Ruth Jên


Ruth Jên is a Welsh artist, working in the old shoe shop in the village of Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion.
WWW ruthjen.co.uk

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, specialising in printmaking. She returned to Aberystwyth 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.
Evans' illustration work is often in mixed media, combining painting, collage and printmaking techniques.
At the 2023 National Eisteddfod she won the People's Choice Award at Y Lle Celf, for an exhibit of 600 ceramic creatures.

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