IKT Symposium 2023
For those who may have missed the IKT 2023 Symposium or wish to review its valuable insights, we are pleased to inform you that the recording of the symposium is now available for viewing.
Revisit IKT Congress 2023 with our latest video
This video provides a glimpse into the IKT Congress 2023, offering a collection of event highlights and exclusive interviews.
IKT Congress 2023 in North Wales: A Visual Recap
As we prepare for the forthcoming IKT Congress in Switzerland in 2024, let's take a moment to revisit the memorable 2023 Congress in North Wales.
Hybrid Life
Hybrid Life at Pontio explores the fusion of contemporary life and technology through immersive digital and sculptural works.
Meet Wendy Leah Dawson
Wendy Leah Dawson is a multidisciplinary artist based in Conwy, North Wales. Her artistic process is rooted in practice-led research, which she applies across various contexts and scenarios.
Tŷ Pawb | Wrexham
Tŷ Pawb, a dynamic multi-award-winning cultural hub in the heart of Wrexham, where arts, markets, and community unite in celebration of Wrexham's rich cultural heritage.
Curator in Action
The "Curator in Action" project is a dynamic initiative set to take place during the IKT Congress 2023 in North Wales. This project aims to enhance the virtual presence and engagement of the Congress by leveraging the popular social media platform, Instagram.
Meet Ella Jones
Ella Jones is an artist from North Wales. She creates installations, sculptures, and costumes centred on kinesthetic learning and creating tangible interactions between the audience and artwork.
Meet Gethin Wyn Jones
Gethin Wyn Jones is a Welsh and Swedish artist who currently resides in Stockholm. At the core of Gethin's artistic exploration lies a profound inquiry into commodity aesthetics within a wide spectrum of representational codes and conventions.
Meet Catrin Menai
Catrin Menai is a Welsh artist. She creates narrative driven works using the communicative potential of everyday objects, gestures, and place.
Meet Gwenllian Vaughan
Gwenllian Vaughan currently resides on Isle of Anglesey, North Wales. Gwenllian’s artistic expressions take shape in the form of small, abstract paintings.
Meet Jen Corr
Jen Corr is an artist based in North West Wales. Her creative practice encompasses a range of artistic mediums, including painting, drawing, and printmaking.
Diane Dal-pra: Dissolutions
As part of IKT Congress 2023, we are going to visit Mostyn Gallery and see the first solo UK institutional exhibition by the French artist Diane Dal-pra. The exhibition is curated by Alfredo Cramerotti, IKT President and Director of Mostyn, and Kalliopi Tsipni-Kolaza, Associate Curator of Visual Art at Mostyn.
Oren Pinhassi: False Alarm
As part of IKT Congress 2023, we are going to visit Mostyn Gallery and see see the first UK museum exhibition by the US-based artist Oren Pinhassi. Oren Pinhassi’s sculptures examine the relationship between the human figure, nature and the built environment.
Meet Angela Davies
Angela Davies is a Wales-based artist and co-founder of StudioMADE. Her work uses organic materials to explore transformation and connections between political and personal realms, reflecting on time and change.
Meet Marie Jones
Marie Jones is an artist (b.1983) currently based in Warrington UK. Jones has an ideas led practice and is interested in: the snippets of everyday conversations that linger and our interpretations of them.
Meet Lisa Carter Grist
Lisa Carter Grist is a painter living and working in North Wales. Her paintings and drawings suggest unfixed elements of landscape, interiors and figuration and her process imitates life’s unpredictability and ever shifting nature.
SYFRDANOL
As part of the highly anticipated IKT Congress 2023, attendees will have an exciting opportunity to visit HAUS and experience SYFRDANOL (meaning "astonishment" in Welsh), an exciting pop-up exhibition, which aims to offer visitors a unique window into the thriving contemporary art practices across North Wales.
Meet Ali Pickard / The Yaffingale
Ali Pickard trained in Metal Art as part of a women into non-traditional skills project in Edinburgh, where she then spent many years as part of a Women’s Welding Collective, creating intricate and time-consuming sculptures and bespoke furniture.
Meet Chloe Goodwin
Chloe Goodwin is a curator based in North Wales, currently expanding on her research into the representation of women within the arts, with a particular focus on collections of UK art galleries.