TIR CWIAR
"Queer Land" celebrates the vitality and resilience of the queer community in Wales, nurtured by land and collective identity. Through the intersecting perspectives of 10 artists, the exhibition delves into themes of liminality, connection, and belonging.
With a collaborative curatorial approach, the exhibition fosters authentic dialogue between the artworks; moving beyond isolated experiences to create a shared narrative. These works reflect the depth of queer life in Wales, embracing diverse voices - from Welsh speakers and trans individuals to parents, elders, and global majority communities.
Using themes of tenderness, "otherness”, and shared space, Queer Land invites audiences to explore queer perspectives and collective imagination. It creates a space for all stories, challenging boundaries and envisioning a Wales where every identity is honored and celebrated.*
Welcome to Queer Land; a place for connection, transformation, and belonging.
Mae “Tir Cwiar” yn dathlu’r bywiogrwydd a gwytnwch o’r cymuned cwiar yng Nghymru, wedi eu fagu gan y tir a hunaniaeth cyfunol. Trwy perspectif croestoriadol o 10 artist, mae’r arddangosfa’n ymchwilio themau o’r trothwyol, cysylltiad, a pherthyn.
Gyda dull curadurol ar y cyd, mae’r arddangosfa yn maethu deialog awthentig rhwng y darnau celf; symud rhwng profiadau ynysig i creu naratif a rennir. Mae’r gwaith yma’n adlewyrch y dwfnder o bywyd cwiar yng Nghymru, yn cofleidio lleisiau amrywiol - o siaradwyr Cymraeg ac unigolion traws i rhieni, y henoed, a cymunedau mwyafrif byd eang.
Yn defnyddio themâu o tynerwch, “arallfyd”, a rhannu gofod, mae Tir Cwiar yn gwahodd cynudlleidfeudd i archwilio perspectif cwiar a dychymyg cyfunol. Mae’n creu i rhannu pob stori, herio ffiniau ac dychmygu Cymru lle mae hunaniaeth pawb yn cael eu dathlu ac yn anrhydeddus.
With a collaborative curatorial approach, the exhibition fosters authentic dialogue between the artworks; moving beyond isolated experiences to create a shared narrative. These works reflect the depth of queer life in Wales, embracing diverse voices - from Welsh speakers and trans individuals to parents, elders, and global majority communities.
Using themes of tenderness, "otherness”, and shared space, Queer Land invites audiences to explore queer perspectives and collective imagination. It creates a space for all stories, challenging boundaries and envisioning a Wales where every identity is honored and celebrated.*
Welcome to Queer Land; a place for connection, transformation, and belonging.
Mae “Tir Cwiar” yn dathlu’r bywiogrwydd a gwytnwch o’r cymuned cwiar yng Nghymru, wedi eu fagu gan y tir a hunaniaeth cyfunol. Trwy perspectif croestoriadol o 10 artist, mae’r arddangosfa’n ymchwilio themau o’r trothwyol, cysylltiad, a pherthyn.
Gyda dull curadurol ar y cyd, mae’r arddangosfa yn maethu deialog awthentig rhwng y darnau celf; symud rhwng profiadau ynysig i creu naratif a rennir. Mae’r gwaith yma’n adlewyrch y dwfnder o bywyd cwiar yng Nghymru, yn cofleidio lleisiau amrywiol - o siaradwyr Cymraeg ac unigolion traws i rhieni, y henoed, a cymunedau mwyafrif byd eang.
Yn defnyddio themâu o tynerwch, “arallfyd”, a rhannu gofod, mae Tir Cwiar yn gwahodd cynudlleidfeudd i archwilio perspectif cwiar a dychymyg cyfunol. Mae’n creu i rhannu pob stori, herio ffiniau ac dychmygu Cymru lle mae hunaniaeth pawb yn cael eu dathlu ac yn anrhydeddus.
Artists/Arlunwyr
Karn John
Kathryn (they/she) is queer, non-binary and neurodivergent transdiciplinary artist exploring themes of health, home, ecology, queerness, spirituality, othering and belonging, through messy and elemental material encounters with the human and more than human world. Their creative practice manifests as natural colour-making with found plants, earth and metals alongside work on paper, site-sensitive installations, writing, text work, performance and holding spaces and places for group play and dialogue.
