In 2013 Mandy Lane graduated from Carmarthen School of Art with a BA Hons in Fine Art Sculpture, and has subsequently 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 and most recently a fellow in 56 Group Wales and a member of Iron Maidens Made in Wales (an all-women artist group that work in with cast iron).
Mandy Lane has exhibited at various locations across the UK including Wales, Manchester, Folkestone, London and Ireland, and has been selected for the 2016 SWA in the Mall Galleries, London. In 2017 her work was selected for the Swansea open in the Glynn Vivian. Also that year she was selected as 1 of the 12 artist in residence with the Welsh Arts Review where she responded to her own research, and collaborated with Professor Bohata regarding one of Wales most interesting and queer women Amy Dillwyn. This collaboration awarded them highly commended in the Arts as Research competition. Mandy Lane has recently been working with the Richard Burton archives (the coal field collection) in Swansea University in relation to women’s Welsh mining history for a 6-month residency with ArcadeCardiff gallery. The show opened in January 2018 and was entitled ‘nid byd, byd heb wybodaeth.’
“Although there is much evidence that things are changing and that gender is becoming more fluid and equality is evident, many institutional prejudices and barriers to equality also remain as strong as ever”
Artist Residencies
Elysium This Is Is This Space 2017
Wales Arts Review 2017
Arcade Cardiff – current
Artist Talks
2018 Women’s history archive conference
2017 Glynn Vivian
2017 Elysium
2017 Carmarthen School of Art; Visiting Lecture Program
AWARDS
2017 Research as art Swansea University, collaboration with Professor Kirsty Bohata – Highly commended
2015- 3rd prize Shelf Life exhibition, Manchester
2013- Student of the Year – Carmarthen School of Art
2010- Coleg Sir Gar winner of best painting at end of year exhibition, awarded by an independent Art Society
MEMBERSHIPS
Sculpture Cymru
Group 56
HEA Fellowship
Iron Maidens II Made in Wales
Symposium/Conference
2018 Women’s history archive conference
2018 Evaluating creativity, Tate, London
2018 2 worlds 1 universe, Arts and education network, mid wales
2017 Creative Practitioner Training, Arts Council Wales, Swansea
2017 Thinking and IAPS joint conference ‘Think for Yourself! Strategies to increase the independence of learners’, London
2017 10 years in iron, Contemporary Art Society, Cardiff
2017 Pride and Prejudice a symposium for the LGBT history month, Swansea university
2016 ArtWorks Cymru Conference, mid Wales
