John Meirion Morris

Who is John Meirion Morris?

John Meirion Morris is a Welsh sculptor.

Morris was born in Llanuwchllyn, near Bala, Gwynedd, where his parents kept a shop. He studied at Liverpool College of Art and later taught the subject at Llanidloes. In 1966 he began a period as a lecturer at Kumasi University in Ghana, returning to Wales two years later to lecture at Aberystwyth University. In 1985 he obtained his M.Phil for research into Celtic La Tène art, and he subsequently returned to his home town to work as a sculptor.

His works include the proposed Tryweryn monument and a bronze bust of Ray Gravell at the BBC studios in Cardiff. A retrospective exhibition of his work was hosted by the National Library of Wales in 2009.