Ken Elias Explained

Ken Elias
Birth Date:1944
Birth Place:Glynneath, South Wales
Nationality:Welsh
Field:Painting
Training:Newport College of Art & Design (now the University of South Wales) (BA Fine Art)
University College Cardiff (PGCE)
UWIC (MA Fine Art)
Movement:Pop Art

Ken Elias is a Welsh artist. Born in 1944, into a working-class family in Glynneath, his childhood was formed during the 1950s. He attended art school in the 1960s, during the height of the Pop Art movement in the UK.[1]

Artwork

Ken Elias's work is held in a number of public collections, including the National Museum of Wales, the National Library of Wales, the Arts Council of Wales, Brecknock Museum & Art Gallery and the Contemporary Arts Society of Wales.[2] [3]

Using acrylic paint, photomontage and mixed media, Elias creates powerful, striking images, with strong shapes and contrasting colours. Influenced by the memories of family and cinema during his 1950s childhood[4] and his love of poetry and art, his work uses memory and imagination, responding to and drawing inspiration from global issues and currents, while also being strongly rooted in the visual language of the south Wales valleys.[4] [5]

In 2009 the National Library of Wales launched a touring retrospective exhibition of his work titled; Ken Elias: A Retrospective – A celebration of 40 years of painting[6] alongside a publication by Seren Books, edited by Ceri Thomas; Ken Elias: Thin Partitions.[7] [8]

In April 2013, Elias' work was included in a major exhibition at the National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, titled Pop and Abstract, alongside work by David Hockney, Peter Blake, Allen Jones, Bridget Riley and others.[9] [10] [11]

He is a member of both The Welsh Group[12] [13] and the 56 Group Wales.[14]

Public collections

International exhibitions

Publications

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ken Elias: A Retrospective - A celebration of 40 years of painting. 11 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130706093953/http://www.llgc.org.uk/index.php?id=1513&no_cache=1&tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=2509&cHash=4df3de4c3bec80263632f784cd7f2583 . 6 July 2013 .
  2. Web site: Welcome to CASW | art wales, contemporary art, welsh art, casw, art society . 2013-07-11 . dead . https://archive.today/20130711161818/http://www.casw.org.uk/english/acquisition_details.aspx?acquisition_id=1495 . 11 July 2013 . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Ken Elias . Artinwales.250x.com . 15 October 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140522183313/http://artinwales.250x.com/ArtistsElias.htm . 22 May 2014 .
  4. Web site: Ken Elias. Wai.org.uk. 14 October 2014.
  5. Web site: BBC – Blogs – Wales – Thin Partitions – artist Ken Elias. 22 October 2009. Bbc.co.uk. 15 October 2014.
  6. Web site: Ken Elias: A Retrospective . https://archive.today/20130711161743/http://welshdrawings.creativemessage.com/Newsletter.aspx?s=00000000-0000-0000-0000-000000000000&l=2&n=1&i=41&c=0&a=166&o=0 . dead . 11 July 2013 . 11 July 2013 .
  7. Web site: Ken Elias: Thin Partitions – Seren Books. Serenbooks.com. 15 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20141023120151/http://www.serenbooks.com/book/ken-elias-thin-partitions/9781854115010. 23 October 2014. dead.
  8. Web site: Ken Elias Thin Partitions. Gwales.com. 15 October 2014.
  9. Web site: Pop and Abstract. visual culture wales. 25 April 2013. 15 October 2014.
  10. Web site: Pop art of Wales back on display. walesonline. 9 March 2013. 15 October 2014.
  11. Web site: Pop and Abstract – What's On – National Museum Wales. Museumwales.ac.uk. 15 October 2014.
  12. Web site: Home | Hafan.
  13. Web site: The Welsh Group: Ken Elias. 11 July 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131107215446/http://welshgroup.co.uk/KEindex.htm . 7 November 2013.
  14. Web site: Ken Elias. Welshgroup.co.uk. 15 October 2014. https://web.archive.org/web/20120731181914/http://56groupwales-art.co.uk/KEIndex.htm. 31 July 2012. dead.
  15. Web site: Art UK – Ken Elias. Art UK. 15 October 2014.
  16. Web site: The Welsh Group | American exchange.
  17. Web site: The Welsh Group | German exchange.

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