Diane Walkey

 

I was brought up on the Gower Coast in South Wales. I studied Stained Glass at Swansea Art College, Glass & Ceramics at Stourbridge Art College, and Glassblowing at the Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam. I spent some years teaching Art & Design, Fine Art, Sculpture & Ceramics and studying for an MA in Art & Design Education at Manchester Polytechnic. I am a professional working artist, I paint, draw, take photographs and make artist's books. I am also a tutor on Painting and Photography courses for a national college. I am involved with Cardigan Open Studios and the TAG artists group.

I live and work in West Wales, near the Pembrokeshire Coastal Path and the Ceredigion Coast.
My work has been exhibited widely. I was outright winner of The Independent/Energy Saving Trust National Photography Competition in 2003 and consequently, my work was on display at The Science Museum, London for three months in 2003/4. I have also had work shown in a Royal Photograph Society's International Print Show, Wexford Artists Book Exhibition, which travelled Eire, Y Tabernacl, Machynlleth, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, and many other venues.
I recently co-curated 'Lines & Strata' - Welsh Drawing Show and competition, open to Artists from all over the Principality, shown at Oriel Mwldan, Cardigan.
Visitors to my studio in Tanygroes, Cardigan, Ceredigion, are welcome throughout the year, though you are advised to Email first.