Residencies & Awards
Artist in Residence at Le CouveNt, Auzits, France, July 2015 – Full Scholarship
The Reader Berlin 2015 Competition, Berlin, Germany, February 2015 – Published Finalist
Artist in Residence at Portland Sculpture & Quarry Trust, Portland, England, April 2010
Qualifications
Writing (MA), Liverpool John Moors University, 2015 – 2017 – Distinction
German Language Certificate, Babylonia e.V., 2014 – 2015 – B1
Critical Fine Art Practice (BA), University of Brighton, 2009 – 2011 – First-Class Honors
Foundation in Fine Art, Liverpool Community College, 2008 – 2009 – Distinction
Workshop Facilitation
Creative Pro for Apple, Liverpool, England, September 2017 – Present – Daily events and workshops for community groups, educational institutions and businesses on various creative subjects and technologies including Apple’s accessibility features and Procreate
What’s You Pride Story?, Liverpool, England, May – July 2016 – Ten-week writing and public speaking course
Play it Forward with Sefton CVS, Southport, England, February 2016 – Two-days of poetry workshops
Discography
The Collegiate, S. Ward, EP, Self-released, November 25th, 2022
Gürtelstraße, S. Ward, EP, Self-released, April 24th, 2020
Sleepless, S. Ward, Single, Self-released, September 24th, 2019
Exhibitions & Events
John Moores Painting Prize, ‘Portrait of Dr Sam Naghibi’, Acrylic Painting, Longlisted (Stage 2), Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, England, May 2023
Drawing the Gallery with The Big Draw, ‘Revisiting Mrs. Martha Dix’, Digital Painting, The World of Glass, St Helens, England, September 2017
CTM Vorspiel at Oh Tannenbaum, Reading & Artwork, Berlin, Germany, January 2014
Contort at Urban Spree, Performance, Berlin, Germany, November 2013
Berlin Atonal Festival at Tresor, Nine-Hour VJ Set, Berlin, Germany, October 2013
The Burt Brill and Cardens Graduate Show 2011, Seven-Days of Events & Workshops, Brighton, England, June 2011
Squanderground at Taj, Performance & Installation, Brighton, England, April 2011
Grand Parade Gallery, Kinetic Sculpture, Brighton, England, April 2010
Occulture Festival at The Courtyard Theatre, Performance, London, England, May 2009
The 50p Show at a disused building facing Brighton Dome, Sculpture, Brighton, England, April 2009
Publications
‘Fearless’, 404 Ink: Issue Two, Fiction, Print, July 2017
‘The Faint Whisper’, Independent Variable Anthology, Poetry, Print, July 2017
Various Articles for Corridor8, Journalism, Online, 2015 – 2017
‘The Organ Recital’, Hark: Issue Four, Fiction, Online, December 2015
‘Gegen Entgegen’, Streets of Berlin: An Anthology, Fiction, Print, September 2015
‘Gegen Entgegen’, SAND: Berlin’s English Literary Journal: Issue 11, Fiction, Print, April 2015
‘The Lights & The Ride’, Yorkshire Art Journal: Afterglow, Poetry, Online, 2015
‘Donation’, Offline Samizdat: Reasons, Fiction, Print, March 2014
‘The Arbitrator’, Offline Samizdat: Discipline, Non-Fiction, Print, April 2013
‘All the World’s a Drunken Fist’, Offline Samizdat: Metaphor, Fiction, Print, August 2012