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Boris Bally
VELVET DA VINCI SHOWS100 Brooches -- Brooches by U.S. and international artists based on the book, 500 Brooches 200 RINGS -- Rings from 200 International Artists ANTI-WAR MEDALS -- Artists Respond to the War Anti-War Medals: -- Artists Respond to the War 2003-2007 ORNAMETAL -- Our annual Christmas ornament exhibition, together with Thomas Mann Gallery COUNTRY OF RESIDENCEUSA EDUCATIONBFA, Metals, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA, 1984 Foundation and Metals Program, Tyler School of Art, Philadelphia, PA, 1982 Intensive Goldsmith Apprenticeship, Alexander Schaffner Goldschmied, Basel, Switzerland, 1980 SELECTED EXHIBITIONSSELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS Boris Bally: Metalsmith, Atrium Gallery, Ball State University, Muncie, IN, 2005 New Work: Boris Bally, Craft Alliance Gallery, St. Louis, MO, 2005 Boris Bally & John Garrett, Focus Exhibition, Art Space, Jackson Hole, WY, 2005 Boris Bally: Urban Enamels, Fuller Museum of Crafts, Theatre Foyer Gallery, Brockton, MA, 2004 Boris Bally, De-Sign: An Exploration of the Available, Kendall College of Art & Design, Grand Rapids, MI, 2004 Urban Enamels: Soul-Stirring Works by Boris Bally, Patina Gallery, Santa Fe, NM, 2002 Introducing: Boris Bally, Contemporary Metal Artist, Obsidian Gallery, Tucson, AZ, 1999 Signage: A Solo Show, Gallery I/O, New Orleans, LA, Oct 1996 Bally/Darway, The Works Gallery, Philadelphia, PA, 1995
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS Boris Bally, New Work, Velvet da Vinci, 2010 Glasswear, Toledo Museum of Art, OH, touring internationally through 2009 Metalsmiths Linking: Cross Cultural Exchange, curated by Jim Bové, Hiko Mizuno College, Tokyo, Japan, 2007 100 Brooches, Velvet da Vinci, traveling 2005 through 2006 200 Rings, Velvet da Vinci, traveling 2004 through 2006 ANTI-WAR MEDALS, Artists Respond to the War, Velvet da Vinci, traveling 2003 through 2005 Objects For Use: Handmade By Design, with Catalog, curated Paul J. Smith, American Craft Museum, 2004 Aluminum by Design: Jewelry to Jets, curated by Sarah Nichols, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, 2004 Innovative Tools for Personal Use, Center for Visual Arts, Metro State College of Denver, traveling 2002 Sheen of Silver, Weight of Air, Curated by Lloyd Herman, Schneider Museum of Art, Ashland, OR, 2000 SOFA Chicago, Thomas Mann Gallery, 1996 through 1999 American Metalanguage I, Barbican Centre, London, England, 1998 On the Edge: Postmodern and Beyond, Aaron Faber Gallery, New York City, 1998 Trashformations: Recycled Materials in American Art & Design, with Catalog, curated by Lloyd Herman, 1997 Hello Again! curated by Susan Subtle, with Catalog, Oakland Museum, Oakland, CA, 1997 Recycle, Reuse, Recreate, with Catalog, curated by Dorothy Spencer, touring Africa, 1994 through 1996 11th Silbertriennale, International Competition, Goldschmiedehaus, Hanau, Germany, 1995 Schmuckszehne '93, Handwerkmesse, curated by Susan Grant Lewin, Munich, Germany, 1993 Contemporary Metalsmithing: American Masters, Donald Brecker Gallery, Miami Beach, FL, 1995 PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCEJuror, The Influence of Rock, Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, to concide with SNAG Conference, Cleveland, OH, 2005 Curator, and Rosanne Raab, Exhibition in Print 2005: 'Flatware: Function + Fantasy', Metalsmith Magazine, 2005 Juror for State Fellowship Grants in Crafts, Massachusetts Council on the Arts, 2001 Jury Panel, Society of Arts and Crafts, Artist Awards 2000, 1999 Curoator, and Bobby Hansson, Beacons for the Future, Nancy Sachs Gallery, St Louis, MO, 1999 Juror for State Fellowship Grants, Wyoming Council on the Arts, Jackson, WY, Lecture, 1998 Jury Panel, 50th Anniversary Touring Exhibition, Metal Arts Guild, Toronto, Canada, 1996 TEACHINGLecturer, Renwick Gallery, National Museum of American Art, Washington DC, 2005 Presentation, "Momenta: Various Perspectives on Achieving Success," Society