Ward Roberts

ward roberts is an independent conceptual artist who creates exquisitely composed photographs drawing on themes such as loneliness and isolation in the modern world.

the artist’s perspective is fresh and engaging, the sophisticated aesthetic are often contradicted by subtle unscripted moments. a soft drenched colour pallet is a common theme. there is an innate energy at the core of his work, one which is harnessed and marshaled into every detail in the composition. roberts’ work is in many ways a rebuttal of the prevailing trend of urban, gritty style contemporary photography. there is a dichotomy at play in his fine art images which simultaneously recall the mastery of medium and calculated patience of remote academic painters, yet his subjects and presentation feel completely new and contemporary.

ward is currently based in new york.

2008 rmit ba photography
2010 the new school

2015 art basel, w hotel, miami
2015 bowness, mga, melbourne
2015 we are the guys x gustafson, walls, amsterdam
2015 courts, chasm, new york
2015 cashmachine, los angeles
2015 courts, walls, netherlands
2014 courts, nike x pigalle, paris
2014 courts, tunica, new york
2014 qcp, photo l.a, los angeles
2013 mbh, emerging collectors, new york
2013 henley club, commissioned installation, melbourne
2013 kiblind color is color, sergeant paper, paris
2012 thousand, edmund pearce, melbourne
2012 young collectors, leila heller gallery, new york
2012 signal 8, cat street gallery, hong kong
2012 territory, edmund pearce, melbourne
2012 group show, scott livesey gallery, melbourne
2011 we are one, camel art space, new york
2011 the gallery shop, brunswick, melbourne
2011 art prize, bsg, melbourne
2011 rob mcnamara, field, melbourne
2011 noir festival, arnold hall, new york

2011 private exhibition solo (sell out), melbourne
2010 holiday salon, milk Gallery, new york
2010 courts, acga solo, federation square, melbourne
2010 sixteen, somedays, sydney
2010 red, the center of fine art photography, colarado
2010 cat street gallery, kong kong international art fair, hong kong
2010 renaissance, the hospital club, london
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