Garrett Ball
Bio: Garrett Ball (b. 1991 Denver, CO) is a human being grappling with a making addiction, satiated most commonly through the mediums of painting, print, and language. After graduating with a BFA in Scenic Design from SUNY Purchase, he painted scenery on broadway, film, and television productions. He is a member of IATSE USA Local 829.
www.garrettscottball.com
Instagram: @ball_artwork
Thesis Exhibition
Artist Statement: The term “hyperobject,” can be used to describe things too large to be understood from a human perspective, existing in multiple times, and manifested in varied forms. They include the Global Capitalist market, the Anthropocene, Art, Environmental Disasters, and Democracy. These concepts can be grand and wondrous but also overwhelming, daunting, and disheartening. We feel small in comparison to the size of class structure, reckonings with history, or simple absolution. My image making implements a formal aesthetic rooted in craft and design to represent my questions around a world taken over by complexity. Pattern, Symmetry, Repetition asks the viewer to slow down and make space to reflect on the context of the world around them. We are entering an exchange in which I offer a tangible expression of my intentions in trade for your time and consideration. You will find me patiently waiting on the other side of every piece. I hope that for a moment it can be something for you.
L to R: No man escapes his choices (30" x 22", Watercolor and gold leaf on watercolor paper, 2023); Exchange (30" x 22", Watercolor and gold leaf on watercolor paper, 2023); Chapel (54" x 34", Watercolor and gold leaf on watercolor paper, 2023), Terminal (54" x 34", Watercolor and gold leaf on watercolor paper, 2023); Cost and Affect (30" x 22", Watercolor and gold leaf on watercolor paper, 2023); What is done is... (30" x 22", Watercolor and gold leaf on watercolor paper, 2023); Ontology of Objects (Wallpaper, 2023); Manifestation of a Hyperobject (Forty linoleum relief panels on archival paper, 2023)
First Year Exhibition
L to R: Cycle Series (72” x 144” (12 - 24" x 36" panels), Linoleum relief print on 12 sheets of Legion, 2021); Cycle Series (72” x 144” (12 - 24" x 36" panels), Linoleum relief print on 12 sheets of Legion, 2021); Cycle Series (72” x 144” (12 - 24" x 36" panels), Linoleum relief print on 12 sheets of Legion, 2021)
