Ward Schumaker

Translation By The Numbers

Mud+Bone+Bloom

A Field Of Words

SPYDER GEARS + IDENTITY MAPS

Trump Papers
(hoisted by his own petard)

Trump Papers (hoisted by his own petard)

Priapus and Rainfall

DOGON KAYAK

Dogon Kayak : New works by Ward Schumaker

YEARS OF PRETTY

Ward Schumaker's hand-painted book real page-turner - SFGate.com

Review: Ward Schumaker’s “YEARS OF PRETTY: Selections from Ten Years of Work” at Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco - SFAQ Online

BIO

Fine art blog http://wardschumaker.blogspot.com

Fine art website https://ward-schumaker.squarespace.com

Ward Schumaker has shown in New York, San Francisco, Shanghai, UC Berkeley, Los Angeles, Sacramento, Charleston, Miami, and Nashville.

Publications

Hate Is What We Need (trade edition of a book of hand-stenciled quotes from Donald Trump) published by Chronicle Books; April 2018

Solo Exhibitions

2023
Bone+ Bone + Bloom: Jack Fischer Gallery; San Francisco, CA: May-Jun
2021
A Wall of Words: Jack Fischer Gallery; San Francisco, CA: May-Jun
2019
Spyder Gears and Identity Maps; Jack Fischer Gallery, SF CA, Mar – May
2019
Trump Papers; Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN, Jan – Feb
2018
Trump Papers (hoisted by his own petard); Jack Fischer Gallery, Nov
2018
Staking Up | Adding Up; Orth Contemporary Gallery; Tulsa, OK, Mar
2017 - 2017
Priapus and Rain Fall, Jack Fischer Gallery, SF CA, Apr - May
2016 - 2017
Demi-Urge; Schema Projects; Brooklyn, NY, Dec - Jan
2016
Probe; Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN, Mar - Apr
2015
- Dogon Kayak Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Sep-Oct
- Do | Undo Sanchez Art Center; Pacifica, CA; Feb-Mar
2013
- Years of Pretty Jack Fischer Gallery; San Francisco, CA; Sep-Oct
- Summon Me! Dominican University; San Rafael, CA; June thru Aug
2012
- Dumb Boxes George Lawson Gallery; Los Angeles, CA; Nov
- New Work, New York O K Harris Gallery; New York, NY Nov
2011
- Geography Lesson Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN; Nov-Dec
- Identity Papers O K Harris Gallery; New York, NY; Oct-Nov
- Composers Skinner Howard Art; Sacramento, CA; June-July
- Composers George Lawson Gallery; San Francisco, CA; Feb-Mar O K Harris Gallery; New York, NY Nov
2010
- Misspells + Cross-outs Stir Gallery; Shanghai, China; Sept-Oct
- Nina Zurier Photographs + Ward Schumaker Paintings; Hilliard Architects Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Aug-Nov
- Fashion + Logic George Lawson Gallery; San Francisco, CA; Feb
2009
- Nina Zurier Photographs + Ward Schumaker Paintings Hilliard Architects Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Aug-Nov
2008
- Saved! Townsend Center, UC Berkeley; Berkeley, CA; March-May
- Books and Drawings Meridian Gallery; San Francisco, CA; Feb-March
2007
- I Am Big Heaven Stir Gallery; Shanghai, China; June
2005
- Grace Zeitgeist Gallery, Nashville, TN; Jan-Feb
2004
- Pretty; Seam San Francisco, CA; July-Aug
2000
- Gertrude Stein’s Paris France Moe’s Books; Berkeley, CA; June

