'Distant Views' - works by Tim Davies at Oriel Queens Hall Gallery, Narberth, is being opened by Emma Geliot, officer in charge of the visual arts in Wales at 6.30 pm on Saturday April 10.

Tim, originally from Pembrokeshire, but now living in Swansea, was one of ten international artists short-listed for the £40,000 Artes Mundi visual arts prize [won by Xu Bing, the dust artist]. In 1998, Tim won the Oriel Mostyn Open Prize and in 2003 he was the Gold Medal winner in fine art at the National Eisteddfod of Wales.

It has been said that Tim's work 'explores humanity's conflictive relationship with the myriad processes of marginalisation, exploitation and dispossession', whether in his native Wales or elsewhere. Much of his work is a response to where it is made - in terms of its geographical, political and social location: 'I do not believe artists can escape their time or place' says Tim.

Tim will be giving a talk on Thursday, 22 April at 7.30 pm in the gallery.