Elfyn Lewis (born 1969)
is a
Welsh painter who won the
National Eisteddfod of Wales
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Gold Medal for fine art in 2009 and the
Welsh Artist of the Year prize in 2010.
[Laura Chamberlain (21 June 2010]
"Elfyn Lewis wins Welsh Artist of the Year prize"
BBC Wales
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It is one of the four BBC national regions, alongside the BBC English Regions, BBC Northern Ireland and BBC Scotland. Established in 1964, ...
blog. Retrieved 24 August 2013.[Kevin White (24 June 2010]
"Porthmadog’s Elfyn Lewis is Welsh artist of the year"
''Daily Post'' (North Wales). Retrieved 24 August 2013.
Lewis was born in
Porthmadog
Porthmadog (), originally Portmadoc until 1972 and known locally as "Port", is a coastal town and community (Wales), community in the Eifionydd area of Gwynedd, Wales, and the historic counties of Wales, historic county of Caernarfonshire. It li ...
,
Gwynedd
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and studied at the
University of Central Lancashire
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,
Preston, before gaining an MA in Fine Art from the
University of Wales Institute, Cardiff in 1998.
[Karen Price (19 February 2010]
"Artist Preview: Elfyn Lewis - Bylchau, St David’s Hall"
Wales Online
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History
The ''Western Mail'' was fou ...
. Retrieved 24 August 2013. He lives and works in
Grangetown,
Cardiff
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.
Contact Info
, Elfynlewis.com. Retrieved 12 January 2014.
Lewis's paintings are held in the collections of the Cynon Valley Museum, MOMA Wales and Gwynedd Museum and Art Gallery.
References
External links
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Living people
1969 births
21st-century Welsh painters
21st-century Welsh male artists
Alumni of the University of Central Lancashire
People from Porthmadog
Welsh Eisteddfod Gold Medal winners
People from Grangetown, Cardiff
Welsh male painters
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