of North American Goldsmiths, slide presentation at the Westin St. Francis Hotel, Annual Conference, San Francisco, 2003 Slide Presentation: "Humanufacturing," Craft Boston, Hynes Convention Center, Boston, 2002 Apprentice Master/Mentor, The Met School, Providence, RI, 2000 through 2002 Workshop Instructor, "Artful Eating Utensils," Penland School of Crafts, 2001 Presentation: "Humanufacturing," Society of North American Goldsmiths, Boston, 2000 Workshop Instructor, Haystack Mountain School of Crafts, Deer Isle, Maine, 1994 and 1999 Workshop Instructor, Penland School of Crafts, 1998 Invited Speaker, Industrial Design Society of America, Annual Conference, Washington, D.C., 1997 Artist-in-Residence and Workshop Instructor, for John Cogswell, 92nd Street YMCA, New York, 1997 Adjunct Jewelry Instructor, University of Akron, 1995 Jewelry Instructor, Lecturer, Pittsburgh Center For the Arts, 1990 through 1995 Adjunct Assistant Professor of Design; Artist/lecturer in Dept. of Art, Carnegie Mellon University, 1989 through 1993 SELECTED PUBLICATIONS500 Wedding Rings, Lark Books, 2008 Modern Jewlelry from Modular Parts, 2007 Design Language, Tim McCreight, Published by Brynmorgen Press, 2006 500 Necklaces, Juried by Marjorie Schick, Lark books, 2006 500 Brooches, Juried by Marjorie Simon, Lark Books, 2005 Metalsmith, Exhibition in Print, 2004 What Is Design?, George H. Marcus, 'Being Responsible,' page101; 104-105, 2003 Monthly Design; Design House, Sustainable Design Frontier, Portfolio: 'Boris Bally,' by Roel Jung, 2003 Art Jewelry Today, Donna Z. Meilach, Schiffer Publishing, 2002 Color on Metal: 50 Exceptional Works from Jewelers and Metal Artists, by Tim McCreight & Nicole Bsullak, Guild Publishing, distributed by Northlight Press, p 90-01, 100-101, 2001 Beautiful Things; Original Art from the Artists of Guild.com, Toni Sikes, Michael Monroe, G. Adamson, 2000 Metalsmith, Exhibition in Print: Metalsmith Sculpture, curated by Christine Clark & Jane Kyle, 1999 Metalsmith, Exhibition in Print, curated by Lane Coulter & Barb Jordan, 1998 The Crafts Report, Cover, Transcending Garbage: Boris Bally, by Noelle Backer, pages 18-21, 1997 Metalsmith, Cover, "Boris Bally: Expecting the Unexpected," Bruce Pepich, pages 22-29, 1996 American Craft, Cover, "NO-2 Bowls", April 1995 The Wall Street Journal, "In Old Street Signs, This Sculptor Sees Art," by Barbara Jepson, 1994 GRANTS AND AWARDSIndividual Achievement Award for Visual Arts, The Arts & Business Council of Rhode Island, 2006 Fellowship in Design Grant Award, Rhode Island Council on the Arts, 2002 Excellence in Jewelry & Metals Award, Honorable Mention, Society of North American Goldsmiths, 2001 Award Nominee, 2001 Louis Comfort Tiffany Biennial, 2001 'Best of the Web' Award, Forbes Magazine, 2000 Fellowship in Design, Grant Award, Rhode Island Council on the Arts, 1999 Second Place Award, International Design Resource Awards and Exhibition, Seattle, WA,1997 Felissimo Design Award, New York Foundation for the Arts, New York, NY, 1996 Second Place Award, Art of the State: Pennsylvania '96, State Museum of Pennsylvania, 1996 Grant Award, Pennsylvania Council on the Arts, Fellowship in Crafts, 1993 COLLECTIONSVictoria and Albert Museum, London National Museum of American Art, The Renwick Gallery, Washington, D.C. Brooklyn Museum, New York Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh American Crafts Museum, New York Charles A. Wustum Museum of Fine Arts, Racine Arrowmont School of Arts & Crafts, Gatlinburgh Mint Museum of Art, Charlotte Woodturning Center, Philadelphia Indiana Univ Art Museum, Bloomington Goldschmiedgesellschaft, Torsten Bröhan, Hanau, Germany Cleveland University Hospitals, Rainbow Babies Hospital Wing, Lobby, Cleveland Architecture and Design Charter High School, Design Triennial Instalation, Philadelphia Herman Miller Headquarters, Boston PROFESSIONAL AFFILIATIONSSociety of North American Goldsmiths, Board Member 1995 through 1998, member since 1984 American Crafts Council, Professional Member, member since 1984 Top |