BRIAN BALLARD

BRIAN BALLARD

9th - 28th November 2015

Private ViewTuesday, 10th November 2015

6pm - 8.30pm

C A D O G A NC O N T E M P O R A R Y

87 Old Brompton RoadLondon SW7 3LD

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7581 5451www.cadogancontemporary.com

Brian Ballard has held several solo and group exhibitions and has been represented by CadoganContemporary since the early 1990s. After a major retrospective in Ireland last year, we are very pleased to present a new collection of Brian’s work, his first show in London in five years.

Made up predominantly of landscapes, the artist further develops his theatrical interplay of light and shadow remains a central feature of his work. Studies in branch-dappled light, Ballard’s wooded forest paths are infused with the drama of chiaroscuro and pay homage to vitality and expressivity of colour. The rocky shores of Ballard’s native Ireland are equally vibrant in his coastal seascapes, where rugged shorelines gleam at twilight or blink with fiery hues in the late afternoon sun.

Dark Trees and Sun, oil on canvas, 47” x 60”

Wet Fields, oil on canvas, 47” x 60”

Trees Reflected, oil on canvas, 47” x 60”

Avenue II, Blue, oil on canvas, 47” x 40”

Clearing, oil on canvas, 47” x 40”

Red Jug and Mask, oil on canvas, 24” x 36”

Blue bowl in Garden, oil on canvas, 47” x 60”

Trees Yellow, oil on canvas, 47” x 60”

Red Trees and Shadows, oil on canvas, 60” x 47”

Skye, oil on canvas, 30” x 24”

Rock and Sea, Yellow, oil on canvas, 40” x 47”

Blue and Red Rocks, oil on canvas, 60” x 47”

Bright Rocks and Sea, oil on canvas, 47” x 60”

Boats in Port, oil on canvas, 47” x 60”

Dark Promontory, oil on canvas, 47” x 60”

Sea at Strangford, oil on canvas, 47” x 60”

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS 2014-15 ‘Brian Ballard - Paintings 1964-2014’, Ormeau Baths Gallery, Belfast; Strule Arts Centre, Omagh; McKenna Gallery, Omagh; Roe Valley Arts & Cultural Centre, Limavady; Rathfarnahm Castle, Dublin Market Place Arts Centre, Armagh2011 ‘Market Portraits’, St George’s Market, Belfast Linen Hall Library Gallery, Belfast2010 Cadogan Contemporary, London2009 Greenacres Gallery, Wexford2008 James Wray Gallery, Belfast2007 Cavanacor Gallery, Donegal Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin2005 ‘Brian Ballard, Paintings 2000 - 2005’, Gormley’s Fine Art, Omagh Wexford Arts Centre2004 Solomon Gallery, Dublin Cadogan Contemporary, London2003 Henshelwood Gallery, Newcastle Upon Tyne Kenny Gallery, Galway2002 Solomon Gallery, Dublin Cadogan Contemporary, London2001 Kenny’s Gallery, Galways2000 Solomon Gallery, Dublin Cadogan Contemporary, London1999 Trist Ann’s Gallery, Dundalk1998 Artist in Residence, Ulster Museum, Belfast Solomon Gallery, Dublin Cadogan Contemporary, London1996 Solomon Gallery, Dublin1995 Trist Ann’s Gallery, Dundalk Cadogan Contemporary, London1994 ‘Brian Ballard - Inishfree Series’, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast1993 Cadogan Contemporary, London1992 Waterman Fine Art, London1991 Beaux Arts, Bath Kerlin Gallery, Dublin1990 ‘Brian Ballard - Recent Paintings’, Kerlin Gallery, Dublin1987 Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast Solomon Gallery, London Beaux Arts, Bath1986 Grafton Gallery, Dublin

Main Fine Art, Glasglow1985 Newry & Mourne Arts Centre, Newry1982 Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast1980 Image Gallery, Dublin1976 Bell Gallery, Belfast1974 Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast1970 Queen’s Gallery, Belfast

