About Sean Christopher Ward
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Education
2011 - 2016
Wichita State University
2009 - 2011
Cowley County Community College
Awards
2019
3rd Place - Regional Artists of Kansas
2016
Esther & Clayton Staples Scholarship
2015
Esther & Clayton Staples Scholarship
2015
$2,000 Stiphen from The Knight Foundation project
2014
Honorable Mention
2013
Runner Up
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Event: The Other Art Fair Dallas Spring 2023
Dates: May 18, 2023 - May 21, 2023
The Other Art Fair's annual art fair.
Event: Superfine Art Fair - San Francisco 2023
Dates: March 3, 2023 - March 6, 2023
The annual spring edition of Superfine Art Fair.
Event: Placrylic Art Fair
Dates: Nov. 16, 2022 - Nov. 16, 2022
This was an invitation only art fair, where the creator of Placrylic, a new paint that uses only natural ingredients that won't harm the earth, wanted to select a group of artists to create pieces with the paint and exhibit them at Middlethorpe Hall.
Event: Chromatic Hallucinations
Dates: May 6, 2022 - May 27, 2022
I did a solo exhibition at a flower shop in Salina, Kansas. Wonderful venue, lots of local artists represented here!
Event: Superfine Art Fair - San Francisco 2022
Dates: March 3, 2022 - March 6, 2022
Another edition of Superfine Art Fair, in which my works went into multiple major collections!!
Event: Art Gallery Pure - Represented Artist
Dates: Feb. 2, 2022 - July 31, 2022
This is a 13,000 sq ft, multiple venue gallery in Willowbend Shopping Center. Honored to be here for so long.
Event: The Other Art Fair - Dallas 2021
Dates: Sept. 30, 2021 - Oct. 3, 2021
Exhibited at another edition of The Other Art Fair Dallas.
Event: Art Gallery Pure - Represented Artist
Dates: March 26, 2021 - Dec. 31, 2021
Julia was kind enough to exhibit my artwork in her satellite gallery attached to Skypony Gallery.
Event: Chromatic Hallucinations
Dates: Aug. 7, 2020 - Sept. 30, 2020
Chromatic Hallucinations: The solo exhibition of Sean Christopher Ward.
This exhibition is filled with 48"x48" paintings in op art style format, with one 192"x48" artwork as the centerpiece of the exhibition.
Event: ART ON A POSTCARD SUMMER AUCTION 2020
Dates: June 25, 2020 - July 9, 2020
Art on a Postcard is delighted to announce the return of its annual Summer Auction featuring original postcard sized artworks by a carefully selected roster of outstanding contemporary artists.
Due to current events the Summer Auction will sadly miss out on having a private view but with Julian Opie’s blend of pop art and minimalism, Jake and Dinos Chapman’s distinctive iconoclasm Oh de Laval’s erotic expressionism and Molly Brocklehurst's fragmented narratives the auction is set to be as big a success as always.
We are also excited to confirm that Boy George will be making his Art on a Postcard debut this summer. George has turned his hand to art in recent years with a sell out show in Monaco last November.
Art on a Postcard is proud to be partnering with Dreweatts Auction House for this auction.
The reserve price for all the featured postcard sized works of art will start at £50.
This is not a secret auction so this time you will know which artist's work you are bidding on.
Event: Superfine! San Francisco 2020
Dates: Feb. 27, 2020 - March 1, 2020
Superfine! Art Fair which was hosted at Fort Mason Center for the Arts in San Francisco, California.
Event: 6th Annual Art on a Postcard Secret Auction
Dates: Nov. 12, 2019 - Nov. 14, 2019
Artists who have taken part in the past are Damien Hirst, Gavin Turk, Marc Quinn, Gilbert and George, Peter Blake RA, Grayson Perry RA , Michael Craig Martin RA, Chantal Joffe RA, Rebecca Salter RA, Rachel Howard, Wolfgang Tillmans, Volker Hueller Agathe de Balliencourt, Cecily Brown, Eduardo Terrazas, Harland Miller, Mariana Abramovic, Amy Feldman and Jeremy Deller.