Mae Kathryn (nhw/hi) yn artist amlddisgyblaethol cwiar, anneuaidd a niwrowahanol sy'n archwilio themâu iechyd, cartref, ecoleg, bod yn cwiar, ysbrydolrwydd, eithrio a pherthyn, drwy gyfarfodydd pwysig aflêr ac elfennaidd â'r byd dynol a'r byd sy'n fwy na dynol.
Mae ymarfer creadigol Kathryn yn amlygu ei hun fel gwneud lliwiau naturiol gyda phlanhigion, pridd a metelau a gafwyd ochr yn ochr â gwaith ar bapur, gosodweithiau sy'n ystyriol o'r safle, ysgrifennu, gwaith testun, perfformiad a chynnal gwagleoedd a mannau ar gyfer chwarae grŵp a deialog.
Kathryn (they/she) is queer, non-binary and neurodivergent transdiciplinary artist exploring themes of health, home, ecology, queerness, spirituality, othering and belonging, through messy and elemental material encounters with the human and more than human world. Their creative practice manifests as natural colour-making with found plants, earth and metals alongside work on paper, site-sensitive installations, writing, text work, performance and holding spaces and places for group play and dialogue.
Mae Kathryn (nhw/hi) yn artist amlddisgyblaethol cwiar, anneuaidd a niwrowahanol sy'n archwilio themâu iechyd, cartref, ecoleg, bod yn cwiar, ysbrydolrwydd, eithrio a pherthyn, drwy gyfarfodydd pwysig aflêr ac elfennaidd â'r byd dynol a'r byd sy'n fwy na dynol.
Mae ymarfer creadigol Kathryn yn amlygu ei hun fel gwneud lliwiau naturiol gyda phlanhigion, pridd a metelau a gafwyd ochr yn ochr â gwaith ar bapur, gosodweithiau sy'n ystyriol o'r safle, ysgrifennu, gwaith testun, perfformiad a chynnal gwagleoedd a mannau ar gyfer chwarae grŵp a deialog.
Morgan Dowdall
Morgan Dowdall (they/them) is a visual artist based in Cardiff. They use the human figure as a vessel in order to explore themes of queerness, camp, objectification, intimacy and dysmorphia. The figures depicted through their work range from the beautifully grotesque, to more playful and illustrative celebrations of the naked body.
Artist gweledol o Gaerdydd yw Morgan Dowdal (nhw). Maent yn defnyddio’r ffigwr dynol fel ffordd o archwilio themâu bod yn cwiar, yn ferchetaidd, gwrthrycholiad, agosatrwydd a dismorffia. Mae’r ffigyrau a ddarlunnir drwy eu gwaith yn amrywio o’r hyn sy’n hyfryd o aflunaidd i ddathliadau mwy chwareus ac esboniadol o’r corff noeth.
Morgan Dowdall (they/them) is a visual artist based in Cardiff. They use the human figure as a vessel in order to explore themes of queerness, camp, objectification, intimacy and dysmorphia. The figures depicted through their work range from the beautifully grotesque, to more playful and illustrative celebrations of the naked body.
Artist gweledol o Gaerdydd yw Morgan Dowdal (nhw). Maent yn defnyddio’r ffigwr dynol fel ffordd o archwilio themâu bod yn cwiar, yn ferchetaidd, gwrthrycholiad, agosatrwydd a dismorffia. Mae’r ffigyrau a ddarlunnir drwy eu gwaith yn amrywio o’r hyn sy’n hyfryd o aflunaidd i ddathliadau mwy chwareus ac esboniadol o’r corff noeth.
Kamila Krol
Kamila is a queer Polish illustrator and comics maker based in Cardiff. Her playful imagery is often inspired by dreams and folklore, and a lot of her work is focused on reviving and re-imagining elements of her Slavic heritage.