Group Exhibitions

2022
- Did You Do That?; Jack Fischer Gallery; San Francisco, CA; Jan-Feb
- New Work: Schumaker-Flesher-Schumaker; Zeitgeist; Nashville, TN; Apr-May
- Strikethrough; Letterform Archive; San Francisco, CA; Jul-xx
2021
- The Idiosyncratic Pencil Redrafted; Harper Center for the Arts, Presbyterian College; Clinton SC; Jan-Feb
2019
- Contextual: Visualizing Language; Cabrillo College, Aptos, CA; Sep–Oct
- hot love | cold facts; Berkeley Art Center; Berkeley, CA; Aug-Sept
- Xanadu; Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN; July
- The Idiosyncratic Pencil Resharpened; Harper Center for the Arts
- Presbyterian College; Clinton SC, Jan-Feb
2018
No Rhyme or Reason; group collage show; Jack Fischer Gallery, San Francisco, CA, April
2018
139x Nothing But Good; group show; Park, Tilburg, Netherlands, Feb - Mar
2018
MONA Selects: Recently Acquired Work; MONA, Kearney, NE, Jan-Mar
2017 - 2017
Text and Image: Inspired Alphabets, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, SF CA, Mar - July
2016
Overloaded; NIAD Art Center; Richmond, CA, Nov
2016
Black and White Project; Transmitter Gallery; Brooklyn, NY, Aug
2016
Le Dessin S'Engage; Biblioteque d'Art de Miramas; Miramas, France, Apr - May
2016
Look! Book Arts; Healdsburg Center for the Arts; Healdsburg, CA, Apr - May
2016
Paper Paris; Schema Projects (Brooklyn); in Drawing Now; Paris, France, Mar
2015
- Embossed Gallery Molly Krom; New York, NY; Jul-Aug
- Embossed Gallery Look&Listen; Saint Chamas, France; May-Jun
- SFArtMrkt Jack Fischer Gallery; San Francisco, CA; May
- Art on Paper Jack Fischer Gallery; New York, NY; Mar
- Codex Book Fair Jack Fischer Gallery; Richmond, CA; Jan
2014
- Miami Project Jack Fischer Gallery; Miami Art Basel; Miami, FL; Dec
- SFArtMrkt Jack Fischer Gallery; San Francisco, CA; May
2013
- Miami Project; Jack Fischer Gallery; Miami Art Basel; Miami, FL; Dec
2012
- Aqua Art Fair, George Lawson Gallery Miami Art Basel; Miami, FL; Dec
- The Art of Living, Museum of Nebraska Art Kearney, Nebraska; Sept – Jan
- GuangHwaMun International Seoul, Korea; Apr-May;
2011
- The Collage Show Jack Fischer Gallery; San Francisco, CA; December
- Sight and Identity Stanford-in-Washington; Washington, DC; Oct – Jan
- Physical Graffiti James Oliver Gallery; Philadelphia, PA; Sept - Oct
- Rebound: A Survey of Contemporary Artist’s Books Sonoma Valley Museum of Art; Sonoma, CA; June-Aug
- Seeing Gertrude Stein Contemporary Jewish Museum; San Francisco, CA; May-Sept
2010
- Rebound: Book Art Bedford Gallery; Walnut Creek, CA; Jul-Sep
- Kaboom! La Luz de Jesus Gallery; Los Angeles, CA; July
- California Summer George Lawson Gallery; San Francisco, CA; July
- Appropriations Rebekah Jacob Gallery; Charleston, SC; March
- Selected of the Selected Korean Cultural Center; Los Angeles, CA; Feb-Mar
- Texto-&-Figura Nat.Gallery of Costa Rica+San Francisco+Cascais, Portugal;
2009
- Art Miami Basel-Aqua Art George Lawson Gallery; Miami, FL; Dec
- Gallery Artists Group Exhibition Stir Gallery; Shanghai, China; Sept
- 2009 Lawson Gallery Artists Shasta College; Redding, CA; Aug-Sept
- Selected Drawings George Lawson Gallery; San Francisco, CA; Aug
- Who Cares? Works on Paper Stir Gallery; Shanghai, China; May
2008
- Being; Stir Gallery Shanghai, China; September-October
- Works on Paper Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN: Aug-Sept
2006
- Salon; Exploding Head Sacramento, CA; Sept
- X Libris; San Francisco Center for the Book San Francisco, CA; July
- 23rd Annual; Berkeley Art Center Berkeley, CA; July
- Surface Tension; Korean Cultural Center Los Angeles, CA; April
- Picture Mechanics; Zeitgeist Gallery Nashville, TN; March - April
2005
- The Shape of Words Exploding Head Gallery; Sacramento, CA; July
2004
- Picture Mechanics Exploding Head Gallery; Sacramento, CA; Sept
- Dialogue; Pete & Susan Barrett Gallery Santa Monica, CA; Feb - Mar
- Detail Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN; Jan - Feb
2003
- Switchyard Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN; July - Aug - Sept
- Picture Mechanics Zeitgeist Gallery; Nashville, TN; March - April
2002
- Picture Mechanics 69A Gallery; San Francisco, CA; March
1983
- Four Artists Montalvo Center for the Arts; Saratoga, CA

Related Professional Appearances

Collections
- Drawings and paintings in public collections
  Achenbach Foundation for Graphic Arts, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco
  Joslyn Art Museum, Omaha, NE
  Margulies Collection at the Warehouse, Miami Beach, FL
  MONA, Kearney, NE
  Sonoma State University Art Collection, Rohnert Park, CA
  Zimmerli Art Museum of Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ
- Limited-edition letterpress books in public collections (the artist has illustrated two titles for The Yolla Bolly Press: Paris France by Gertrude Stein; and Two Kitchens in Provence by M F K Fischer):
  Boston Public Library
  California Poly State University
  California State Library
  California State University, Hayward
  California State University, Chico
  Claremont College
  Indiana University
  Kansas State University
  Los Angeles Public Library
  Miami University Library (OH)
  New York Public Library
  Occidental College
  University of Alberta (Canada)
  University of Buffalo
  University of California, Berkeley, Bancroft Library
  University of California, Irving
  University of California, Los Angeles Library
  University of California, Riverside
  University of California, San Diego
  University of Iowa
  University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
  University of Missouri, Kansas City
  University of North Carolina
  University of San Francisco, Gleeson Library
  University of Southern California
  University of Utah
  San Jose State University Library
  Scripps College, Denison Library
  Stanford University
  Swarthmore College
  Wake Forest University
- Exhibition Design