Sean Edwards

Sean Edwards is a Senior Lecturer in Teaching and Research and Programme Director for Fine Art & Photography at Cardiff Metropolitan University's Cardiff School of Art & Design. Born in Cardiff in 1980, he graduated with an MA from the Slade School of Art in 2005 and has since developed a significant international artistic practice while contributing to art education.

Edwards' research investigates the sculptural and political potential of the everyday, often using remnants and fragments of previous activities as starting points. His work intertwines simple sculptural objects, mixed media installations, and audiovisual components with personal family and political histories. A recurring theme in his practice is the sense of objects being in-progress, indeterminate, and open to change, reflecting his interest in process and transformation.

His most notable work, Undo Things Done, created for the Welsh Pavilion at the 2019 Venice Biennale, addressed austerity, class, shame, and loss through the artist's own experiences growing up on a council estate. The installation included a live radio play produced with National Theatre Wales, performed daily for seven months by the artist's mother from her home in Cardiff, which was later adapted for BBC Radio 4.

• Represented Wales at the 58th Venice Biennale (2019)
• Awarded Turner Prize Bursary (2020)
• Selected for British Art Show 9

Edwards also undertakes public artwork commissions and has produced artist's books distributed internationally, including unununununun (2021), Undo Things Done (2019), Gilfach Quilters (2013), For Lal (or Henry) (2012), and Maelfa (2010).