Islwyn Watkins

Islwyn Watkins (1938 – 30 December 2018) was a Welsh artist, educator and slipware ceramics expert. Watkins was a member of The Welsh Group from 1959.

Watkins taught art at Ravenscroft School from 1959 to 1964 and later studied lithography at Hornsey College of Art. In 1960 Watkins started to make abstract, waste wood assemblages. He collaborated with Jeff Nuttall, the author of Bomb Culture.

In 1965 together with Bruce Lacey and John Latham he helped create the sTigma, an installation at Better Books in Charing Cross Road, London. Watkins completed a master's degree at the University of Wisconsin–Madison. At the 2000 Brecon Jazz Festival, Watkins and Nuttall created Merz Jam, an installation inspired by Kurt Schwitters with Lol Coxhill performing.