Adam Ball

Adam Ball (Londra 1977) è uno tra i pittori più interessanti del panorama artistico inglese.

Presente in prestigiose collezioni, come ad esempio quella della Goss-Michael Foundation o della collezione Ross Perot, la sua pittura affronta le tematiche legate alla rappresentazione della natura attraverso tecniche varie, dalla scomposizione delle immagini in patterns ottici, al frottage, alla carta tagliata a mano Nei suoi lavori è presente una rilettura in chiave contemporanea del movimento dell’Arts and Crafts, soprattutto nei quadri che propongono la ripetizione, quasi serigrafica, di temi floreali come nelle tappezzerie di William Morris, ma con uno stile che ricorda i colori acidi degli anni ’60 o l’approccio neo-concettuale tipicamente YBA.

Education

  • 1996-2000

    • Fine Art, BA Hons, Newcastle University
  • 1995-1996

    • Foundation Course, Byam Shaw School of Art

Awards

  • 2007
    • Jerwood Drawing Prize shortlist
  • 2000
    • ICA Beck’s Futures Prize for Film and Video
  • 1996
    • Byam Shaw Painting Prize

Solo exhibitions

  • 2009
    • Adam Ball, Warehouse Gallery, Italy
    • Taman Negara, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, USA
  • 2007
    • Graffiti Love, Goss Gallery, Dallas, USA
  • 2006
    • Dirty Pattern, Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York, USA
    • When we were young, Galerie Schuster, Frankfurt, Germany
  • 2005
    • All that Glitters, MDG Fine Arts, London, W1 (catalogue)
  • 2002
    • The Tree, 32 x 22ft installation, Golden Square, London

Group exhibitions

  • 2009
    • Taman Negara, with L’Wren Scott, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
    • Art Madrid, Spain
    • ArteFiera Bologna, Italy
    • Scope London, Warehouse Gallery, London
  • 2008
    • Promised Land, Warehouse Gallery, Italy
    • Scope London, Warehouse Gallery, London
    • Jerwood Drawing Prize, Royal West of England Academy, Bristol (catalogue)
  • 2007
    • Scope Miami, Miami USA
    • 2 by 2 amfAR, Museum of Modern Art, Dallas, Tx, USA (catalogue)
    • Jerwood Drawing Prize, Jerwood Space, London (catalogue)
  • 2006
    • Frieze Art Fair, Paul Kasmin Gallery, Regent’s Park, London
  • 2004
    • Art London, London
  • 2003
    • Encounters, Brighton Museum
  • 2002
    • Tree Love, Air Gallery, London, W1
  • 2000
    • Becks Futures Film and Video, Centre of Contemporary Art (CCA), Glasgow
    • Becks Futures Film and Video, Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA), London
    • Synaethesia, Hatton Gallery, Newcastle-upon-Tyne

Selected Bibliography

The Daily Telegraph, The Sunday Telegraph, The Times, The Independent, The Guardian, The Observer, The Times Magazine, The Independent Magazine, The Observer Magazine, The Evening Standard Magazine, Esquire, WWD, Elle Decor, La Repubblica, Le Monde, Le Figaro, Modern Painters, Art and Auction, Galleries, Art Review, The Art Newspaper and BBC TV, ITV, Channel 5 and BBC London Radio.