Terry Setch

Terry Setch (born 1936) While at college he was recognised and took part in the Young Contemporaries exhibitions in 1957, 1959 and 1960. He moved to Cardiff, Wales in June 1964 to become senior painting lecturer at Cardiff College of Art.

He was a member of the 56 Group Wales from 1966 until 1979, later saying he left because it had become too risk averse and part of the establishment.

Setch styles himself as a 'political' artist, taking the threats to the environment as an important subject. Much of his recent inspiration has been taken from his local South Wales beaches. "There are issues of waste, the enormous amount of waste and the threat to the environment" he said at his retrospective exhibition in 2011. His paintings have included Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament campaigns and the Chernobyl nuclear disaster as their subjects.

Setch retired from teaching in 2001.

He was elected as a Royal Academician in 2009.

Personal life Setch married Dianne Shaw in 1967.