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EXHIBITION RESUME (February, 2024)
AWARDS and Other HONORS
2023 - Invited by the United States Department of State to
visit the US Embassy in Stockholm, Sweden, as a visiting artist.
2008 - Artist-in-Residence, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver,
Colorado.
1995 - Individual Fellowship in Painting, National Endowment for
the Arts, Washington, D.C.
1991 - Creative Fellowship in Photography, Colorado Council on
the Arts & Humanities.
1989 - First Place Short Fiction Award, Westword Magazine, Denver,
Colorado.
SELECTED PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
- National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.
- Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, New York.
- San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Logan Collection, San Francisco,
California.
- Denver Art Museum, Denver, Colorado.
- Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona.
- Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Albuquerque, New Mexico.
- Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa
- 21c Museum, Louisville, Kentucky
- National Museum of Wildlife Art, Jackson, Wyoming.
- Usminas Cultural Institute (Usicultura), Ipatinga, Minas Gerais,
Brazil.
- Leslie Lohman Museum of Gay & Lesbian Art, New York City,
New York.
- Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois.
- University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine.
- University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
- Bates College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine.
- University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
- McGraw-Hill Companies, New York, New York.
- U.S. West Communications, Denver, Colorado.
- Hewlett-Packard, Fort Collins, Colorado.
SELECTED ONE-PERSON EXHIBITIONS
2024 - "JACK BALAS: SOME DAYS ( I JUST WANT TO PAINT)"; CLAMP, 247 W 29th St., New York, NY, January 11--March 2, 2024
2023 - "JACK BALAS & WES HEMPEL: FRONT RANGE, BACK TO BACK": William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado. October 27--December 2, 2023
2020 - "JACK BALAS: COMMON GROUND: PAINTINGS FOR AMERICA," November 13, 2020-- January 9, 2021; William Havu Gallery, Denver, Colorado. REVIEWED IN THE DENVER POST
2020 - "JACK BALAS: LA LUCHA," March 17 - October, 2020; Etherton Gallery, Tucson Arizona.
2020 - "JACK BALAS: CHECKERED PASSED," January 9 - February 29, 2020; ClampArt, 247 W 29th St., New York, NY --- REVIEWED IN WALL STREET INTERNATIONAL MAGAZINE ------ SEE EXHIBITION INSTALLATION PHOTOS
2019 - "JACK BALAS: AGAINST THE GRAIN-- MEN, MAPS AND OTHER INCORRECTIONS," UNI Gallery of Art, Kamerick Art Building, University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa. August 19--October 5, 2019
2017 - "JACK BALAS: MAINE AND AGAIN," University of Maine Museum of Art, Bangor, Maine. September 15 - December 22, 2017. SEE EXHIBITION INSTALLATION PHOTOS
2015 - "JACK BALAS: GUY'D BOOK,"
James Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe, New Mexico. Reviewed in THE
MAGAZINE (Santa Fe), December 2015, p. 49
2014 - "JACK BALAS: YES / NO (THE WOODS)," Robischon
Gallery, Denver, Colorado. Reviewed
in Westword
2014 - "JACK BALAS: OVERRIDE," Rude Gallery, Rocky Mountain
College of Art & Design, Denver , Colorado.
2010 - "JACK BALAS: TATTOO DETOUR / THE MAIN EVENT,"
L2 Kontemporary, Los Angeles, CA.
2009 - "JACK BALAS: AMERICAN MALE," Scope- Basel (artfair),
Basel, Switzerland. (presented by Creative Thriftshop, Brooklyn
NY)
2009 - "JACK BALAS: AMERICAN MALE," Ego Gallery, Barcelona,
Spain. SEE
EXHIBITION INSTALLATION PHOTOS
2008 - "WE'LL BE SEEING YOU," Museum of Contemporary
Art, Denver, Colorado Reviewed
in The Rocky Mountain News and Reviewed
in Westword
2008 - "TATTOO DETOUR." Robischon Gallery, Denver. Colorado.
Reviewed in The Rocky Mountain
News and Reviewed in
Westword
2007 - Platform Gallery, Tucson, Arizona.
