MARTIN BALL b. 1952, New Realist painter Martin Ball has a Master of Fine Arts with Honours from the University of Auckland, Elam School of Fine Arts (2001) and is a qualified teacher (1975). Ball was a finalist in the distinguished Australian portraiture awards The Archibald Prize, held New South Wales Gallery in 2005 and 2010, and in 2008 won the Packing Room Prize. He was also awarded the People s Choice Award at the 2006 Wallace Art Awards. Throughout his career Ball has produced a number of successful commissions and his works are held in numerous private collections and public institutes including Auckland Art Gallery, Christchurch Art Gallery, Waikato Museum and Sarjeant Gallery. Gow Langsford Gallery has represented Martin Ball since 2000. EDUCATION 1970 72 BFA, University of Auckland Elam School of Fine Arts 1974-75 Teaching Diploma, Auckland College of Education 2001 MFA (Hons), University of Auckland Elam School of Fine Arts SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2011 Recent Portraits, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New 2009 Carey s Bay 2000, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New 2007 New Works, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New
2005 Drawings on Paper, The Crescent Gallery, Otara Martin Ball: Selected Portraits 2000-2005, SOFA Gallery, Christchurch, New 2004 New Paintings, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New 2000 Paintings: Five Portraits, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Paper Works, The Drawings Gallery, Auckland, New 1995 Drawings, Bowen Gallery, Wellington, New 1994 Drawing Paper, Warwick Brown Gallery, Auckland, New 1991 Drawings, Bowen Gallery, Wellington, New New Work, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland, New 1989 Prints and Drawings, Portfolio Gallery, Auckland, New 1984 New Work, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland, New 1983 New Work, Denis Cohn Gallery, Auckland, New 1980 Five Years, Peter Webb Gallery, Auckland, New 1975 Exhibition of Drawings, Barry Lett Gallery, Auckland, New SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS AND AWARDS 2014 Frieze, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New 2013 New Works, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New 2012 New Year, New Works, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland
2010 Head to Head, National Portrait Gallery, Wellington, New Archibald Prize 2010, Gallery of New South 2009 Summer Exhibition 09-10, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New 2008 Summer Exhibition 08-09, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New Archibald Prize 08, Gallery of New South Drawings, John Leech Gallery, Auckland, New 2007 A Greater Plan, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Drawn Conclusions, Northart, Auckland, New Archibald Prize 07, Gallery of New South Jacqueline Fahey, 2010, oil on canvas, 2600 x 1905mm 2006 Drawings 2006, Northart, Auckland, New James Wallace Trust, James Wallace Trust Gallery, Auckland, New 2005 Frieze, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New This is Not a Portrait Show, Koru Lounge, Auckland Airport Archibald Prize 05, Gallery of New South Drawings: Out of Exile, Te Tuhi- The Mark, Auckland, New 2003 James Wallace Trust, James Wallace Trust Gallery, Auckland, New Portraiture: The Art of Social Commentary, Te Carey's Bay 2000 I, 2008-2009, oil on linen, 2600 x 1900 mm
Tuhi- The Mark, Auckland, New 2002 James Wallace Trust, Auckland Museum, New The Scale of Things, Mahara Gallery, Waikanae, New Portrait Biennale, National Portrait Gallery, Wellington, New 2001-02 That Seventies Show, Auckland Art Gallery, New 2001 Stratum, ASA Gallery, Auckland, New Still Life, John Leech Gallery, Auckland New Hybrid, George Fraser Gallery, Auckland, New 2000 Biennale Portrait Competition, National Portrait Gallery, Wellington, New Toi o Manukau, Fisher Gallery, Auckland, New 1999 James Wallace Trust/Visa Gold Art Award, James Wallace Galleries, Auckland, New Place and Identity in New Art: Works from the Gallery Collection, Auckland Art Gallery Drawing Collection, Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton, New Figurative, Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New -95 100 x 100 Exhibition, The Drawings Gallery, Auckland, New 1997 Cranleigh Barton Drawing Award, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New 1996 James Wallace Trust, Custom House Gallery, Auckland, New Common Ground, The Drawings Gallery, Auckland, New Artists Draw Artists, The Drawings Gallery, Auckland, New 1995 James Wallace Trust, Custom House Gallery, Auckland, New Visa Gold Art Award Exhibition, City Gallery, Wellington, New Cranleigh Barton Drawing, Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New 1994 Function: Works from the Dowse Collection, Dowse Gallery, Lower Hutt, New
1978 Little Works, Auckland City Art Gallery, New Private View: Paris Collection, Dowse Gallery, Lower Hutt, New 1977 New Drawing, Auckland City Art Gallery, New SELECTED PUBLICATIONS Bett, Elva, New Art: A Modern Perspective, Methuen Press, 1986 Brown, G. & Keith, H., New Painting 1839-1980, William Collins Publishing, 1982 Brown, Warwick, 100 New Artists, Godwit Publishing, 1997 Caughey, Elizabeth, Contemporary New Art 5, David Bateman Ltd., 2008 Dunn, Michael, New Painting: A Concise History, Auckland University Press, 2003 Griffey, Erin, The Power of Portraiture, University of Auckland Press, 2008 Wolfe, Richard New Portraits, Penguin, 2008 SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tamaki, Auckland, New The James Wallace Arts Trust, Auckland, New Dowse Art Gallery, Lower Hutt, New Sarjeant Art Gallery, Wanganui, New Hawkes Bay Art Museum, Napier, New Waikato Art Museum, Hamilton, New Christchurch City Art Gallery Robert McDougall Art Gallery, Christchurch, New