Holly Ward (artist)
Holly Ward | |
|---|---|
| Nationality | Canadian |
| Known for | Artist |
| Website | hollyward |
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[edit]
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[edit]
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] The work consisted of "two wide, cone-like piles - one coal, one sulphur. Both commodities are integral to the local economy, and the sulphur's bright yellow is a familiar sight for anyone who has spent time on the Stanley Park seawall across the Inlet."[4] In 2016, Ward's work Industry is Useless Without Culture: REsource Extraction #1-3 was acquired by the Vancouver Art Gallery for its permanent collection.[5]
Collaboration[edit]
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–).[6]
Select solo exhibitions[edit]
- 2017, Holly Ward: Planned Peasanthood, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC[7]
- 2009, Here & There, Republic Gallery, Vancouver, BC[8]
- 2008, Radical Rupture, Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery, Vancouver, BC[9]
- 2004-2005, The Future Is Now, L’Oeil de Poisson, Quebec, PQ, Or Gallery, Vancouver, BC, YYZ Artist’s Outlet, Toronto, ON[10]
Select group exhibitions[edit]
- 2019, Displacement, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC[11]
- 2018, N.Vancouver, Polygon Gallery, Vancouver, BC[3]
- 2012, An Era of Discontent: Art as Occupation, Kamloops Art Gallery, Kamloops, BC[12]
- 2010, Invitation to an Infiltration, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC[13]
- 2009, How Soon Is Now, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC[2]
- 2008, The Sound I’m Looking For, Part 2, Charles H. Scott Gallery, Vancouver, BC[14]
- 2007, Gasoline Rainbows, Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver, BC[15]
- 2006, Until Then Then, Western Front, Vancouver, BC[16]
References[edit]
- ^ McKenzie-Sutter, Holly (2017-06-21). "UniverCity public art program welcomes new work from Holly Ward to SFU Burnaby neighbourhood". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ a b Chong, Kevin (2009-03-18). "Meet the Vanguard". CBC News. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ a b Lederman, Marsha (2017-11-17). "The Polygon Gallery: A game changer across the water". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "The Polygon Gallery: a game changer across the water". Retrieved 2019-03-09.
- ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery Annual Report 2015-16" (PDF).
- ^ Turner, Michael (2016-03-15). "Interior Outpost: Vancouver Art Heads East". Canadian Art. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Gallery, Kamloops Art. "Holly Ward: Planned Peasanthood". Kamloops Art Gallery. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ "Republic Gallery Exhibitions 2009". Republic Gallery.
- ^ Laurence, Robin (2008-07-17). "Belkin Presents a Blast from our Hippie Past". The Georgia Straight. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ "L'Oeil de Poisson". Oeil de Poisson.
- ^ "Vancouver Art Gallery". www.vanartgallery.bc.ca. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ Gallery, Kamloops Art. "An Era of Discontent: Art as Occupation". Kamloops Art Gallery. Retrieved 2019-03-13.
- ^ Egan, Danielle (2010-02-25). "Report from Terminal City: More Cowbell on Vancouver Art". Canadian Art. Retrieved 10 March 2018.
- ^ Burnham, Clint (10 March 2018). "The Sound I'm Looking For, Part 2". Artforum.
- ^ "Gasoline Rainbows". Contemporary Art Gallery, Vancouver. Retrieved 2019-03-11.
- ^ "Until Then Then - Western Front". Retrieved 2019-03-11.