Manon Awst facts for kids
Manon Awst is a Welsh artist. She creates amazing sculptures, art installations, and performances. Her art often explores ideas about places, who we are, and the natural world around us.
Manon grew up in Anglesey, a beautiful island in Wales. She studied architecture at the University of Cambridge. For ten years, from 2007 to 2017, she lived in Berlin, Germany. There, she worked with another artist named Benjamin Walther. Besides making art, Manon Awst is also a talented poet.
Manon Awst's Early Life and Art Journey
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Manon Awst grew up on Anglesey in North Wales. She spoke Welsh as her first language. She went to Ysgol Uwchradd Bodedern for high school. Later, she studied architecture at Cambridge University.
In 2004, Manon won the Architecture Scholarship at the National Eisteddfod of Wales. After that, she moved to Berlin. She joined an art group called Pankof Bank. In this group, she worked with artist Simon Fujiwara and architect Sam Causer. They created projects like Pankof Bank Architects in London.
From 2006, Manon worked as part of an artist duo called Awst & Walther. Their art was shown in famous places. These included the Boros Collection and the National Museum Cardiff.
Between 2013 and 2015, she studied Artistic Research in London. In 2015, she received a special award called the Creative Wales Award. This helped her set up her own art studio in Caernarfon. Manon is also known as a Welsh poet. She helped start a group of female poets. She often takes part in poetry events.
Awst & Walther: A Creative Partnership
Manon Awst and German artist Benjamin Walther worked together for more than ten years. They made many interesting and challenging artworks.
In 2009, the German Embassy in London asked them to create a special artwork. It was to remember the 20th anniversary of the Fall of the Berlin Wall. Their artwork, called 'Work in Progress', was a huge wall made of ice. It even stopped traffic in London for a day!
In 2010, they received an award from the Henry Moore Foundation. This allowed them to be artists-in-residence in Berlin. They also worked as resident artists in Prague.
Two of their art installations were shown in Berlin from 2012 to 2016. These were called Latent Measures and The Line of Fire.
Other important works include Ground to Sky in Berlin. They also created Gap to Feed. This is a permanent artwork in Berlin. It is made from thousands of mussel shells. These shells were collected from the Menai Strait in North Wales.
They also have a permanent artwork called Far and Wide. It is located at Nant Gwrtheyrn. This piece was first made for an event at Barclodiad y Gawres in Anglesey.
In 2019, a book called Awst & Walther was published. It showed many of the sculptures and creative projects they made over ten years.
