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Mairi Ward
Bio / CV
Mairi exhibits regularly across Australia as well as many International overseas shows. Mairi has received many grants to support her art practice through Arts Tasmania, Tasmanian Regional Arts and the Australia Council for the Arts. In addition, Mairi has been a finalist in a number of art prizes including the Glover painting prize four times.
"I paint intuitively, as a response to the environment I live in, from the perspective that I am inseparable from it. The paintings are abstract works composed of intricate layers of overlapping and interlocking forms and colours. My paintings are moments of personal freedom. They are about being present and in the moment."
Qualifications
2011 Master of Fine Art, University of Tasmania; Australian Postgraduate Award
2008 Bachelor of Contemporary Arts Hons 1, University of Tasmania; University Medal
2004 Art, Craft & Design, TAFE Tasmania, Launceston, Tasmania
Solo Exhibitions
2019 Solo exhibition at Handmark Gallery, Tasmania
2018 Exhibit at the Asia Contemporary Art Show in Hong Kong, Spring edition March
2017 Solo Exhibition at Gallerysmith Project Space, Melbourne, Victoria
2016 Solo Exhibition of Paintings. Ceramics. Design at The Milk Factory Gallery, Bowral, New South Wales
2015 Exhibition stand 14, The Other Art Fair, aMBUSH Gallery Central Park, Sydney, New South Wales
2013 Designer Rooms, Handmark Gallery, Salamanca, Hobart, Tasmania
2011 Object to Object, NEW Gallery, University of Tasmania, Newnham, Tasmania
Paintings and Objects, Handmark Gallery, Salamanca, Hobart, Tasmania
Sherbet Forest, Ten Days on the Island, INTEERS, commissioned large-scale outdoor ephemeral installation, Greens Beach, Tasmania
2009 Paintings by Mairi Ward, Handmark Gallery, Salamanca, Hobart, Tasmania
Passenger, s.p.a.c.e Gallery, Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston, Tasmania
2007 Painting in Itself, Powerhouse Gallery and Artspace, Launceston, Tasmania
Selected Group Exhibitions
2019 Upcoming – Tasmanian Womens Art Prize, Finalist (three exhibitions across the state in March, April and May)
Upcoming – 10 person group ceramic exhibition for the Australian Ceramic Triennial, Handmark Gallery (April/May)
2018 Four paintings in AAD Gallery booth at the Shenzhen International Art Fair, Shenzhen, China
2017 Food : art, Aesthetics and design, Academy Gallery – University of Tasmania, Inveresk, Tasmania
2016 Limit of Maps (three person exhibition), Sheffer Gallery, Sydney, NSW
We Don’t Talk, four person curated exhibition, Tiny Tailor Gallery, Sydney, NSW
Bay of Fires Art Prize(finalist), St Helens, Tasmania
2015 Bay of Fires Art Prize(finalist), St Helens, Tasmania
Glover Art Prize(finalist), Evandale, Tasmania
2014 Glover Art Prize(finalist), Evandale, Tasmania
2013 Bay of Fires Art Prize(finalist), Gallery Parnella, St Helens, Tasmania
Burnie Print Prize(finalist), Burnie Regional Gallery, Burnie, Tasmania
2011 Glover Art Prize(finalist), Evandale, Tasmania
2010 In Partnership, Academy Gallery, Launceston/ Devonport Regional Gallery, Devonport, Tasmania
Glover Art Prize(finalist), Evandale, Tasmania
Connections, Scotch Oakburn College, Launceston, Tasmania
2009 Tasmanian Art Foundation Exhibition, Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery, Hobart, Tasmania
2008 Small Works Exhibition, Brunswick Street Gallery, Melbourne, Victoria
Selected Publications
2019 Mairi Ward – Moving Mountains, editorial article by Briony Downes, Art Guide Australia
https://artguide.com.au/mairi-ward-moving-mountains
2016 Southern Highland News, NSW, Mairi Ward exhibition at Milk Factory Gallery, August 12, p.10
2013 Mairi Ward(profile), InsideOut Magazine, Nov/Dec Issue, p.47
An Exhibition With a Difference, ABC 7:30 Tasmania, 5min 29sec, February 22nd
2009 Sunday Tasmanian, TAS, Pursuit of Happiness, May 17
Art Monthly, May 2009, Number 219 (image)
Awards/Grants/Commissions
2018 Arts Tasmania, Artist Investment grant to exhibit at the Asia Contemporary Art Show in Hong Kong
Public art commission for the Peacock Rehabilitation under the Tasmanian Government Art Site Scheme
2017 Arts Tasmania, assistance to individuals delivery grant for solo exhibition at GallerySmith Project Space, Melb VIC
2016 Northern Exposure Grant from Tasmanian Regional Arts to assist with costs for solo exhibition at the MFG, NSW
Public art commission for the Oatlands District High School under the Tasmanian Government Art Site Scheme
Artsbridge grant from Arts Tasmanian to assist with costs for solo exhibition at the Milk Factory Gallery, NSW
Arts Tasmania, assistance to individuals grant to make a new body of work
2015 Public art commission for the Tasmanian Audit Office under the Tasmanian Government Art Site Scheme
Tasmanian Regional Arts, Quick Response Grant towards Exhibiting at The Other Art Fair, Sydney NSW
2013 Australia Council for the Arts, ArtStart grant
Australian Craft Awards, Winner of the Chairman’s Award
2012 Arts Tasmania, assistance to individuals grant
Public art commission for the Palliative Care Centre under the Tasmanian Government Art Site Scheme
2011 Arts Tasmania, assistance to individuals grant to make new work for a solo exhibition at Handmark Gallery
Tasmanian Regional Arts, Quick Response Grant
2010 Scotch Oakburn College Collection: acquisition
2008 Scotch Oakburn College s.p.a.c.e Gallery Tertiary Student Art Award
University of Tasmania – Dean’s Roll of Excellence with Honours
2007 Fullers Bookshop Award for Art Theory, and Philcam Art & Framing Award for Painting Studio,
S.V.P.A. University of Tasmania