2006 - Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado. (Reviewed
as "among the standouts" of the Colorado Biennial; by
Stephanie Cash, ART IN AMERICA, February 2007, p.65.)
2006 - Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York, New York. Reviewed
in the New York Blade
2006 - Conduit Gallery, Dallas, Texas.
2006 - Hampden Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst,
Massachusetts.
2005 - SCOPE-HAMPTONS, Hampton Hall, Southampton,
New York (presented by Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn NY)
2005 - Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
2004 - Jack the Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, New York.
2003 - g2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona
2002 - Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado. ("Rough Draft")
2002 - g2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.
2001 - Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado. ("Territory Found")
2001 - "BATHERS: AN INSTALLATION," Boulder Public Library,
Boulder, Colorado.
2000 - Museum of the Southwest, Midland, Texas
1999 - Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
1997 - "CONSUMPTION & CONFLUENCE," (with Allison
Kyner). Kimura Gallery, Univ. of Alaska, Anchorage.
1997 - Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado. ("The Marriage
of History and Fiction")
1996 - "WESTWARD, HO!," University of Wyoming Art Museum,
Laramie, Wyoming.
1996 - "SPANISH MOSS-- THE EFFIGIES," Warehouse Studio,
Florida State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
1995 - Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
1993 - Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
1991 - Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
1990 - Koslow Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1989 - Koslow Gallery, Los Angeles, California.
1988 - Koslow / Rayl Fine Art, Los Angeles, California.
1987 - Chicago Gallery of Northern Illinois University, Chicago,
Illinois.
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2023 - "SURPRISE! THE NEW CURATOR'S SURPRISE FINDS IN THE
COLLECTION," Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
(September 30, 2023-- January 21, 2024)
2022 - "FRAGILE FIGURES: BEINGS
AND TIME," 21c Museum Hotel, Louisville, Kentucky. (December
2022-- December 2023)
2022 - "AND
SO DID PLEASURE TAKE THE HAND OF SORROW, AND THEY WANDERED THROUGH
THE LAND OF JOY:" (A LEGACY OF MARSDEN HARTLEY) Bates
College Museum of Art, Lewiston, Maine, October 28, 2022--March
18,2023
2022 - United States Embassy, Vienna, Austria, U.S. Department
of State Art In Embassies Program (2022-2024)
2022 - United States Embassy, Stockholm, Sweden, U.S. Department
of State Art In Embassies Program (2022-2024)
2021 - "Contemporary Art from the Permanent Collection," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona. October 14, 2021-- September 15, 2022.
2019 - "The Western Sublime: Majestic Landscape Paintings of the American West," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona. October 19, 2019-- February 9, 2020.
2018 - "ARIZONA BIENNIAL 2018," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona. July 5 - September 16, 2018
2017 - "PIRATES OUTSIDER SHOW,"
Pirate Contemporary Art, Denver, Colorado. (June 30- July 16,
2017)
2017 - "SUPERSTAR," Elizabeth Houston Gallery, New York
City (May 24 - July 14, 2017)
2017 - "UNCHARTED
WATERS: THE FINE ART OF WATERCOLOR PAINTING," Cedar Rapids
Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa (June 3 -- September 10,
2017)
2017 - "BODY LANGUAGE," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson,
AZ. (February-July 2017)
2017 - "COWBOY," Feast Gallery. Fayetteville, Arkansas.
2016 - Group Exhibition, Gebert Contemporary,
Santa Fe, NM.
2016 - "AUDACIOUS: CONTEMPORARY ARTISTS SPEAK OUT,"
Denver Art Musuem, Denver, CO.
2016 - Group Exhibition, U.S. Department of State Art in Embasies
Program, United States Embassy, Vienna, Austria. (since 2014)
2016 - "THE LAST PICTURE SHOW," James Kelly Contemporary,
Santa Fe, NM.
2015 - "GENDER," University
Art Gallery, Central Michigan University, Mt. Pleasant, Michigan.
2014 - "OF A FEATHER," Downtown Gallery, University
of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN.