All of the artworks will be available to view at We Work in Devonshire Square London EC2, from 12-14 November 2019 and to bid for online. We are delighted to be partnering again with New York based auction house Paddle8 who are leaders in the field of 21st Century and Post War art.
A list of the contributors’ names will be circulated before the sale, but the work will be anonymous until the auction has ended. All the money raised from the sale goes to The Hepatitis C Trust.
Event: The Solo Exhibition of Sean Christopher Ward
Dates: Nov. 4, 2019 - Nov. 15, 2019
I displayed a body of 30 works and The WunderCube at Gallery MC in Hell's Kitchen of New York City.
Event: Superfine! DC 2019
Dates: Oct. 30, 2019 - Nov. 3, 2019
I am displaying under HUE Gallery of Contemporary Art in the "HEARTLANDIA" curated section of the fair.
Event: The Other Art Fair - Dallas
Dates: Sept. 19, 2019 - Sept. 22, 2019
I am displaying in a 24' booth in this art fair.
Event: The Other Art Fair - Los Angeles
Dates: Sept. 5, 2019 - Sept. 8, 2019
I am displaying in The Other Art Fair - Los Angeles, fall edition, in Barker Hanger.
My artwork was actually featured on the VIP invitations for this fair, as well.
Event: Stardust & Satisfaction
Dates: Aug. 1, 2019 - Sept. 25, 2019
Art about Music, Musicians & Festival Culture
Event: People, Places and Things
Dates: July 19, 2019 - Sept. 30, 2019
I have three pieces in this group exhibition.
"Audrey" VII won "Honorable Mention"
Event: The Other Art Fair
Dates: May 16, 2019 - May 19, 2019
I have a booth at Saatchi's The Other Art Fair in Chicago, Illinois.
Event: VIVID Exhibition
Dates: March 28, 2019 - May 25, 2019
An exhibition of the works of Sean Christopher Ward, Dana Blickensderfer and Lindy Wiese.
Event: Superfine! Los Angeles
Dates: Feb. 14, 2019 - Sept. 17, 2018
A Thriving Art Market Comes to the City of Angels
When we considered Los Angeles for our fourth Superfine! city, we delved deep into the city’s art culture. Constantly juxtaposing the freshest, most exciting talent in the entire world of new contemporary art with heavy-hitter galleries and some of the top museums in the country makes the City of Angels a gorgeous art landscape, and the perfect home for our next Superfine! fair.
Our job is to turn that energy into viability: we bring our approach, focused on an open, transparent, fair, and inclusive art market, to a city that has both the economics and the artistic clout to support a leading emerging art fair for many years to come. We’re extremely excited to provide that opportunity to both solo artists and galleries focused on top emerging talent from LA and beyond.
Event: Superfine! Miami Beach
Dates: Dec. 5, 2018 - Dec. 9, 2018
I will be in booth A25 at Superfine! Art Fair at the Art Deco Welcome Center on Miami Beach.
Event: Superfine! DC
Dates: Oct. 31, 2018 - Nov. 4, 2018
I have a 30' solo booth at the Superfine! Hypercurated Art Fair, that is on display in Washington D.C. from October 31 - November 4.
Event: Chromatic Hallucinations
Dates: Oct. 26, 2018 - Dec. 4, 2018
"Chromatic Hallucinations" is the solo exhibition of Sean Christopher Ward.
Event: Studio Reveal
Dates: Oct. 13, 2018 - Oct. 13, 2018
I did an open studio at my new working studio space at the STUDIO|SCHOOL in Wichita, Kansas.
Event: AMALGAMATION
Dates: Aug. 31, 2018 - Aug. 31, 2018
The Collaborative Exhibition of Aaron Patton and Sean Christopher Ward.
Event: Zip! Pop! Bang! The Influence of Pop Art in Street Art
Dates: June 29, 2018 - July 14, 2018
Zip! Pop! Bang! The Influence of Pop Art in Street Art
Event: Superfine! Art Frieze Week Edition
Dates: May 2, 2018 - May 6, 2018
A hyper-curated art fair of the most current aspiring and established artists of our current day and age, with a focus on affordable art, as all pieces are priced under $10,000. This fair is just a few blocks away with one of their partners, The Whitney Art Museum, and it is happening during Frieze Week New York City.
