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Christian Ward Biography
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1996 - 1999 |
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BA Fine Art, Winchester School of Arts, Winchester
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1999 - 2002 |
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MA Fine Art, Royal Academy Schools, London
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2002 |
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St. James’ Fellowship, Royal Academy Schools, London, UK
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2003 |
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The Lexmark European Art Prize, UK (winner)
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Lives and works in London, UK
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2009
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Eat Me-Drink Me, The Goss-Michael Foundation, Dallas, Texas, USA
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2008
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Max Wigram Gallery, London (solo)
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2008
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Park Avenue, Southampton City Art Gallery, Southampton, UK
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2008
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Imaginary Realities, Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK
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2008
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INSIDEOUT, Gallery Moriarty, Madrid, Spain
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2008
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UK pavilion, 2008 Beijing Biennale, Beijing, China
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2007
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Patricia Low Contemporary, Gstaad, Switzerland (solo)
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2007
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The Triumph of Painting, Saatchi Collection at County Hall, London, UK (cat.)
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2006
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Récurrences Dérobées, Bétonsalon, Paris, France
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2005
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Black Sun, Max Wigram Gallery, London, UK (cat.) (solo)
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2005
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Fuckin' brilliant!! Maji-yabai!, Tokyo Wonder Site Shibuya, Tokyo
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2005
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The Tower of Babel, Limehouse Arts Foundation, London
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2005
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The Future Lasts a Long Time, Le Consortium, Dijon
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2005
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Curvaceous, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
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2005
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Future Primitive, One in the Other, London
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2005
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Faux Realism, Rockwell Gallery, London
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2005
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Ideal Worlds, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt (cat.)
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2005
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Faltering Flames, Graves Gallery, Sheffield, UK (cat.)
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2004
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Expander, Royal Academy of Arts, London, UK (cat.)
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2004
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Secrets – The Spectacle Within, Queens Gallery, New Delhi, India
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2004
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The New Romantics, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, USA
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2004
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WORLD.B, Flaca gallery, London
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2003
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Inside the Island, MWprojects, London, UK (solo)
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2003
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Three London Painters, millefioriARTspace, Athens
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2003
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Selected Paintings, MWprojects, London
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2003
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The Boiler Room, Saatchi Gallery, London
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2003
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Rockwell Project, Rockwell Gallery, London
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2003
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Good Bad Taste, Keith Talent Gallery, London
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2003
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Friction, London Print Studio, London
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2003
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Otaku, Michael Goedhuis, London
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1999
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Pilgrimage, The Small Mansion, London (solo)
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| Literature |
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2006
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Wonderland: Christian Ward, FRAME Magazine, Issue 18/19, Summer 06, p.90
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2006
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The Banana/ Christian Ward, Turps Banana, Issue two, pp.54 - 55
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2005
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Randall Anderson, Ideal Worlds: New Romanticism in Contemporary Art, Flash Art International, July-September, p. 66
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2005
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Charles Danby, Cave Painting,, I-D Magazine, London, July 2005, p. 48
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2005
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Colin Gleadell, Market News, The Daily Telegraph, London, 6 June, p. 18
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2005
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Helen Sumpter, Christian Ward MWProjects, Time Out, 15 – 22 June, p. 64
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2005
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Neil Mulholland, Expander, Frieze, Issue 88, January/February, p. 125
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2004
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JJ Charlesworth, Fever, Flash Art International, November/December, Issue 239
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2003
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Martin Herbert, Christian Ward: Inside the Island, Modern Painters, Summer issue, pp. 116-117
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2003
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Jessica Lack, Friends In High Places, Art Review, London, July/August, pp. 66-69
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2003
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Painters, London, Summer Issue, pp. 116-117
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2003
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Sally O’Reilly, Selected Paintings, Frieze, Issue 79, November
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2003
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John Ezard, Overturner: Young Briton lands new European Painter’s Prize, The Guardian, London, 26 September, p. 11
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2003
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Louisa Buck, The Art of Zen, The Observer Magazine, London, May, p. 17
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2003
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John Ezard, Eyes Have It, Painters Target the Turner, The Guardian, London, 21 April, p. 7
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2003
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Martin Coomer, Good Bad Taste, Time Out, London, 7-14 May, p. 6
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2003
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Valentina Agostinis, The New Saatchi, Carnet, April, pp. 74-78
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2003
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Colin Gleadell, Adventures in Saatchiland, Telegraph Magazine, 29 March, pp. 46-53
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2003
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Sarah Kent, Inside the Island, Time Out, 19-26 March, p. 49
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2003
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Ned Denny, Infinitely Fabulous, New Statesman, 10 March, pp. 43-44
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2003
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Skye Sherwin, One Big Trip, Dazed and Confused, Issue 99, March, pp. 62-63
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2003
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Andrew Renton, Escape From Britart, Evening Standard, 4 February, p. 41
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2003
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Art Graduate Class of 2002 - the best of graduate shows, Art Review, July
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2003
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Andrew Renton, Success by Degrees, Evening Standard, 2 July, p. 54
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2002
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Charlotte Mullins, A Royal Revolt, The Independent on Sunday, ArtsEtc (supplement), June, p. 6
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2002
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Jeremy Musson, How we were 1952, How we are 2002, Country Life, 30 May, p. 168
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2002
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Morgan Falconer, Grasping at Glory, RA Magazine, Autumn Issue, pp. 55-57
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2001
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Lucy Spriggs, Our Pick of the RA Schools, Art Review, September, p. 57
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