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS2014 Oriel Gallery, Antrim (with Lisa Ballard) ‘Irish Art in Cambridge’ (organised by Gordon Gallery, Derry), Gonville & Caius College Library, Cambridge2013 Royal Hiberian Academy, Dublin2012 Royal Ulster Academy, Belfast (Paul Henry Prize)2011 Peppercanister Gallery, Dublin (with Lisa Ballard)2007 Barbara Stanley Gallery, London (with Lisa Ballard)2000 ‘Ireland Now’, Messum’s, London ‘Millennium Exhibition’, Cadogan Contemporary, London1999 ‘Art Miami’, Solomon Gallery, Dublin1998 Anstey Galleries, Harrogate1997 ‘The Seas of Cill Rialaig’, Origin Gallery, Dublin1996 ‘Academy without walls: RHA Banquet Exhibition 1996’ Royal Hibernian Academy, Dublin1995 Solomon Gallery, Dublin1991 ‘Faces in a Bookshop - Irish literary portraits’, National Library of Ireland, Dublin1990 ‘Images of Ireland’, Burssels1989 ‘Salute to Turner’, Thomas Agnew & Sons, London1988 ‘Images of Mourne’, Narrow Water Gallery, Warrenpoint1982 ‘Listowel International Binalle III’, Listowel, Co Kerry1980 Tom Caldwell Gallery, Belfast (with Charlie Brady)1971 ‘Rosc ‘71 - The Poetry of Vision’, RDS, Dublin ‘Art Spectrum Ulster - an exhibition of contemporary art in Ulster’, ACNI, Belfast1970 David Hendriks Gallery, Dublin1969 ‘Seven North of Ireland Painters’, David Hendriks Gallery ‘Contemporary Irish Painting’, Park Square Gallery, Leeds ‘Irish Exhibition of Living Art’, Crawford Art Gallery, Cork (Carroll Prize)1967 Butlin Foundation for Young Irish Artists, Art Council of Northern Ireland Gallery, Belfast

SELECTED COLLECTIONS An Chomhairle Ealaion / The Arts Council; Arts Council of Northern Ireland; Belfast Education & Library Board; Belfast Health & Social Care Trust; Crawford Art Gallery, Cork; Sean Hollywood Arts Centre, Newry; Lyric Theatre, Belfast; National Self-Portrait Collection, Uni-versity of Limerick; The National Trust; Northern Ireland Civil Service; RUA Academy Diploma Collection; Wexford County Council; Ulster Museum, BelfastAIB Bank; Conrad International Hotel, Dublin; CR Sugar Trading; Great Southern Hotels; Guinness Peat Aviation; Harverty Trust; Irish Continental Bank; Jefferson Smurfit Group; PJ Carroll; Royal Bank of Scotland; Salzburg Seminar; U2; Ulster Television; Waterford Crystal

BIBLIOGRAPHY2014 Ciaran Carson and Marianne O’Kane Boal, ‘Brian Ballard - Paintings 1964-2014 (Gandon Editions, Kinsale) 2014 (Gandon Editions, Kinsale)2013 Brian Ballard and Ciaran Carson ‘Happenstance (Northern Star Books, Belfast)2005 Marianne O’Kane, ‘A Trinity of Genres’, Brian Ballard 2000- 2005 (Gormley’s Fine Art, Omagh)2003 Marianne O’Kane, ‘Artspace - Artist’s Studio’, Perspective (RSUA, Belfast), vol 12, no. 22002 ‘Brian Ballard’ (Solomon Gallery, Dublin)2000 Martyn Anglesea (ed.), ‘Royal Ulster Academy of Arts Diploma Collection (RUA, Belfast) Eamonn Mallie (ed.), ‘One Hundred Years of Irish Art’ (Nicholson& Bass, Belfast)1995 Marianne Hartigan, ‘Don’t Analyse this’, Sunday Tribune, 1 May1991 ‘Brian Ballard’, introduction by Ian Kirk-Smith (Kerlin Gallery) Brian Fallon, ‘Brian Ballard at Kerlin Gallery’. Irish Times 1990 Charles Sullivan (ed.), ‘Ireland in Poetry’ (Harry N Abrams, NY) ‘Brian Ballard - Into Light’. introduction by Kenneth Jamison (Kerlin Gallery, Dublin) Brian Fallon, ‘Brian Ballard at the Kerlin Gallery’, Irish Times1989 Sarah Finlay (ed.), ‘The National Self-Portrait Collection of Ireland (University of Limerick Press)1987 Louis A Muinzer, ‘Brian Ballard’ (exhibition review)1986 Frances Ruane, ‘The AIB Collection’ (Douglas Hyde Gallery)1977 Mike Catto, ‘Art in Ulster 2’ (Blackstaff Press, Belfast)1971 Michael Longley (ed.), ‘Causeway : The Arts in Ulster’

C A D O G A NC O N T E M P O R A R Y

87 Old Brompton RoadLondon SW7 3LD

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7581 5451www.cadogancontemporary.com