Ruth Jên
Ruth Jên (born 1964) is a Welsh artist, working in the old shoe shop in the village of Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion.[1]
Biography[]
Born Ruth Jên Evans at , she studied on an Art Foundation Course at Carmarthen before completing a degree in fine art in Cardiff (1983–1987), specialising in printmaking. She returned to Aberystwyth having completed her studies, and worked for Yr Academi Gymreig, and doing book cover illustration work on a freelance basis for the local publishers, Y Lolfa.Wales[2] She painted the first mural in Tal-y-bont in 1991.[1]
Ruth Jên's illustration work is often in mixed media, combining painting, collage and printmaking techniques.[citation needed]
Awards and honours[]
- Bilingual Design Awards, Welsh Language Board 2002[citation needed]
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b "Ruth Jên profile". BBC.
- ^ Peter W Jones & Isabel Hitchman (2015). Post War to Post Modern: A Dictionary of Artists in Wales. Gomer Press. ISBN 978 184851 8766.CS1 maint: uses authors parameter (link)
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