Alana Tyson
Solo Exhibitions
2022 Nuclear Safety is Our No.1 Priority, Galeri, Caernarfon
2016 Tumid, Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan
Maker in Focus, Mission Gallery, Swansea
2015 Interior, Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin
2014 Shades by the Seaside, Bathing Machine Performance, Llawn02 Festival, Llandudno
2012 Interior, testbed Oriel Davies, Newtown
2011 Inscape Cabinet, The New Gallery +15 space, Calgary
Flow, St[art] @ Art Central, Calgary
2010 Inscapes, RED Gallery, Hull
2006 A Contemporary Denial of Death, The Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022-23 Aildanio, g39, Cardiff; Cynon Valley Museum; Gallery, Caernarfon; Ty Pawb, Wrexham; Oriel Davies, Newtown; Glyn Vivian, Swansea
2021 Oriel Lockdown, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Aberystwyth
2020 DAC Art Prize
2018 mam.mom.mum., HAUS, Llandudno
2017-18 Miles of Creativity, MOSTYN, Llandudno
NOVA Art Prize, Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy; Aberystwyth Arts
Centre, Aberystwyth
A Darker Thread, Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin; Oriel Myrddin Gallery,
Carmarthen
Agored 2017, Galeri, Caernarfon
2017 A Darker Thread, Oriel Myrddin, Carmarthen
Power in the Land, Bay Art, Cardiff
2016 Power in the Land, Oriel Davies, Newtown; Aberystwyth Arts Centre,
Aberystwyth
Voices for the Vote, Borealis Gallery, Alberta Legislature, Edmonton,
Canada
2015 Crafting Anatomies: Materials, Performance, Identity, Bonington Gallery,
Nottingham Trent University, Nottingham
2014 Decision Time, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
The Roadside Museum, FYC Gallery, Blackpool
Seven Traces Festival, Caernarfon
Scythia 10, Kherson Ukraine
Oriel Davies Open, Oriel Davies, Newtown
What is Textiles?, Kalopsia, Edinburgh
Traces 2014, Holdron’s of Peckham, London
2013 Lle Celf Visual Arts Exhibition, National Eisteddfod of Wales, Denbigh
Spatial Threads, Bocs, Caernarfon
The Roadside Museum, Pool Hey Farm, Southport
2012 World Event Young Artists, Djanogly Art Gallery, Nottingham
2012 Trails of Thread, Adain Avion, Llandudno; Oriel Mostyn Education Space, Llandudno; Llandudno Library, Llandudno, UK
2011 Print Out, Embrace Arts, University of Leicester Arts Centre, Leicester
2010 Ornamentation, Red Gate Gallery, London
2008 Permeable, Artist Proof Gallery, Calgary
2007-2009 Fiberart International 2007, Society for Contemporary Craft, Pittsburgh, PA; Mint Museum of Craft + Design, Charlotte, NC; The Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences of West Virginia, Charleston, WV
2007 Sum of the Parts: Surface Design Association Membership Exhibition,
Kansas City Arts Institute, Kansas City, MO
2006 ACAD 2006 Grad Exhibition, ACAD, Calgary
Who’s Who, Who’s New?, Artspace Gallery, Calgary
2005 Depiction: A Portrait Show, The Marion Nicoll Gallery, Calgary
Residencies
2014-15 Ruthin Craft Centre, Ruthin, Wales
2014 Kurt Schwitters Merz Barn, Cumbria
2010 St[art] @ Art Central Residency, Calgary
2007 Alberta Printmakers' Society's Artist Residency
Awards & Grants
2020 Arts Council of Wales Individual - Stabilisation Fund
2017 NOVA Art Prize
2015 Wales Arts International Venice Bursary
2014 Arts Council of Wales Large Grant
2013 Arts Council of Wales Research and Development Grant
a-n Magazine re:View Bursary
2007 Winner of Heritage Property Corporation Art Competition
Alberta Foundation for the Arts Project Grant
2006 Ignac and Karla Herskovic Memorial Scholarship
Professional Service
2021-2023 Create and Connect and Flourish Associate Assessor, Arts Council of
Wales
2016-2023 Creative Agent, Arts Council of Wales, The Maelor School, Ysgol Y Garth.
Ysgol Llandullas
2018-2023 Life-Drawing Instructor, Royal Cambrian Academy
2022 Artist Facilitator, Ty Pawb, Wrexsam
2020 Creative Practitioner, Never Not a Mum Project with Elly Strigner
2019 Creative Practitioner, Pigtown Theatre/National Trust
2018 Creative Practitioner, Bodnant Garden National Trust
2017-2018 Creative Practitioner, Ysgol Dyffryn Conwy, Ysgol Tir Morfa, Ysgol Borthyn
2016-2017 Artist Facilitator, Conwy Matters – Understanding our Heritage
2013-2015 Ninjas (11-14yrs) Coordinator, MOSTYN
2015 Artist Facilitator, Ruthin Craft Centre
2014 Artist Facilitator, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Maelor
Hospital, Wrexham
2013 Artist Facilitator, Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services, Maelor
Hospital, Wrexham
2013 Artist Facilitator, Cylch MOSTYN (Tate’s national programme for 15-25yrs)
2013 Learning and Workshop Administration, MOSTYN
Bibliography
2023 Frank, J. (2023) “Freedom Born at the Craft Table,” Geez, pp. 52–54.
2021 Shaw, J., Fletcher-Watson, B. and Nasab, F.V. (2021) The art of being
dangerous exploring women and danger through creative expression.
Leuven: Leuven University Press.
2016 ed. Carpenter, Ele. The Nuclear Culture Source Book. Black Dog Publishing
2016 ed. Grove-White, Helen and Anne Grove-White. Power In The Land. X-10
2015 Alana Tyson: Explication. Mark Devereux Projects, 2015.
2015 Clayton, Eleanor, “New Art Spaces: Open House”, Art Monthly, May 2015
2012 “Textiles at Oriel Davies”, Crafts Magazine, (19 September 2012),
http://www.craftscouncil.org.uk/crafts-magazine/news/view/2012/
textiles-at-oriel-davies?from=/crafts-magazine/news/list/2012/3
2012 Llinos Dafydd. “Y tu fewn sy’n cyfri”, golwg360, (Medo 7, 2012 14:22),
http://www.golwg360.com/celfyddydau/celf-weledol/84939-y-tu-fewn-
sy-n-cyfri
2008 Vicky A. Clark. “In Review: Fiberarts International”, Surface Design Journal,
Spring 2008, p 54-55
Collections
Jerome and Deena Kaplan, Maryland, USA
Heritage Property Corporation, Calgary
Petro-Canada, Calgary
Various Private Collections
Education
2016/2022 Creative Agent Training, Arts Council of Wales
2014 Artist Facilitators Skills, Elevate Cymru, Bangor University
2013 Artists as Learners, Training programme for working with difficult to reach young people, engage Cymru
2002-2006 Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree with Distinction in Painting from the Alberta College of Art and Design
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