ARTIST STATEMENT
Having decided early on I needed to focus my work on what I most deeply believe in, the practice addresses environmental and Women’s issues. Video combined with a variety of other media allows me to create circumstances in which spectators can reinvent the construction of the narrative for themselves. Exploring the history of ideas upon which the process will be based creates a landscape that the materials dominate the work with each piece having a handmade element or irregularity that is intriguing and sometimes amusing.
ABOUT THE ARTIST
Marybeth Ward was born in Chicago,Illinois. She lives and works in New York City. Education 2002 MA in Mixed Media,New SChool University, New York, NY
1999 BFA in Studio Art, New School University, New York, NY Group Exhibitions
2023 MANNEQUIN, La MaMa Galleria, NYC CHIEF, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2022 BLUE ROSES, La MaMa Galleria, NYC BUDDHA, Ceres Gallery, NYC
2021 DREAM TIME, LaMaMa Galleria, NYC LEAVES, Farm Arts Collective, PA
2020 LOSS, Womanmade Gallery, Venice, La MaMa Galleria, NYC TOUCH, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, Illinois BLUE HAND, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, Illinois SAFE HOME, Womanmade Gallery ,Chicago, Illinois
2019 PRESSED GLASS, Womanmade Gallery, Chicago, Illinois
2018 SHORTCUT, La MaMa Galleria, NYC MODEL KITCHEN, Ukrainian Center of America, NYC
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