She’s the author of the award-winning “Rusalka: Whispers of the Forest” (Strangers Publishing) and has created artwork and short comic tales for clients such as Discord Comics, Beneficial Shock mag, Third Bear Press, Lucent Dreaming and Afterlight Comics.
Mae Kamila yn ddarlunydd ac yn wneuthurwr comics Pwyleg cwiar sy'n gweithio yng Nghaerdydd. Caiff ei delweddaeth chwareus ei hysbrydoli’n aml gan freuddwydion a llên gwerin ac mae llawer o'i gwaith yn canolbwyntio ar adfywio ac ailddychmygu elfennau o'i threftadaeth Slafig.
Hi yw awdur y nofel graffig arobryn “Rusalka: Whispers of the Forest” (Strangers
Publishing) ac mae hi wedi creu gwaith celf a straeon comig byr i gleientiaid fel
Discord Comics, cylchgrawn Beneficial Shock, Third Bear Press, Lucent Dreaming ac Afterlight Comics.
Kamila is a queer Polish illustrator and comics maker based in Cardiff. Her playful imagery is often inspired by dreams and folklore, and a lot of her work is focused on reviving and re-imagining elements of her Slavic heritage.
She’s the author of the award-winning “Rusalka: Whispers of the Forest” (Strangers Publishing) and has created artwork and short comic tales for clients such as Discord Comics, Beneficial Shock mag, Third Bear Press, Lucent Dreaming and Afterlight Comics.
Mae Kamila yn ddarlunydd ac yn wneuthurwr comics Pwyleg cwiar sy'n gweithio yng Nghaerdydd. Caiff ei delweddaeth chwareus ei hysbrydoli’n aml gan freuddwydion a llên gwerin ac mae llawer o'i gwaith yn canolbwyntio ar adfywio ac ailddychmygu elfennau o'i threftadaeth Slafig.
Hi yw awdur y nofel graffig arobryn “Rusalka: Whispers of the Forest” (Strangers
Publishing) ac mae hi wedi creu gwaith celf a straeon comig byr i gleientiaid fel
Discord Comics, cylchgrawn Beneficial Shock, Third Bear Press, Lucent Dreaming ac Afterlight Comics.
Skye Kember
Skye’s aim is to build reciprocal relationships with the earth in community. Holding space for multiple ways of knowing, unravelling binaries and queering ecology. They are drawn to textiles and printmaking, exploring botanical inks and dyes with the materials they use being at the centre of their work, conscious to reuse, sustainably forage, grow fibres, and to move away from mass consumerism through the sharing of slow crafts.
Nod Skye yw meithrin perthynas ddwyochrog â'r ddaear mewn cymuned. Cynnal lle ar gyfer sawl ffordd o wybod, datod systemau deuaidd ac creu ecoleg cwiar. Fe'u tynnir at decstilau a creu printiau, gan archwilio inciau botanegol a llifynnau gyda'r deunyddiau y maent yn eu defnyddio wrth wraidd eu gwaith, yn ymwybodol i ailddefnyddio, fforio cynaliadwy, tyfu ffibrau, a symud i ffwrdd o brynwriaeth dorfol trwy rannu crefftau araf.
Skye’s aim is to build reciprocal relationships with the earth in community. Holding space for multiple ways of knowing, unravelling binaries and queering ecology. They are drawn to textiles and printmaking, exploring botanical inks and dyes with the materials they use being at the centre of their work, conscious to reuse, sustainably forage, grow fibres, and to move away from mass consumerism through the sharing of slow crafts.
Nod Skye yw meithrin perthynas ddwyochrog â'r ddaear mewn cymuned. Cynnal lle ar gyfer sawl ffordd o wybod, datod systemau deuaidd ac creu ecoleg cwiar. Fe'u tynnir at decstilau a creu printiau, gan archwilio inciau botanegol a llifynnau gyda'r deunyddiau y maent yn eu defnyddio wrth wraidd eu gwaith, yn ymwybodol i ailddefnyddio, fforio cynaliadwy, tyfu ffibrau, a symud i ffwrdd o brynwriaeth dorfol trwy rannu crefftau araf.
