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Biography |
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Shani Rhys James is arguably the most exciting and successful Welsh painter of her generation. Her considerable reputation, both in Wales and beyond, continues to grow apace. William Packer, art critic of the Financial Times, has spoken of her as a painter of remarkable power whose paintings are as convincing as anything currently being produced in Britain. |
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She has won numerous prizes including The Jerwood Prize (the UK’s most prestigious and valuable prize for painting), The Hunting Prize, The National Portrait Award, The Mostyn Open, and the Gold Medal at the National Eisteddfod. She was the recipient of the Welsh Woman in Culture Award in 2003 and was made an MBE in the 2006 honours list. More recently she received 'The Glyndwr Award 2007', presented by MOMA for her outstanding contribution to Welsh Art, and has been made an Honorary Fellow of The University of Wales Institute Cardiff. |
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Her body of collectors, both private and public, continues to expand in Britain and especially abroad, with sales to important private collections in the U.S.A., Belgium, France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong. Recent public collection purchases include two major works to Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art and others to the Arts Council of England and the National Museum of Wales. |
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Prizes & Awards |
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2007 Honorary Fellowship from UWIC |
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2007 Glyndwr Award, presented by MOMO |
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2006 Creative Wales Award, Arts Council of Wales |
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2006 Awarded the MBE |
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2003 Winner of the Jerwood Painting Prize |
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2003 Woman of Culture, Welsh Women of the Year Awards |
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1994 Elected member of 56 Group Wales |
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1994 Elected member of Royal Cambrian Academy |
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1994 Prizewinner, BP National Portrait Awards |
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1994 Winner of the BBC Wales Visual Art Award |
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1993 First Prize, Hunting/Observer Art Prizes |
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1992-3 Welsh Arts Council Travel Award |
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1992 Gold Medal for Fine Art, Royal National Eisteddfod |
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1991 First Prize, Mostyn Open, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno |
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1990 Second Prize, Wales Open, Aberystwyth Arts Centre |
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1989 First Prize, Wales Open, Aberystwyth Arts Centre |
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Selected Collections |
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National Museum Wales, Cardiff |
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Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow |
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Newport Museum and Art Gallery |
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Glynn Vivian Museum & Art Gallery |
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Birmingham City Art Gallery |
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Wolverhampton Art Gallery |
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National Library of Wales, Aberystwyth |
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Usher Gallery, Lincoln |
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Museum of Modern Art Wales, Machynlleth |
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Contemporary Art Society of Wales |
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Arts Council of England |
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New Hall College, Cambridge |
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Jerwood Foundation |
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London Borough of Tower Hamlets |
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BBC Wales |
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Private Collections Worldwide |
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