Hold On

Location

Country: UK
City: London
Place: HM Treasury, 1 Horse Guards Road

Manon Awst (born 1983) is an artist based in Caernarfon, Wales, who makes sculptures and site-specific artworks woven with ecological narratives, which focus in particular on the contrast between geological and human timescales. The way materials transform locations and communities is at the forefront of her creative research. Her interdisciplinary approach is shaped by her upbringing in North Wales and her academic studies in architecture at the University of Cambridge. The artist returned to her native North Wales in 2016, following 10 years of collaborative practice in Berlin as part of artist-duo Awst & Walther. She has exhibited widely in the UK and Germany, including the National Museum Wales; Mostyn, Llandudno; Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin; and Kunstverein Braunschweig. Her work is part of the National Library of Wales and the Welsh Parliament collections, and she has long-term public installations on the Wales Coast Path at Nant Gwrtheyrn and at Rosa-Luxemburg-Platz, Berlin. She was a nominated recipient of a Henry Moore Foundation Artist Award in 2022.

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Materials & Techniques

Artist

Manon Awst (1983 - )

Title

Hold On

Date

2022

Medium

Hold On - Mirror, 3D printed recycled marine nylon, fixings

Dimensions

height: cm width: cm depth: cm

Acquisition

Purchased from the artist, January 2024

Provenance

The Artist, from whom purchased by UK Government Art Collection, 31 January 2024

GAC number

19261