2014 - "TRUE COLORS," Press Street Antenna Gallery,
New Orleans, LA
2014 - "SMALL THINGS CONSIDERED," Davis Dominguez Gallery,
Tucson, AZ.
2013 - "PAGE 179, ARTFORUM SEPTEMBER, 2013," Brennan
and Griffin, New York, NY.
2013 - "A SHOW OF HANDS," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson,
AZ.
2013 - "REVISITING: TEN YEARS OF THE VISITING ARTIST SERIES,"
Carson Gallery of the Art Students League of Denver, Denver, CO.
2013 - "TEN YEARS DRAWN," L2Kontemporary, Chinatown,
Los Angeles, CA.
2013 - "CHANGING PERCEPTIONS OF THE WESTERN LANDSCAPE,"
Albuquerque Museum of Art & History, Albuquerque, NM. click
here for image from the show
2013 - "THE ART OF RENEWAL," James Kelly Contemporary,
Santa Fe, New Mexico. "Art
of Renewal," by Richard Tobin. THE Magazine, Santa Fe, NM,
February-March 2013, p. 44.
2012 - "EXPO CHICAGO," (artfair) (presented by James
Kelly Contemporary, Santa Fe), Chicago, Illinois
2012 - "Summer Gallery Artists," James Kelly Contemporary,
Santa Fe, New Mexico
2012 - "CON TEXT" Permanent Collections Gallery, Tucson
Museum of Art, Tucson, AZ.
2011 - "SCOPE MIAMI," (artfair)
(presented by Mulherin / CTS, Brooklyn), Miami Florida.
2011 - "ARIZONA BIENNIAL," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson,
AZ. Curated by Anne Ellegood, Senior Curator, UCLA Hammer Museum,
Los Angeles.
2011 - "PULSE NEW YORK," (artfair) (presented
by Creative Thriftshop, Brooklyn NY)
2010 - "QUESTION IDENTITY
-- FENCES: WRONG ANSWER; LGBTQ PERSPECTIVES," Crossman Gallery,
University of Wisconsin, Whitewater WI.
2010 - "MADE IN TUCSON / BORN IN TUCSON / LIVE IN
TUCSON" Part 2. Museum of Contemporary Art, Tucson, AZ
2010 - "SONGS IN REVERSE," Crane Arts, Philadelphia
PA, Curated by Ron Abram for Southern Graphics Council
2010 - "LOVELINES," RedLine Arts Center, Denver, CO.
2009 - "WORD," Andrea Schwartz
Gallery, San Francisco, CA; Danielle Steel, guest curator.
2009 - "THE MASTERS REMASTERED," Fort Collins Museum
of Contemporary Art, Ft. Collins, CO.
2009 - "THE GRAND CANYON: FROM DREAM TO ICON," Art Museum
of South Texas, Corpus Christi, TX.
2009 - "SCOPE NEW YORK," (artfair) The Scope
Pavilion, Lincoln Center, New York, NY (presented by Creative
Thriftshop, Brooklyn NY)
2008 - "SCOPE MIAMI," (artfair)
Wynwood Art District, Miami, Florida. (Presented
by Creative Thrift Shop, Brooklyn, New York)
2008 - "TIMELESS: THE ART OF DRAWING,"
The Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey
2008 - "SLICK," (artfair) Paris, France. (Presented
by Creative Thrift Shop, Brooklyn, New York)
2008 - "PREVIEW BERLIN" (artfair) Berlin
Tempelhof Airport Hangar 2, Berlin, Germany. (Presented
by Creative Thrift Shop, Brooklyn, New York)
2008 - "COCKED! The Possessed Male:
Object of My Desire,"Luis De Jesus Seminal Projects, San
Diego, CA
2008 - "SCOPE NEW YORK," (artfair) The Scope
Pavilion, Lincoln Center, New York, NY (presented by Creative
Thriftshop, Brooklyn NY)
2007 - "SCOPE MIAMI," (artfair)
Robert Clemente Park, Miami, Florida, (Presented
by Creative Thrift Shop, Brooklyn, New York)
2007 - "CONTEMPORARY ISTANBUL," (artfair) Istanbul Convention Center, Istanbul, Turkey;
(Presented by CreativeThrift Shop, Brooklyn, New York)
2007 - "ANNIVERSARY EXHIBITION," JENKINS JOHNSON GALLERY,
San Francisco, California.
