Rob Ward
Rob Ward was born in Nottingham in 1949 and studied at Newcastle University (1969-73) and Reading University (1973-75). Upon graduating he won a Greek Government Scholarship and an Italian Government Scholarship to study at the Academia di Bella Arti, Rome (1975-76). His first show was at the Hatton Gallery at Newcastle University in 1969. Since then he has exhibited throughout Britain, and in Australia, Canada, Greece, Hong Kong, Italy, Japan and the United States. In 1989, a retrospective of Ward's work was held at the Henry Moore Institute in Leeds. Ward's work is represented in private and public collections internationally, including the Newcastle Regional Gallery, New South Wales; Ferens Art Gallery, Hull; the Henry Moore Institute, Leeds; Northern Arts; Ironbridge Open Air Museum of Steel Sculpture; Grizedale Forest; and the Yorkshire Sculpture Park.
Ward has taught at a number of universities and schools of art throughout Britain. He is a visiting lecturer at various international institutions including Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Sydney College of Arts, University of New South Wales. He is currently Head of the Centre for Sculpture at the University of Leeds, Bretton Hall Campus.
