Allen Ball, BFA, MVA
EDUCATION & QUALIFICATIONS:
1987 - 90 | Master of Visual Arts - Painting, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1981 - 84 | Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree Course, First Class (1st) Bachelor of Arts (Honours) Degree in Fine Art - Painting, Commendation in Printmaking Camberwell College of Arts and Crafts, London, England |
1980 - 81 | Foundation Studies, Camberwell College of Arts and Crafts, London, England |
RESEARCH & CREATION:
Scholarships, Grants & Awards:
Commonwealth Scholarship, Commonwealth Scholarship Commission (CSC) United Kingdom
Insight Development Grant, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)
Canada Council for the Arts; Alberta Creative Development Initiative: Grants to Individuals
Killam Research Fund Cornerstones Grant Program Small Research Operating Grant, Killam Research Fund (Social Science, Humanities, Fine Arts)
Killam Research Fund Conference Travel Grant, Killam Research Fund (Social Science, Humanities, Fine Arts)
Canadian Forces Artist Program, Canadian Armed Forces
Scholar in Residence for Arts Research in Nanotechnology (SRARN), National Institute for Nanotechnology
Visual Arts and New Media Project Grant, Alberta Foundation for the Arts
Emil Skarun Fund, the Office of the Senate, University of Alberta
President’s Fund for the Performing and Creative Arts in Art and Design, University of Alberta
Office of the Vice-President (Research). Supplementary Graduate Research Assistantship Funding Competition, University of Alberta
Teaching Learning Enhancement Fund, University of Alberta
Support for the Advancement of Scholarship Research Fund, University of Alberta
Florence Andison Friedman Scholarship, University of Alberta
Community Investment Program Travel Grant, City of Edmonton
Public Art Installations, Commissions & Travelling Exhibitions:
2016 - 2019 | Deans of Medicine, Portrait commissions of the Deans of Medicine (including Dr. Thomas Marrie, Dr. Philip Baker, Dr. Verna Yiu, Dr. D. Douglas Miller, Dr. Richard Fedorak, and Dr. Dennis Kunimoto) installed in the Faculty of Medicine Board Room at the University of Alberta Hospital |
2014 | The Mechanics, large-scale photographic installation; ASC Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
2014 | Sight Unseen, a temporary public art project presented in Cossall Park; supported by the Cossall Estate Tenants and Residents Association, London, United Kingdom |
2013 | Moving on, video installation in collaboration with Alysha Creighton, funded by the Boyle Street Porjections Project, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2013 | Consumption, The National Institute of Nanotechnology In collaboration with WenJuan Huang, funded by Office of the Vice-President (Research) at the University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2005 | Encompass, The South Edmonton Police Station Edmonton, Alberta. Public art commission funded by The City of Edmonton |
2009 - 2013 | Abstract Thinking, touring group exhibition; Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program organized by the Art Gallery of Alberta, Alberta, Canada |
2003 - 2004 | Pulse: Northern Alberta Drawing Exhibition; travelling exhibition of drawings; The Bowman Arts Centre, Lethbridge, Red Deer District Museum, Red Deer, Stony Plain Multicultural Centre, Stony Plain, Profiles Gallery, St.Albert, Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Cultural Centre Gallery, Medicine Hat, and Camrose Art Gallery, Camrose, Alberta, Canada |
2000 | The Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 2000, group exhibition; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, and Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
1996 - 1999 | Hues of Blue, group exhibition; Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program organized by the Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
1996 - 1997 | The Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art, group exhibition; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada and The Glenbow Museum, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
1993 - 1995 | The Metaphysics of Laundry – Touring, solo exhibition; Alberta Foundation for the Arts Travelling Exhibition Program organized by the Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Solo Exhibitions:
2022 | The Wordless Book and other sounds, The Fort Gallery, Langley, British Columbia, Canada |
2020 | The Wordless Book, Front Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2018 | Painting in a State of Exception: Documents of Contemporary War, Fine Arts Building Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2017 | The Way of the Cross, Ymuno Gallery, Montreal, Quebec, Canada |
2015 | The Wordless Book, Arnica Artist-Run Centre, Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada |
