The practice moves between registers of immediacy and control — from loose, gestural applications of paint to more materially constructed and excavated surfaces — with each approach informing the other. This oscillation allows the work to hold both volatility and structure simultaneously, without privileging one over the other.

Ward is working in an ongoing curatorial collaboration with Shai Baitel, developing a multi-part trilogy of exhibitions across international institutions. The first phase of this project culminated in a solo institutional exhibition at the Modern Art Museum Shanghai, establishing the foundation for the subsequent bodies of work that continue to unfold across different contexts. This sustained framework allows the work to evolve over time, rather than being resolved within a single exhibition.

Ward worked anonymously and under various collectives in the early stages of his career, publicly revealing his identity in 2017. His work has since been presented internationally, including at Modern Art Museum Shanghai; Mana Contemporary (New Jersey and Miami); Museo Tamayo Arte Contemporáneo; and Museo Nacional de Arte (MUNAL), Mexico City, alongside exhibitions in New York, London, Los Angeles, Paris, and Hong Kong. His paintings have appeared in major auctions and institutional contexts.

Having lived and worked across multiple cities — including London, New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Amsterdam, and Shanghai — Ward’s practice is shaped by continual relocation. The shifting cultural and spatial conditions of these environments are absorbed into the material logic of the work.