Artist: Elinor Evans

Elinor Evans July 2009

I am delighted as artist and director of the Shaman Project to once again be able to bring this magical exhibition alive.

This will be the third exhibition the Shaman Project has produced over a period of three years. The show had its first exhibition in 2006 in Salamanca, Spain. Then following its success it went to Bilbao. For both shows we had to work hard to convert a warehouse space into an area as presentable as any London Gallery.

The notion of the show only lasting a week or so, was a form of nomadic dialogue with the audience. However we are lucky and delighted to be invited by Oriel Plas Glyn Y Weddw gallery to be part of their summer Show and be able to give Wales a taste of the Shaman Project.

The Shaman Project has always included live performances, live music and live animals to co-incide with the art exhibition. My main aim is to fuse art and music with the animal world and nature. Each artist who has exhibited in the show, has always expressed through painting, sculpture, video, Installation, drawing or performance, a style and movement which I believe brings out the shaman within us.

Some artists in this show will have already exhibited in previous Shaman Project exhibitions. One artist in particular who I will be dedicating this catalogue to, was a good friend and fabulous artist, Alan Miller, who died earlier this year.