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Vincent Ward

b. 1956

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Vincent Ward is a New Zealand artist and award-winning filmmaker, internationally recognised for his ability to convey charged emotional and psychological experiences through his experimental approach to the use of moving image. Engaging in a visceral visual language, he explores the essential nature of life and our relationship with the physical world and psychic states. His contribution to international film making was explored in the US publication on his work ‘Making the Transformational Moment in Film’ by Michael Wiese, published in 2011.

Ward’s films have received international acclaim at both the Academy Awards and the Cannes Film Festival. In 1999 Ward developed with his team a motion painting aesthetic that lead to an Academy Award for best visual effects for his film ‘What Dreams May Come’ and he continued to develop these techniques, ensuring his practice remains at the forefront of innovation in this area. In 2007 Ward received the New Zealand Order of Merit (NZOM) for his services to film; he has been Guest Professor at the School of Fine Arts, Hanzhou, China; and is Adjunct Professor at the University of Canterbury, where he first studied art and completed a Dip FA (Hons) in 1978 and which more recently conferred on Ward an Honorary Doctorate in Fine Arts.

Seeking to engage more deeply with his art alongside his commercial film direction, Ward has exhibited consistently since 2012, in both public and private galleries in New Zealand and the Shanghai Biennale.

Ward lives and works in Auckland, New Zealand.

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  • Palimpsest / Landforms #3 and #1
    Palimpsest / Landforms #3 and #1 , 2016

    Installation view Trish Clark Gallery 2016

    Palimpsest / Landforms #3 and #1
    Palimpsest / Landforms #3 and #1 , 2016

    Installation view Trish Clark Gallery 2016

  • Palimpsest / Landform 3
    Palimpsest / Landform 3, 2016

    Archival pigment print

    800 x 1000 (unframed)

    Edition of 7

    Palimpsest / Landform 3
    Palimpsest / Landform 3, 2016

    Archival pigment print

    800 x 1000 (unframed)

    Edition of 7

  • New Words Under The Old
    New Words Under The Old, 2016

    Video: 02:52 mins

    Installation view Trish Clark Gallery 2016

    New Words Under The Old
    New Words Under The Old, 2016

    Video: 02:52 mins

    Installation view Trish Clark Gallery 2016

  • Palimpsest / Landforms #1
    Palimpsest / Landforms #1, 2016

    Installation view Trish Clark Gallery 2016

    Palimpsest / Landforms #1
    Palimpsest / Landforms #1, 2016

    Installation view Trish Clark Gallery 2016

  • Palimpsest / Landform 1
    Palimpsest / Landform 1 , 2016

    Archival pigment print

    800 x 1000 mm (unframed)

    Edition of 7

    Palimpsest / Landform 1
    Palimpsest / Landform 1 , 2016

    Archival pigment print

    800 x 1000 mm (unframed)

    Edition of 7

  • Touch
    Touch, 2011

    Photograph, pigment inks on archival paper

    825 x 550 mm / 1425 x 950 mm

    Touch
    Touch, 2011

    Photograph, pigment inks on archival paper

    825 x 550 mm / 1425 x 950 mm

  • Destinies Lost and Found
    Destinies Lost and Found, 2012

    Installation view, City Pavilion, Shanghai Biennale

    Destinies Lost and Found
    Destinies Lost and Found, 2012

    Installation view, City Pavilion, Shanghai Biennale

  • Surfacing (study)
    Surfacing (study) , 2011

    Watercolour, drawing inks and pastel on paper

    750 x 570 mm

     

    Surfacing (study)
    Surfacing (study) , 2011

    Watercolour, drawing inks and pastel on paper

    750 x 570 mm

     

  • Breath: the fleeting intensity of life
    Breath: the fleeting intensity of life , 2011

    Installation view

    Govett-Brewster Contemporary Art Museum, New Plymouth, New Zealand

    Breath: the fleeting intensity of life
    Breath: the fleeting intensity of life , 2011

    Installation view

    Govett-Brewster Contemporary Art Museum, New Plymouth, New Zealand

  • Breath: the fleeting intensity of life
    Breath: the fleeting intensity of life , 2011

    Installation view

    Govett-Brewster Contemporary Art Museum, New Plymouth, NZ

    Breath: the fleeting intensity of life
    Breath: the fleeting intensity of life , 2011