Luke Blaidd
Mae fy enw yw Luke Blaidd ac rydw i'n ysgrifennwr ac yn gelfwr sy'n byw yn Aberystwyth. Trwy fy nghelfyddyd, rydw i'n archwilio fy nghwiarder, anableddau a Chymreictod - a'r berthynas rhyngddynt. Rydw i'n siarad Cymraeg fel ail iaith ac ar hyn o bryd rydw i'n ysgrifennu geiriadur Cymraeg-Saesneg LHDTC+.
My name is Luke Blaidd and I am a writer and artist living in Aberystwyth. Through my art, I explore my queerness, disabilities and Welshness - and the relationship between them. I speak Welsh as a second language and I am currently writing a Welsh-English LGBTQ+ dictionary.
Mae fy enw yw Luke Blaidd ac rydw i'n ysgrifennwr ac yn gelfwr sy'n byw yn Aberystwyth. Trwy fy nghelfyddyd, rydw i'n archwilio fy nghwiarder, anableddau a Chymreictod - a'r berthynas rhyngddynt. Rydw i'n siarad Cymraeg fel ail iaith ac ar hyn o bryd rydw i'n ysgrifennu geiriadur Cymraeg-Saesneg LHDTC+.
My name is Luke Blaidd and I am a writer and artist living in Aberystwyth. Through my art, I explore my queerness, disabilities and Welshness - and the relationship between them. I speak Welsh as a second language and I am currently writing a Welsh-English LGBTQ+ dictionary.
Caitlin Flood-Molyneux
Caitlin Flood-Molyneux is an award-winning contemporary Welsh Artist. Their artistic practice investigates the relationship between pop culture imagery and the way in which we attach emotion and memory to images and use this to narrate their subjective experiences of hardship. The work is both deeply personal and universal, as it charts key moments of their life; a private and enigmatic visual story with which Flood-Molyneux invites the viewer to forge their own connection.
Mae Caitlin Flood-Molyneaux yn artist cyfoes arobryn o Gymru. Mae eu harfer artistig yn ymchwilio i’r berthynas rhwng portreadau diwylliant pop a’r ffordd rydym yn cysylltu emosiwn a chof â delweddau ac yn eu defnyddio i adrodd am eu profiadau goddrychol o galedi. Mae’r gwaith yn hynod bersonol ac yn gyffredinol gan ei fod yn nodi eiliadau allweddol o’u bywyd, stori weledol ddirgel a phreifat y mae Flood-Molyneux yn gwahodd y gwyliwr i greu ei gysylltiad ei hun â hi.
Caitlin Flood-Molyneux is an award-winning contemporary Welsh Artist. Their artistic practice investigates the relationship between pop culture imagery and the way in which we attach emotion and memory to images and use this to narrate their subjective experiences of hardship. The work is both deeply personal and universal, as it charts key moments of their life; a private and enigmatic visual story with which Flood-Molyneux invites the viewer to forge their own connection.
Mae Caitlin Flood-Molyneaux yn artist cyfoes arobryn o Gymru. Mae eu harfer artistig yn ymchwilio i’r berthynas rhwng portreadau diwylliant pop a’r ffordd rydym yn cysylltu emosiwn a chof â delweddau ac yn eu defnyddio i adrodd am eu profiadau goddrychol o galedi. Mae’r gwaith yn hynod bersonol ac yn gyffredinol gan ei fod yn nodi eiliadau allweddol o’u bywyd, stori weledol ddirgel a phreifat y mae Flood-Molyneux yn gwahodd y gwyliwr i greu ei gysylltiad ei hun â hi.
Vivian Ross-Smith
Vivian Ross-Smith (she/her) makes paintings, performances and textiles to create space for experiential-led happenings.
In these works, Vivian focuses on practices of care, including generosity, reciprocity and expectations of rest. Rooted in her background as a Social Care Worker, she utilises gesture and tacit communication to emphasise the language of tactility. Exploring sensuality, coding and the queering of materiality, she encourages a bodily response to her artwork through touch and active participation.
