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WARD ON THE MOVE

A Mobile Art Experience by Curated

Join us for an immersive evening of art, memory, movement, and collective gathered around a mobile exhibition featuring new works by Rainey King created during his April 2026 residency at MIDO Gallery in Medellín, Colombia.

Spanning painting, sculpture, public intervention, performance, collected material, and social practice, WARD ON THE MOVE explores how memory, labor, lineage, and movement shape the marks we leave behind.

The evening will feature:

— New bodies of work from Colombia

— Interactive installations

— A collaborative found object workshop

— Music, conversation, and shared space

— Limited residency print releases

At 6:30 PM, guests are invited to participate in the FOUND OBJECT WORKSHOP — a reflective, hands-on experience exploring memory, material, and transformation.

Bring a small object, fragment, receipt, textile, stone, photograph, or discarded material that carries personal meaning. Through guided reflection and intuitive mark-making, participants will transform ordinary objects into small personal artifacts that connect to the exhibition's larger language.

No artistic experience needed.

This event is intentionally mobile and hosted within a transformed U-Haul exhibition space — reimagining temporary architecture through adaptive reuse, sustainability, and accessible public engagement.

Light snacks & beverages provided / BYOB encouraged.

Private RSVP location shared after registration.

Thank you for being part of the story.

WARD IS THE WAY.

Current Work & Residency

I’m currently developing multiple bodies of work through an ongoing residency in Medellín, Colombia — exploring memory, labor, lineage, public intervention, and material storytelling through painting, found objects, performance, and collected fragments.

This evolving archive follows the ways place reshapes practice, documenting new series as they unfold in real time. Explore current work below, or follow along through my Instagram journal for process, travel, and studio moments.

THE BODY CIRCLE May 31 • 4–7 PM Los Angeles This is something we’ve been building from a very real place. The body as memory. The body as archive. The body as something we move through every day — but don’t always liste
Back in Kansas City and bringing a piece of Medellín with me. 🇨🇴✨ Join me for Ward on the Move!! A mobile art experience presented by Curated, showcasing new works created during my residency at the Mido Gallery. . This body of work refle
What began as a residency became something much larger — not just a place to make work, but a place that reshaped how I understand my practice, relationships, and the ways art can live in everyday life. Over the past month in Medellín,
Field Markers . Tagged Rocks / Trash Cans / Interventions Across Colombia . An ongoing intervention built from what is already here. . Broken ceramics, discarded stones, tagged surfaces, fragments left behind — materials found throughout Colomb
WARD: Marks for Living This new body of work begins with WARD, a stick-figure motif named for my grandfather, Rainey Ward King — the man whose name I carry, and whose presence continues to shape how I move through the world. . The five marks a
While in Colombia for my artist residency, I’m continuing to work closely with students from Guadalupe Centers High School & and impact academy at Metropolitan community college in Kansas City This week, they spent time at the Kansas City
Working at the intersection of found objects, discarded materials, and the marks we leave behind. I’ve been noticing the fragments here — broken tiles, ceramic shards, small stones scattered throughout Colombia, especially in El Poblado,
Hiking to an ancient waterfall with my friend Alex, who came to visit — this is only his second country. We’ve been friends since we were 7. That’s 25 years of bonding, fighting, crying, growing, and finding our way back to each ot
Reminiscing on one of the most important parts of my childhood, these dominoes. . Growing up, I played with them alongside my father . Every time I visited him in prison, we played. . The scoreboard in the image is one he made by hand while incarcer