About Rachel
 

Rachel “Ranch” Ward is a Chicago based Ceramic artist and a recent graduate of School of the Art Institute of Chicago. Their large-bodied work encompasses important memories as a way to physically work through trauma in a healthy and respectful way. Ward hopes to inspire others to use physical forms of art, such as ceramics, to work through difficult and uncovered issues. The process of making their work allows for navigation in the world of gender and identity, while inspiring others to appreciate queer bodies as beautiful. Teaching at ARTica Studios and Lillstreet Art Center, Ward prides themselves on their open and conceptual teaching style. With a successful small business selling their personal work, and recently receiving the position of Studio Technician at Northwestern University, Rachel “Ranch” Ward is a practicing artist ready to share their experience and learn with you.