Alan Whitfield

Alan Whitfield

07446449888       alan@alanwhitfield.com

www.alanwhitfield.com

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Artist statement

On leaving school at 16, I was set into life in a factory pushing buttons on a machine that made metal boxes. After several years in Adult Education I am now a visual artist, poet and arts facilitator who works within the context of fine art. My Dyslexia works alongside me to influence my work. The work I create is grounded in documentary, exploring the inner beauty of everyday life through various lens based media and poetry. Notions of nostalgia and social commentary are present, but from a definite northern working class perspective. I work instinctively, exploring the townscapes of North Wales and the North West, often producing work that reflects the everyday minutiae of life. I am National Visual Arts Officer for Disability Arts Cymru

Qualifications and training

• 2011 // BA Hons. Creative Lens Media // First // Glyndwr University

• 2009 // HND Photography // Distinction // Coleg Llandrillo

Artistic Experience

•   2019 // Festival Of light, Poetry Commission, Llandudno

•   2019 // We are further North Than You, Elysium Gallery, Swansea

•   2019 // Llawn 07 DAC presents ‘Line’

•   2018 // Wrexham Open, 2018 Creative Media Prize Winner

•   2018 // Poetry Bingo Tour, A.C.W, Wales

•   2018 // LLawn 06

•   2018 // Stamp, Caernarfon, Railway Film Commission

•   2018 // ffloc, Focus Festival, Wrecsam

•   2018 // Carn, Artist in Residence, Caernarfon

•   2018 // Wales//China Festival, Pontio

•   2017/18 //  Metal, Artist In Residence, Southend 

•   2017 //  One Mile Radius, Oriel Mostyn

•   2017 // Hidden Hospitality, Llawn 05

•   2017 // Northern Eye Photography Festival, Colwyn bay

•   2016 // Ruled By Fear, Stamp, Caernarfon

•   2016 // Flyover Take Over, #ffloc, Liverpool

•   2016 // Humph, Llawn04, Llandudno

•   2016 // Ruled By Fear, Stamp, Caernarfon

•   2016 // I’r Newyedd, Storiel, Bangor

•   2015 // #ffloc, blinc art festival, Conwy LINK

•   2015 // Eyesdown, LLawn03, Haus of Helfa LINK

•   2015 // #ffloc, Connect 2 Residency, Aberystwyth Arts Centre LINK

•   2015 // Emerging Pathways, Bodelwyddan Castle

•   2015 // Industrial Fate, Gallery 3B Wrexham

•   2015/16 // Project Recording Artist, Commission, Bangor Museum

•   2014 // Industrial Fate, Oriel Colwyn

•   2014 // Lost Space, Ideas People Places, Llandudno.

•   2013 // Welsh Artist of the Year, St David’s Hall, Cardiff

•   2013 // RISK (Fine Focus), Sale Arts Centre, Manchester.

•   2013 // Milazzo Castle, Artist in Residence at Artigiana, Milazzo, Sicily. //Link

•   2013 // Art Vs The High Street, Blinc Digital Arts Festival, Conwy.

•   2013 // The White Wall, Llawn 01, Llandudno.

•   2012 // North Wales Open, Theatre Clwyd (second Prize), Empty Spaces

•   2012 // Blinc Digital Arts Festival, Noir Conwy Installation // Link

•   2012 // Show me The Monet BBC2 Link

•   2011 // Ye Celf, International Eisteddfod, Wrexham. Link

•   2011 // Blinc Digital Arts Festival. Tides Projection

•   2011 // ‘Empty Spaces’, Collinge Antiques, Llandudno Junction Link

•   2007 // Liverpool Biennial Independents. Link

•   2007 // ‘Solo Exhibition’, Speakers Corner, Colwyn Bay

Work experience

• 2021 // Arts Award, Conwy Council, Ysgol Ddraig Coch

• 2020-21 // National Visual Arts officer, Disability Arts Cymru

• 2019/20 // Nosan Allan project

• 2019/20 // Arts Award, Theatr Clwyd

• 2019 // Gisda Homeless project, Blaenau Ffestiniog

• 2018-20 // Regional Arts officer for Disability Arts Cymru

• 2018-20 // Social Scene, Tape

• 2017/18 // Project Co//Ordinator, Call, Llandudno

• 2017/21 // Facilitator, Venue Cymru, Deud O

• 2016/18 //Creative Practitioner Arts Council Wales

• 2016-17 // Lead Community Youth Worker, Itaca

• 2015 // Fortified Beats, Arts Facilitator, Tape

• 2015 // Rhyl High School, Film making Project, Arts Facilitator, Tape

• 2014 // Click on Cymru, Conwy Youth Service, Link

• 2014 // Ignite, One To One filmmaking Workshops, Tape Link

• 2014/15 // Penrhos Ave Music Video, Arts Facilitator, Tape Link

• 2013 // Ty Llewellyn Community project, Tape Link

• 2013 // Wrexham Council Business promotion Link

• 2013 // N.U.S Glyndwr University guide Link

• 2012 // N.E.E.T’s, Micheal Brennand//Wood, Ruthin, Craft Centre // Link     

• 2012 // Codman’s Puppet Show, Animation, Llandudno //Link

• 2012 // Assistant Curator, Engedi, Colwyn Bay

• 2012/14 // Organiser, Photernative/Ffoto Alternative

• 2011-15 // Director, Minimal Media

2011/14 // Welsh National Opera, Wrexham Street Songs //Link