Simon Ward

Simon Ward is a video maker and animator from Wellington, New Zealand, who spent ten years in feature film costuming before making video his main practice. He has made more than 50 music videos and co-directs the animated comedy series Aroha Bridge. Since the Spring 2019 Pioneer Works residency, he has worked mainly with visual artist Jess Johnson, turning her hand-drawn worlds into animation and virtual reality works such as Fleshold Crossing and XYZZY.