Shows
Current Exhibitions:
Coming soon!
Upcoming Exhibitions:
♦”Fem Fatale” Cella Gallery, North Hollywood, CA February 2012
♦”Gag me with a Toon 4: Destroy our Childhood” WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA March 2012
♦”Marvelous Humans” Articulated Gallery, San Francisco, CA April 2012
♦”Mini Solo” WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA April 2012
♦”Anomalies” CoproGallery Santa Monica, CA October 2012
♦”WASTED!: The Great American Pastime” WWA Gallery Culver City, CA June 2012
♦”Pornsaints Exhibition” Art Gallery Studio 21, Salerno, Italy 2012
Past Shows:
♦”Tætrum et dulce” MondoPOP, Rome, Italy December – January 2011
♦”Sex” House of Virtue, Los Angeles, CA December 2011
♦”Pornsaints Exhibition” Go Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands December 2011
♦”Autumn Exhibition Modern & Contemporary Erotica in Art and Design” Sexy Art Gallery, Amsterdam, Netherlands September – December 2011
♦”Spirit Board Art Show” Articulated Gallery, San Francisco, CA November 2011
♦”I want my Music Video Art Show” curated by Chris Marrs Piliero Gallery Meltdown, Hollywood, CA October 2011
♦”Monstoberfest” Rothic Art Haus Anaheim, CA October 2011
♦”Art in Support of Busted” Mirror Gallery China Town, Los Angeles, CA October 2011
♦”Swoon Gallery Presents: Get the Lead Out III” Echo Gallery, Seattle, WA September 2011
♦”Feminality Couples” curated by Wizard Sleeve Toys The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA September 2011
♦”Sink or Swim” Spoke Art, San Francisco, CA September 2011
♦“Break A Leg” Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA August 2011
♦”The Art of Sketch Theatre 2″ Gnomon Gallery, Hollywood, CA July 2011
♦”Sink or Swim” Daikanyama M Shibuya, Japan July 2011
♦”Pornsaints Exhibition” The Sexy Art Gallery, Amsterdam, NetherLands June 2011
♦”Speaking in Tongues” Black Vulture Gallery, Philadelphia, PA June 2011
♦”Circus, Circus” The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA June 2011
♦”Under the Gun” Articulated Gallery, San Francisco, CA June 2011
♦”Skeleton Key” www.SwoonGallery.com Online Show May 2011
♦”Doll Haus: The Modern Matryoshka” Rothick Art Haus, Anaheim, CA April 2011
♦”#Winning – The Charlie Sheen Exhibit” Hyaena Gallery, Burbank, CA April 2011
♦”The Hive Gallery’s 6 YEAR ANNIVERSARY SHOW” The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA April 2011
♦”Expo for Mattia” Former asylum Filangieri Naples, Italy April 2011
♦”Everything but the Kitschen Sync” La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, CA March 2011
♦”F* it!” curated by Bekka Utermohlen atHibbleton Gallery, Fullerton, CA March 2011
♦”Eat your Art out IV: The Dark and Cryptic Origins of Nursery Rhymes” Gallery Meltdown, Hollywood, CA February 26th 2011
♦”Gag me with a Toon 3″ curated by Steven Daily at Gallery Meltdown, Hollywood, CA February 2011
♦”Behind the Striped Curtain” Rothick Art Haus, Anaheim, CA February 2011
♦”Tarot Hive 2″ The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA January 2011
♦”Sharpie Show” Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA December 2010
♦”Feminality Art Show” Miami’s Independent Thinkers Satellite Fair Art Basel / Casa Wynwood Miami, FL 2010
♦”Grand Re-opening Dia de los Muertos show” The Land of Odd Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA October 2010
♦”Top of the Dome 7″ Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA November 2010
♦”Horrorwood” WWA Gallery, Culver City, CA October 2010
♦”Hell Versus the Monster Mash” The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA October 2010
♦”Cannibal Flower 10 Year Anniversary Halloween Costume Ball Extravaganza” The Vortex Los Angeles, CA October 2010
♦”Jest In Time: The Phylogenesis of Clowns” Distinction Gallery, Escondido, CA August 2010
♦”Draw the Line” Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA August – September 2010
♦”Swoon Gallery Presents: Get the Lead Out II” Ronin Gallery, Silverlake, CA August 2010
♦”Werewolf Art Exhibit presents: Armed with Teeth” Eco-Logical Art Galley, Los Angeles, CA August 2010