2007 - "BERLINER LISTE 07"; (artfair)
Berlin, Germany; (Presented by: Creative
Thrift Shop, Brooklyn, New York)
2007 - "THE BEAUTY IN MAN: 250 YEARS
OF THE MALE FIGURE IN ART," Tregoning and Company, Cleveland,
Ohio.
2007 - "SCOPE HAMPTONS," (artfair)
(Presented by: Creative Thrift Shop, Brooklyn, New York), East
Hampton, New York.
2007 - "REPRESENTATION," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New
York, New York.
2007 - "THE PLAYERS" (Curated
by Clare Weiss) The Arsenal Gallery in Central Park; New York,
New York.
2007 - "MODES OF DISCLOSURE," Form + Content Gallery,
Minneapolis, MN.
2007 - "BLUE," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, New York,
New York.
2007 - "WINTER HAIKU," Jenkins Johnson Gallery, San
Francsico, California.
2007 - "REALationships: WORKS OF SURREAL INSPIRATION,"
Foothills Art Center, Golden, Colorado. (Curated by Michael Chavez)
2007 - "30th ANNIVERSARY SHOW," Robischon Gallery, Denver,
Colorado.
2006 - "PUBLIC / PRIVATE," Jenkins Johnson Gallery,
New York, New York.
2006 - "GRAND CANYON: FROM DREAM TO
ICON," Tucson Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona
2006 - "DECADES OF INFLUENCE," Museum of Contemporary
Art, Denver, & Center for the Visual Arts, Denver, Colorado.
2006 - "ENGENDERED SPECIES," Gatov and Merlino
Galleries, California State University, Long Beach; and Lily Tomlin/Jane
Wagner Cultural Arts Center, Hollywood, California.
2005 - "CON-TEXT," G-2 Gallery, Scottsdale, Arizona.
2005 - "BEHIND OUR EYES," Platform Gallery, Tucson,
Arizona.
2005 - "SELF-EXPOSURE: THE MALE NUDE SELF-PORTRAIT"
Clamp Art, New York , New York.
2005 - "REALISM INVITATIONAL," Jenkins-Johnson Gallery,
San Francisco, California.
2005 - "SMALL WORKS," LewAllen Contemporary, Santa Fe,
New Mexico.
2005 - "SCOPE- MIAMI" (artfair) (presented by Jack The
Pelican Presents, Brooklyn, NY) Miami Beach, Florida.
2004 - "WHAT'S LOVE GOT TO DO WITH IT?," Tucson Museum
of Art, Tucson, Arizona.
2004 - "CONTEMPORARY DRAWING," Eisentrager / Howard
Gallery, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, Nebraska.
2003 - "UA SCHOOL OF ART FACULTY EXHIBITION," University
of Arizona Museum of Art, Tucson, Arizona.
2002 - "SOLACE: A COMMEMORATION OF SEPTEMBER 11th,"
Robischon Gallery, Denver, Colorado.
2000 - "THE IMAGE OF TEXT," Sawhill Gallery, James Madison
University, Harrisonburg, Virginia.
2000 - "LONDON BIENNALE," (David Medalla, Organizer)
London, England.
2000 - "HORSE," Ron Judish Fine Arts, Denver, Colorado.
1999 - "CONCEPTUALISTICATIONISM," Star-67 Project Space,
Brooklyn, New York.
1998 - "EGYPT OF THE MIND," Denver Art Museum, Denver,
Colorado.
1997 - "SPANISH MOSS: AN EFFIGY OF THE SOUTH," Emmanuel
Gallery, Auraria Higher Education Center, Denver, Colorado.
1997 - "PRIVATE WORLDS: 200 YEARS OF AMERICAN STILL LIFE
PAINTING," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado. Julia Augur
and Ann Daley, Curators.