2014 | That Shepherd: Righteousness, Organized by Matthew Hills, Museum and Collections Services, University of Alberta, Enterprise Square Galleries, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2013-2014 | Bridge-Walker, Photography in a State of Exception, ASC Gallery, London, United Kingdom |
2013 | Sight Unseen, Multicultural Centre, Stony Plain, Alberta, Canada |
2012 | The Wordless Book and other deserts, Strathcona County Gallery @501, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada |
2011 | Ode of Remembrance, The Blue Curve Gallery, Glenrose Rehabilitation Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2011 | Photography in a State of Exception: Documents of Contemporary War, The Lobby Gallery, The Liu Institute for Global Issues, the University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
2010 | The Wordless Book and other sounds, The Front Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
2009 | Spectacle in a State of Exception, The Works Art and Design Festival, Stanley A. Milner Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2008 | William Blake: Songs of Innocence, Keyano Art Gallery, Keyano College, Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada |
2003 | Choice, The University of Alberta Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2001 | The Art of Chinese Paper Folding, Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada |
1999 | The Art of Chinese Paper Folding, Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada ; |
1998 | Relax & Tan, SNAP Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1998 | Christian Dior, Holt Renfrew, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1997 | Tru-Flite Kits, The Alberta Aviation Museum, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1995 | Corsage, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1993 | Studio Watch; Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1993 | The Ambient House Painter, Truck, Calgary Alberta, Canada |
1992 | Colour Me Pop, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1992 | Some Small Beauty, The Kathleen Laverty Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1990 | Some Paintings, The Citadel Theatre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1990 | Master of Visual Arts Show, The Fine Arts Building Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Selected Two-person Exhibitions:
2016 | Intercity. Two-person exhibition with Kim Sala, McMullen Gallery, University Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2009 | The German Autumn in Minor Spaces. Two-person exhibition with Kimberly Mair. Harcourt House Art Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
Selected Group Exhibitions:
2022 | Land as Muse: Contemporary Art Concepts from Edmonton, Harcourt House Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2019 | DY3CORPIA, online exhibition presented at: www.dyscorpia.com/dy3corpia |
2016 | Show Me Something I don’t Know; ;University of Alberta Museums Galleries at Enterprise Square, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2015 - 2016 | Alberta Collects: Alberta Artists Collect Alberta Art; Visual Arts Alberta Association, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2015 - 2016 | 50 years A + D: 50th Anniversary Exhibitions of the Department of Art & Design; FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2015 | Pop Show! Dazzled by the Everyday; curated by Laurie Ritchie at the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2015 - 2016 | Brain Storms; curated by the University of Alberta Museums Galleries at Enterprise Square, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2014 | 90 ARTISTS / 90 YEARS: An Abbreviated History of Art in Alberta. Curated by Catherine Crowston at the Art Gallery of Alberta, , Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
2014 | (Re)Markable Time: The Calendar and Intermediation, Intermedia Research Studio, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Organized by Janine Muster |
2014 | LEN: Democratic Purveyors of Fine Art and Beautiful Things, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
2014 | 2nd Annual Members Exhibition, Gallery@501, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada |
2014 | The Post Card, Intermedia Research Studio, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Organized by Elena Siemens |
2012 | 11 Artists for 11/11, Selected artists drawn from the Canadian Forces Artist Program and presented at Canada Place as part of their Digital Canvas series of exhibitions. Canada Place, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
2012 | Venerator: Contemporary Art from the AGA Collection, organized by Catherine Crowston and Ruth Burns, Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2011 | Transmission:Pullit, ASC Projects Gallery, London, U.K. |
2011 | Xposition, The VAAA Gallery, Edmonton Alberta, Canada |
