Heather Ward Wildlife Art

Black and White, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM (now through April 8)
17th Annual International Guild of Realism Exhibit, Sugarman-Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM (June 2-26)
Ruidoso Arts Festival, Ruidoso, NM (July 21-23)

Affiliations:

Solo Exhibitions:

Local Wildlife
The Nature Center, Pajarito Environmental Education Center, Los Alamos, NM (December, 2018-February, 2019)
A World of Birds
Mesa Public Library, Los Alamos, NM (May, 2017)
Scratchboard Artworks
Rose Chocolatier, Los Alamos, NM (April-May, 2016)
Wild About Scratchboard
The Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM (March-May, 2015)

Recent Juried Exhibitions and Fairs:
2023

Ruidoso Arts Festival, Ruidoso, NM
17^th Annual International Guild of Realism Exhibit, Sugarman Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Black and White, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM
Las Cruces Arts Fair, Las Cruces, NM

2022

11^thAnnual Scratchboard Exhibit, ArtCenter Manatee, Bradenton, FL
62^nd Annual Art and the Animal Exhibit, Turtle Bay Exploration Park, Redding, CA
Rio Grande Arts and Crafts Festival, Albuquerque, NM
Ruidoso Arts Festival, Ruidoso, NM
16^th Annual International Guild of Realism Exhibit, McBride Gallery, Annapolis, MD
The Animals of North America (Society of Animal Artists), Customs House Museum and Cultural Center, Clarksville, TN
Las Cruces Arts Fair, Las Cruces, NM

2021

2020

2019

14^th Annual International Guild of Realism Exhibit, Principle Gallery, Alexandria, VA
59^th Annual Art and the Animal Exhibit, Briscoe Western Art Museum, San Antonio, TX
First Annual Albuquerque Art Showcase, Albuquerque, NM
Shades of Gray, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
Black and White, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM

2018

13^th Annual International Guild of Realism Exhibit, Sugarman Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
WILD!, Ghostwolf Gallery with Defenders of Wildlife, Albuquerque, NM
Reflections of Nature, Fallbrook Arts Center, Fallbrook, CA
Fierce and Frail: Of Beings, Beasts, and Seed, Verum Ultimum, Portland, OR
7^th Annual Scratchboard Exhibit, Middletown Arts Center, Middletown, OH
3^rd Biennial Wings & Water Exhibit, River Arts, Prairie du Sac, WI

2017

Regional Fine Arts Show, Lincoln Gallery, Loveland, CO
16^th Annual Wildlife Juried Art Competition, Jaycee Center for the Arts, Irving, TX
10x10x10xTieton!, Tieton Arts and Humanities, Tieton, WA
Winter Art Extravaganza, Brisbane Macgregor Lion's Club, Brisbane, Australia
WILD!, Ghostwolf Gallery with Defenders of Wildlife, Albuquerque, NM
Black and White, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM
32^nd Annual Texas & Neighbors, Jaycee Center for the Arts, Irving, TX
35^th Annual La Quinta Arts Festival, La Quinta, CA
6^th Annual Scratchboard Exhibit, Stump Hill Gallery, McLaren Vale, Australia

2016

I Am Become Death, The Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
15^th Annual Wildlife Juried Art Competition, Jaycee Center for the Arts, Irving, TX
Born to be Wild, Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
5^th Annual Scratchboard Exhibit, Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson, AZ
Black and White, New Mexico Art League, Albuquerque, NM
2^nd Biennial Wings & Water Exhibit, River Arts, Prairie du Sac, WI
Arts in Harmony, Elk River Arts Alliance, Elk River, MN

2015 and Before

14^th Annual Wildlife Juried Art Competition, Jaycee Center for the Arts, Irving, TX
4^th Annual Scratchboard Exhibit, Delaplaine Art Center, Frederick, MD
3^rd Annual Scratchboard Exhibit, Page Walker Center, Cary, NC
Things with Wings, The Fuller Lodge Art Center, Los Alamos, NM
12^th Annual Wildlife Juried Art Competition, Jaycee Center for the Arts, Irving, TX
2^nd Annual Scratchboard Exhibit, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada

Awards, Etc.:

Best in Category (Drawing) and Third Place (Drawing), Ruidoso Arts Festival, 2022
Best in Category (Drawing), Ruidoso Arts Festival, 2021
Semifinalist in the 2020 Art Renewal Center's Salon, Animal category
Finalist in the 2018 Art Renewal Center's Salon, Animal category
Honorable Mention, International Society of Scratchboard Artists online exhibit, 2018
Best Drawing, 13^th Annual International Guild of Realism Exhibit, Sugarman Peterson Gallery, Santa Fe, NM
Honorable Mention, 3^rd Biennial Wings & Water Exhibit, Prairie du Sac, WI
First Place in the Drawing/Pastel category, Regional Fine Arts Show, Lincoln Gallery, CO
Featured Artist in the 35^th Annual La Quinta Arts Festival, 2017
Finalist in the 2016 Art Renewal Center's Salon, Animal category
Editorial in the August 2016 issue of Southwest Art, as one of artists from New Mexico
Commissioned to design trail plaques for the Nature Center, 2016, 2017, 2019
Interview in the January 2016 issue of Southwest Art, as one of the 2015 The Artist's Magazine Annual Competition finalists
Finalist in the 2015 The Artist's Magazine Annual Competition, Animal category
Artwork selected for 2014 Run for the Zoo logo, Albuquerque BioPark