Overview
- The award was announced on 15 January at Amgueddfa Cymru—National Museum Cardiff.
- Exhibitions span Wales with a group show in Cardiff through 1 March and solo presentations at Mostyn, Aberystwyth Arts Centre, Glynn Vivian Art Gallery and Chapter Arts Centre.
- Paucar’s practice draws on Andean culture to address environmental harm, the killing of Indigenous leaders and contemporary surveillance.
- Works on view include El Corazón de la Montaña (2018–19) on damage in the Huaytapallana range, La Energía Espiral del AYNI (2023–25) in woven alpaca wool and a Llandudno performance leaving clay footprints.
- Sancintya Mohini Simpson won the Derek Williams Trust purchase prize with acquisitions by Amgueddfa Cymru—Museum Wales, and Artes Mundi is reviewing its pan‑Wales model while exploring an international advisory board.