John Uzzell Edwards

John Uzzell Edwards (10 October 1934 – 5 March 2014) was a Welsh painter. He was also the father of artist Charles Uzzell Edwards.

Early life Uzzell Edwards was born in 1934, in Deri; a coal-mining village in the Rhymney Valley. He attended Bargoed Grammar School and later took a series of jobs, where he was made redundant but made enough money to be able to move to Paris in 1956, where he could pursue his interest in painting, visiting galleries and museums in the French capital. However, he later returned to Wales, where he worked in Pembrokeshire and exhibited in Tenby. He exhibited widely across the UK and internationally including the Inter-Celtic festival at L'Orient, Brittany. In 1996 he was commissioned by the Shakespeare Institute of the University of Birmingham to paint any Shakespearean character. He chose Owain Glyndŵr.

Later life Uzzell Edwards lived and worked in Rhiwfawr and Tenby. In 1998 he formed Ysbryd – Spirit Wales, exhibiting with other Welsh painters including Brendan Stuart Burns and Martyn Jones.

Awards 1966: Awarded the Granada Arts Fellowship by York University. 1968: Received the British Prix de Rome at the British School in Rome. 2004: Museum of Modern Art Wales, Machynlleth. 2003: The National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff. 2001: The Mall Galleries, London. 2000: Tenby Museum and Art Gallery. 1999: The Humphries Gallery, San Francisco.