biografía de BLAKE (1956)
Personal data
Birth : 06/03/1956 - Yellowknife, Canada
Nationality/Affiliation : Monaco
Address
Monaco, MonacoRepresentatives
Petley Jones Gallery – 1554 West 6th Avenue – Vancouver BC, Canada
Hilton Asmus Contemporary – Chicago IL, United States
Education
1975 to 1979: Bachelor of Fine Arts – University of Alberta, Edmonton AB, Canada
Professional data
Work and Life
Blake William Ward
1989-1998 The Figure Collection, representational figurative work.
Movements: Activist Art
1998-2011 Fragments Collection, inspired by survivors of military conflict, has contributed funds to the education and the clearing of minefields in Vietnam, Kosovo, Cambodia, Afghanistan, and Angola.
2005 – The Re-Think Collection is dedicated to the promotion of human rights.
2011 – The Spirits Collection – Embracing negative space, this collection crosses over into the abstract and ethereal realms, offering partial figures with exposed interior landscapes.
2016 – The Andromeda Collection broadens the Spirit Collection through the use of digital sculpting and 3D printing.
Trips
2000: Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
2007: Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
2010: Santa Fe NM, United States
2012: Hong Kong
Work
Categorie and medium
Sculpture-Volume : Bronze - Clay - Marble
Audiovisual-Multimedia :
Artistic periods
2009 : "Angels" Abstracted Figures in bronze2000-2009 : "Rethnik" Figurative sculpture with social commentary
1999-2007 : "Fragments" Deconstructive figurative sculpture
1986 : "The Figure" Classic figurative scupture in Bronze & Marble
Works
Andromeda Devorah 99 | |
Date of creation : 2018 Medium : Mixed media sculpture Size : 100 x 31 x 25 cm | |
Unnamed Prophets M1&J2 | |
Date of creation : 2015 Medium : Bronze Size : 85 x 27 x 29 cm | |
Phantom Nyx | |
Date of creation : 2014 Medium : Gilded bronze Size : 110 x 19 x 36 cm | |
Vestige | |
Date of creation : 2009 Medium : Carrare marble Size : 73 x 42 x 28 cm | |
Les Atlantes | |
Date of creation : 1992 Medium : Bronze Size : 295 x 180 x 370 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2018
The Space Within
Petley Jones Gallery – Vancouver BC, Canada
09/27/2018 – 10/18/2018
2016
Inner Perceptions Outer Reflections
Hilton Asmus Contemporary – Chicago IL, United States
04/08/2016 – 05/12/2016
2012
Silent Beauty
Kehrig Fine Art – Saskatoon, Canada
05/10/2012 – 06/29/2012
2011
Fragments
Collectors Contemporary Gallery – Singapore, Singapore
08/04/2011 – 09/08/2011
2010
Fragments
Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre – Yellowknife, Canada
05/14/2010 – 09/05/2010
2009
Rethink
DLC Fine Art – New York NY, United States
10/30/2009 – 11/25/2009
2007
Fragments Canterbury Festival
Chapter House Cnaterbury Cathedral – Canterbury, Kent, United Kingdom
10/13/2007 – 10/25/2007
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Group exhibitions
2019
Beyond Realism
The Front Gallery – Edmonton AB, Canada
03/28/2019 – 04/20/2019
2017
Masterpiece London 2017
Masterpiece Gallery Maison d’Art Monaco – London, United Kingdom
06/29/2017 – 07/05/2017
2014
Being & Becoming, Duel Exhibition
The Front Gallery – Edmonton AB, Canada
09/18/2014 – 10/18/2014
2010
The Burning Buddha, Performance
Nuit Blanche, Distillery District – Toronto ON, Canada
10/02/2010 – 10/03/2010
1994
Skulpturenpark, Herzogin Diane
Skulpturenpark, Herzogin Diane – Altshausen, Württemburg, Germany
06/12/1994 – 09/04/1994
Bibliography (Selected)
On the artist
Exhibition catalogues
2010
Blake Sculpture
Publisher: Blake
Periodicals
2010
Art with a purpose
in: Northern News Services, Yellowknife, Canada
08/06/2010
2008
Art raises MAT profile
in: Guernsey Press
11/07/2008
2007
Art inspired by landmine victims
in: BBC News
11/01/2007
The battle goes on for Diana’s forgotten victims
in: SUNDAY EXPRESS, England (United Kingdom)
10/28/2007
Fragments of war-torn twisted world
in: Kent Journal, United Kingdom
09/20/2007
2003
Canadian sculptor on releasing the spirit
in: The Monaco Times
June 2003