Lois Williams

Lois Williams was brought up in north Wales, and studied at Wrexham College, Manchester Polytechnic and Goldsmiths College, London. Using found objects and natural materials such as paper, wax, felt, and wool, she makes sculptures, which refer to matters of identity, loss and memory and their experience within everyday life. She has exhibited widely nationally and internationally including at Tate, Ikon Gallery, Mostyn and the National Museum of Wales, and her work is in public collections including the Arts Council Collection and the National Museum of Wales. She has participated in Triangle Arts Workshops in Wales and Ghana and in 2011 showed work in Artisterium in Tblisi, Georgia. From 2006-10 she was Consultant Artist on the design team of the award-winning Mostyn gallery building. She lives and works in north Wales. Awards: Winner of the Gold Medal for Fine Art at the National Eisteddfod of Wales in 1999

‘The books made for this exhibition are made of simple materials: fur fabric and cotton. I see them both very much as pieces of sculpture. I like covering things, both literally and metaphorically. Undercover brings together images and symbols special to me. Poison explores ideas to do with the harmful and corrosive.’

Poison, 2012, wool, paper