    Installation view

    Govett-Brewster Contemporary Art Museum, New Plymouth, NZ

  • The Navigator (film still)
    The Navigator (film still), 1988

    Counter attack on the submarine with oars, filmed in Auckland, New Zealand Location

    Photo: Geoff Short

    330 x 600 mm

    The Navigator (film still)
    The Navigator (film still), 1988

    Counter attack on the submarine with oars, filmed in Auckland, New Zealand Location

    Photo: Geoff Short

    330 x 600 mm

  • Cloaked
    Cloaked, 2011

    Photograph, pigment inks on archival paper

    825 x 550 mm / 1425 x 950 mm

    Cloaked
    Cloaked, 2011

    Photograph, pigment inks on archival paper

    825 x 550 mm / 1425 x 950 mm

  • In Utero
    In Utero, 2011

    Photograph, pigment inks on archival paper 825 x 550 mm / 1425 x 950 mm

    Description, Dimensions

    In Utero
    In Utero, 2011

    Photograph, pigment inks on archival paper 825 x 550 mm / 1425 x 950 mm

    Description, Dimensions

  • The Whisper of the Trees/Breath
    The Whisper of the Trees/Breath, 2011

    Film stills from ‘The Whisper of the Trees’ and ‘Breath’ part of the cinematic installation ‘Voyage II – Ardent Spirit’

    Multi-channel screen and audio

    Govett-Brewster Contemporary Art Gallery, New Plymouth NZ

    The Whisper of the Trees/Breath
    The Whisper of the Trees/Breath, 2011

    Film stills from ‘The Whisper of the Trees’ and ‘Breath’ part of the cinematic installation ‘Voyage II – Ardent Spirit’

    Multi-channel screen and audio

    Govett-Brewster Contemporary Art Gallery, New Plymouth NZ

  • Kin
    Kin, 2011

    Film still from ‘Kin’, part of the cinematic installation ‘Voyage I – Waystation: when I was 13 I almost drowned . . .’

    Multi-channel screen and audio

    Govett-Brewster Contemporary Art Museum, New Plymouth NZ

    Kin
    Kin, 2011

    Film still from ‘Kin’, part of the cinematic installation ‘Voyage I – Waystation: when I was 13 I almost drowned . . .’

    Multi-channel screen and audio

    Govett-Brewster Contemporary Art Museum, New Plymouth NZ

  • Fuselage I (study)
    Fuselage I (study), 2011

    Watercolour, drawing inks, sketch and pastel on paper

    600 x 580 mm

    Fuselage I (study)
    Fuselage I (study), 2011

    Watercolour, drawing inks, sketch and pastel on paper

    600 x 580 mm

  • Rain of the Children (film still)
    Rain of the Children (film still), 2008

    Re-enactment: Katarina Nohopai Tangiwai as Puhi’s mother, giving birth in snow

    350 x 225 mm

    Rain of the Children (film still)
    Rain of the Children (film still), 2008

    Re-enactment: Katarina Nohopai Tangiwai as Puhi’s mother, giving birth in snow

    350 x 225 mm

  • Rain of the Children (film still)
    Rain of the Children (film still), 2008

    Re-enactment: Melody Wihapi as Puhi Photo composite, concept Vincent Ward, background illustration George Ritchie, character element photo Rosie Morrow, round house based on period photo courtesy of Auckland Museum

    453 x 245 mm

    Rain of the Children (film still)
    Rain of the Children (film still), 2008

    Re-enactment: Melody Wihapi as Puhi Photo composite, concept Vincent Ward, background illustration George Ritchie, character element photo Rosie Morrow, round house based on period photo courtesy of Auckland Museum

