Wales Arts Review is proud to present the new series, Artists in Residence. Introducing Mandy Lane… throughout 2017 artists, including Lane will take a leading creative role in what Wales Arts Review publishes, centring their skills on a challenging project over the course of a month. We were inundated with applications, receiving hundreds of emails about the positions, and it was no easy task whittling down all that talent to this final eleven. Our team of six editors debated long into the night, and in the end, we decided on a collection of people who we most want to work with, and whose work excites us. We think you will be excited by them too.
Here is a brief outline of what we can expect from this innovative sculpture artist.
Mandy Lane graduated from Carmarthen School of Art with a 2-1 BA Hons in Fine Art Sculpture and has completed her MA Contemporary Dialogues in Swansea College of Art with distinction. She is a sculpture lecturer at Carmarthen School of Art, a member of Sculpture Cymru, a fellow in 56 Group and most recently forms part of the all-woman group Iron Maidens made in Wales.
Mandy Lane has exhibited at various locations including Wales, Manchester, Folkestone, London and Ireland, and was selected for the 2016 SWA in the Mall Galleries, London.
Her current work explores the complex inter-relationships between the female gender and the world; examining female-ness and femininity as subjected by the male gaze in both a wider-world context and within the domestic sphere. This lens exposes the cultural conditioning and socially ingrained objectification of females from birth, inside and out of a family unit.
A video from the sculptor that truly shows her talents is available via Vimeo.
For the Wales Arts Review residency, Mandy will be researching and responding to one of Wales most interesting woman Amy Dillwyn.
Mandy Lane on Amy Dillwyn | A.i.R Podcast
This podcast, Mandy Lane on Amy Dillwyn is a contribution by Lane as part of Wales Arts Review’s new 2017 series, Artists in Residency.
Researching Amy Dillwyn by Mandy Lane | A.i.R Video
This video, Researching Amy Dillwyn is a contribution by Lane as part of Wales Arts Review’s new 2017 series, Artists in Residency.
Mandy Lane On Mudlarking | A.i.R Podcast
This podcast, Mandy Lane on Mudlarking is a contribution by Lane as part of Wales Arts Review’s new 2017 series, Artists in Residency.
Cover Her Up Discussion by Mandy Lane | A.i.R.
This discussion piece, Cover Her Up is part of the Wales Arts Review’s new 2017 series, Artists in Residency.
Mandy Lane Discusses Her Work | A.i.R Video
This video shows Lane discussing her work and the project she will be developing as part of the WAR series, Artists in Residence.
Iron on the Dress by Mandy Lane | A.i.R
The piece, Iron on the Dress is a contribution by Lane as part of Wales Arts Review’s most recent series, Artists in Residency.
Mandy Lane with Professor Kirsti Bohata | A.i.R
A conversation with Professor Kirsti Bohata is Lane’s final contribution to Wales Arts Review as part of the Artists in Residency series.
Mandy Lane on Looking Back on A.i.R.
One of our Artists in Residence for 2017 looks back on her projects, how they developed, and what has happened since.
Mandy Lane contributed a number of pieces to Wales Arts Review as part of the new Artists in Residence line-up series.
