Kristine Ballard

Kristine Ballard
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Sydney based artist, Kristine Ballard is lover of colour and sunshine. Selective colour palettes and disintegrated shapes define her unique style she calls ‘Fragmatism’. This is where images float, dissolve and fragment across the canvas, and beauty is often camouflaged. Deconstructed shape and reconstructed colour is the driving force behind her creations.  

Specialising in contemporary abstraction, her artworks are the creative response to the world around her. Her world is one of colour and vibrancy. Always looking for the positive, she seeks out the bypassed or dismissed in nature and translates that to canvas. Be it a vase of flowers or the corner of a coastline, Ballard aspires to inject sunshine and colour into every piece. She aims to give those subjects a new life, one that can generate a place of magic and mystery. One that requires the viewer to complete the story.

In a world where the edges keep falling away, Ballard’s style of ‘Fragmatism’ could not be more appropriate. A world that keeps slipping and sliding out of view, one in which we are all searching for the light, Ballard offers us a positive escape through her dreamscapes and still life artworks. 

Ballard has exhibited both nationally and internationally. She has been a selected finalist in many art shows around Australia and has collectors worldwide. Her quest for colour has fuelled her worldly travels which include a number of Art Residencies. These include residencies at the prestigious Art Students League of New York, the Scuola Internazionale di Grafica in Venice and at Monsalvat in Victoria, Australia’s oldest art colony. Her most recent residency was with the Mornington Peninsula Shire held at Police Point in Portsea where she prepared work for her show with Manyung at the Sorrento Gallery.

Ballard specialises in understanding the history of colour. Her knowledge of colour has been sought out for many teaching and educational events. Her love of colour and creativity has made her a passionate presenter and facilitator of the arts, delivering workshops, demonstrations and art retreats. She believes everyone deserves the chance to live ‘bright beyond beige’ and her artworks show this commitment through colour and light. 

Résumé:

Education and Experience
Education Bachelor of Design (BAD) University of Newcastle Background in Graphic Designer and Design Marketing Management Experienced in Art Facilitation and Art Education. EDTV, Toonworld, Bathurst University, Northshore School of Art.
Practicing Visual Artist, specialising in painting and expressive colour.
 
Solo/Duo Shows
2020            –  ‘VERGE’ Solo Show Manyung Gallery  Jan
2019            –  ‘PONDERING’ Singapore Art Fair
2019            –  ‘INTO THE WILD’ SHOW, 3 artists show. Milk Factory Bowral, Sep
2019            –  ‘OUTLIERS’ SHOW, Glebe Shop Gallery, May
2018            –  ‘COASTAL’ Solo Show Manyung Gallery, Oct
2018            –  ‘OUTLIERS’ SHOW, GalleryONE88, August
2018            –  DISPLAY SHOW Croll Real Estate, July
2018            –  ‘OUTLIERS’ SHOW, Hunter’s Hill, May
2018            –  SURTEX 2018 Artshine Gallery, New York, May
2018            –  SOLO SHOW ‘Colour of Venice’ Solo Show, Yuga Gallery, Feb
2017            –  SOLO SHOW ‘Fragmatism’ Solo Show, Artshine Gallery, Oct
2017            –  ‘OUTLIERS’ SHOW, Watchhouse Gallery, Jul
2016            –  SOLO SHOW, Paradise, Artshine Gallery, Sydney, June
2016            –  DUO SHOW, Flow, Gallery One88, Blue Mtns
2016            –  SOLO DISPLAY, Hunters Hill POP UP Art Show, Sydney
2016            –  SOLO SHOW, Colour Walk, Xavier Art Space, St Vincents Private Hospital
2015            –  SOLO Show: Flourish, Breathing Colours Gallery, Sydney
2014            –  SOLO SHOW: Cangiante, CK Gallery, Sydney
2014            –  DUO SHOW: Chroma, Tap Gallery, Sydney
2013            –  SOLO SHOW: Riversong, Ginkgo Gallery, Sydney
2012            –  DUO SHOW: Verve, Art2muse, Double Bay, Sydney
2012            –  SOLO SHOW: Kaleidoscope Ginkgo Gallery, Sydney
 
