Bio

FINBAR WARD
B. 1990, London 

Education

2010-2013   The Ruskin School of Fine Art, Oxford University
2009-2010   Wimbledon College of Art, University of the Arts London

Solo and collaborative exhibitions

2023

Interiority complex, duo exhibition with guy oliver at quench gallery, margate

2022

SCULPTURAL COLLABORATION WITH RANDLE SIDDELEY GARDEN & Landscape DESIGN FOR A PRIVATE Garden IN BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

2021

Barely a Ripple, De Vereniging, S.M.A.K. Museum of Contemporary Art, Ghent

I WAS Here, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp

RHS Chelsea Flower Show 2021, A collaboration with Tilly Dallas Garden Design and Bees for Development, London

2020

At Odds With Everything We Touch, Rob Branigan & Finbar Ward, Standpoint Gallery, London

2019

Holiday From Rules, Kunstraum Gallery @ Toffee Park Adventure Playground with support from Arts Council England, London

Notes on Growth, Rosie Reed & Finbar Ward, Mo.ca, Brescia, Italy

 2018

Autumn/Winter 2018, Geukens & De Vil, Knokke, Belgium

Shed/Shed, Doris Ghetta Gallery, Ortisei, Italy

Housekeeping, Rosie Reed & Finbar Ward, Garden Projects, Los Angeles

2017

In Absence/Head Over Heels, Solo Booth @ Fold Gallery, Expo, Chicago

Mirror Mirror, Jaromir Novotny & Finbar Ward, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp

Head Over Heels, Annex 14, Zurich

2016

In Waiting, The British Embassy, Paris

In Waiting, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp

In Absence, Fold Gallery, London

Simon Callery & Finbar Ward, Annex 14, Zurich

2015

Flatpack Matter: To Fix And To Know, Geukens & De Vil, Knokke, Belgium

2014

Make Be More Than One Start, Fold Gallery, London

Group Exhibitions

2023

gather to loose, group exhibition at annely juda gallery, london

2022

The Amber Room, a group exhibition at the round house, hammersmith, london

Erosive forces shape (inner) Landscapes, a group exhibition at Doris Ghetta Gallery, Italy

2020

Don’t Touch Me, curated by Rosie Reed, London

2019

Notes on Painting, Koppel Projects Central, London

High Five, Doris Ghetta Gallery, Ortisei, Italy

2018

New Relics, Thames Side Studio’s, London

2016

Out of the Booth, Art Brussels with Geukens & De Vil, Brussels


2015

UK/raine, Saatchi Gallery, London

Goodbye Pourbus Hello Leopold, Geukens & De Vil, Antwerp

Unpainting/Resurfacing, University of Hertfordshire, Hatfield 

Garten a.v, Frontviews Temporary, Bethanien, Berlin

Real Painting, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

Fin, FOLD Gallery, London

2014

30 Years of the Future, Castlefield Gallery, Manchester

New Order II: British Art Today, Saatchi Gallery, London

2013

Hurls Chamber, Cock ‘n’ Bull Gallery, London

The Saatchi Gallery and Channel 4’s New Sensations, Victoria House, London

The Ruskin Degree Show, The Old Powerstation, Oxford