Event: Superfine! A Hyper-Curated Art Fair
Dates: Dec. 6, 2017 - Dec. 10, 2017
I have a 21' booth at the Superfine! Art Fair that is in main district of Art Basel in Miami, Florida.
This exhibition I will be releasing a new style of work along with a narrative journey through the process with my collaboration partner, Katelyn Marie Green.
The fair is located at 56 NE 29th Street in Miami, Florida.
Event: Wichita State of Mind
Dates: July 28, 2017 - Aug. 19, 2017
I curated this event alongside Lindy Wiese and Katelyn Marie Green. I will have approximately 20 works in the show.
Event: Duo
Dates: May 1, 2017 - May 31, 2017
I am having a group exhibition with one other artist.
Event: "Lucid Dreamer" Back Gallery Group Show
Dates: March 31, 2017 - April 22, 2017
I am showing a fair amount of brand new pieces, and debuting "The Golden Age of Wichita" at this exhibition, Lucid Dreamer" which is showcasing Hyunju Kim's works in the main gallery. My works will be in a group show in the back gallery.
Event: Beneath the Surface
Dates: Feb. 24, 2017 - Feb. 24, 2017
This was a benefit group exhibition to support WASAC Wichita.
Event: KETCH Palate to Palette
Dates: Feb. 24, 2017 - Feb. 24, 2017
I curated an exhibit at KETCH's Annual Palate to Palette fundraiser, which included two of my works.
Event: Featured Artist of HUE Gallery
Dates: Feb. 24, 2017 - Dec. 16, 2017
As the owner of the gallery, my work is always on display in the back gallery. I exhibit work alongside Lindy Wiese, Jonathan McAfee, Brianna Vanacoro, Carol Carter, Iris Fletcher, Angie Evans, Stephanie Ward, Jeanne Ward, Cornell Steele and numerous others.
Event: CHIMERA EFFECT
Dates: Jan. 27, 2017 - Jan. 27, 2017
An experience for optics and mind, CHIMERA EFFECT, is an art installation by Sean Christopher Ward. Immersed in a room of darkness, the colors will be the only thing to light your way. This installation is an experiment of new techniques by the artist and their effects on the viewers. Researchers will be on site taking notes and asking for viewer opinions on their perception of being in this environment, in order to hypothesize a result.
This installation has been 3 months in the making, the entire experience will only be available for this one night.
Event: INSPIRE
Dates: May 27, 2016 - Dec. 17, 2016
This is a summer and fall exhibition group series. With so many wonderful artists out there, artist and curator, Sean Christopher Ward, hand selected works from coast-to-coast to exhibit in this show, that is set to INSPIRE the viewers. Each artist provided one piece of artwork, and it will be displayed for 3 months or until sold. As the pieces circulate, more artists will be invited to join the exhibition, until its conclusion in December.
Artists include: Michael Campbell, Andy Carey, Carol Carter, Krystle Cole, J.M. Culver, Phil Emerson, Julie Hansen, Matthew Hilyard, Paulette Insall, Laurie Maves, Jonathan McAfee, Greg Navratil, Juan Jose Hoyos Quipes, GG Reid, HM Saffer II, Beverly Simonson, Brianna Vanacoro, Renee Vandevere, Sean Christopher Ward, Stephanie Ward, Lindy Wiese and Ernest Vincent Wood III.
Event: Group Exhibition
Dates: March 25, 2016 - May 4, 2016
This was a group exhibition of 5 artists. We were personally selected for the showing.
Event: Collector’s Choice
Dates: March 19, 2016 - March 19, 2016
This was a philanthropy event to raise money for the studios.
Event: DYNAMIC
Dates: March 5, 2016 - April 4, 2016
I was part of this juried entry national exhibition.
Event: EQUINOX
Dates: Feb. 13, 2016 - March 19, 2016
I was part of the national juried entry exhibition.
Event: Undergraduate Art Exhibition
Dates: Feb. 13, 2016 - March 31, 2016
I was selected to be a part of this Undergraduate Art Exhibition which was national juried entry.
I also won a $500 scholarship through participation.
Event: Just Sayin'
Dates: Oct. 10, 2015 - Dec. 8, 2015
Two of my pieces from "The Breakup Series" were part of this national juried entry exhibition.