    453 x 245 mm

  • Rain of the Children (film still)
    Rain of the Children (film still), 2008

    Re-enactment: Tyrone Biddle as Niki, holding a bird

    350 x 225mm

    Rain of the Children (film still)
    Rain of the Children (film still), 2008

    Re-enactment: Tyrone Biddle as Niki, holding a bird

    350 x 225mm

  • Rain of the Children (film still)
    Rain of the Children (film still), 2008

    Re-enactment: Girl running from police fire

    350 x 225mm

    Rain of the Children (film still)
    Rain of the Children (film still), 2008

    Re-enactment: Girl running from police fire

    350 x 225mm

  • Destinies Lost and Found
    Destinies Lost and Found, 2012

    Installation view, City Pavilion, Shanghai Biennale

    Destinies Lost and Found
    Destinies Lost and Found, 2012

    Installation view, City Pavilion, Shanghai Biennale

  • Membrane
    Membrane, 2011

    Photograph, pigment inks on archival paper

    825 x 550 mm / 1425 x 950 mm

    Membrane
    Membrane, 2011

    Photograph, pigment inks on archival paper

    825 x 550 mm / 1425 x 950 mm

  • Gaslight
    Gaslight, 2011

    Photograph, pigment inks on archival paper

    825 x 550 mm / 1425 x 950 mm

    Gaslight
    Gaslight, 2011

    Photograph, pigment inks on archival paper

    825 x 550 mm / 1425 x 950 mm

  • What Dreams May Come (Celestial Library, film still)
    What Dreams May Come (Celestial Library, film still), 1998

    Concept: Vincent Ward

    Foreground: set with people on wires over water, background: matte painting by Yanick Dusseault

    350 x 300 mm

    What Dreams May Come (Celestial Library, film still)
    What Dreams May Come (Celestial Library, film still), 1998

    Concept: Vincent Ward

    Foreground: set with people on wires over water, background: matte painting by Yanick Dusseault

    350 x 300 mm

  • Helix (detail)
    Helix (detail), 2011

    Oil paint, drawing inks, digital film print/film elements on archival paper

    800 x 470 mm

    Helix (detail)
    Helix (detail), 2011

    Oil paint, drawing inks, digital film print/film elements on archival paper

    800 x 470 mm

  • Fuselage II (study, triptych)
    Fuselage II (study, triptych), 2011

    Watercolour, drawing inks, sketch and pastel on paper

    570 x 2250 mm

    Fuselage II (study, triptych)
    Fuselage II (study, triptych), 2011

    Watercolour, drawing inks, sketch and pastel on paper

    570 x 2250 mm

  • Breath: the fleeting intensity of life
    Breath: the fleeting intensity of life, 2011

    Installation view

    Govett-Brewster Contemporary Art Museum, New Plymouth, NZ

    Breath: the fleeting intensity of life
    Breath: the fleeting intensity of life, 2011

    Installation view

    Govett-Brewster Contemporary Art Museum, New Plymouth, NZ

  • Looking at her
    Looking at her, 2011

    Film still from ‘Looking at Her’ part of the cinematic installation ‘Voyage I – Waystation: when I was 13 I almost drowned . . .’

    Multi-channel screen and audio

    Govett-Brewster Contemporary Art Gallery, New Plymouth NZ

    Looking at her
    Looking at her, 2011

    Film still from ‘Looking at Her’ part of the cinematic installation ‘Voyage I – Waystation: when I was 13 I almost drowned . . .’

    Multi-channel screen and audio

    Govett-Brewster Contemporary Art Gallery, New Plymouth NZ

  • Boundaries (study)
    Boundaries (study), 2011

    Pencil sketch on paper

    500 x 680 mm

    Boundaries (study)
    Boundaries (study), 2011

    Pencil sketch on paper

    500 x 680 mm

  • Vincent Ward: LOOM
    Vincent Ward: LOOM

    Urbis interview, with Julia Gessler

    5 July 2019

     

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  • Ward using all the right ingredients to create a work of firsts
    Ward using all the right ingredients to create a work of firsts

    Nelson Mail, article by Sara Meij

    6 June 2018

     

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  • Film-maker paints with light
    Film-maker paints with light

    Wild Tomato Magazine, interview with John Cohen-Du Four

    June 2018


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  • Vincent Ward: Bodies of Work
    Vincent Ward: Bodies of Work

    North and South, article by Elisabeth Easther

    October 19, 2016

     

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  • Vincent Ward at Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland
    Vincent Ward at Trish Clark Gallery, Auckland

    Ocula Insight, 2016

    By Anna Dickie

     

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  • Body of landscapes
    Body of landscapes

    Urbis, interview

    12 September 2016

     

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  • Film-maker Vincent Ward's latest artwork is bearing fruit
    Film-maker Vincent Ward's latest artwork is bearing fruit