2011 | Abstract Thinking, The Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton Alberta, Canada |
2010 | Elemental Titanium, Harcourt House Art Centre, Edmonton Alberta, Canada |
2009 | Canadian Forces Artist Program Exhibit, National Defense Headquarters, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. |
2009 | Blurring Boundaries Wave Exhibition II, organized by Aidan Rowe, Ewha Gallery, Ewha Womens University, Seoul, Korea |
2008 | Aircraft, Arms, and Art, group exhibition curated by Chris Reid for the Art Gallery Of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon, Manitoba, Canada |
2008 | Colour Sense and Sensibilia: New Edmonton Art, 3 person exhibition with Allen Ball, Carolyn Campbell and Ken Macklin. Organized by Caterina Pizanias, The Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
2008 | small, Allen Ball and Kimberly Mair. “The German Autumn in Minor Spaces – a photographic cartography tracing the red army faction.” Organized by Marcus Miller at the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2008 | Blurring Boundaries Wave Exhibition I, organized by Aidan Rowe, FAB Gallery, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta Canada |
2007-08 | The 1950 Ford Show, organized by Anthony Easton at the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2007 | flat, organized by Marcus Miller at the Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta |
2005 | re:search visions, Department of Art & Design The Fine Art Building Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2004 | Edmonton Excels, Department of Art & Design The Fine Art Building Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2004 | Draw, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2003 | Index I, Department of Art & Design The Fine Art Building Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2003 | Art For Venue, organized by Jason Symmington, Welsh’s Saddlery Building, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2001 | Salvation, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2000 | Perceptions/Conceptions, Deptartment of Art & Design The Fine Art Building Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1999-2000 | 113 Degrees West: In the Cross Hairs, Department of Art & Design The Fine Art Building Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1999-2000 | Making History: The Edmonton Art Gallery Celebrates 75 years, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1999 | Paradigms Lost, The Barron Building: ArtWeek, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
1999 | Teaching & Apparatus, The Stride Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
1999 | Expressing Christian Faith Through Art, Tyndale College & Seminary, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
1998 | Product, Truck Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
1998 | Art Lite: The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Grey Nuns Community Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1998 | Passage: The Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Beaver House, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1998 | 10X2: A Selection of Contemporary Art of Edmonton The School of Art & Design, Victoria School, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1997 | A Dialogue between Idea and Action, The Triangle Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
1996 | Allen Ball Daryl Rydman New Works, Profiles Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada |
1995 | 40 Degrees Celsius, The Aggregate Society, Commerce Place, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1995 | Project Room: Nobody watched the Green Hornet, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1995 | New Artists, New Works, The Muttart Public Art Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
1995 | Society of Northern Alberta Printmakers Exhibition, Profiles Gallery, St. Albert, Alberta, Canada |
1995 | Emerging Artists, The Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
1994 | Canada Council Art Bank at Work in Edmonton, The Fine Arts Building Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1994 | My Dog Has No Nose, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1993 | Literally The Great West Library Show, The Centennial Library, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1993 | Heliotropic 2, Mercer Union, Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
1993-1996 | Group Shows Douglas Udell Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada |
1993 | Works from the Permanent Collection, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1990 | 3 At FAB, The Fine Art Building Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1990 | Art For All, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1985-86 | Leicestershire Arts Council Exhibition, Leicester, England |
