Richard Ballard (b. 1951, Liverpool, England)
Richard Ballard is a Paris-based British artist, born in 1951 in Liverpool, England, and holds a BA in Fine Art (1972) from Manchester College of Art. Ballard’s work explores the fragile interplay of light and perception.
Artistic Style
Ballard’s works often depict landscapes, skies, and natural forms that hover in a blur of perceptual uncertainty, dissolving boundaries between abstraction and figuration.
Selected Solo Exhibitions
· Robert Steele Gallery, New York, NY, USA (2005)· Galerie des Beaux-Arts de Brest, France (2005)· Galerie Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland (2004)· Galerie Didier Devillez, Brussels, Belgium (2004)· Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, USA (2002)· Cordell Taylor Gallery, Salt Lake City, USA (2001)
Selected Group Exhibitions
· On the Horizon, Robert Steele Gallery, New York, USA (2006)· Institut Gustave Roussy, France (2003)· Gallery of Contemporary Art of Auvers-sur-Oise / F.R.A.C., France (2003)· Royal Academy Summer Exhibition, London, England (2002)· Rosenberg + Kaufman Fine Art, New York, USA (2000)
Collections
Ballard’s works are represented in numerous public, corporate, and private collections, including: Air France (Paris), Chase Manhattan Bank (New York), Fond National d’Art Contemporain (Paris), Fondation Guerlain (Paris), National Collection (Canberra), National Gallery (Helsinki), The Prudential (Newark), 3M Company (St. Paul), and more.
Honors & Awards
First Prize, Royal Watercolour Society’s 21st Century Watercolour Competition (2006)
Teaching & Lectures
· Watercolour Workshop, Beaux-Arts de Brest, France (2005)· Royal Academy of Art, London, England (2003–2005)· Vermont Studio School, USA (2001–2002)· The New York Studio School, USA (1997)
Bibliography & Reviews
Reviewed in Le Télégramme and Ouest France (2005)
Featured on lalibre.be (2004)
Article by Tom Breidenbach in ArtForum International (2002)