Life Lines

When: March 7, 2026

Where: Cardigan, United Kingdom

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To mark International Women’s Day 2026, Oriel Canfas Cardigan and TEN Cardiff are coming together in an extraordinary collaboration to present ‘Olion Bywyd • Life Lines’ - a visiting exhibition by artist Annie Morgan Suganami that honours the resilience, humour, and quiet strength of Welsh women, curated by Gallery TEN’s Cat Gardiner.

Rooted in the belief that art can give voice to those so often left unseen, the two galleries unite their programmes for International Women’s Day to honour women not only as subjects, but as storytellers, anchors, and witnesses to their times.

All of Suganami’s subjects are placed at the centre of the painting, as is customary in classical portraiture, where the sitter is in the spotlight, to be painted and recorded - and remembered. There are a few hints of traditional dress - the shawl, a striped cloth or an apron, but the fine detail of the painting is in the skin, with the faces and hands in laps drawing attention.

There is no hiding here, no unnecessary beautification, no botox and its like.

What we see is the real, honest and natural attitude of the body.

We see history and experience of life in the skin with its marks and wrinkles - evidence of a lifetime of love and grief, of worry and laughter, of carrying, caring and doing.

These are women who have lived, with the privilege of long years sealed in the soft skin.

7 March 2026 from 1-3pm

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