Devon Ward is an artist who creates digital and living systems to explore concepts of time, place and identity. He serves as Assistant Professor of Graphic Design at Auburn University where he teaches Intro to Design and Interactive Media. He has exhibited internationally in Australia, China, Japan, Ireland, UK and the United States.

Education
2015   Master of Biological Arts, The University of Western Australia, AU
2010   Bachelor of Fine Arts, University of Florida, US

Selected Exhibitions
2022   Defining the Undefined, MACAA Virtual Gallery, US
2021    Biodiversity-Cultural Diversity, Hugh N. Ronald Gallery, Portland, US
2021    Ball State Faculty Triennial, Gloria Griner Gallery, Ball State, Muncie, US
2020   Designs for Different Futures, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, US
2020   Faculty Biennial 2020, University Galleries, Illinois State, US
2020   Urban Screening, Melbourne Design Week, Melbourne, AU
2019   Designs for Difference Futures, Philadelphia Museum of Art, US
2019   Urban Screening,  Perth Cultural Centre, Perth, AU
2019   Growing ZHI, Zhi Art Museum, Chengdu, CN
2019   Gnawing Fields, The Lobby, Perth, AU
2019   Quasi-Nature, Hyundai Motor Studio, Beijing, CN
2019   Growing, Chronus Art Center, Shanghai, CN
2019   The Tempering, Cool Change Contemporary, Perth, AU
2018   Dark Skies Ahead, Paper Mountain, Perth, AU
2018   Fake, Science Gallery Dublin, Dublin, IE
2017   Fremantle Biennale: High Tide, Fremantle, AU
2017   This is Not Art (TiNA), Critical Animals, Newcastle, AU
2017   Transart, Roe St Footbridge, Perth, AU
2017   Co•–st•–l W•–ve Tr•–nsl•–tor, Elizabeth Quay, Perth, AU
2016   Scrapped (curation), Aartlab, Perth, AU
2016   Protistopia and Posthuman Mythologies (curation), Aartlab, Perth, AU
2015   Futile Labor, John Curtin Gallery, Perth, AU
2015   Busied & Bruised with Looking, Perth Centre for Photography, Perth
2014   Nerves in Patterns on a Screen, Paper Mountain, Perth, AU
2014   Repetitions of Observation, ArtLaab, Perth, AU
2013   Marqeu d’ironie, Light Locker, Perth, AU
2010   Tales of a Man-myth, Reitz Union Gallery, Gainesville, US
2010   Musical Chairs, Eleanor Blair’s Studio, Gainesville, US
2010   Ligature 19, Focus Gallery, Gainesville, US
2009   Proof of Unicorns, WARP Gallery, Gainesville, US
2009   Made in Japan, Design Festa Gallery, Tokyo, JP
2008   Ligature 17, Focus Gallery, Gainesville, US

Publications + Conference Presentations

2023
Ward, Devon “The Art of Environmental Personhood and the Possibility of Environmental Statehood” In: Pau Alsina & Andrés Burbano (coords.). “Possibles”. Artnodes, no. 32. UOC. https://doi.org/10.7238/artnodes.v0i32.411208

2023
Zeigler, Eric; Gaskins, Whitney; Scarpelli, Andy; Sheth, Nandita; Carpenter, Brian and Devon Ward “Culturing Biodesigners: Pedagogical Approaches to Biodesign” In 17th International Conference on Design Principles an Practices. Lisbon Polytechnic.

2022
Ward, Devon “The Conversational Approach to Design” In Watershed: Southeastern College Art Conference (SECAC) 2022. Maryland Institute College of Art: Maryland, US.

2022
Ward, Devon “In Sight of Allo-States: Tracing the Path from Environmental Personhood to Agentials, Performances of Personhood and Other Artworks on the Agency-Personhood Continuum (APC)” In 27th International Symposium for Electronic Art. Universitat Oberta de Catalunya: Barcelona.

