Meet the Artist
Kaile
Ward
Textile
“My textile-based work involves a close exploration of nature in my hometown, Hamilton Township, Ontario, through a microscope, the production of natural dyes, and eco printing. I explore themes of comfort, healing, meditation and the implications of materials and abstraction. I am interested in the familiarity, intimacy, connotations (home, comfort, protection) and metaphors (mending, repairing, connecting) that thread and cloth hold. My studio turns into a laboratory were I examine various wild plants, leaves, and water, under a microscope. By interpreting microscope photographs in soft sculpture and embedding meaning into all my materials, I aim to reconnect and rebuild my relationship with my home. Textile materials and a series of slow, meditative, and repetitive processes create comfort for myself.”
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Kaile Ward is an emerging textile artist who explores themes of home, identity, comfort, healing, meditation and the implications of materials and abstraction. She graduated with a BFA in Drawing and Painting with distinction from OCAD University in 2020. Beginning as a painter, Kaile’s practice has shifted to fully embracing textiles over the past year with a focus on soft sculpture. After moving to Toronto to pursue art at OCAD her work has deeply explored nature in her hometown, Hamilton Township, Ontario.
2020, OCAD U & Propeller Art Gallery presents DRAWING & PAINTING CLASS OF 2020 GRADEX105 SHOW
Propeller Gallery
2020, Ontario College of Art & Design University BFA Thesis Online Exhibition
Social Distance Gallery (Online)
2020, Thesis in Process: Group Exhibition
OCAD University Ada Slaight Student Hub (Toronto, ON, Canada)
2020, OCAD Catalogue Fundraiser: Art Prom
OCAD University (Toronto, ON, Canada)
2019, Group Exhibition
OCAD University Ada Slaight Student Hub (Toronto, ON, Canada)
2019, A Look Inside
OCAD University (Toronto, ON, Canada)
2019, Art Walk and Pub Crawl
Cobourg, ON, Canada
2018, A Look Inside
OCAD University (Toronto, ON, Canada)
2016, First-Year Exhibition
OCAD University (Toronto, ON, Canada)
2014, Group Exhibition
Art Gallery of Northumberland (Cobourg, ON, Canada)
2015, Project 31 Drawing and Painting Scholarship
OCAD University
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