John Meirion Morris, Date of Birth

    

John Meirion Morris

British artist

Date of Birth: 14-Mar-1936

Profession: sculptor

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About John Meirion Morris

  • John Meirion Morris (born 1936) is a Welsh sculptor.Morris was born in Llanuwchllyn, near Bala, Gwynedd, where his parents kept a shop.
  • He studied at Liverpool College of Art and later taught the subject at Llanidloes.
  • In 1966 he began a period as a lecturer at Kumasi University in Ghana, returning to Wales two years later to lecture at Aberystwyth University.
  • In 1985 he obtained his M.Phil for research into Celtic La Tène art, and he subsequently returned to his home town to work as a sculptor.His works include the proposed Tryweryn monument and a bronze bust of Ray Gravell at the BBC studios in Cardiff.
  • A retrospective exhibition of his work was hosted by the National Library of Wales in 2009.

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