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EJ Ward is an artist raised in the state of Georgia, USA. In 2023, she started to take courses at Georgia Southern University which changed the course of how her ideas are expressed through medium. As she gained more experience, painting and print became the primary mediums to capture the memories of her past and current being with relationships in her art. Recently, EJ has participated in the 2026 Undergraduate Juried Exhibition at Georgia Southern. She is also working as an art assistant in Bluffton, South Carolina which includes projects like plaster work, murals, and foe-finishing.

Statement

Being away from the people you love is one of the hardest things one might face. This comes with all types of emotions including confusion and loss or even feelings of excitement for the next meeting and happy replays of memories. In my life, friends have always been the strongest type of relationship that I have had. Whenever I am away from them it is always a struggle which leads me to think about them daily from missing them.In each of my pieces, I display parts of my life by showing photos created into pieces on canvas through landscapes and figures with some include abstract compositions. These include places we have been, where I am now, or where I may want to be with them. Memory, nostalgia, and emotions are deeply rooted to give the viewer a sense of relation in my artwork and encourage them to think about their own experiences.