Nari Ward

b. 1963, St. Andrew, Jamaica; lives in New York

Wikipedia Entry

Nari Ward is a Jamaican-American artist based in New York City. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Hunter College. His work is often composed of found objects from his neighborhood, and “address issues related to consumer culture, poverty, and race”. His awards include the Vilcek Prize in Fine Arts in 2017, and the Rome Prize in 2012.

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Artworks by Nari Ward

Nari Ward, Homeland Sweet Homeland, 2012

artwork
Cloth, plastic, megaphones, razor wires, feathers, chains, and silver spoons
100 Highlights, African and African Diaspora, and Caribbean and Caribbean Diaspora
© Nari Ward. Courtesy the artist and Lehmann Maupin, New York, Hong Kong, and Seoul
Featured Exhibitions
Nari Ward: Sun Splashed Installation view Pérez Art Museum Miami, 2015
exhibition

Nari Ward: Sun Splashed

In the fall of 2015, Pérez Art Museum Miami will present a mid-career retrospective of Nari Ward (b. 1963, Saint Andrew Parish, Jamaica; lives in New York).
Tschabalala Self. Chopped Cheese, 2017
exhibition

Polyphonic: Celebrating PAMM’s Fund for African American Art

Polyphonic: Celebrating PAMM’s Fund for African American Art highlights a group of paintings, sculptures, and photographs that have since become quintessential for the museum—including works by Terry Adkins, Romare Bearden, Kevin Beasley, Ed Clark, Leslie Hewitt, Faith Ringgold, Tschabalala Self, Xaviera Simmons and Juana Valdes, among several others.