• Artworks
    • Gordon Douglas Ball 3 Baby Blues, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 16 in. 50.8 x 40.6 cm.
      Gordon Douglas Ball
      3 Baby Blues, 2023
      Acrylic on canvas
      20 x 16 in.
      50.8 x 40.6 cm.
    • Gordon Douglas Ball 3 Pink Flowers, 2023 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas 48 x 62 in. 121.9 x 157.5 cm.
      Gordon Douglas Ball
      3 Pink Flowers, 2023
      Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
      48 x 62 in.
      121.9 x 157.5 cm.
    • Gordon Douglas Ball 6 Flowers, 2023 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas 60 x 32 in. (20 x 16 in. each) 152.4 x 81.3 cm. (50.8 x 40.6 cm. each)
      Gordon Douglas Ball
      6 Flowers, 2023
      Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
      60 x 32 in. (20 x 16 in. each)
      152.4 x 81.3 cm. (50.8 x 40.6 cm. each)
    • Gordon Douglas Ball 6 Red Tulips, 2023 Acrylic and charcoal on canvas 20 x 16 in. 50.8 x 40.6 cm.
      Gordon Douglas Ball
      6 Red Tulips, 2023
      Acrylic and charcoal on canvas
      20 x 16 in.
      50.8 x 40.6 cm.
    • Gordon Douglas Ball Banana, Apple, Orange Still Life, 2023 Acrylic on Canvas 20 x 16 in. 50.8 x 40.6 cm.
      Gordon Douglas Ball
      Banana, Apple, Orange Still Life, 2023
      Acrylic on Canvas
      20 x 16 in.
      50.8 x 40.6 cm.
    • Gordon Douglas Ball Brown Vase with Bouquet, 2023 Acrylic on canvas 20 x 16 in. 50.8 x 40.6 cm.
      Gordon Douglas Ball
      Brown Vase with Bouquet, 2023
      Acrylic on canvas
      20 x 16 in.
      50.8 x 40.6 cm.
    • Gordon Douglas Ball Untitled (#15), 2016 Latex on muslin 76 x 67 in. 193 x 170.2 cm.
      Gordon Douglas Ball
      Untitled (#15), 2016
      Latex on muslin
      76 x 67 in.
      193 x 170.2 cm.
    • Gordon Douglas Ball Untitled (Grey Black Red), 2016 Latex on muslin 60 1/2 x 40 1/2 in. 153.7 x 102.9 cm.
      Gordon Douglas Ball
      Untitled (Grey Black Red), 2016
      Latex on muslin
      60 1/2 x 40 1/2 in.
      153.7 x 102.9 cm.
    • Gordon Douglas Ball Untitled (Yellow Blue), 2016 Latex on muslin 59 x 59 in. 149.9 x 149.9 cm.
      Gordon Douglas Ball
      Untitled (Yellow Blue), 2016
      Latex on muslin
      59 x 59 in.
      149.9 x 149.9 cm.
  • Biography

    Gordon Douglas Ball's work deals with alienation, loneliness, and artistic independence.  Son of two-time National Newspaper Award winner Doug Ball and a 3rd generation photographer, Ball himself worked as a photographer for 15 years before feeling distanced with the medium.  After a chance encounter with a de Kooning retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art in New York, he realized that photography was behind him in the classical sense.

    When asked about his artwork, Ball finds himself explaining his process and inspiration similarly in the way he did with photography. Many of the same ideals are expressed, color, form, rules of thirds, subject and where the eyes enter and exit the frame. But most importantly for him, is the process. He learned photography on a Nikon Fm2 film camera, which was handed down from his grandfather to Ball in 1995. He learned about film, f stops, pushing and pulling exposures, and printing and developing both color and black and white images. It took years of practice and observation to learn how to capture and create beautiful images, and now Ball finds himself exploring the medium of paint and canvas using these same skills. "Photography to me came second nature and taught me so much. It required calculation and preparation, but I wanted to paint and make a mess." After spending a couple years producing NY abstract paintings, Gordon felt the onus of putting his tribulations into the world. He pivoted towards creating images of simplicity, kindness, and ultimately something that could offer a level of escapism from the world of today.

  • CV

    Born 1979, Montréal, Québec
    Lives and works in New York, NY

    EDUCATION

    OCAD University

    SOLO EXHIBITIONS

    2009
    The Emporium, Montréal, Canada
    Sleeping Giant, Toronto, Canada
    2007
    L'Espace, Montréal, Canada

    GROUP EXHIBITIONS

    2020
    Spring Break, Los Angeles, CA
    2016
    Chelsea Arts Building, New York, NY
    2012-13
    120 Adelaide (Oxford Building - Video Installation), Toronto, Canada
    2012
    Cooper Cole / SlideLuck, Toronto, Canada
    Kinfolk Gallery, New York, NY
    2011
    Milk Gallery, New York, NY
    2010
    Sennate Gallery, Toronto, Canada
    Forty-Seven Gallery (Vice Show), Toronto, Canada
    107 Shaw, Toronto, Canada
    2009
    Sleeping Giant, Toronto, Canada
    OTH Galerie, Montréal, Canada
    352 Living Room, Toronto, Canada
    2008
    Gladstone Gallery, Toronto, Canada
    Baitshop, Toronto, Canada
    2007
    Spin Gallery, Toronto, Canada
    2003
    1297 Living Room, Burlington, VT
    1999
    Abbozzo Gallery, Oakville, Canada
    1997
    Gallery 44, Toronto, Canada

    AWARDS

    1999
    Oakville Galleries Excellence 1st Place Award with Scholarship Fund

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