Ward Schumaker

Painter, illustrator, sculptor and bookmaker, Ward Schumaker creates intimate compositions that derive meaning from memory, dreamscape and literary sources. Made using text, cut paper, gestural brushstrokes, and sanded grounds, Schumaker’s pieces find inspiration in the works of Terry Winters, Cy Twombly and Anselm Kiefer. As an illustrator, Schumaker's work has appeared world-wide, working for such periodicals as The New York Times, The Boston Globe, Süddeutsche Zeitung, The Washington Post and Le Figaro; The New Yorker, Poetry, Enjeux Les Echoes, and Newsweek. Schumaker has exhibited widely in the Bay Area, as well as in New York, Los Angeles, Nashville, and Shanghai.