About Sean Ward
Over the last 25 years of my life, I have been injected into art courses on a non-stop basis to bring me to the point I am at today. It has been rough, considering I have learned techniques for over 10 different types of artwork, at minimum. Though, throughout this journey, which involved a bachelor’s degree in Graphic Design and a nearly completed Bachelor’s in Studio Arts, it has kept me thinking solely about art and how I can create my own style to not fit into the market, but stand out from it. So, now, years later, I am a successful artist in the field of acrylic painting, with over 160 sales just in 2016 to clients all over the United States and Japan. All while maintaining a contemporary art gallery back in Wichita, Kansas, in order to exude the mantra that art feeds the soul and everyone has the opportunity to share this vision with the world, they just need a stage to do so. So, with accepting new artists from all over the country, month after month, I began learning more and more into, “what is art?” and how can I stand out? That is when my style took off and I found the perfect mixture of my digital techniques along with traditional application and painting to create the current series, “Fading Identities,” “White Space Designs” and “Psychedelic Inspirations.” Through these series, you will see the optimization of utilizing digital media alongside traditional, in order to create paintings that not only stick out crisply like a graphic online, but also have depth and character of letting the paint determine how the final piece will be optically felt by the viewer.
Events:
-Superfine! A Hyper-Curated Art Fair, Frieze Week, New York, New York, May 2-6, 2018
-"Why To Collect Artwork from Living Artists?" Artist Panel, Art Basel, Miami, Florida, December 9, 2017
-Superfine! A Hyper-Curated Art Fair, Art Basel 2017, Miami, Florida
-Friends of WAM 54th Annual Art & Book Show: Group Booth
-Friends of WAM 55th Annual Art & Book Show: Solo Booth
-Unveiling of "The Opulent Keeper of Kaleidoscopic Design" Permanent Sculpture for The Knight Foundation, WDDC and Wichita Eagle's Pop Up Park, Wichita, KS
Exhibitions:
Artist Central, Wichita, KS, July 2012, Solo Exhibition
Artist Central, Wichita, KS, January 2013, Group Exhibition
Century II Concert Hall, Wichita, KS January-February 2013: Group Exhibition
Green Acres, Wichita, KS February 2013: Group Exhibition
Kansas Masonic Home, Wichita, KS April 2013: Group Exhibition
Wichita State University McKnight Art Center‘s Project Runaway, Wichita, KS April 2013: Part of Runaway Show, Won Runner Up in the “Dark Matter” Category
Friends of the Wichita Art Museum 54th Annual Art & Book Fair, May 2013, Group Booth
Botanica Gardens: Compositions, July 2013, Featured Group Booth
Waterwalk KEYN Festival, June-July 2013, Group Exhibition
Tonantzin Society’s “The Dia De Los Muertos” Topeka 2013, Juried Art Exhibition
Kansas City Artists Coalition’s “Midwest Undergraduate Exhibition”, April 2014,
Juried Group Exhibition
Midwest Center of Photography’s “Photography Final Exhibition”, April-May 2014,
Group Exhibition
Friends of the Wichita Art Museum 55th Annual Art & Book Fair, May 2014, Solo Booth
A/NT Gallery’s “Mixed (e)Motions” Exhibition, Seattle, WA, July 2014, Juried Entry National Exhibition, Won “Honorable Mention” for “The Fall”
Ulrich Museum Satellite Exhibition of “Faculty Show”, Wichita, KS, April 2015, Group Exhibition and Featured Live Artist
Orange County Creatives’ “Faces” Exhibition, Laguna Beach, CA, May 2015, Juried Entry National Exhibition
Overland Park Arts’ “Human Experience – Abstracts” Exhibition, Overland Park, KS, July 2015, Juried Entry National Exhibition
Art on 30th “Just Sayin'”, San Diego, CA, October 2015, Juried Entry National Exhibition
Idaho State University’s “Undergraduate Art Exhibition”, Pocatello, ID, February 2016, Juried Entry Online Exhibition
Sync Gallery’s “EQUINOX” National Exhibition, Denver, CO, February 2016, Juried Entry National Exhibition
Channel Island Studios’ “DYNAMIC” National Exhibition, Camarillo, CA, March 2016, Juried Entry National Exhibition
Channel Island Studios’ “Collector’s Choice” National Exhibition, Camarillo, CA, March 2016, Juried Entry National Fundraiser, Donated 1 work
The Lakeside Club, Wichita, KS, March-May 2016, Group Exhibition
Re:Artiste’s "Show Your World", New York City, NY, November 2016, Juried International Exhibition
CityArt’s “Gifts in the Gallery”, Wichita, KS, December 2016, Juried Regional Exhibition
“Chimera Effect”, HUE Gallery of Contemporary Art, Wichita, KS, January 27, 2017, Solo Installation
“Duo Exhibition”, Enders Art Gallery, Prairie Village, KS, May 2017, Duo Exhibition
-Superfine! A Hyper-Curated Art Fair, Art Basel 2017, Miami, Florida
-Superfine! A Hyper-Curated Art Fair, Frieze Week, New York, New York, May 2-6, 2018