2022
Ward, Devon and Kirill de Lancanstre Jedenov. “Education in the Expanded Field of Design: Biological Design” In Proceedings of the 37th National Conference on the Beginning Design Student. Ball State University: Muncie.

2022
Ward, Devon. “The Expanded Field of Design: Speculative Biodesign” In Defining the Undefined: 2022 Mid- America College Art Association Virtual Conference. Slippery Rock University: Slippery Rock

2021
Ward, Devon. “Vital Signs: Representations of agency and the art of nonhuman personhood.” In Vitality: Conference for Society for Literary, Sciences and the Arts 2021. Michigan University: Detroit.

2019
Ward, Devon, and Kynan Tan. “Dislocated Agency: Methods for Web-Based Sound Generation.” In Signal Culture Cook Book, Vol. 2, edited by Jason Bernagozzi, 122-145. Owego: Signal Culture. 2018-jul Ward, Devon, “Wave Translator.” In Proceedings of the First Digital Naturalism Conference. edited by Andrew Quitmeyer, 146–149. Koh Lon: Digital Naturalism.

2017
Ward, Devon, Robert Cameron, Loren Kronemyer, and Kirill de Lancanstre Jedenov. “Biological Systems: Outcomes in Architectural Design Studios.” In Back to the Future: The Next 50 Years: 51st International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA). edited by Marc Aurel Schnabel, 343–355. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.

2017
Robert Cameron, Kirill de Lancanstre Jedenov, Devon Ward and Loren Kronemyer. “Responsive Systems and Electronic Spatial Interfaces: Outcomes in Architectural Design Studios.” In Back to the Future: The Next 50 Years: 51st International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA). edited by Marc Aurel Schnabel, 743–752. Wellington: Victoria University of Wellington.

2015    Ward, Devon. “DIY Neurohacking with YouTube: Transcranial Direct Stimulation.” Presented at Neolife 2015: Society for Literature, Science and the Arts. Perth: The University of Western Australia.

Awards + Grants
2022    Living Posters, SEED Grant, CADC, Auburn University.
2022    The Other Film Festival: WA. Advertising Award Graphis Gold Award
2022    The Other Film Festival: WA. American Design Award GD USA
2021     Biomess. 58th American Design Award GD USA
2021     A New Calibre. 58th Annual American Design Award GD USA
2021     Biomess. 21st Annual American Webdesign Award GD USA
2019     UWA Award for Excellence in Teaching,UWA, Perth, AU
2017     _Foundations_2100_ TransArt Commission ($12,000) City of Perth, AU
2015     Future Bees Fund Poster Series. Poster Competition Graphis Silver Award

Residencies + Conference Presentations
2018   Digital Naturalism, Phuket, TH
2017   Back to the Future: The Next 50 Years, 51st International Conference for Architecture, Wellington, NZ
2016   Ars Bioarctica Residency, University of Helsinki, Kilpisjärvi, FI
2015   SymbioticA, UWA, Perth, AU
2015   Neolife Conference, UWA, Perth, AU

Workshops
2018   BYO Lab,  Spectra + ANAT, Adelaide, AU
2015   Hack the Lab, SymbioticA + Perth Modern, UWA, Perth, AU
2015   Didactic Tools, The Fremantle Art Centre, Fremantle, AU
2015   Spark_Lab, Perth Institute for Contemporary Art, Perth, AU
2013   SymbioticA, School of Indigenous Studies, UWA, Perth, AU

Selected Interviews, Talks and Seminars

2017  Back to the Future: The Next 50 Years, 51st International Conference of the Architectural Science Association (ANZAScA), University of Victoria Wellington, Wellington, NZ
2015  Neolife Conference, University of Western Australia, Perth, WA
2015  Perth Centre for Photography, Perth, WA
2015  Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Visual Arts, UWA, Perth, WA
2014  SymbioticA, Artist Talk, Perth, WA
2014  Paper Mountain, Artist Talk, Perth, WA
2014  RTRFM, Artbeat, Radio Interview, Perth, WA