Elfyn Lewis (born 1969)
is a
Welsh painter who won the
National Eisteddfod of Wales Gold Medal for fine art in 2009 and the
Welsh Artist of the Year prize in 2010.
[Laura Chamberlain (21 June 2010]
"Elfyn Lewis wins Welsh Artist of the Year prize"
BBC Wales blog. Retrieved 24 August 2013.[Kevin White (24 June 2010]
"Porthmadog’s Elfyn Lewis is Welsh artist of the year"
''Daily Post'' (North Wales). Retrieved 24 August 2013.
Lewis was born in
Porthmadog
Porthmadog (; ), originally Portmadoc until 1974 and locally as "Port", is a Welsh coastal town and community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd and the historic county of Caernarfonshire. It lies east of Criccieth, south-west of Blaenau Ff ...
,
Gwynedd and studied at the
University of Central Lancashire,
Preston, before gaining an MA in Fine Art from the
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff
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in 1998.
[Karen Price (19 February 2010]
"Artist Preview: Elfyn Lewis - Bylchau, St David’s Hall"
Wales Online
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History
The ''Western Mail'' was fo ...
. Retrieved 24 August 2013. He lives and works in
Grangetown,
Cardiff
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Contact Info
, Elfynlewis.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
Lewis's paintings are held in the collections of the Cynon Valley Museum, MOMA Wales and Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery.
References
External links
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Living people
1969 births
21st-century Welsh painters
21st-century Welsh male artists
21st-century male artists
People from Porthmadog
Welsh Eisteddfod Gold Medal winners
People from Grangetown, Cardiff
Welsh male painters
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