Mae Vivian Ross-Smith (hi/ei) yn gwneud paentiadau, perfformiadau a thecstilau i greu lle ar gyfer digwyddiadau a arweinir gan brofiadau.
Yn y gweithiau hyn, mae Vivian yn canolbwyntio ar arferion gofal, gan gynnwys haelioni, dwyochredd a disgwyliadau o orffwys.
Gan ddefnyddio’i phrofiad o weithio fel Gweithiwr Gofal Cymdeithasol, mae’n defnyddio ystum a chyfathrebu distaw i bwysleisio’r defnydd o iaith hydeimledd.
Gan archwilio cnawdolrwydd, codio a materoldeb o safbwynt cwiar, mae’n annog ymateb corfforol i’w gwaith celf drwy gyffyrddiad a chyfranogiad gweithredol.
Vivian Ross-Smith (she/her) makes paintings, performances and textiles to create space for experiential-led happenings.
In these works, Vivian focuses on practices of care, including generosity, reciprocity and expectations of rest. Rooted in her background as a Social Care Worker, she utilises gesture and tacit communication to emphasise the language of tactility. Exploring sensuality, coding and the queering of materiality, she encourages a bodily response to her artwork through touch and active participation.
Mae Vivian Ross-Smith (hi/ei) yn gwneud paentiadau, perfformiadau a thecstilau i greu lle ar gyfer digwyddiadau a arweinir gan brofiadau.
Yn y gweithiau hyn, mae Vivian yn canolbwyntio ar arferion gofal, gan gynnwys haelioni, dwyochredd a disgwyliadau o orffwys.
Gan ddefnyddio’i phrofiad o weithio fel Gweithiwr Gofal Cymdeithasol, mae’n defnyddio ystum a chyfathrebu distaw i bwysleisio’r defnydd o iaith hydeimledd.
Gan archwilio cnawdolrwydd, codio a materoldeb o safbwynt cwiar, mae’n annog ymateb corfforol i’w gwaith celf drwy gyffyrddiad a chyfranogiad gweithredol.
Alisha Ahmed
Born in Italy, but of Egyptian heritage, Alisha Ahmed [she/they] is a fat, non-binary queer, mixed-race, neurodivergent, millennial. In the last few years their activism spans from organizing fundraisers in support of BLM, Mermaids, and Refugees to active member of Glitter Cymru where they are now one of the Training and Education Officers on all Intersectionality Matters.
Wedi ei geni yn yr Eidal, ond o dreftadaeth Eifftaidd, mae Alisha Ahmed [hi/nhw] yn ciwar, dew, anneuaidd, hil gymysg, niwroamrywiol, millennial. Yn yr ychydig flynyddoedd diwethaf mae eu gweithrediaeth yn ymestyn o drefnu codwyr arian i gefnogi BLM, Morforynion, a Ffoaduriaid i aelod gweithgar o Glitter Cymru lle maent yn awr yn un o'r Swyddogion Hyffordd ac Addysg ar bob Mater Rhyng-gysylltiol.
Born in Italy, but of Egyptian heritage, Alisha Ahmed [she/they] is a fat, non-binary queer, mixed-race, neurodivergent, millennial. In the last few years their activism spans from organizing fundraisers in support of BLM, Mermaids, and Refugees to active member of Glitter Cymru where they are now one of the Training and Education Officers on all Intersectionality Matters.
Wedi ei geni yn yr Eidal, ond o dreftadaeth Eifftaidd, mae Alisha Ahmed [hi/nhw] yn ciwar, dew, anneuaidd, hil gymysg, niwroamrywiol, millennial. Yn yr ychydig flynyddoedd diwethaf mae eu gweithrediaeth yn ymestyn o drefnu codwyr arian i gefnogi BLM, Morforynion, a Ffoaduriaid i aelod gweithgar o Glitter Cymru lle maent yn awr yn un o'r Swyddogion Hyffordd ac Addysg ar bob Mater Rhyng-gysylltiol.
Jane Campbell
Winner of the Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize, her first collection, Slowly as Clouds, is published by Indigo Dreams. www.indigodreamspublishing.com/jane-campbell
Jane also won the Disability Arts Cymru Creative Writing Award in 2022.
