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Ward has been making art and collecting the material history of a now-extinct backdrop for 25 years, working in his studio on st street.
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Nari Ward
American artist
Nari Ward (born 1963 in St. Andrew, Jamaica) is an Jamaican-American artist based in New York City. He is a Distinguished Professor Emeritus at Hunter College.[1][2] His work is often composed of found objects from his neighborhood, and "address issues related to consumer culture, poverty, and race".[3] His awards include the Vilcek Prize in Fine Arts in 2017,[4] and the Rome Prize in 2012.[2]
Early life and education
Ward was born in 1963 in St.
Andrew, Jamaica and moved to the United States at age 12.[5][6] By then, his talent for drawing was apparent, but according to Ward, his parents "didn’t know any artists or grow up around artists, so the artist was always the crazy guy on the outside and always broke," so he first studied advertising before changing his focus to his own art.[7] He completed a BA from Hunter College, CUNY in 1991 and a MFA from Brooklyn College