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Kate Ward is an interdisciplinary artist and educator whose research driven practice investigates the relationship between art, ritual spaces and cultural meaning. Her practice engages with issues of public space and social engagement in contemporary cultures, drawing references from the geolithic, neolithic, through to modern neuroscience technologies.
Kate creates ephemeral, transitory experiences and spaces in which her audience is invited to engage with, and contemplate. The artist is concerned with creating modes of exchange, questioning value by facilitating moments in which the audience must negotiate between symbolic objects when removed from familiar contexts. Exploring the metaphysical concepts of space and time and the relationships between stone and the human-lithic development of the human mind, her most recent multimedia installation, Detached Object, was screened at the Central Library as part of Nocturne, Halifax's art at night event in 2017. Kate is the recipient of numerous international scholarships, residencies and exchange programs. Her work has been selected for national and international exhibitions and awards and she is represented in national and international collections in the United Kingdom, New Zealand, Australia and America. In 2018 she was selected to participate in the SIMs residency in Iceland, granted a bursary to create a Super 8 film exploring quantum physic theories, and is the current Artist in Residence at NS Centre for Craft. Selected CV DOWNLOAD CV in pdf format |