1984 | New Contemporaries, Christie’s Auction House, London, England |
1981-82 | The Stowells Trophy, The Royal Academy, London, England |
Publications:
2014 | “What is an Exhibition.” ODWC (Our Day Will Come). Latitude 53 Society of Artists, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. Zine Ed 1 Edition 1. P. 16. July 31, 2014. |
2009 | Ball, Allen. "Spectacle in a State of Exception." Chop, Malaspina Printmakers Society, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Vol. 34. Issue 2. P. 26 - 29. Fall 2009. |
2008 | Mair, Kimberly, and Allen Ball. Paper: “The Cannibal Dances Alone – Intimacy as Misrecognition”, Interfaces, Word and Image: Intimacy (ed. by F. Ogée, M. Geracht & A.Fennetaux), Presses Universitaires de Paris 7. Summer, 2008. |
2008 | Ball, Allen and Kimberly Mair. Exhibition review: “documenta 12”. Senses and Society, Berg Publishers, UK, Volume 3, Issue 2. P. 237-240. |
Curatorial, Lectures, Symposiums, Workshops, and Conferences:
2017 | Dinner with Kitty Scot: Before Steven Harris – Conditions of Discourse, presented as part of the Studio Session of the Universities Art Association / l'association d'art des universités du Canada 2017 Annual Conference, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada, October 12-15, 2015. |
2015 | St. Mark’s Church – Through a Window, presented as part of the Imaging Temporality: The Visuality of Time in Theory and Practice II session of the Universities Art Association / l'association d'art des universités du Canada 2015 Annual Conference, NSCAD University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada, November 5-7, 2015. |
2015 | St. Mark’s Church – Through a Window: The Gift of Photography, presented as part of the Past Presencing & Material Transformations session of the Making Research: Materiality, Creativity, and Intermediation Symposium, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, March 14, 2015. |
2014 | Allen Ball in Conversation with Richard Weight. Bridgewalker: Photography in a State of Exception: Documents of Contemproary War presented at the ASC Gallery, London, United Kingdom, November 11, 2014. |
2014 | Spaces of Remembrance: Allen Ball presented as part of the Arts Based Studio Research Studio Series, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada, November 27, 2014. |
2014 | Spaces of Remembrance, presented as part of the Cultural Work in Times of Military Commemoration session of session of the Universities Art Association / l'association d'art des universités du Canada 2013 Annual Conference, OCAD University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, October 23 – 26, 2014. |
2013 | Sight Unseen: Toward Constructions of Blindness, presented as part of Looking at the Looking of Looking: the Uses of Phenomenology Across Disciplines/Penser le voir: réflexion sur les rapports entre la phénoménologie et l’histoire de l’art session of the Universities Art Association / l'association d'art des universités du Canada 2013 Annual Conference, Banff Centre, Banff, Alberta, Canada, October 17 – 20, 2013. |
2013 | “Within the Margins of Erickson’s Liu Institute: Allen Ball”, presented as part of Canada’s Master Architect: Arthur Erickson and the Public Realm session of The Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada 2013 Annual Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, May 29 – June 1, 2013. |
2012 | “The Wordless Book and other deserts,” Artist talk, Gallery @501, Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada. |
2012 | “Imagining Nanotechnology in Public Space,” lecture at the National Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Alberta, Alberta, Canada |
2010 | “Allen Ball: Back from the Desert”, Artist talk, organized by the Alberta Society of Artists. Campus Saint-Jean, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, November 6, 2010. |
2010 | "Photography in a State of Exception: Documents of Contemporary War," Screens of Terror: Representations of War and Terrorism since 9/11 in Film, TV Drama & Documentary International Conference. Centre for Media & Culture Research, London South Bank University, London, United Kingdom, September 9 - 11, 2010. |
2010 | "Photography in a State of Exception: Documents of Contemporary War," Collection, Representation: The Material Culture of Memory Symposium. Material Culture Institute, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, April 30, 2010. |
2010 | "Spectacle in a State of Exception", Spaces of Exception, Visual Culture Division, Cultural Studies Association, University of California, Berkeley, California, USA, March 18-20, 2010. |
2009 | Artist lecture presented to the Alumni Association at Alumni House, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. September 24, 2009. |
2009 | "Spectacle in a State of Exception", The Art of Conflict session, Universities Art Association of Canada Conference 2009, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada, October 22-24, 2009. |
