Raya Ward (she/her, b. 1998, Atlanta, GA) is an transdisciplinary artist whose work spans physical, digital, and social space.

Her physical works in collage and installation manipulate her and others’ data artifacts to explore concepts of diary, surveillance, family, and grief. Her gatherings and performances challenge norms of conviviality and communing by creating unique containers for human happenings. Finally, as one half of tomorrow soup, her digital works and websites explore the potential for a soft internet that holds space for communal care, queer joy, and climate grief.

In her freelance practice, she supports early teams, companies, and projects in field research, concept design, product design, and general design consulting. Recent clients have included a climate startup, an experimental social network, and an ecological design studio.

Raya was born and raised in the metro-Atlanta area and is based in LA. Currently, she is focused on getting to know her new neighborhood and neighbors, making (often), dancing (often) and putting her feet in the dirt. She generally prefers to be in the water than on land.