Collection: Gareth Berwyn

Argraffwr Cymreig o Waunfawr, Gwynedd yw Gareth. Cymraeg yw ei iaith gyntaf.

Mae Gareth yn artist niwroamrywiol ac yn dod o gefndir dosbarth gweithiol. Mae'r agweddau hyn ar hunaniaeth ddiwylliannol yn llywio ei ymarfer celfyddyd gain a'i ymgysylltiad cymdeithasol yn uniongyrchol. Mae Gareth yn un o sylfaenwyr Mutton Fist Press; sefydliad celf a arweinir gan anabledd sy'n cynnig cyfleusterau argraffu, addysgu a chymorth gyrfa celf i'r cyhoedd yn gyffredinol, gydag ethos o flaenoriaeth i artistiaid anabl a'r rhai o ardaloedd ymylol cymdeithas. Mae Gareth hefyd yn aelod gweithgar o oriel gelf gydweithredol ‘Five Years’ yn Archway, Gogledd Llundain, swydd y mae’n ei defnyddio i arddangos artistiaid o ogledd Cymru o fewn y brifddinas.

Dechreuodd Gareth weithio'n agos gyda'r argraffwr Master Frank Connelly yn y 2000au cynnar. Gweithio ar draws myrdd o ddisgyblaethau argraffu, gyda ffocws arbennig ar argraffiadau intaglio printiau, yn enwedig ysgythriadau ffotograffig cymhleth. Dros yr 20+ mlynedd diwethaf mae Gareth wedi gweithio fel technegydd a thiwtor mewn sawl sefydliad mawreddog yn Llundain, gan gynnwys Blackheath Conservatoire, The City Literary Institute, a The Royal Drawing School. Mae Gareth yn aml yn dyfeisio ac yn dysgu ei gyrsiau byr lefel arbenigol ei hun yn y colegau hyn, er mwyn rhannu ei brosesau print dyfeisgar ac hynod ochr yn ochr â dulliau mwy traddodiadol.

Gareth is a Welsh Printmaker, from Waunfawr, Gwynedd. Welsh is his first language.

Gareth is neurodivergent and comes from a working-class background. These aspects of his cultural identity directly inform both his fine art practice and his social engagement work. Gareth is a founding member of Mutton Fist Press; a disability-led art organisation that offers printmaking facilities, teaching and art career support to the general public, with an ethos of priority towards disabled artists and those from marginalised areas of society. Gareth is also an active member of the co-operative art gallery ‘Five Years’ in Archway, North London, a position that he uses to showcase artists from north Wales within the capital.

Gareth began working closely with Master printmaker Frank Connelly in the early 2000s. Working across a myriad of print disciplines, with particular focus on the editioning of intaglio prints, especially complex photo-etchings. Over the past 20+ years Gareth has worked as a technician and tutor in several prestigious London institutions, including Blackheath Conservatoire, The City Literary Institute, and The Royal Drawing School. Gareth often devises and teaches his own expert level short courses at these colleges, in order to share his ingenious and idiosyncratic print processes alongside more traditional methods.