IN CONVERSATION: Hana Ward and Ismail Muhammad

We are delighted to celebrate the final day of Hana Ward's solo exhibition "Much more elusive and even more wonderful" with the next iteration of our "In Conversation" series, featuring Hana Ward and writer and editor Ismail Muhammad next Saturday, November 8 at 1pm. 

Ismail Muhammad is a writer and editor based in New York, where he works as a story editor at the New York Times Magazine. His work has appeared in publications like the New York Times, Slate, The New Republic, Bookforum, Dissent and the Los Angeles Times Image Magazine. 

Hana Ward (b. 1989, Los Angeles, CA) received her BA from Brown University in 2011. Ward’s work has been exhibited internationally at venues including the Carolyn Campagna Kleefeld, Contemporary Museum in Long Beach, CA; the California African American Museum, Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, Harun Gallery, Beyond Baroque, and OCHI in Los Angeles, CA; The FLAG Art Foundation in New York, NY; Mrs. in Queens, NY; Roche Projects in Kyoto, Japan; and The Breeder in Athens, Greece. Ward has attended the Modern Ancient Brown Foundation Residency, Detroit (2025) and the Hayama Residency, Japan (2023). She was awarded a 2017 Los Angeles Department of Cultural Affairs Artist-in-Residence Grant. Ward’s work has been featured in numerous publications including Artforum, Frieze, The New York Times, Los Angeles Times, Financial Times, Amadeus, Artillery Magazine, and AUTRE. Ward currently lives and works in Los Angeles, CA and is represented by OCHI.