Bedwyr Williams

On this Charlottenborg Art Talk the artist Bedwyr Williams talks about his production of video, drawing, installation and performance work throughout the last 20 years.

Bedwyr Williams (born 1974) is a Welsh and internationally known artist. His last exhibition ‘The Gulch’ was shown at the Barbican in 2016-17 in London, presenting a new installation which transforms the gallery into a series of theatrically staged environments, conceived to disorient the viewer.

In general Bedwyr Williams uses multimedia, performance and text to explore the friction between ‘the deadly serious’ and ‘the banal’ aspects of modern life. Williams is also known for satirizing the relationship between the artist and curator by creating absurd scenarios for them to appear in. More recently he has explored, through video, themes of dystopia and mankind’s significance in the universe.

Bedwyr Williams was born in St. Asaph, Wales, and lives and works in Caernarfon, Wales. He studied at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design, London, and Ateliers Arnhem, The Netherlands. He is a winner of the Paul Hamlyn Award, represented Wales at the Venice Biennale 2013 and was recently selected for the shortlists for both the prestigious Jarman Award and the Artes Mundi 7 Prize.

PLEASE NOTE! This Charlottenborg Art Talk has moved from the Kunsthalle due to CPH:DOX and takes place at: Auditoriet i Hirschsprung, Det Kgl. Danske Kunstakademi. Peder Skramsgade 2, 3.B. 1054 København K