Ruth Jên (born 1964) is a
Welsh artist, working in the old shoe shop in the village of
Tal-y-bont,
Ceredigion
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.
Biography
Born Ruth Jên Evans at
Cefn Llwyd, she studied on an Art Foundation Course
at
Carmarthen
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before completing a degree in
fine art
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in
Cardiff
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(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
Y Lolfa (Welsh for ''The Lounge'', ) is a Welsh printing and publishing company based in Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion, in Mid-Wales. It publishes a wide variety of books in Welsh and English. It also provides a commercial print service. Y Lolfa was es ...
.Wales
She painted the first mural in Tal-y-bont in 1991.
Ruth Jên's illustration work is often in mixed media, combining painting,
collage and
printmaking techniques.
Awards and honours
* Bilingual Design Awards,
Welsh Language Board
The Welsh Language Board ( cy, Bwrdd yr Iaith Gymraeg) was a statutory body set up by Her Majesty's Government under the Welsh Language Act 1993. It was an Assembly Sponsored Public Body. It began its life under John Walter Jones, and its last ...
2002
References
External links
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1964 births
Living people
20th-century Welsh painters
21st-century Welsh painters
20th-century Welsh women artists
21st-century Welsh women artists
20th-century British printmakers
21st-century British printmakers
Alumni of Cardiff School of Art and Design
People from Ceredigion
Welsh printmakers
Welsh women painters
Women printmakers
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