Blake Ward
Blake Ward (born June 3, 1956) is a Canadian-born sculptor best known for his contemporary approach to the classical figure. Contrary to the trend toward abstraction that was taught during his formal education in Canada, Ward's early work centred on the figure. Evolving through the 1990s and early 2000s into contemporary partial figures created as excerpts of the human condition. In the words of Art Critic Jacqueline Ceresoli "Bodies in metamorphosis, balanced between apocalypse and the Postmodern, steeped in a lost Classical age, echoed through an ever-evolving Renaissance, in vibrant tension or torsion as they head toward some future utopia." Ward has been exhibited in France, Monaco, Italy, Germany, England, Singapore, India, Hong Kong, the United States and Canada. Early life Blake William Ward was born on June 3, 1956, in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories. Canada and raised in Edmonton, Alberta. Born to Maxwell W. Ward (1922-2020) and Marjorie Dortha (née Skelton) Ward, (born 1923). Blake was the youngest of four children. Encouraged by his parents, his love for art developed through his travels to Europe and the United States as a young man. "He credits his mother who he said was instrumental in exposing him to art and instilling in