Nathan Ward is a London based Image Maker, Set Designer and Animator. He has a particular interest in handmade objects, as a vehicle for realising ideas. Nathan works extensively within the field of paper-craft and enjoys pushing the possibilities of paper as a material. In his home studio in South London, Nathan creates intricately crafted paper illustrations and animations, including large-scale sets, window displays and installations.

Nathan has built sets, props and models for Google, Jo Malone, Aquascutum, Harry Winston, Escape Hunt, Links of London, Air Wick, The Vegan Society, The School of Life and Tom Rosenthal. Clients he has worked for include the Royal Opera House, G.F Smith, Kingston University, John Lewis & Partners, The English National Opera, Compass Collective, Mount Street Printers and Fantoche International Animation Film Festival.

Client List:
Royal Opera House
English National Opera
John Lewis & Partners
G. F Smith
Smeg
Compass Collective
Fantoche International Film Festival
Mount Street Printers
Kingston University
Curchod & Co
Immediate Media (Civil Service Members Association)

Credited for work with:
The Vegan Society
Tom Rosenthal
Air Wick
The School of Life
Jarndyce Books
Harry Winston
Milan Fashion Week
Jo Malone
Google
Aquascutum
Links of London
Escape Hunt
The Wildlife Trusts
Great Ormond Street
World Wildlife Fund
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Awards/Features
2021 Winner of the London Festival of Architecture's Showroom Showcase
2020 Creative Conscience Award Winner for Saturation Point
2020 The Social Distancing Project
2020 Winner Royal Opera House Commission
2018 Kingston School of Art Student Representative of the Year
2015 NADFAS RBA Scholar
2015 ADFAS Scholarship

Exhibitions

2021 BA (Hons) Illustration Animation Degree Show ‘Reconnecting’, OXO Bargehouse
2020 Under Water: paper and movement, G.F Smith White Space
2019 Interdisciplinary in Design and Arts (IDA) Exhibition, Hochschule Luzern Switzerland
2018 Knights Park Platform Gallery, Trouble in Paradise
2016 Alton College Art & Design Show, Alton College
2015 Royal Society of British Artists (RBA) Summer Exhibition, Mall Galleries