Group Shows and Art Prizes
2020                –  AAD Gallery, Sydney
2019                –  Europe Brand Licensing Show - UK
2019                –  Epping Arts Fair - (Winner : 1st Prize)
2019                –  SURTEX Group Show, Yuga Cafe, Sydney
2019/20           –  SURTEX 2019 Artshine Industries, New York,
2019                –  Linden Small Works Art Prize, Victoria, Jan
2018/2019       –  Mansfield Art Show, Victoria
2017                –  Georges River Art Prize Finialist
                        –  Winter in July (Group Show), Gallery 503
2017/16/13      –  Blacktown Art Prize (Finialist),
2016                –  Light Group Show, Sydney Children’s Hospital,
                        –  Happy Group Show, Sofitel Gold Coast, 19Karen Gallery
                        –  Kirrilbilli Art Prize, (Finalist)
                        –  Hunters Hill Pop Up Gallery & Show
2015                –  Linden Postcard Prize: Victoria,
                        –  RAWSYDNEY: Bold Showcase , Sydney,
                        –  Calleen Art Prize, Finalist
                        –  GROUP SHOWx6, Matthew Gillet Gallery,
2014                –  Group Show, Breathing Colours Gallery, Sydney
                        –  Heysen Art Prize, SA (Finalist)
                        –  Glebe Art Show, Sydney (Highly Commended WOP)
2013                –  3 person show, Art2Muse, Sydney
                        –  Balmain Art Show, Sydney
                        –  Mt Eyre Art Prize (Short List), Rex Livingston Galley, Sydney
                        –  Tempe Historic House Group Show, Sydney
                        –  Hunters Hill Art Show, Sydney
                        –  LDLD Group Show. Kaleidoscope Gallery, Sydney
                        –  Muswellbrook Art Prize. (Finalist in WOP Section)
2012/2013       –  Kings School Art Show, Sydney
2012/2013       –  Waverley Art Prize (Works on Paper)
2012                –  Group Show, Ginkgo Gallery, Sydney
                        –  Hawkesbury Art Prize, Blue Moon Gallery, Sydney (Finalist)
                        –  Fisher’s Ghost Art Show, Sydney (Finalist OPEN Section)
                        –  Group Show, Vive La France, Boyd Art Gallery, Sydney
                        –  Group Show Spirited, Peacock Gallery, Sydney
2012                –  Group Show, Banksia Art Gallery
2012                –  St Ignatius Riverview School Art Show, Sydney
2012/13/16      –  Hunters Hill Art Show, Sydney
2011                –  Group Show: Intimate, Wilson St @ Danks, Sydney
                        –  Group Show: ‘Xmas Salon Show’: Artsite Gallery, Sydney
                        –  Arts ile de ré (Australian artists in France): Promenarts: France
                        –  National Trust Harper’s Mansion Still Life Show (Finalist)
                        –  I heart Kirribilli Show (First Prize – Painting)
                        –  Group Show: The Great Unknown: Artsite Gallery, Sydney
                        –  The Kings School Art Show, Sydney
                        –  The Art Students League of New York: Residency Show
                        –  Artist Portfolio Issue 2. California, USA. (Honorable Mention)
2010/11            –  France: Pieces showing with Promenarts Gallery
2010/11/14       –  Hornsby Art Prize
2010/14            –  Waterbrook Art Prize, Sydney
2010                 –  St George Art Society (Commended – Works on Paper)
2010                 –  Liverpool Art Prize, Casula Powerhouse
2010                 –  Group Show,  La Rochelle, France
 
Art Residencies & International Painting Events:
2020                       –  UPCOMING: Chateau Orquevaux, South of France
AWARDED THE THE DENIS DIDEROT A-I-R GRANT Postponed due to COVID
2019                       –  Mornington Peninsula Art Residency at Police Point, Victoria
2016-19                  –  Painting in the Tropics: Savusavu Fiji
2015                       –  Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venice, Italy
2014                       –  Scuola Internazionale di Grafica Venice, Italy
2013                       –  New York: Art Residency with The Art Students League
AWARDED THE RUTH KATZMAN SCHOLARSHIP
2012                       –  Residency at Monsalvat, Melbourne
2011                       –  New York: Art Residency with The Art Students League of New York
2010                       –  Spain: Plein-air Painting in Barcelona & Andalusia
2009                       –  France: South of France with Promenarts Gallery

Associated Exhibitions

Sorrento Beachy Art Soirée
Manyung Gallery Sorrento
14 January - 20 January, 2023
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Dreamscapes
18 January - 24 January, 2020
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Champagne & Mistletoe
VIP Christmas Exhibition

Manyung Gallery Mt Eliza
5 December - 24 December, 2019
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Featuring Kristine Ballard & Catherine Hamilton
Manyung Gallery Flinders
9 March - 18 March, 2019
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COASTAL
Kristine Ballard

Manyung Gallery Mt Eliza
5 October - 20 October, 2018
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'The Art Of Giving' - VIP Christmas Event
Manyung Gallery Mt Eliza
7 December - 7 December, 2017
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'Of The Sea' - Group Exhibition Of Sculpture & Paintings
Manyung Gallery Mt Eliza
20 October - 31 October, 2017
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New Interiors Exhibition
Manyung Gallery Malvern
7 November - 29 November, 2015
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