Hanlyn Davies lives and works in New Haven, Connecticut.  Born in Gorseinon, Wales, he attended Swansea College of Art and later earned his MFA from the Yale University School of Art. His work has been exhibited extensively in the USA, Europe, and Asia, and it is represented in numerous public and private collections. Davies’ work has received significant critical acclaim and has been acknowledged with the award of two Artist’s Fellowships from the National Endowment for the Arts, along with fellowships from the Massachusetts Arts Foundation, the Brandywine Offset Institute in Philadelphia, and Yaddo Colony.  He is the recipient of an Honorary Fellowship from the University of Wales Swansea, and a Distinguished Teaching Award from the University of Massachusetts Amherst, where he chaired the Department of Art for ten years.