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  • Holly Ward

    Holly Ward is a Vancouver-based artist. She received her BFA (Interdisciplinary) from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1999 and her MFA (Studio) from the University of Guelph in 2006. She has exhibited in solo exhibitions across Canada at the Morris and Helen Belkin Gallery (Vancouver), the Or Gallery (Vancouver), and YYZ Gallery (Toronto), amongst others. She has participated in group exhibitions in Canada, England, Mexico, the United States, Norway and South Korea. Her public art project, News of the Whole World (2011), can currently be seen on the exterior of the CBC building in downtown Vancouver. She is represented by Republic Gallery (Vancouver).

Exhibitions

  • Persistence of Vision

    HOLLY WARD
    June 11–July 23, 2011

    Holly Ward, em>Persistence of Vision</em>, 2011

    Holly Ward, em>Persistence of Vision</em>, 2011

    Holly Ward, em>Persistence of Vision</em>, 2011

    Holly Ward, em>Persistence of Vision</em>, 2011

    Holly Ward, em>Persistence of Vision</em>, 2011

    Holly Ward’s interdisciplinary practice is centred on ideas surrounding social progress and political power, and serves to examine the role of art within this. In Persistence of Vision, Ward investigates symbolic strategies of resistance and the use of utopian discourse as a starting point for revolution. The exhibition creates a linkage between contemporary spaces of protest and historical representations of the “utopian” city square. Featuring new sculptural and print work, the exhibition is an extension of Ward’s ongoing interest in social engagement and the utopian imaginary.

    Postscript 43:Jeff Derksen on Holly Ward (PDF)

Talks & Events

Artist Talk

HOLLY WARD
June 25, 2011

Holly Ward speaks in conjunction with her exhibition, Persistence of Vision.