Aidan Myers

Born: 1992

Hometown: Stoke On Trent

Based in: Cardiff

b. 1992, Stoke-on-Trent, UK

Aidan Myers is an artist based in Cardiff, Wales working between painting and drawing. He studied Fine Art at Cardiff School of Art and Design graduating in 2014; subsequently he worked at the art school’s ‘Inc Space’ for a 2-year studio placement.
Myers was a recipient of the Artist Support Pledge - Surfaces Award in 2021 leading to being selected for a group show at Hastings Contemporary, his first museum exhibition. Notably in 2018 Myers travelled to India for a 3-month artist residency at the Aamir Art House in Goa, which has formed the direction to his most recent work. In 2017 Myers achieved first prize at the Oriel CRiC Open Art Prize in Wales.
Myers has exhibited in group shows in the UK and held solo shows in Cardiff (2021, 2018 & 2016) and Stroud
(2016).

Aidan Myers In The Studio

More About Aidan Myers

Question Icon What are 3 words that best describe your work?

Colourful, Expressive, Large-scale

Question Icon Who are some artists that have influenced your work?

Francis Bacon, Jenny Saville, Adrian Ghenie, Richard Diebenkorn, Lucian Freud, Euan Uglow

Question Icon What is the best piece of advice you have been given?

Always keep painting

Question Icon Where do you go for inspiration?

Museum, galleries, cycling through the countryside, different cities

Collections Featuring Aidan Myers

3 Collections

Large Paintings

52 Artists, 63 Products

Last updated: June 3, 2021

Celebrating Artists in the UK

28 Artists, 37 Products

Last updated: November 28, 2020

Abstract Art

81 Artists, 86 Products

Last updated: November 19, 2020

Credentials

Education

Cardiff School of Art & Design

United Kingdom, 2014

Awards

Arts Council Wales Grant

2020

CSE Flash Fund Bursary, Cardiff Met University

2017

Oriel CRiC Open Art Prize - First Place Winner

2017

Gane Trust Grant

2016

CSE Flash Fund Bursary, Cardiff Met University

2016

Dulcie Mayne Stephens Travel Grant

2013

Fine Art Scholarship at Cardiff School of Art & Design

2011

Exhibitions

Figurative Art Now - The Mall Galleries, London

United Kingdom, 2021

Cambium - Cardiff MADE Gallery, Cardiff

United Kingdom, 2021

Annual Open, Royal Cambrian Academy, Conwy

United Kingdom, 2021

Painting Now - London Atelier of Representational Art, London

United Kingdom, 2020

LLAWN Festival - Out of Line, Tactile BOSCH, Llandudno

United Kingdom, 2019

Summer Art Prize, Cardiff MADE Gallery, Cardiff

United Kingdom, 2019

SELF, Fringe Arts Bath Festival, Bath

United Kingdom, 2019

The Journey Begins, Blackwater Gallery, Cardiff

United Kingdom, 2019

The National Eisteddfod of Wales, CAV/UHL, Cardiff

United Kingdom, 2018

Crickhowell Open Art Prize, Oriel CRiC, Crickhowell

United Kingdom, 2017

Insert Art Here, Curious Duke Gallery, London

United Kingdom, 2016

Moniker Art Fair, Folly & Muse, London

United Kingdom, 2015

Affordable Art Fair Battersea, London

United Kingdom, 2015

Affordable Art Fair Hamburg

Germany, 2015

New Blood, Kooywood Gallery, Cardiff

United Kingdom, 2015

Staring at the Sea Contemporary Painting Wales, Penarth Pier Pavilion, Cardiff

United Kingdom, 2015

Art Graduate Prize, Works In Print, London

United Kingdom, 2014

A Portrait of the Artist As... BEEP Painting Prize, Elysium Gallery, Swansea

United Kingdom, 2014

Secret Art Prize, Curious Duke Gallery, London

United Kingdom, 2014

Float Art London, Oxo Tower Wharf Bargehouse, London

United Kingdom, 2014