Exhibition

MOSTYN presents Leviathan, a major four-month exhibition of the work of artist Shezad Dawood. The show tells an episodic narrative around notions of borders, mental health and marine welfare issues of foremost concern, resonating profoundly with both coastal locations and contemporary life.

As part of the first iteration of Leviathan after its Venice debut, Dawood also showed a newly commissioned painting drawing upon Welsh specific context, and work with community groups based on the coastal location asking questions about how these issues might come to evolve in a future 20 to 50 years from now, and what that future might look like.

The exhibition was curated by Alfredo Cramerotti, MOSTYN Director, in dialogue with the artist.

Public Programme

exhibition tour with alfredo cramerotti
Shezad Dawood, 23 June 2018

art, aesthetics, architecture and algae
A talk by Professor David Thomas
School of Ocean Sciences at Bangor University, 23 June 2018

in conversation
Shezad Dawood and Mike Perry with
MOSTYN Director, Alfredo Cramerotti, 23 June 2018

The two artists each addressed contemporary issues around environmental sustainability and the impact of human activity on our natural world.

Recordings of all conversations can be found here.

Research papers commissioned and published by Leviathan can be found here.