Shani Rhys James

Shani Rhys James was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1953. She trained at St. Martin's School of Art, and has been living and working in Wales for 30 years. Influenced by Gillian Ayers, Jan Svankmajer, Louise Bourgeois, Francis Bacon and Rembrandt, her work is to be found important public and private collections in the UK, USA, Belgium, France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong. She is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards including The Jerwood Painting Prize, The Hunting...See more

Shani Rhys James was born in Melbourne, Australia in 1953. She trained at St. Martin's School of Art, and has been living and working in Wales for 30 years. Influenced by Gillian Ayers, Jan Svankmajer, Louise Bourgeois, Francis Bacon and Rembrandt, her work is to be found important public and private collections in the UK, USA, Belgium, France, Germany, New Zealand, Australia and Hong Kong. She is the recipient of numerous prizes and awards including The Jerwood Painting Prize, The Hunting Observer Prize, a National Portrait Award, The Mostyn Open, the Gold Medal at the National Eisteddfod and Welsh Woman of Culture. She was awarded an MBE in 2006, and also received a Creative Wales Award from the Arts Council of Wales in 2006. The Rivalry of Flowers, a collection of images with text by William Packer, Francesca Rhydderch and Edward Lucie-Smith, appeared in 2013. See less