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christmas bocs nadolig closed 9th January….

Our next show will be work by bocs members themselves!… Opening Friday 6th March... The exhibition/activity continues till through the Celtic Media Festival (25-27) till 31st March.

Wow, we’ve finally launched, and the christmas bocs nadolig private view went well, if a little bit hectic at the last moment….

We had a really strong show with work by some really interesting artists, all chosen by members of bocs.

Exhibiting Artists

• Alexis Snell, chosen by Charlie Yorke
• Catherine Howell, chosen by James Toms
• Dyfrig Peris, chosen by Iestyn Owen
• Elgan Jones, chosen by Huw Erddyn
• Mick Brown, chosen by Gethin Wavell Lloyd Jones
• Naomi Lethbridge, chosen by Siân Green
• Paul Johnson, chosen by Yvonne Tsang
• Poked Studio, chosen by Sally Kwong
• Robert Pepperell, chosen by Meirion Alan Ginsberg
• Rosie Seymore, chosen by Sevan Garo Nigogosian
• Simeon Coxe, chosen by Rhys Lloyd Jones
• Stephen John Owen, chosen by Dafydd Hardy

We even had a couple of pieces produced by bocs members and of course, we also had our bocs boxes. This is the Super Secret Souvenir I mentioned earlier, over 100 miniature bocs boxes that have been customised by one of our members, our Christmas gift for you to take away.

Bedwyr Williams was kind enough to open the exhibition for us with an inspiring speech, whilst Ioan Thomas launched our bocs co-operative with a pop of the champagne cork.

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One of the bocs chosen artists for the christmas bocs nadolig exhibition has written to tell us about his work in more depth:

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Robert Pepperell is an artist and writer. He studied at the Slade School of Art and went on work with a number of influential multimedia collaborations including Hex, Coldcut and Hexstatic. An early pioneer of VJing and interactive art, he is a leading theorist of posthumanism and the postdigital.

Paradox 1 (2005) by Robert Pepperell, Oil on panel, 46cm x 60cm

Robert has exhibited numerous digital installations including at Ars Electronica, Glasgow Gallery of Modern Art, the ICA, the Barbican Gallery and the Millennium Dome.

Currently Reader in Fine Art and Head of Fine Art at Cardiff School of Art & Design, he has spoken and lectured on philosophy, new technology and the relationship between art and consciousness.

“The reason I chose Robert Pepperell Is because I’ve been an admirer of his work for a while, but still haven’t seen his work. I thought this would be a good opportunity to make the most of this event so I can see the work in the flesh.”

Robert Pepperell is Meirion Alan Ginsberg’s choice for the christmas bocs nadolig exhibition.

Our patron, Dafydd Hardy also has a choice for this year’s christmas bocs nadolig exhibition. He has chosen Stephen John Owen, native of Caernarfon.

“I like his style which appears to my untrained eye to be semi abstract and he is also local. I have never met him but look forward to meeting him one day.”

Both Oriel Dafydd Hardy and bocs are grateful to Dafydd Hardy and Richard Thomas for giving us the opportunity to display and develop our work collectively. So we decided that letting them have a choice of artist at our launch was the least we could do.

Stephen John Owen is Dafydd Hardy’s choice for the christmas bocs nadolig exhibition.