Trained as an architect, Attard now focuses on a contemporary art practice that incorporates architecture, sculpture, photography, video and installation, to explore his major interests in places and their memories.
He represented Malta in the 48th Venice Biennale in 1999.
Attard has exhibited internationally: Manifesta 9 Parellel Events, Genk, Belgium (2012); Beaufort 04, De Panne, Belgium (2012); Meridian/Urban Project, Berlin, Germany (2011); Galeria Nuble, Santander, Spain (2011); OSTRALE 011, Dresden, Germany; I-Park, Connetticut, USA (2011); 5th Biennial VentoSul, Curitiba, Brazil (2009); 25th Alexandria Biennial, Egypt (2009); CUBE OPEN, Manchester, UK (2009); 2nd Bienal de Canarias, Canary Islands (2009); INHABIT 09, Brisbane, Australia (2009); Turner Contemporary, Margate, UK. (2008); Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland (2008); INTRUDE 366, Zendai Museum of Modern Art, Shanghai, China (2008); 3rd Echigo Tsumari Triennale, Japan, (2006); Kaohsiung Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan (2005); 
He has also attended several residency programs: Elsewhere Collaborative, Greensboro, North Carolina, (2011); Virginia Centre for the Creative Arts (VCCA), U.S.A., (2010); Irish Museum of Modern Art (IMMA), Dublin, Ireland.,(2008); Turner Contemporary (in collaboration with Oxford Modern, UK), Margate, UK., (2007); Europos Parkus, Vilnius, Lithuania, (2006); Taipei Artists Village, Taipei, Taiwan, (2005); and (KAIR) Kamiyama, Japan, 2004.
Attard has been the Director of GOZO CONTEMPORARY since 2001, an art space, offering self-directed residencies to local and international artists on the island of Gozo. He is also currently a Board Member of Piazza Teatru Rjal since May 2013.