2009 | The Works Art & Design Festival Artist panel, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
2008 | “The German Autumn in Minor Spaces,” co-presenting with Kimberly Mair, Art in Public Spaces, Visual Culture Division, Cultural Studies Association, New York University, New York City, May 22-24, 2008. |
2008 | "Allen Ball: The Last Decade", MacEwan Visiting Artist Lecture Series, Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
2007 | "The Cannibal Dances Alone: Intimacy as Misrecognition", co-presented with Kimberly Mair at the International Word and Image Conference: Intimacy: Representations in Literature and the Visual Arts, Université Paris Diderot–Paris 7, Paris, France. |
2007 | Visiting Artist Lecture, Alberta College of Art and Design Calgary, Alberta, Canada |
2007 | Visiting Artist Lecture, Keyano College Fort McMurray, Alberta, Canada. |
2006 | Visiting Artist Lecture, Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies, University of British Columbia, Okanagan, Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. |
2005 | "Encompass: An Artist/Conservator Collaboration", with Cyndie Lack, Master of Art Conservation (M.A.C.) Canadian Association for the Conservation of Cultural Property, Annual Conference, Jasper, Alberta, Canada. |
2000 | ArtNow Lecture Series: Allen Ball, ArtNow Lecture Series organized by the University of Lethbridge, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada. |
1997 | Hung, Drawn & Quartered, , organized an exhibition on drawing including the work of four Alberta artists; Leslie Menzies, Lyndal Osborne, Anthony Pavlik and Robert Scott. Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
1996 | Food for Thought (mixed media workshop), The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
1995 | Paradise Sought: A Symposium on Art and the Garden, The Edmonton Art Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. |
1994 | Pattern & Texture, The Human Spirit, Fine Arts Conference, The Alberta Teachers Association, Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada. |
1993 | The Metaphysics of Pop, Visual Image, Politics and Gender in the 1960s and 1970s, The Universities Art Association of Canada Conference, Windsor, Ontario. |
Collections:
Canada Council Art Bank, Ottawa, Ontario, Canada
Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Glenbow Museum Collection, Calgary, Canada
Art Gallery of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
University of Alberta Art Collection, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
MacEwan University Permanent Collection, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts Permanent Collection, London, United Kingdom
University of Lethbridge Art Collection, Lethbridge, Alberta, Canada
Royal Alberta Museum Permanent Collection, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
University of Alberta Hospital Art Collection, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Misericordia Hospital Permanent Collection, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Edmonton Art Gallery Permanent Collection, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Selected Catalogues, Articles & Reviews:
Mair, Kimberly. Guerilla Aesthetics Art, Memory, and the West German Urban Guerilla. Montreal, PQ: McGill-Queens University Press, 2016.
MacFarlane, John. “The Candian Forces Artists Program." RACAR: Canadian Art Review 39.2 (Nov. 2014): 100-109.
Boone, Elizabeth M. art & design@50. Edmonton, AB: Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, 2015.
Shirazi, Somayeh. “That Shepherd; Righteousness.” Curious Arts. October 3, 2014. <http://www.curiousarts.ca/that-shepherd-rghteousness.>
Stone, Rob. “Everyday with so much ceremony.” Exhibition catalogue essay produced by the ASC Gallery, London, United Kingdom. November 2013. <http://www.artdesign.ualberta.ca/en/ Art_and_Design_news/2013/October/ResidentArtistRenderstheUnseenWorldofNanotechnology.aspx>.
Brown, Michael. “Resident Artist Renders the Unseen World of Nanotechnology.” Folio. October 3, 2013. <http://www.artdesign.ualberta.ca/en/Art_and_Design_news/2013/October/ ResidentArtistRenderstheUnseenWorldofNanotechnology.aspx>.
McNish, Tori. “War and Art: The Wordless Book and other deserts, an exhibition of work by Canadian War Artist Allen Ball.” The Wanderer. January 21, 2013. < http://www.thewandereronline.com/ 2013/01/21/war-and-art-the-wordless-book-and-other-deserts-an-exhibition-of-work-by-canadian-war-artist-allen-ball-by-tori-mcnish/>.
Brown, Michael. “Art prof paints new portraits of Canada’s military context abroad.” Folio. November 30, 2012. <http://www.folio.ualberta.ca/pdfs/104293.pdf>.
Wilkie, Trent. “Other deserts and many crosses.” The Sherwood Park and Strathcona County News. November 20, 2012, p. 16.
