Austin Ballard creates sculptures that draw on traditional handicrafts and textile patterning, combining materials like woven cane and epoxy clay to create organic forms that are meticulously constructed yet have a tactile sensibility. Raised in North Carolina, where the textile industry played a fundamental role, Ballard uses traditional techniques of textile pattern-making to construct his sensuous sculptures.

Austin Ballard (b. Charlotte, NC) lives and works in Brooklyn. He received an MFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design and holds a BFA from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, where he also served as an Assistant Professor in Textiles. Ballard has been the recipient of awards and fellowships from numerous organizations including the Joan Mitchell Foundation, the Vermont Studio Center, New York’s Museum of Art and Design, and the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop. For the past twelve years he has exhibited his work in group, two-person, and solo exhibitions in galleries and museums throughout the United States and in the UK. Ballard’s work has been reviewed in Artnews, Wall Street International, and the New York Sun, and has been featured in Maake and Art Maze magazines, among others.

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