Born 1960 Britain

Cathy Ward is a British artist who has always followed her own creative path, never straight, but a convoluted path led by impulse and intuition through portals and rules where energy is the driving force and extraordinary art is the result.

A monograph called Liberty Realm, published by Strange Attractor Press & MIT Press, 2020 is available.

“Visiting Cathy’s studio is an unforgettable experience. Upon entering the inner sanctum of such an extraordinary artist, you discover a labyrinth of memories, stories, ideas and passion for collecting the curious. You observe Cathy’s unleashed creative spirit which she nurtures and develops into art that reflects a distinct feminine force. It is art that depicts multiple levels of consciousness and shows a visual depth and a profound knowledge of emotion imbued in every stroke or etch. The entwined chiaroscuratic whorls within each artwork pulsate and mesmerise the viewer with an energy and purpose that leaves a lasting impression. There is great power in Cathy’s art as it reveals so much about herself and the emotional journeys of all women.” Vivienne Roberts 2019

Publications
2025 Spirit Worlds: Contributor to Library of Esoterica series curated by Jessica Huntley. Taschen
2022 England On Fire: Stephen Ellcock Thames & Hudson
Cathy can be followed on Instagram @wardsisterward

Selection of exhibitions:

2025 The Meeting Place of Unveiled Worlds:  Tokyo Shibuya Koen-dori Gallery, Museum of Contemporary Art Tokyo, Tokyo Metropolitan Foundation for History and Culture. Curated by Jennifer Lauren Gallery
2025 Tarot Then & Now : Atlantis Occult Bookshop, London
2025 Beautopia Curated by Anne Grgich Seattle
2025 Allegory of Sight: Van De Plas Gallery NY
2024 The Emotive Power of Colour: Van de Plas Gallery NY
2024 Outlaws: Fashion Renegades of 80s London. Fashion & Textile Museum 
2024 WIAF24 Women In Art Fair The Mall Galleries London
2024 Four Roots; Tierra Del Sol LA
2023 HeXibition Atlantis Occult Bookshop London 
2023 Summer Exhibition The Blacksmiths Gallery York
2022 The Horror Show – A Tale of Twisted Britain. Somerset House Curators: Iain Forsyth, Jane Pollard & Claire Catterall. 
2022 Creative Spirits: The College of Psychic Studies London curated by Vivienne Roberts
2021 Strange Things Among Us: The College of Psychic Studies curated by Vivienne Roberts
2020 The Naked Mind – Track 16 Gallery, LA
2020 Monochromatic Minds: Jennifer Lauren Gallery, Manchester
2019 Searching For The Miraculous – Curfew Tower NI
2019 Visions of Wonder: The College of Psychic Studies, London curated by Vivienne Roberts
2019 Realm – Cathy Ward featured artist MoCA 
2019 Waking The Witch – Old Ways, New Rites – Oriel Davis Wales / 20-21 Visual Arts Centre Scunthorpe / Sidney Cooper Canterbury / Bonnington Gallery Nottingham 
2019 The Outsider Art Fair NY with Good Luck Gallery, LA
2018 Bridging Two Worlds: Land of The Living & Land of The Dead- Morbid Anatomy, Greenwood Cemetery NY
2018 Free Range: Blinky The Friendly Hen 40th Anniversary, CSUN Art Galleries Curated by Jeffrey Vallance
2018 Sub Rosa – Cathy Ward solo show at The Horse Hospital, London
2018 Art Olympia -Tokyo Metropolitan Art Museum, Japan
2017 Phantasmata – Cathy Ward solo show at the Good Luck Gallery LA
2017 Tryst – Conquest House, Canterbury, Kent 
2016 Group Show – Outsider Art Museum, Amsterdam, NL
2016 Babel – Curated Space The Outsider Artfair, NY
2015 Cathy Ward: solo show – The Good Luck Gallery, LA 
