwan Bala
Iwan Bala is an established artist, writer and lecturer based in Wales. He has held solo exhibitions annually since 1990, participated in many group exhibitions in Wales and abroad and is represented in public and private collections. His work was exhibited in four Chinese cities in 2009. He has published books and essays on contemporary art in Wales and is a frequent lecturer on the subject. He has often presented and been interviewed for television, and has published several books on art in Wales. Iwan Bala is cited in most published compilations on contemporary art in Wales. He is currently senior lecturer teaching on BA and MA Fine Art at The University of Wales Trinity St David, Carmarthen campus.
Ruth Cayford
Ruth Cayford is the Visual Arts Manager for Cardiff Council, currently working on the development of the visual arts in the Cardiff. Originally from Margam, Port Talbot, Ruth trained as a painter in Swansea and has worked for the arts in Wales for over 15 years, curating numerous exhibitions and opportunities for artists in the heart of the capital city. She has organised and curated the Welsh Artist of the Year competition since 2006 and co-curated the first Outcasting: Fourth Wall- artist moving image festival.
Committed to the development of the visual arts in Wales her portfolio now
includes the development of Cardiff Contemporary, an initiative and festival
that works in partnership with Wales’ visual art, design and architecture
communities, aiming to establish an innovative progressive capital city for
visual arts to thrive.
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