biografía de BLAKE (1956)

Personal data

Birth : 06/03/1956 - Yellowknife, Canada
Nationality/Affiliation : Monaco

Address

Monaco, Monaco

Representatives

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 bronze
2000-2009 : "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

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