1995 - "ART AND THE LAW," West Publishing Corporation,
Minneapolis, Minnesota. Travel Schedule: David L. Lawrence
Convention Center, Pittsburgh, Pa.; J.R. Thompson Center, Chicago,
Illinois; University Gallery, University of Florida, Gainesville,
Fla.; Nevada Museum of Art, Reno, Nevada; Springfield Museum of
Art, Springfield, Ohio.
1994 - "FOCUS ON COLORADO / THE FRONT RANGE: JACK BALAS,
WES HEMPEL & SCOTT CHAMBERLIN," Aspen Art Museum, Aspen,
Colorado.
1993 - "BOULDER FLOW," Sibell-Wolle Galleries, Fine
Art Dept., University of Colorado, Boulder.
1992 - "OUT OF BOUNDS: THE WORD BECOMES ART," Scottsdale
Center for the Arts, Scottsdale, Ariz.
1991 - "COLORADO COUNCIL ON THE ARTS & HUMANITIES CREATIVE
FELLOWSHIP WINNERS," Metropolitan State College Center for
the Visual Arts, Denver, Colorado.
1991 - "RODEO IN FACT AND FANTASY," Philbrook Museum
of Art, Tulsa, Oklahoma.
1990 - "PERSONAL / POLITICAL: SEXUALITY SELF-DEFINED,"
The School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Gallery 2, Chicago,Illinois.
1989 - "THE NEW NARRATOLOGY: EXAMINING THE NARRATIVE IN IMAGE
/ TEXT ART," Artspace Annex, San Francisco, California. Travel
Schedule: The Art Museum of Santa Cruz County, Santa Cruz, California;
Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida; Center for Research
in Contemporary Art, University of Texas, Arlington. Maria
Porges, Curator.
1988 - "THE LANDSCAPE," Marilyn Pink Gallery, Los Angeles,
California.
1986 - "IMAGE WARS," The Center for Idea Art, Denver,
Colorado. Lucy Lippard, Curator.
1985 - "MENAGERIE," San Francisco International Airport,
California.
1985 - "GALLERY ARTISTS," Asher/ Faure Gallery, Los
Angeles, California.
1983 - "NEWCOMERS '83," Municipal Art Gallery, Barnsdall
Park, Los Angeles, California. Josine Ianco- Starrels, Curator.
1983 - "PAINTING OF THE MONTH," Los Angeles Institute
of Contemporary Art (L.A.I.C.A.), California.
1981 - "GALLERY ARTISTS," Roy Boyd Gallery, Chicago,
Illinois.
1978 - "NEW HORIZONS IN ART," Chicago Public Library
Cultural Center, Chicago, Illinois.
SELECTED PUBLICATIONS
2019 - ART VOICES 10th Anniversary Issue, Spring, 2019; ArtVoices
Magazine, Los Angeles, California. pp. 46-47. (Portfolio)
2018 - THE TURNIP TRUCK(S)-- AN IM-POSSIBLE PUBLICATION, Lafayette,
LA. "Jack Balas: The Aesthetics of Masculinity," pp.
82-101. (Interview & portfolio).
2014 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #114, The Open Studios Press, Boston,
MA. Nora Burnett Abrams, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, Curator.
(portfolio of paintings)
2012 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #102, The Open Studios Press, Boston,
MA. Bill Arning, Director Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Curator.
(portfolio of paintings)
2011 - THE MAMMOTH BOOK OF GORGEOUS GUYS, Constable & Robinson
Ltd., London, UK. Barbara Cardy, Editor. (portfolio of STUD DUST
photography)
2010 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #90, The Open Studios Press, Boston,
MA. Toby Kamps, Menil Collection, Houston TX, Curator. (portfolio
of paintings)
2008 - CODE D'ACCES, Factory Editions, Paris, France. Winter 2008.
p. 46 (painting)
2008 - TIMELESS: THE ART OF DRAWING, The
Morris Museum, Morristown, New Jersey. Exhibition Catalog. p.
6. (drawing)
2008 - THE NUDE MALE: 21st CENTURY VISIONS, by David Leddick.