Fung, Amy, ed. Allen Ball, " ‘The Wordless Book and other sounds,’ Front Gallery 12 - 27, 2010.” Prairie Artsters.com. February 18, 2010. <http://prairieartsters.blogspot.com/2010/02/allen-ball-wordless-book-and-other.html>.
Hamilton, Sarah, "Tips for last-minute Works-goers." The Edmonton Journal, June 26, 2009, p. B2.
Fung, Amy, “Edmonton Festival Report: Inside The Works 2009.” Galleries West, Fall/Winter 2009, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 14-15.
Waldron-Blain, Adam. “The Works Art and Design Festival,” Vue Weekly, June 25, 2009, issue #714.
Hamilton, Sarah. “'Fear no art' at this year's The Works; Churchill Square welcomes the city's 24th annual art festival, with more than 45 exhibitions from around the world.” The Edmonton Journal, June 18, 2009, p. D1.
Rowe, Aidan. “Blurring Boundaries WAVE 2008,” exhibition catalogue produced by the Department of Art and Design, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. December, 2008, p. 4.
Reid, Chris. “Aircraft, Arms, and Art,” exhibition pamphlet produced by the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Alberta. October, 2008.
Pizanias, Caterina. “Colour Sense and Sensibilia- New Edmonton Art: Allen Ball, Carolyn Campbell, Ken Macklin,” exhibition catalogue produced by the Triangle Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada. July 3 -August 2, 2008.
Black, Anthea. “From Aristotle to Edmonton: Colour Sense and Sensiibilia chase the history of colour to ... where?” ffwd, July 31, 2008, vol. 13, no. 34, Visual Arts Section.
Fung, Amy. “Embracing Complexity: small Leaves Room for Thoughts to Grow.” Fuse, April 2008, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 37-40.
Bouchard, Gilbert. "Images trace the scars of terrorism in Germany; Odd collection omits detailed description of historical connection.” The Edmonton Journal, March 13, 2009, p. D8.
Miller, Marcus. “small,” exhibition pamphlet produced by the Art Gallery of Alberta, January 2008.
Fung, Amy. “small is bigger than you’d think.” Vue, January 17 - January 23, 2008, p. 23.
Todd, Jeffrey. “War artist finds a way ‘to do the soldiers justice’: U of A fine arts prof uses his time in Gaza to capture the ordinary people behind the military machine.” The Edmonton Journal, November 11, 2007, sec. B.
Brown, Michael. “The art of war: Allen Ball documents life in the military.” Folio, November 16, 2007, vol. 45, no. 6, p. 3.
Bouchard, Gilbert A. “New war artist puts soldiers in spotlight: City painter ‘not interested in the war machine’.” The Edmonton Journal, December 2, 2007, sec. D.
Miller, Marcus. “flat,” exhibition pamphlet produced by the Art Gallery of Alberta, April 2007.
O’Keefe, Mary Christa. “Greenberg informs first impressions and flat abstractions at the AGA’s temporary new home.” Vue, April 1 – April 18, 2007, p 28.
Ainslie, Patricia, and Mary-Beth Laviolette. Alberta Art and Artists: An Overview. Calgary, AB: Fifth House Ltd.; Brighton, MA: Fitzhenry & Whiteside, 2007, pp. 110 - 119.
Bouchard, Gilbert A. Fifty years of faculty art, from ultra-formal to deeply postmodern. The Edmonton Journal, 15 October 2004. Sec. E.
Benbow, Shawn. “Edmonton Excels.” Folio, October 15, 2004, vol. 42, no. 4, p. 16.
Machorowski, Ben. “FAB Gallery celebrates 50 years of the University’s art history.” The Gateway, October 7, 2004, pp. 21, cols. 1-3.
Bouchard, Gilbert A. “Exhibit draws on northern Alberta talent.” The Edmonton Journal, December 2, 2002. Sec. E.
