London Art Award Nomination Bedwyr Williams: ".. some people classify him as a stand-up comedian as much as an artist. There's the 26ft-tall skyscraper beehive, a bicycle covered in wool with sheep horns for handlebars and a piece inspired by two cross-dressing cage fighters in Swansea's city centre – all described in a laconic and often hilarious deadpan. ‘He's marvellously talented and – unusually for contemporary art – very funny,’ says Laura Cumming, the Observer's art critic."

The Guardian: “As 37-year-old Bedwyr Williams flicks through images of his work on his laptop you can see why some people classify him as a stand-up comedian as much as an artist. There's the 26ft-tall skyscraper beehive, a bicycle covered in wool with sheep horns for handlebars and a piece inspired by two cross-dressing cage fighters in Swansea's city centre – all described in a laconic and often hilarious deadpan. ‘He's marvellously talented and – unusually for contemporary art – very funny,’ says Laura Cumming, the Observer's art critic.”

Williams studied at Central Saint Martins in London, but then fled back to Wales for inspiration. The artistic world was starting to go very quiet for the performance artist until he won the Hamlyn Foundation Award in 2004; he has been going strong with observational and satirical work across a spectrum of genres ever since. His work includes sculpture, painting, photography, poster work, and stand-up comedy. Recently, he performed in self-critical work The Last of the Red Wine, a radio sitcom created and performed by a very game group of artists and writers, quite used to poking fun at themselves. The next instalment in November manifested itself as a collection of videos and instalments at Project Arts Centre, again focusing on the idiosyncratic eccentricities of those who dwell in the art world. Bedwyr is named as “One to Watch” by the Guardian this coming year, and if his previous work is anything to go by, it will be well worth the looking.