Sally Ward

Sally lives and works in Kent. She graduated from Norwich School of Art in 1974 and some of the works in her Degree Show were used in a televised production of Roald Dahl’s story ‘Neck’. She then completed an Advanced Sculpture Course at St Martins College of Art in London.  After leaving St Martins Ward shared a studio with Katherine Gili and worked part time as her assistant. She spent many years working with Community Art projects in Lewisham and running workshops in the Tate Galleries, the British Museum and Museum of London. Whilst working in Tate Modern her design was used to create an Under 5s Children’s Area.

Sally has exhibited widely, showing work in the Barcelona Showcase in Casa Batllo in 2013. At present she is exhibiting a sculpture in The Himalayan Garden and Sculpture Park in Ripon, North Yorkshire. Recent exhibitions include The Royal West of England 170 Open Exhibition 2023 in Bristol and The Royal Cambrian Academy Open Exhibition 2022/3 in Conwy.  She exhibits regularly with the FPS (The Free Painters and Sculptors). She was accepted as an ArtCan artist in May 24 and has recently shown six sculptures in the Flux Exhibition in London in July 24.

Sally  creates abstract works, often Inspired by her interaction with nature.  She uses a wide range of media and salvaged materials, particularly recycled papers which she then pulps with eco glue and sand to form a composite very hard material akin to ‘paper-stone’. These forms are then constructed into larger works and often following a lengthy drying period are honed and waxed into their final compositions.

Sally also creates collages and watercolours. finding their immediacy works well in contract to the lengthy sculptural procedures,

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