Ken Elias

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Ken Elias
Born1944
Glynneath, South Wales
NationalityWelsh
Education Newport College of Art & Design (now the University of South Wales) (BA Fine Art )
University College Cardiff (PGCE)
UWIC (MA Fine Art)
Known forPainting
Movement Pop Art

Ken Elias is a Welsh artist. Born in 1944, into a working-class family in Glynneath, his childhood was formed during the 1950s. He attended art school in the 1960s, during the height of the Pop Art movement in the UK. [1]

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Artwork

Ken Elias's work is held in a number of public collections, including the National Museum of Wales, the National Library of Wales, the Arts Council of Wales, Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery and the Contemporary Arts Society of Wales. [2] [3] [4]

Using acrylic paint, photomontage and mixed media, Elias creates powerful, striking images, with strong shapes and contrasting colours. Influenced by the memories of family and cinema during his 1950s childhood [5] and his love of poetry and art, his work uses memory and imagination, responding to and drawing inspiration from global issues and currents, while also being strongly rooted in the visual language of the south Wales valleys. [1] [5] [6]

In 2009 the National Library of Wales launched a touring retrospective exhibition of his work titled; Ken Elias: A Retrospective – A celebration of 40 years of painting [1] [7] alongside a publication by Seren Books, edited by Ceri Thomas; Ken Elias: Thin Partitions'. [8] [9]

In April 2013, Elias' work was included in a major exhibition at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, titled Pop and Abstract , alongside work by David Hockney, Peter Blake, Allen Jones, Bridget Riley and others. [10] [11] [12]

He is a member of both The Welsh Group [13] [14] and the 56 Group Wales. [15]

Public collections

International exhibitions

Publications

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  2. ↑ "Welcome to CASW | art wales, contemporary art, welsh art, casw, art society". Archived from the original on 11 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
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  4. ↑ 6 artworks by or after Ken Elias , Art UK . Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  5. 1 2 "Ken Elias". Wai.org.uk. Retrieved 14 October 2014.
  6. ↑ "BBC – Blogs – Wales – Thin Partitions – artist Ken Elias". Bbc.co.uk. 22 October 2009. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  7. ↑ "Ken Elias: A Retrospective". Archived from the original on 11 July 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  8. 1 2 "Ken Elias: Thin Partitions – Seren Books". Serenbooks.com. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  9. 1 2 "Ken Elias Thin Partitions". Gwales.com. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  10. ↑ "Pop and Abstract". visual culture wales. 25 April 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  11. ↑ "Pop art of Wales back on display". walesonline. 9 March 2013. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  12. ↑ "Pop and Abstract – What's On – National Museum Wales". Museumwales.ac.uk. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
  13. ↑ "Home | Hafan".
  14. ↑ "The Welsh Group: Ken Elias". Archived from the original on 7 November 2013. Retrieved 11 July 2013.
  15. ↑ "Ken Elias". Welshgroup.co.uk. Archived from the original on 31 July 2012. Retrieved 15 October 2014.
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