Chaz Guest

“When I paint I’m feeling joy. I’m feeling what life is supposed to be like. I’m feeling free. I’m going after what it means to be a human being.”

These are the words African African-American artist Chaz Guest. Joy is very much evident in Guest’s recent work, his paintings glowing with beautiful, otherworldly combinations of color and luminous emotions, even as they depict the gritty realities of warfare and the deep complexity of the Black experience.

Hana Ward

Hana Ward was born in Los Angeles, California in 1989. The artist received a BA from Brown University in Providence, Rhode Island in 2011.

Exhibitions of Ward’s work have taken place at: OCHI in Los Angeles, California; Mrs. Gallery in Maspeth, Queens; Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions in Los Angeles, California; Harun Gallery in Leimert Park, California; Beyond Baroque in Venice, California; and Giant Robot in Oakland, California.

In 2017, Ward was awarded a Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist-in-Residence Grant.

Ward’s work has been featured in various publications, including: Artforum, The New York Times, The Los Angeles Times, The Financial Times, Amadeus, Artillery Magazine, Frieze, Creative Independent and AUTRE.

Ward's work was featured in the Voices on Art Podcast in conjunction with Independent Art Fair.

Ward is represented by OCHI in Los Angeles, California and Sun Valley, Idaho.

Ward currently lives and works in Los Angeles, California.