2015 Cathy Ward & Kenneth Alfred – Galerie Toxic, Lux
2015 Phantastische Venus – Viechtach, Bavaria, Germany
2015 The Outsider Art Fair, Paris -Galerie Toxic, Luxembourg
2014 From Far Away Across The Universe -TAM LA
2014 Outsider Art Fair Paris |Outsider Artfair NY|Outsider Artfair NZ |Art Paris, Grand Palais Gallery Toxic, Luxembourg 2014 Cathy Ward & Moja Assefjah, Galerie Toxic, Lux
2014 Cathy Ward solo show at the Stables Gallery, Orleans House
2013 Madge Gill: Medium & Visionary Artist in Residence, Orleans House, London
2012 Unstable – Maggs Counterculture Gallery, London. 
2012 Pertaining to Things Natural – Chelsea Physic Garden
2012 Capital Offence: The End(s) of Capitalism. ECO: Economic Crisis Observatory, Beacon Arts Centre, LA 
2011 Folkestone Triennial, Fringe Festival, Folkestone, Kent, 
2011 Cathy Ward & Eric Wright – Chain Letter London | Shoshana Wayne Gallery, LA
2010 Teen Age Cathy Ward solo, Usurp Gallery, London 
2009 Tender Vessels – Cathy Ward & Eric Wright Collaborative solo -Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth
2008 Aspects of Mel’s Hole: Artists Respond to a Paranormal Land Event Occuring in Radio Space – GCAC California USA 2008 Artist in resident Mel’s Hole, GCAC, Santa Ana CA
2008 Sacred Pastures: Norbert H Kox, Cathy Ward, Eric Wright – The Horse Hospital, London
2008 Zombie Surfers – Cell Project Space, London.
2007 Emergency 3 – Selected Biennale Winners Cathy Ward & Eric Wright. Aspex Gallery, Portsmouth 
2007 Jerwood Drawing Prize – Jerwood Space, London / Pittville Gallery, Cheltenham/ Mackintosh Gallery, Glasgow / RWOEA Bristol / Bayart Cardiff / Hatton Gallery, Newcastle
2006 Utopia – JMKAC: John Michael Kohler Art Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin 
2006 Internal Guidance Systems -Track 16, LA
2005 Destiny Manifest Eden’s End – Cathy Ward & Eric Wright Solo Exhibition – CGP: Cafe Gallery Projects, London UK 2005 Oak, Earth, Flint, Point: Earthwork Sculpture – Commissioned: Gateway to Europe & Highways commission
2005 Treehugger: Now, Romantic, Nature – MAMA: Showroom for Media and Moving Art Rotterdam, NL
2005 Chthonic! Works by Nueve Invention Artists, Cavin-Morris gallery, NY
2005 The Folk Archive -Barbican London; MKG: Milton Keynes Gallery, UK Curators- Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane 2004 Talespinning: Selections Fall The Drawing Center, NY
2004 JM23: The Walker, Liverpool UK
2004 CLUI: Center for Land Use Interpretation – Resident Artist The American Land Museum, Wendover, Utah USA
2004 Romantic Detachment – PS.1.MoMA,NY with Grizedale Arts, Henry Moore Foundation Contemporary Projects UK
2004 Grizedale Arts, Artist Residency – Grizedale Research & Development Grant, Cumbria
2004 BeauRoque – Cathy Ward & Eric Wright solo – SPACE Micro Gallery, LA 
2003 Herworld – Cathy Ward solo – Artesian Visionary and Grass Roots Gallery, Edinburgh, Scotland
2003 Gathering in The May – Cathy Ward & Eric Wright solo collaborative, Standpoint Gallery, London 
2000-02 Transromantik: Volksgeist – Cathy Ward & Eric Wright solo collaborative – Mercer Union, Toronto, Canada and Horse Hospital, London 
1996 Whitechapel Open ’96 Whitechapel Gallery, London 
1994 What She Wants; The Museum of Women’s Art Copenhagen; Stills Gallery, Edinburgh; Impressions, York 
1989 Visual Fine Art Residency The Banff Centre, Canada. 
1989 Key Walter Phillips Gallery, The Banff Center, Canada1987 Museum of Mankind Cabinet of Curiosities invited artist by Eduardo Paolozzi