by Mairi Ward
Paintings & Ceramics at Handmark Gallery in Hobart – four person group exhibition 21st July – 7th August 2017 Exhibition will be installed on Tuesday 18th of July with opening on Friday 21st at 6pm. Please contact Handmark Gallery for artwork availability and prices: handmark.com.au ; Phone 03 62237895 ; email hobart@handmark.com.au
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by Mairi Ward
Solo exhibition at Gallerysmith Project Space in Melbourne, Victoria. Short video of artworks in situ: Contact Gallerysmith Project Space for artwork availability and prices: 03 9329 1860 gsprojectspace@gmail.com http://www.gsprojectspace.com/contact/ Exhibition runs from March 30th – April 13th. This exhibition is supported by Arts Tasmania:
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by Mairi Ward
‘Red Star ceramic group on display at the University of Tasmania Academy Gallery at Inveresk as part of the group exhibition: Food : art, Aesthetics and design. Curated by Kim Lehman, Malcom Bywaters & Jeff Malpas. The exhibition is part of the 2017 10 Days on the Island festival. Opening on Feb 20th and runs until 7th April
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by Mairi Ward
Mairi has four paintings in a three person group exhibition at Sheffer Gallery in Sydney, NSW. Three of these paintings are now at Art Piece Gallery in NSW – http://www.artpiecegallery.com.au Limit of Maps Wednesday Oct 25-Saturday Nov 5, 2016 In Limit of Maps, the artists undertake a series of poetic audio-visual studies of the visual dynamics and energy flows of the environment. Through a range of works for photography, painting, and live weather data driven audio-visual installations, the artists explore repetitive processes, […]
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Ceramics at the National Gallery of Australia Shop in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory: https://shop.nga.gov.au/ These ceramic objects are handmade by Mairi, they are slip cast Cool Ice porcelain with decals, they have glazed interiors and hand polished exteriors. Mairi creates the surface designs using imagery from her paintings. Each piece is fired three times and suitable for everyday use. The spoons are hand formed and some of the pieces have been drawn on with underglaze pencil. Each piece is unique. […]
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by Mairi Ward
Solo Exhibition of paintings, ceramics & design 13th August – 13th September 2016 Milk Factory Gallery in Bowral, New South Wales Exhibition details on gallery website: http://www.milkfactorygallery.com.au/mairi-ward-paintings-ceramics-design Exhibition supported by Arts Tasmania & Tasmanian Regional Arts Sponsored by Belle Property – Bowral Individual artwork images by Alia Coates & installation images by Mark Kelly.
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Painting selected as part of a public art commission for Oatlands District High School under the Tasmanian Government Art Site Scheme.
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by Mairi Ward
Exhibiting a small body of paintings at The Other Art Fair – Sydney: theotherartfair.com.au A big thank you to everyone who supported my crowdfunding campaign: http://www.pozible.com/project/197878/ I would also like to thank Arts Tasmania and Tasmanian Regional arts in helping me attend the art fair.
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by Mairi Ward
Four paintings selected as part of a public art commission for the Tasmanian Audit Office under the Tasmanian Government Art Site Scheme.
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by Mairi Ward
Finalist in the 2015 Glover Prize: http://www.johnglover.com.au/
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by Mairi Ward
New ceramics at Beaver Galleries, Canberra: http://www.beavergalleries.com.au/
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Splodge Group of Ceramics at Beaver Galleries, Canberra ACT 2014
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Selected as a finalist in the Burnie Print Prize Saturday, 16 March 2013 to Sunday, 21 April 2013 http://www.burniearts.net/Whats-On/Exhibitions/Burnie-Print-Prize-2013
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An exhibition of Mairi’s art and design works. View more images from the exhibition as well as an ABC 7:30 Tasmania short video on the Handmark Gallery website: http://www.handmarkgallery.com/exhibitions-Hobart/MairiWard_13/index.php
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by Mairi Ward
Material connection is central to my practice and my primary interested is in the process of making. For my design objects I take art that you would normally look at and make it into art that you ‘use’. I see my objects as both art and design, that is, DesignArt. I’m often asked if I am an artist or a designer? Primarily, I see myself as a person who makes things, a maker. If I had to pick one I […]
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by Mairi Ward
MFA exhibition ‘Object to Object’at the NEW Gallery, University of Tasmania, Newnham, Tasmania. Each group has a painting, ottoman, lamp and paper print made using the surface design created from the painting within each group. View MFA thesis: ‘Object to Object’ Installation image:
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‘Paintings and Objects’ For more images, artist statement and exhibition essay by Dr Jane Deeth go to: http://handmarkgallery.com/exhibitions-Hobart/MairiWard_11/index.php Installation image, all paintings acrylic on linen.
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by Mairi Ward
Ten Days on the Island commission to create a large-scale outdoors ephemeral artwork to be part of the 2011 Festival for the InTEERS project. InTEERS commissioned 5 artists to create works at different locations around Tasmania. This installation was at Ivy Lawn Farm, Greens Beach. For more information on the project see: http://www.tendaysontheisland.com/_webapp_727980/In_TEERS Installation images of ‘Sherbet Forest’ In the studio before installation: The five design used to print on the fabric for the ottomans:
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Solo exhibition of paintings at Handmark Gallery, Hobart Tasmania in May 2009
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by Mairi Ward
Feature exhibition Deloraine Craft Fair 2008. Group exhibition ‘Out of This World’ curated by Dr Jane Deeth. http://www.tascraftfair.com.au/TCF2008/thefair/thefair.html
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Honours installation Academy Gallery, School of Visual and Performing Arts, University of Tasmania 2008.
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Images of the paintings from this exhibition can be viewed at: http://www.myspace.com/mairiward
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