Ruth Jên (born 1964) is a Welsh artist, working in the old shoe shop in the village of Tal-y-bont, Ceredigion. Biography Born Ruth Jên Evans at Cefn Llwyd, she studied on an Art Foundation Course at Carmarthen before completing a degree in fine art in Cardiff (1983–1987), specialising in printmaking. She returned to Aberystwyth having completed her studies, and worked for Yr Academi Gymreig, and doing book cover illustration work on a freelance basis for the local publishers, Y Lolfa.Wales She painted the first mural in Tal-y-bont in 1991. Ruth Jên's illustration work is often in mixed media, combining painting, collage and printmaking techniques. Awards and honours Bilingual Design Awards, Welsh Language Board 2002 References External links 1964 births Living people 20th-century Welsh painters 21st-century Welsh painters 20th-century Welsh women artists 21st-century Welsh women artists 20th-century British printmakers 21st-century British printmakers Alumni of Cardiff School of Art and Design People from Ceredigion Welsh printmakers Welsh women painters Women printmakers