As part of the public programme for our current exhibition, MURMUR, a solo show by artist, filmmaker and writer Anthony Shapland, we’re delighted to host a live in-person conversation event between Anthony, guest curator Marie-Anne McQuay and Tŷ Pawb Creative Director Jo Marsh.

Together they’ll talk about the themes of the exhibition, including queer and working class identity in rural and edgelands communities and mimicry and illusion in nature and culture, as well as the ways in which Anthony integrates writing within his visual practice.

Wednesday 07 October 2026, 6-7.30pm

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Anthony Shapland

Anthony Shapland is a Welsh writer and artist. He is the founder and Creative Director of g39, Cardiff. His output as a writer and artist builds on his sense that the world is constructed in the same way as a film set – constantly evolving and temporary.

His debut novel, A Room Above a Shop is published by Granta and is he one of the Observers 10 debut novelists 2025, also winning Hay Festival Book of the Year 2025; Waterstones Welsh Book of the year 2025; Literature Wales 2026 Wales Book of the Year Award, as well as Gordon Burn Trust Shortlist 2026. He has previously exhibited at Aberystwyth Arts Centre; Tate Liverpool LATE AT TATE, Liverpool; National Museum of Wales; Oriel Davies; Exeter Phoenix; Beef, Bristol; Crate, Margate; Union Square, Melbourne; Tanya Leighton Gallery, Berlin; Chapter Arts Centre, (2007), Cardiff.