Holly Ward

Holly Ward
Nationality Canadian
Known for Artist
Website hollyward.org

Holly Ward is an interdisciplinary artist based in Vancouver, BC. Ward's work utilizes sculpture, multi-media installation, drawing and architecture to explore the role of aesthetics in creating social realities.[1]

Life

Ward obtained a BA in English from the University of New Brunswick in 1995 and went on to obtain a BFA, Interdisciplinary from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1999. In 2006, Ward completed her MFA, Studio at the University of Guelph.

Artistic practice

Ward has participated in group exhibitions in Canada, England, Mexico, the United States, Norway and South Korea and has shown seven solo exhibitions, the last being in 2009. Ward's first solo exhibition, More Softer Please, took place at the Helen Pitt Gallery, Vancouver, BC in 2000. In 2009, Ward's work, Island, was included in the Vancouver Art Gallery's exhibition, How Soon Is Now. Island consisted of a large pile of soil that was moved by volunteers to different parts of the gallery during the show. Vancouver Art Gallery curator, Kathleen Ritter said of Island, "it's a playfully irreverent work and it challenged our conventional notions of the art object being static, by making something that has an almost parasitical relationship with the other works in the exhibition."[2] In 2018, a new installation by Ward, Raw Goods, was shown at the Polygon Gallery in Vancouver as part of their inaugural exhibition, N.Vancouver.[3]

Collaboration

Ward is a long-time collaborator with Vancouver artist, Kevin Schmidt. The pair collaborated on Schmidt's EDM House (2013), The Pavilion, Phase 2 (2011–), an architectural hybrid that is also the pair's home, and Screen in the Landscape (2015–).[4]

Select solo exhibitions

  • 2009, Here & There, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, BC[5]
  • 2008, Radical Rupture, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery,Vancouver, BC[6]
  • 2004-2005, The Future Is Now, L’Oeil de Poisson, Quebec, PQ, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC, YYZ Artist’s Outlet, Toronto, ON[7]

Select group exhibitions

References

  1. ↑ McKenzie-Sutter, Holly (21/06/2017). "UniverCity public art program welcomes new work from Holly Ward to SFU Burnaby neighbourhood". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 10/03/2018. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
  2. 1 2 Chong, Kevin (18/03/2009). "Meet the Vanguard". CBC News. Retrieved 10/03/2018. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
  3. 1 2 Lederman, Marsha (17/11/2017). "The Polygon Gallery: A game changer across the water". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10/03/2018. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
  4. ↑ Turner, Michael (15/03/2016). "Interior Outpost: Vancouver Art Heads East". Canadian Art. Retrieved 10/03/2018. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
  5. ↑ "Republic Gallery Exhibitions 2009". Republic Gallery.
  6. ↑ Laurence, Robin (17/07/2008). "Belkin Presents a Blast from our Hippie Past". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 10/03/2018. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
  7. ↑ "L'Oeil de Poisson". Oeil de Poisson.
  8. ↑ Egan, Danielle (25/02/2010). "Report from Terminal City: More Cowbell on Vancouver Art". Canadian Art. Retrieved 10/03/2018. Check date values in: |access-date=, |date= (help)
  9. ↑ Burnham, Clint (10/03/2018). "The Sound I'm Looking For, Part 2". Artforum. Check date values in: |date= (help)
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