Event: Human Experience – Abstracts
Dates: July 11, 2015 - Aug. 22, 2015
I was selected for this juried entry regional exhibition.
Event: Faces
Dates: April 29, 2015 - May 31, 2015
I was part of this juried entry national exhibition.
Event: Satellite Exhibition of “Faculty Biennial”
Dates: April 18, 2015 - May 23, 2015
I was a live painter and exhibitor during the Faculty Biennial.
Event: Mixed (e)Motions
Dates: July 19, 2014 - Aug. 16, 2014
I was part of A/NT Gallery's Mixed (e)Motions international juried exhibition. I won "honorable mention" for "The Fall."
Event: Friends of the Wichita Art Museum 55th Annual Art & Book Fair
Dates: May 23, 2014 - May 25, 2014
I was in a solo booth during the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum 55th Annual Art & Book Fair.
Event: Photography Final Exhibition
Dates: April 19, 2014 - May 31, 2014
This was a group exhibition of just photography works.
Event: Kansas City Artists Coalition’s “Midwest Undergraduate Exhibition”
Dates: April 19, 2014 - May 24, 2014
This was a juried entry exhibition that received over 500 entries and less than 50 were chosen. "The Eightfold Noble Path" was chosen for this event.
Event: Tonantzin Society’s “The Dia De Los Muertos”
Dates: Oct. 2, 2013 - Nov. 15, 2013
This was a juried entry festival to celebrate the Mexican holiday of "Dia De Los Muertos"
Event: Compositions
Dates: July 19, 2013 - July 21, 2013
I was part of a featured booth during Botanica Garden's Compositions festival. I was also there as a live painter.
Event: KEYN Music Festival
Dates: June 14, 2013 - July 26, 2013
A group of 5 of us were the featured artists of the festival.
Event: Friends of the Wichita Art Museum 54th Annual Art & Book Fair
Dates: May 17, 2013 - May 19, 2013
I was part of a 5-person booth during the Friends of the Wichita Art Museum 54th Annual Art & Book Fair.
Event: Project Runaway
Dates: April 27, 2013 - April 27, 2013
Part of Runaway Show, Won Runner Up in the “Dark Matter” Category
Event: Group Exhibition
Dates: April 26, 2013 - May 25, 2013
This was a group exhibition of artists from Artist Central.
Event: Group Pop-Up Exhibition
Dates: Feb. 16, 2013 - Feb. 16, 2013
This was a pop-up exhibition at Green Acres Marketplace as a customer appreciation day.
Event: Group Exhibition
Dates: Jan. 25, 2013 - Feb. 9, 2013
This was another group exhibition of the artists in residence.
Event: 2-month Group Exhibition
Dates: Jan. 4, 2013 - Feb. 27, 2013
This exhibition was during summer musicals and concerts.
Event: Solo Exhibition
Dates: July 27, 2012 - Aug. 18, 2012
This was my first solo exhibition.
Biography
Born and raised in Kansas, outside of the major arts and culture meccas of the world, Sean Christopher Ward has taken it upon himself to start creating oddities of shapes and designs to pass the time and to enliven his mind with far out designs since he was five years old, at which he won his very first “art contest” at a local grocery store and it throttled the concept that maybe this wackiness could some day become an every day ordeal to enjoy life in the way he sees it. Fostering designs from memories, cultures, corporate identities and then modulating and expanding these to artistic works has become a challenge that he continues to trick the mind in seeing kinetic movement from flat surfaces and has become a force to deal with in the op art movement, envoking the memories of the 60s and 70s even further in our modern day! Forward 22 years later, with a Bachelors of Fine Arts from Wichita State University in his pocket, his art has traveled the world and got into major collections on every continent, with over 930 of his works in happy homes and businesses and each month the number continues to grow. This voyage in the arts has allowed connections to some major notable collectors including Universal Japan, Elton John, Bob Dylan, The Pixies, Planetary Holdings, Karen Sijbrandij, Milan Kordestani, Aaron Lux and the Center for Women’s Wellness. Sean continues to fine tune his craft and will continuously create new artworks for the rest of his life, as this is his true calling in hopes to bring excitement and happiness to those around him.