    NZ Herald, article by Russell Baillie

    August 31, 2016

     

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  • Vincent Ward shows in Shanghai
    Vincent Ward shows in Shanghai

    The National Business Review, article by John Daly-Peoples

    March 31, 2013

     

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  • Vincent Ward: the accidental film-maker
    Vincent Ward: the accidental film-maker

    The Dominion Post, article by Philip Matthews

    March 27, 2014

     

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  • Drowning or Dancing
    Drowning or Dancing

    Inhale | Exhale, essay by Roger Horrocks

    2012


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  • Vincent Ward: Evoking the Harmony between Man and Nature through Art
    Vincent Ward: Evoking the Harmony between Man and Nature through Art

    Shanghai City Herald, article by Baozhen Zhang (English translation)

    October 19, 2012


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  • Out of Body
    Out of Body

    Inhale | Exhale, essay by Andrew Clifford

    2012


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  • Vincent Ward goes full circle
    Vincent Ward goes full circle

    New Zealand Herald, article by Greg Dixon

    July 4, 2012

     

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  • Vincent Ward: Breath – The Fleeting Intensity of Life review
    Vincent Ward: Breath – The Fleeting Intensity of Life review

    New Zealand Listener, article by Anthony Byrt

    January 2012

     

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  • A big Academy of Fine Arts group show in Wellington is full of surprises and highlights
    A big Academy of Fine Arts group show in Wellington is full of surprises and highlights

    The Dominion Post, article by Mark Amery

    March 29, 2012

     

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  • In Limbo
    In Limbo

    Art New Zealand 141, article by Andrew Clifford

    Autumn 2012

     

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  • Vincent Ward: Breath – the fleeting intensity of life
    Vincent Ward: Breath – the fleeting intensity of life

    Govett-Brewster Art Gallery Catalogue, essay by Rhana Devenport

    December 2011


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  • Breath – the Fleeting Intensity of Life

    Ward speak to RNZ about his first art exhibition at the Govett-Brewster in New Plymouth

    December, 2011


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  • True Stories – Vincent Ward

    Ward as special guest storyteller on RNZ

    December, 2012


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  • Vincent Ward: Movies to Art

    Ward speaks to RNZ about his two public exhibitions in Auckland, publishing an art book of his work and being invited to exhibit at the 9th Shanghai Biennale

    July, 2012


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  • Vincent Ward – Filmmaker and artist exhibits at Light Nelson

    Ward speaks to RNZ about his projects for Light Nelson and his solo exhibition 'Palimpsest/Landscape' at The Suter

    July, 2018


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  • NZ On Screen interviews Vincent Ward - Part 2

    A fantastically frank and unvarnished Ward delivers real insight into his creative journey as a filmmaker

    December, 2008


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  • NZ On Screen interviews Vincent Ward - Part 1

    A fantastically frank and unvarnished Ward delivers real insight into his creative journey as a filmmaker

    December, 2008


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  • Vincent Ward: The Past Awaits

    Simon Morris engages Vincent Ward about Hollywood film-making successes and challenges covered in his book 'The Past Awaits'

    November, 2010


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  • Vincent Ward chats with Rhana Devenport

    Ward reflects on his thinking and his life making films and art in this chat with museum Director Rhana Devenport

    September, 2012


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  • VINCENT WARD | LOOM
    June 4 — 20 July, 2019
    VINCENT WARD | LOOM

    Solo exhibition

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  • VINCENT WARD | Palimpsest / Landscapes
    August 30 — September 23, 2016
    VINCENT WARD | Palimpsest / Landscapes

    Solo exhibition

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  • Dec 13 — Jan 28, 2016
    "taking stock"

    Stephen Bambury / Ann Shelton / Phil Dadson / Anthony McCall / Kazu Nakagawa / Galia Amsel / Chris-Corson Scott / John Edgar / Marie Shannon / Vincent Ward / Heather Straka / Jennifer French

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  • TRUTH + FICTION
    May 20 — June 20, 2015
    TRUTH + FICTION

    Roger Ballen / Stella Brennan / Chris Corson-Scott / Jennifer French / Michael Ghent / Alan Miller / Marie Shannon / Ann Shelton / Vincent Ward / Christine Webster

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