Press Release

Mrs. is proud to share a solo presentation of new works by Hana Ward for Independent, New York, 2021. 

Hana Ward’s paintings often touch on themes of liberation, introspection and diaspora. Through her landscapes, she documents focal yet disappearing parts of her native city, Los Angeles while her portraits often depict Black women navigating various layers of their consciousness. Her work has been described as, “sometimes sad, sometimes funny but always intriguingly equivocal," Suzanne Muchnic for Art News. For Ward's recent exhibition at Ochi Projects, LA she found herself thinking about the experience of transformation, of coming into one’s power – specifically about how this experience might unfold for Black women. This show was recently selected for Artforum's Must See Exhibitions. This will be the artist's first presentation in New York as well as her first with Mrs. Our engagement with the Independent will also serve as a prelude to Ward's first solo exhibition in New York, which will open November 2021.

Hana Ward is a painter and ceramicist from Los Angeles, California. She earned a B.A. from Brown University in 2011. Recent solo exhibitions include Ochi Projects and Harun Gallery in Los Angeles, CA. Recent group exhibitions include Giant Robot, Oakland, CA, Untitled Art Fair and NADA Fair. She was also awarded the Department of Cultural Affairs Artist-in-Residence Grant in 2017. Recent press includes Artillery, Autre as well as an interview with Daniela Steinfeld for Voices on Art Podcast. Ward’s work will be featured in the forthcoming exhibition PARABLE 003, curated by Alex Jones and Kevin Bernard Moultrie Daye at Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions. Ward is represented by Ochi Projects, Los Angeles, CA.

Photographs by Rubin Diaz