Shani james biography
Shani Rhys James was....
Shani Rhys James was born in Melbourne, Australia in Her father was a Welsh surgeon and her mother was an Australian actor and artist.
Shani Rhys James
Welsh artist (born 1953)
Shani Rhys JamesMBE (born 1953)[1] is a Welsh painter based in Llangadfan, Powys. She has been described as "arguably one of the most exciting and successful painters of her generation"[1] and "one of Wales' most significant living artists".[2] She was elected to the Royal Cambrian Academy of Art in 1994.[3] In the 2006 New Years Honours she was appointed Member of the Order of the British Empire (MBE) for "services to art".[1]
Early life
Shani Rhys James was born in 1953 in Melbourne, Australia, the daughter of a Welsh father and an Australian mother and came to the UK as a child.[1] At six years old Rhys James was ill with thrombocytopenia.
She describes this time spent out of school as being significant for allowing her time to play and enter a state of child-like games and develop her imagination during these important early years.[4] Growing up in Australia