Biography
1957 Born Landstuhl, Germany
1975-76 Cardiff School of Art
1976-80 Goldsmiths, University of London, B.A. Fine Art Honours Degree
1987-89 Goldsmiths, University of London, Masters in Fine Art
1995-97 Henry Moore Fellowship in Sculpture, Cardiff School of Art & Design
1997-2005 Senior Lecturer in Sculpture, Cardiff School of Art & Design
2006-2011 Head of Sculpture, Cardiff School of Art & Design
2007-11 External Examiner Sculpture, Slade School of Fine Art, UCL
2013-2014 Major Creative Wales Award, Arts Council of Wales
2017 Small Production Award, Arts Council of Wales
2018-19 Large Production Award, Arts Council of Wales
Lives and works in Cardiff
Solo Exhibitions
2019 ‘TWIST’, Oriel Davies Gallery, Newtown
2017 ‘Here & There’, Galerie Simpson, Swansea
National Eisteddfod, Gold Medal Fine Art
2016 ‘Made Up’, Oriel Myrddin Gallery
2011 Bay Art Gallery, Cardiff
2008/09 ‘Sculpture Studio’, Chapter Arts Centre, Cardiff
2007 ‘Proposition: Room’ at the National Museum & Gallery of Wales
2004-05 Castello di Rivara, Centre for Contemporary Art, Rivara, Italy
Arte Contemporanea, Turin
2002-03 Galerie Lindig in Paludetto, Nuremberg
2002 ‘Warm’ , Station, Bristol
1999 ‘Regarding the Function of Objects: recent sculpture by Cecile Johnson Soliz’, National Museum and Gallery of Wales, Cardiff
‘Skyline’, Cardiff Bay Art Trust & various temporary and permanent sites in Cardiff
1989 Nicola Jacobs Gallery, London
Selected Group Exhibitions
2018 ‘Everything. All At Once. At The Same Time.’, G39, Cardiff
Oriel Davies Open, Main Award Winner
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2017 Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2016-17 ‘Horizon: Against Nature’, Instituto Cervantes, Delhi
2015 ‘En Plein Air’, Mecklenburgh Square Gardens, London
2012 Eisteddfod, Vale of Glamorgan, Wales
Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London
2010 ‘We Have the Mirrors, We Have the Plans’, Oriel Mostyn, Llandudno, Wales
2006-07 ‘Still Life’, Roche Court, New Art Centre & Sculpture Park, Wiltshire, England
‘Things We Lost in the Fire’, Transitions Gallery, London, Leicester City Art Gallery, England
2005-06 ‘New Acquisitions on Paper: Phyllida Barlow, Sarah Station, Cecile Johnson Soliz’
2004 ‘(f)utility’, The New Art Centre Sculpture Park & Gallery, Wiltshire
‘Alta Temperatura’, Castellamonte, Italy
2002 ‘Something in the Ether’, Mostyn 12, Oriel Mostyn Gallery, Llandudno, Wales
2001 ‘Station to Station’, Exeter Maritime Museum, England
1999 ‘In the Midst of Things’, University of Central England, Bournville
1997-98 ‘Craft’, touring exhibition: Richard Salmon Gallery, London; Kettles Yard, Cambridge, England; Aberystwyth Art Gallery, Wales
1996 ‘Private View’, Bowes Museum, Barnard Castle, England
1991 Objects for the Ideal Home’, Serpentine Gallery, London; curated by Marco Livingstone (in connection with, ‘Pop Art’, Royal Academy, London
1989 ‘150 Jahre Kolnischer Kunstverein’, Kolnischer Kunstverein