Ruth Jên (born 1964) is a Welsh artist, working in the old shoe shop in the village of Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion.

Biography

Born Ruth Jên Evans at Cefn Llwyd, she studied on an Art Foundation Course at Carmarthen before completing a degree in fine art in Cardiff (1983–1987), specialising in

printmaking Printmaking is the process of creating artworks by printing, normally on paper, but also on fabric, wood, metal, and other surfaces. "Traditional printmaking" normally covers only the process of creating prints using a hand processed techniq ...

. She returned to

Aberystwyth Aberystwyth () is a university and seaside town as well as a community in Ceredigion, Wales. Located in the historic county of Cardiganshire, means "the mouth of the Ystwyth". Aberystwyth University has been a major educational location in ...

having completed her studies, and worked for Yr Academi Gymreig, and doing book cover illustration work on a freelance basis for the local publishers, Y Lolfa.Wales She painted the first mural in Tal-y-bont in 1991. Ruth Jên's illustration work is often in mixed media, combining painting,

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and

techniques.

Awards and honours

* Bilingual Design Awards, Welsh Language Board 2002

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* 1964 births Living people 20th-century Welsh painters 21st-century Welsh painters 20th-century Welsh women artists 21st-century Welsh women artists 20th-century British printmakers 21st-century British printmakers Alumni of Cardiff School of Art and Design People from Ceredigion Welsh printmakers Welsh women painters Women printmakers {{Wales-artist-stub