Fenniak, Maureen. “Too much information!” Vue, January 11 – 17, 2001, p. 35.
Sherlock, Diana. “The Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 2000 Exhibition Catalogue,” Edmonton Art Gallery, September 2000. pp. 20-21.
Mandel, Charles. “Biennial boost.” The Edmonton Journal, July 21, 2000, sec. E.
Fenniak, Maureen. “Alberta Biennial goes to Hell and back.” Vue, June 22- 28, 2000, p. 45.
Mandel, Charles. “Profs at U of A show their stuff.” The Edmonton Journal, February 4, 2000, sec. E.
Severson, Anne. “Art billboard status on Barlow Trail.” FFWD, July 15 – 21, 1999, p. 24.
Gallery Notes. “Barking big billboards.” The Calgary Strait, July 29 - August 05, 1999, p. 7.
Fenniak, Maureen. “War Machine Tamed.” Vue, October 23 – 29, 1997, p. 13.
Garneau, David. “Post-Ironic Re-enchantment.” Canadian Art, Spring 1997, vol. 14, no. 1 pp. 65-68.
Richardson, Joan. “Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art 1996.” Border Crossing, Fall 1996, pp. 63-65.
Whyte, Ryan. “1996 Alberta Biennial of Contemporary Art.” C Magazine, October - December 1996, vol. 51, p. 51.
Grenville, Bruce. “Allen Ball.” Canadian Art, Summer 1996, vol. 13, no. 2. p. 71.
Ilcisin, Ken. “Art snobs days are numbered.” Vue, vol. 37, 1996, p. 22.
Watamaniuk, Jay. “Popeye vs. the Louvre.” See Magazine, vol. 135, 1996. p. 19.
Gautier-Villon, Denis. “Allen Ball: Corsage.” Outlook, The Magazine of The Edmonton Art Gallery, vol. VI, no. 1, 1995. pp. 5.
White, Richard. “New Artists New Works ‘95.” Muttart Art Gallery Catalogue, April 1995, pp. 6-7.
Mandel, Charles. “There’s a herd mentality in this EAG exhibit.” The Edmonton Journal, March 3, 1995, sec. E.
Brennan, Blair. “Colour Me Pop.” Latitude 53 Society of Artists Newsletter, August 1992, pp. 1-2.
Beauchamp, Elizabeth. “Color, color everywhere.” The Edmonton Journal, August 28, 1992, sec. C.
Wyatt, Angus. “Allen Ball.” Society of Northern Alberta Print Makers Newsletter, November 1991, pp. 1-2.
TEACHING:
Academic Positions:
2018-2021 | Associate Dean (Teaching and Learning) Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2015-2017 | Associate Dean (Student Programs: Teaching and Learning) Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2014-2015 | Associate Dean (Student Programs) Faculty of Arts, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2009-present | Associate Professor, Painting, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2002-09 | Assistant Professor, Painting, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1997-2002 | Sessional Painting & Drawing Instructor, University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada - Société pour L'étude de L'Architecture au Canada (SSAC - SEAC)
Canadian Artists’ Representation/Le Front des artistes canadiens (CARFAC)- Visual Arts Alberta Association
PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE:
2016 | Juror: Open Art Competition Committee, Spruce Grove Art Gallery, Spruce Grove, Alberta, Canada |
2016 | Juror: Selection committee for the exhibition Fire: The Alberta Society of Artists, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2016 | Art Critic: The Edmonton Art Club, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2014 | Juror, Individual Project Grant Visual Art Jury, Edmonton Arts Council, |
2013 | Juror, The Art Acquisition by Application Committee The Alberta Foundation For the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2012 | Juror, The Art Acquisition by Application Committee The Alberta Foundation For the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
2012 | Member: Request for Qualifications Prequalify Pool Selection Committee, Edmonton Arts Council, The City of Edmonton, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1993-02 | Executive Director, Harcourt House Arts Centre, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1995 | Juror, The Alberta Foundation For the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |
1992-93 | Administrator, Latitude 53 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta, Canada |