Universe Publishing/Rizzoli, New York. pp. 24-25. (paintings)
2007 - THE FRONT RANGE AND THE RANGE OF IDENTITY, catalogue essay
for "DECADES OF INFLUENCE" AND "EXTENDED REMIX,"
Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver.
2005 - SELF-EXPOSURE: THE MALE NUDE SELF-PORTRAIT, photo anthology
by Reed Massengill, Rizzoli International, New York (images from
Studio Men series).
2005 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #60 (October), The Open Studios
Press, Boston, Mass. Fereshteh Daftari. Museum of Modern Art,
NY, Curator. (portfolio of paintings).
2005 - CALENDAR 2005, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver,
Colorado. Cydney Payton, Curator.
2004 - (internet) TRAMPOLINE HOUSE.COM (August) Brooklyn, NY.
"Saint Beach Boy" www.TrampolineHouse.com
2003 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #48 (October), The Open Studios
Press, Wellesley, Mass. Beth Venn, Curator (Independent), NY.
pp. 10-13 (portfolio of paintings).
2003 - BLUE #45 (July), Studio Magazines, Sydney, Australia. "Photo
ID," (portfolio of "Studio Men" series images).
pp. 72-77.
2001 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #36(November), The Open Studios
Press, Boston, Mass. Terrie Sultan, Director, Blaffer Gallery,
University of Houston, Texas, Curator. pp. 14-17 . (portfolio
of paintings)
2001 - MALE NUDE NOW, David Leddick, Universe Publishing/Rizzoli,
New York. (Photo from Studio Men series)
1999 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #24 (October), The Open Studios
Press, Wellesley, Mass. Lisa Phillips, Director, New Museum of
Contemporary Art, New York, Curator.pp. 6-9. (portfolio of paintings)
1998 - EGYPT OF THE MIND, Denver Art Museum, Colorado. Exhibition
Brochure.
1997 - NEW AMERICAN PAINTINGS #12 (October), The Open Studios
Press, Wellesley, Mass. Jeffrey Weiss, Dept. of 20th Century Art,
National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., Curator.pp. 4-5.
1995 - ART AND THE LAW, West Publishing Corporation, Minneapolis,
Minnesota. Catalog of 20th Annual Exhibtion. pp. 20-21.
1993 - HIGH PERFORMANCE #61, Spring. Santa Monica, Cal. (photo
from series "History Repeats Itself.") pp. 38-39.
1993 - COLORADO EXPRESSION, Volume 3, No. 1, Winter. Denver, Colorado.
Feature article by Marilynne S. Mason, "Not Quite on the
Map: Magic & Art." pp. 48-57.
1993 - THE NEW CENSORSHIP Denver, Colo. Vol. 4, No. 1. April,
1993. Photograph from the series: "History Repeats Itself."
Cover.
1991 - THE PARIS REVIEW #120, Fall. New York, NY. Portfolio of
Paintings "Today I Drove Along the Rio Grande." pp.
121-129.
1991 - 16 CREATIVE FELLOWSHIPS IN THE VISUAL ARTS, Colorado Council
on the Arts & Humanities. Catalog of award recipients.
1989 - THE NEW NARRATOLOGY: EXAMINING THE NARRATIVE IN IMAGE /
TEXT ART, Words and Pictures, Oakland. California. Catalog for
exhibtion at Artspace Annex, San Francisco, California.(Paintings
and excerpts from MileMarker) pp. 26 - 29.
1989 - CFA NEWS, Center for the Fine Arts, Miami, Florida. No.
15, Fall, 1989. p. 11. (Reproduction).
1989 - WESTWORD, Volume 12, No. 18, January 4-10, 1989. Denver,
Colorado. First-place short fiction contest winner. (Excerpt from
MileMarker) p. 6.
1986 - WHITEWALLS #14, Autumn. Chicago, Illinois. (Paintings and
excerpts from MileMarker) pp. 22-28.
1983 - L.A.I.C.A. Newsletter # 94, June-July. Los Angeles Institute
of Contemporary Art, California. "Painting of the Month."
