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Celia
Ward
was
born into a painting family in Kent, England. She studied her craft in
this milieu, and at The Royal Academy schools in London. She read
History at University College, London.
In 1983
she won the Richard Ford Travel Award to draw at the Prado, Madrid.
Exhibitions
1985
Maas Gallery, Clifford St., London W1 (shared with Jehan Daly)
'87,
'89, '94
Solo at the Maas Gallery
'96
Sally
Hunter Fine Art (shared with Gordon Davies)
'98
Touring show of work in collaboration with Tearfund charity
2001
Solo at Brian Sinfield Gallery, Burford
2002 Solo
at Abbott and Holder, London WC1: 'Celia Ward's Alphabet'
2004 Solo
show Malancrav Portrait of a Village Romanian Cultural Institute London
2005 Solo
show of enlarged version of Malancrav Portrait of a Village organised by
the British Council in Sibiu, Romania
2006 Exhibition
of Moldovan Mask paintings together with Oltenian carpet maker at
Romanian Cultural Institute London
2007 Solo
exhibition of updated Malancrav - Portrait of a Village organized and
funded by British Council in Luxembourg as part of European city of
Culture Programme
Mixed
shows
Royal
Academy Summer Exhibitions, Royal Society of Portrait Painters, Royal
Watercolour Society, New English Art Club, Discerning Eye, and many
others.
Commissions
'81 to
present
Numerous single and group portraits, gardens, interiors, book covers
(Collin's and Harvill Press), private ball, murals in Norwich and
Oxford.
Artistic Projects
'85
Landscape drawing tour of New England
'87
'Book of Hours', illustrations to poems by Sue Stewart (exhibited
National Poetry Centre and Maas Gallery, and bound into a hand-made book
for private collector)
'92-'94
Illustrations of 'Creation', set of 30 watercolour drawings, purchased
by private collector
'95
Drawings of the wardrobe room, Royal Opera House, Covent Garden
'96,
'97 Artist-in-Resisdence, Garsington Opera
'98
Bolivian Exhibition--- drawings of landscapes, markets, and street
children’s centres for “Tearfund”
'97-2001
Community Arts projects in Oxford, in conjunction with educational
trusts and the Ashmolean Museum
2001 Drawings
at 'The Gatehouse' (drop-in centre for homeless people), Oxford
Romania
2002
Moved
to Bucharest, Romania. Working in collaboration with Mihai Eminescu
Trust on a 'portrait' of Malancrav village (Transylvania) and its Saxon
heritage.
In
Bucharest, working in collaboration with 'Sfanta Margareta' children's
hospice. UK exhibition (organised by 'Children in Distress') in
November 2003, title ‘Images of Childhood’, showing drawings of children
at 'Sfanta Margareta' alongside more usual images of childhood.
2003 –
2006
-
Director of
Galeria Grigore
Mora. Set up and was first Director of a new gallery and
art organisation in Bucharest, funded by Avrig 35. See
www.arttorent.ro
London
2006
External
mural for Kensington School, Manor Park, London
2007
Lottery
funding to set up textile project in Manor Park, East London. Also
funded by Newham Borough and Church Central Fund. To encourage creative
interaction of different racial, cultural, and religious groups within
Manor Park and to make decorations for public buildings that reflect the
diverse cultures of the area.
2007
Work
beginning on series of portraits and images of different religious
groups based in forest Gate in East London. Work from this project will
form an exhibition in East London in 2008
Work in the
Collections of:
The
Ashmolean Museum, Faringdon Collection, H.R.H. Prince of Wales, Brinsley
Ford Collection, Balliol College (Oxford), Corpus Christi College
(Cambridge)
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