Cerith Wyn Evans

Cerith Wyn Evans (b. 1958 in Llanelli, Wales) is a Welsh conceptual artist, sculptor and film-maker. In 2018 he won the Hepworth Prize for Sculpture. Evans began his career as a film and video maker, producing short experimental films in the late 1970s. Since the 1990s, his work has been characterised by its focus on language and its articulation in space through perception, as well as a precise, conceptual clarity that is often developed out of the context or history of the exhibition site. For Wyn Evans, installations should work like a catalyst, a reservoir of possible meanings that can unravel many discursive journeys. His work has a highly refined aesthetic that is often informed by his magpie-like approach to influences, which shape and colour his practice.