Cover.
SELECTED REVIEWS & PRESS
2020 - "Checkered
Passed: Jack Balas at ClampArt, Manhattan, 26 January 2020, by
Daniel Gauss, Wall Street International Magazine.
2018 - "Jack Balas: The Aesthetics of Masculinity,"
THE TURNIP TRUCK(S)-- AN IM-POSSIBLE PUBLICATION, Lafayette, LA.,
pp. 82-101. (Interview & portfolio).
2018 - Interview with Jack Balas, CREATIVPAPER ,Vol. 3, Issue No. 8. pp. 84-91.
2016 - "Audacious," by Michael Paglia, WESTWORD (Denver), November 10-16, 2016. p. 21.
2015 - "Jack Balas: Guy'd Book," by Katharine Davis, THE Magazine, Santa Fe, NM. December-January 2015-2016. p. 49. (available online at TheMagazineOnline.com)
2013 - "Art of Renewal," by Richard Tobin. THE Magazine, Santa Fe, NM, February-March 2013, p. 44.
2011 - "Artist Spotlight: Jack Balas," by Christopher Harrity, THE ADVOCATE.COM. August 6, 2011
2008 - "Jack Balas
Answers the Male Call; Two Denver shows feature the well-known
artist," by Michael Paglia WESTWORD (Denver) July
17, 2008, p. 45.
2007 - "Report from Colorado: The Hills Are Alive,"
by Stephanie Cash, ART IN AMERICA, February 2007, pp. 57-65.
2006 - "The New Male
Gaze: Artists Wes Hempel and Jack Balas Revisit the Male Figure,"
by Rafael Risemberg THE NEW YORK BLADE. Sep. 18, 2006
2005 - "Teamworks," by Mary Voelz Chandler, ROCKY MOUNTAIN
NEWS (Denver). October 5, 2005. p. 10D.
- "Changing
Scenes," by Michael Paglia, WESTWORD (Denver). Oct. 27-Nov.
2, 2005. p. 56.
2002 - "Report from Arizona: Not a Mirage," by Raphael
Rubinstein, ART IN AMERICA, December, 2002, pp. 41-47.
- "Popping
Off," by Michael Paglia, WESTWORD (Denver). October
17-23, 2002. p. 65. )
- "Letter-Perfect
Mix of Art, Text," by Mary Voelz Chandler. ROCKY MOUNTAIN
NEWS (Denver). October 4, 2002. p. 26D.
2001 - "Statements from Balas," by Mary Voelz Chandler,
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS (Denver). July 27, 2001. p. 14D.
- "Bathers,
Artists Featured at Boulder Public Library," by J. Gluckstern.
DAILY CAMERA (Boulder, Colorado) July 28, 2001. p. 5D.
- "Toweling
Off," by Kristie Betts, BOULDER WEEKLY (Colorado). August
2-8, 2001.
2000- "Hanging Out," by Michael Paglia. WESTWORD (Denver)
July 20, 2000. (
1999 - "Conceptualisticationism," THE NEW YORKER,
(New York) December 20, 1999. p. 18.
- "Long-Term
Commitments," by Michael Paglia. WESTWORD (Denver).
April 15-21, 1999. p. 55.
1998 - "Report from Colorado: Looking to the Future,"
by Joe Miller. ART IN AMERICA, Vo. 86, No. 5 (May). pp.
56-61.
- "Surprising
Works Hold the Eye at Robischon Gallery," by Jeff Bradley.
THE DENVER POST (Colorado). August 17,1998. p. 5F.
- "Winds
of Summer," by Michael Paglia. WESTWORD (Denver).
Aug. 27-Sept. 2, 1998. p. 53.
1997 - "Colorado Artist Uses Words, Images in Narrative Art,"
by Rose Cox. NORTHERN LIGHT (University of Alaska, Anchorage).
October 14, 1997, p.14.
- "Facts
and Fantasies," by Michael Paglia. WESTWORD (Denver).
April 24-30, 1997. p. 59.