♦”Pedal Power” Compound Gallery, Portland, OR July 2010
♦”Fables and Follies” curated by Creepmachine at The Alternative Cafe, Seaside, CA June 2010
♦”A Mute of Hounds” Gallery Meltdown, Hollywood, CA June 2010
♦”B3″ Video Game Themed show” The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA June 2010
♦”MAYhem at the Hive” The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA May 2010
♦”Six Legged Freaks” Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA April 2010
♦”The Denizens of Hiveland” The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA April 2010
♦”Everything but the Kitsch N’ Sync” La Luz de Jesus Gallery, Hollywood, CA March 2010
♦Beautiful Grim Online Art Auction for Breast Cancer Survivors, 2010
♦”Alice in Wonderland” The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA March 2010
♦”The Featured Small Wall Artist” The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA February 2010
♦”Girls Drawing Girls: Space and the like” Empty Shop, Durham, United Kingdom February 2010
♦”Give the Gift of Love” Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA February 2010
♦“King Bee/Price-Less” The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA December 2009
♦”Tiny Treasures” Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA December 2009
♦”Feminality Art Show/MULTIVERSAL” Art Basel / American Legion Building, Miami Beach, FL December 2009
♦”Top of the Dome VI” Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA November 2009
♦“Tarot Hive” The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA October 2009
♦”Organized Chaos” Alley Kat Jazz Lounge, Rialto, CA October 2009
♦“September 09 Hive Gallery Group show and Performances” The Hive Gallery & Studios Los Angeles, CA September 2009
♦”Notes From the Overground” Cactus Gallery, Eagle Rock, CA August through September 2009
♦”August 09 Hive opening and performances” The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA August 2009
♦”Bee-rotica 2″ The Hive Gallery & Studios, Los Angeles, CA July 2009
♦”Stoked Session’s “I Love LA” Upper Playground LA, Los Angeles, CA May 2009
♦“CANceptual [v.3]” Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA May 2009
♦”The Art of Sketch Theatre” Gnomon Gallery, Hollywood, CA March 2009
♦”Top of the Dome V” Crewest Gallery, Los Angeles, CA November 2008
♦”False Aristocracy: The Nightmare: Masquerade” Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY September 2008
♦ “Duo show with Amanda Kindregan” Dalessio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA September 2008
♦”False Aristocracy: To Make a Nightmare” Supreme Trading, Brooklyn, NY August 2008
♦”Duo show with Melissa Sadoff Oren” Dalessio Gallery, Los Angeles, CA August 2008
♦“Spring for the Arts/Art Hop” Division Avenue Arts Cooperative Grand Rapids, MI April 2007
♦”Duo show with Stephanie (Cox) Sebright: The Spiral of Rituals” Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI April 2005
Sites that feature my work:
Publications:
Grae Magazine: The Mulatto Issue
Grae Magazine: The Gemini Issue
Max and the Siamese Twins by Max Stout
The Art of Sketch Theatre: Volume 1
Press:
Hi-Fructose Feature: The Art of Jessica Ward June 2011
Hi-Fructose Magazine July 2011
Hi-Fructose Magazine June 2011
Jessica Ward and Ruby Violence interview on Pornsaints December 2010
Interview with Wicked Halo December 2010
Creep Machine Halloween Feature 2010
Beautiful Decay Magazine May 2010
Featured as an “Emerging Artist” in Juxtapoz Art & Culture Magazine May 2009
Education:
August 2000 to May 2005
Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Art – Drawing
Minor in Illustration
Kendall College of Art & Design of Ferris State University
Grand Rapids, Michigan
August 2005 to May 2007
Eighteen credits towards a
Master’s Degree in Fine Art – Drawing
Kendall College if Art & Design of Ferris State University
Grand Rapids, Michigan
Awards:
♦Nominated for the Studio Excellence Award in 2005 at Kendall College of Art & Design in Grand Rapids, MI