Jane’s work has appeared in Ink Sweat and Tears, The Dawntreader, One Hand Clapping, Black Bough, The Plumwood Mountain Journal (Auz) and Bloody Amazing (Saboteur’s best anthology for 2021). Her poem The Gardener was featured in a BBC Wales programme Giants in the Sky.
Jane Campbell: Enillydd y Wobr Barddoniaeth Goffa Geoff Stevens, cyhoeddwyd ei chasgliad cyntaf, Slowly as Clouds, gan Indigo Dreams.
Enillodd Jane hefyd Wobr Ysgrifennu Creadigol Celfyddydau Anabledd Cymru yn 2022.
Mae gwaith Jane wedi ymddangos mewn Ink Sweat and Tears, The Dawntreader, One Hand Clapping, Black Bough, The Plumwood Mountain Journal (Auz) a Bloody Amazing (antholeg gorau Saboteur ar gyfer 2021). Ymddangosodd ei cherdd, The Gardener, ar raglen BBC Wales Giants in the Sky.
Winner of the Geoff Stevens Memorial Poetry Prize, her first collection, Slowly as Clouds, is published by Indigo Dreams. www.indigodreamspublishing.com/jane-campbell
Jane also won the Disability Arts Cymru Creative Writing Award in 2022.
Jane’s work has appeared in Ink Sweat and Tears, The Dawntreader, One Hand Clapping, Black Bough, The Plumwood Mountain Journal (Auz) and Bloody Amazing (Saboteur’s best anthology for 2021). Her poem The Gardener was featured in a BBC Wales programme Giants in the Sky.
Jane Campbell: Enillydd y Wobr Barddoniaeth Goffa Geoff Stevens, cyhoeddwyd ei chasgliad cyntaf, Slowly as Clouds, gan Indigo Dreams.
Enillodd Jane hefyd Wobr Ysgrifennu Creadigol Celfyddydau Anabledd Cymru yn 2022.
Mae gwaith Jane wedi ymddangos mewn Ink Sweat and Tears, The Dawntreader, One Hand Clapping, Black Bough, The Plumwood Mountain Journal (Auz) a Bloody Amazing (antholeg gorau Saboteur ar gyfer 2021). Ymddangosodd ei cherdd, The Gardener, ar raglen BBC Wales Giants in the Sky.
Ren Wolfe
Ren’s practice is a celebration and exploration of imaginative play. Through their work they excavate childhood memories to examine our relationships with self and the absurd. The work functions not only as separate pieces in conversation with a central theme, but as an ever-expanding world of interrelated characters and stories that defiantly eschew elitism in favour of humour and heart.
Mae fy arfer yn ddathliad ac yn archwiliad o chwarae dychmygus. Drwy fy ngwaith rwy’n cloddio atgofion plentyndod i archwilio’n perthynas â’r hunan a’r absẃrd. Mae’r gwaith yn gweithredu nid yn unig fel darnau ar wahân mewn sgwrs â thema ganolog, ond fel byd o gymeriadau a straeon cysylltiedig sy’n ehangu’n gyson ac sydd mewn modd herfeiddiol, yn ymwrthod ag elitaeth o blaid hiwmor a chalon.
Ren’s practice is a celebration and exploration of imaginative play. Through their work they excavate childhood memories to examine our relationships with self and the absurd. The work functions not only as separate pieces in conversation with a central theme, but as an ever-expanding world of interrelated characters and stories that defiantly eschew elitism in favour of humour and heart.
Mae fy arfer yn ddathliad ac yn archwiliad o chwarae dychmygus. Drwy fy ngwaith rwy’n cloddio atgofion plentyndod i archwilio’n perthynas â’r hunan a’r absẃrd. Mae’r gwaith yn gweithredu nid yn unig fel darnau ar wahân mewn sgwrs â thema ganolog, ond fel byd o gymeriadau a straeon cysylltiedig sy’n ehangu’n gyson ac sydd mewn modd herfeiddiol, yn ymwrthod ag elitaeth o blaid hiwmor a chalon.