Artist, teacher, writer and curator Henry Ward holds his PhD, Middlesex University, 2013, a PGCE Secondary, Art, Goldsmiths College, 1999, as well as a BA Honours, Fine Art, Winchester School of Art, 1993, and a Foundation Diploma, Central St Martin’s College of Art and Design, 1990.
Ward has served as an advisor for the Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, and is the Director of the Freelands Foundation. In early 2023 he was artist in residence at The Albers Foundation in Connecticut, USA.
Solo exhibits include: 'From Woolwich' Oasis, Frinton on Sea, 2023; Aleph Contemporary 'Baffle' online , 2021. AMP Gallery, London, 2018; Stark Gallery, London, 2004; North Bank Gallery, London, 1995.
Felt at Stubbs Studio, Binley, Hampshire, 2023
'A Little Closer' Aleph Contemporary, 2023
'Shape Shifters' Irving Contemporary, Oxford, 2023
'Small is Beautiful XL' Flowers Gallery, London 2022
'Swamp Legends' Terrace Gallery, London, 2022
'The Aesthetics of Enchantment in Abstract Art' Aleph Contemporary, London 2022
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, touring UK, 2022 – 2023
‘on Surface – Perspectives on Painting’ Messums London, 2022
Beep Painting Biennial, 2022, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, 2022
‘A Generous Space 2’ The New Art Gallery, Walsall, 2022
‘Roam’ Rebecca Gilpin & Henry Ward, Fitzrovia Gallery, London, 2022
‘The Football Art Prize’ Touchstones, Rochdale (then touring), 2022
'On Paper' The Paper Museum, Manchester 2022
'In Awe of You' Liliya Gallery, London 2022
‘A Generous Space’ Hastings Contemporary, Hastings, 2021
‘Oxlade Soup’ Terrace Gallery, London, 2021
‘Your Foot in my Face’ Kingsgate Space, London, 2021
‘Studio Confetti’ Terrace Gallery, London, 2021
Drawing Biennial, The Drawing Room, London, 2021
'Swimming Backwards' Sid Motion Gallery, London, 2021
Wells Contemporary 2020, Wells, 2020
Hastings Open, Hastings Museum and Art Gallery, Hastings, 2020
‘Way Out’, La Grange Gallery, Cernay-Lès-Reims, France, 2020
Beep Painting Biennial, 2020, Elysium Gallery, Swansea, 2020
‘Binary’, Elysium Gallery, Swansea and Terrace Gallery, London, 2020
‘6 Days in December’, ThamesSide Gallery, London, 2019
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, touring UK, 2019 – 2020
‘Fully Awake 4.6’, Edinburgh College of Art, Edinburgh, 2019
‘A Tapered Teardrop’ Terrace Gallery, London, 2019
‘Paint’, PS Mirabel, Manchester, 2019
Trinity Buoy Wharf Drawing Prize, touring UK, 2018 – 2019
