About

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Mairi Ward: Born 1980 on the Isle of Man, British Isles, her family migrated to Australia in the early 80’s. Mairi is a painter and ceramic artist, living and working from her studio in Launceston, Tasmania. Mairi has travelled in South East Asia, Nepal, Hong Kong, China, North Africa, United Kingdom, Ireland and Spain. These travels have had a strong influence on her art practice.

Mairi exhibits regularly nationally and internationally and has received a number of commissions, scholarships and awards including: a University of Tasmania Medal for outstanding academic achievment in 2009; an Australian Postgraduate Award to undertake a Masters of Fine Arts at the University of Tasmania, completed in 2011; an ArtStart grant from the Australia Council for the Arts in 2013; Five Arts Tasmania Assistance to Individuals grants; had paintings selected for five Tasmanian Government public art commissions and has been selected as a finalist in a number of art prizes nationally, including being a finalist in the Glover prize five times.

Represented nationally by The G Contemporary: https://thegcontemporary.com/artist/mairi-ward/

Represented in Tasmania by: https://handmark.com.au/artist/mairi-ward/?show=work

High resolution artwork images at Asia Contemporary Art Show: https://asiacontemporaryart.com/artists/main/Mairi_Ward/en/

Download CV: Mairi_Ward_Resume_2022

Article on 2019 solo exhibition ‘Moving Mountains‘ in the Art Guide Australia: https://artguide.com.au/mairi-ward-moving-mountains

Artist Statement: ‘I paint intuitively, as a response to the environment I live in, from the perspective that I am inseparable from it. The paintings are 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.

My ceramic objects are slip cast Cool Ice porcelain, with glazed interiors and hand polished exteriors with surface designs created from or inspired by my paintings.’

View Mairi’s Masters of Fine Arts exegesis here: https://eprints.utas.edu.au/12516/1/Ward_Thesis_Object_to_Object_MFA_2011.pdf

If you would like information about upcoming exhibitions email: mairiward8@yahoo.com.au