- "A
Magical Mystery Tour of Two Minds," by Mary Voelz Chandler.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS (Denver), April 4, 1997. Spotlight
p. 5-D.
- "Emmanuel
Gallery Exhibits Art for Contemplation," by Don Lowe. ADVOCATE
(Univ. of Colo. at Denver). July 16, 1997, p. 12.
- "Layered
Imagery Transforms the Abstract into Familiar Images," by
Kathaleen Roberts. COURIER NEWS , (Elgin, Illinois). June
8, 1997.
- "ECC
Hosts Exhibit of Paintings and Sculptures by Jack Balas."
KANE COUNTY CHRONICLE (Illinois). June 20, 1997.
- "ECC
Gallery Exhibit Focuses on Visual, Verbal Nexus," DAILY
HERALD (Elgin, Ill.) June 18, 1997. (Article reprinted July
8, 1997 and July 25, 1997.)
1996 - "FSU Gallery Presents Faculty, Printmakers,"
FSViIEW, (Tallahassee, Florida.) Jan. 11, 1996. p. 12.
- "January
Jamboree of Tallahassee Talent," by Verna Safran. Q MAGAZINE,
(Tallahassee, Fla.) Jan.
- "Double
Vision: Two New Shows at Florida State Museum," by Christian
Bourge. FLORIDA FLAMBEAU (Tallahassee). January 12, 1996,
p. 8.
1995 - "Double Your Pleasure," by Michael Paglia. WESTWORD,
(Denver). April 5-11, p. 57
- "Critic's
Choice," by Mary Voelz Chandler, ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS,
March 19. Spotlight p.48A.
- "Around
LoDo: Robischon Gallery." LODO NEWS (Denver). March,
1995. p. 19.
- "Stark,
Riveting Visions of the West," by Mary Voelz Chandler. ROCKY
MOUNTAIN NEWS, (Denver) January 20, 1995. Spotlight.
- "Their
Aim is True," by Hart Hill. WESTWORD (Denver) January
25-31, 1995. p. 49.
- "How
the West was Shot," by Issac Mion. THE METROPOLITAN
(Metro State College, Denver). Vol. 17, No. 19. January 27, 1995.
P. 19.
1994 - "Front Range Surrealism," by Jane Wilson. THE
ASPEN TIMES, (Colorado). November 19-20, B-1,8.
- "Rediscovering
Surrealism," by Loren Jenkins. THE ASPEN TIMES GAZETTE
, (Colo.) Winter 1994-95. pp. 4-5.
- "Mass
Appeal? Exhibit's Questions Outnumber Answers," by Chryss
Cada. THE COLORADAN (Fort Collins, Colo.) September 2,
1994. pp.4,14.
- "You
Call That Art? Contemporary Works Challenge Viewers," by
Phyllis Walbye. LOVELAND DAILY REPORTER HERALD, September
17-18, p. 3.
-
"Snap, Crackle, Popular: Art in the Modern Age," by
Pamela Harrell. VOX MAGAZINE (FortCollins, Colorado). September
16, 1994. p. 1.
-
"Art Can Be in the Eye of the Beholder and Beyond,"
by Mary Voelz Chandler. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, (Denver).
October 2, 1994. Spotlight, pp. 58A, 65A.
-
"You Call That Art?" by Liz Silbaugh. INSIDE FORT
COLLINS, (Colo.) September 29, 1994. p. 6.
1993 - "Text and Texture," by Hart Hill. WESTWORD,
(Denver). October 6-12, 1993. p. 51.
- "Write
Your Own Story to Go With These Pieces," by Mary Voelz Chandler,
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS, (Denver). September 26, 1993. Spotlight,
p. 60-A.
1991 - "Santa Drove a Semi," by Dan Thigpen. QUEST
(Denver). October, 1991. P. 22.
- "Jack
Balas and Wes Hempel at Robischon Gallery," by Simon Zalkind.
ICON (Denver). 10/91 p. 14.
1990 - "The Right to View," by Patrick Frank. NEW
ART EXAMINER, Vol. 17, No. 8 (April). p. 51.
- "Pay
Per View," by Nancy Clegg. WESTWORD (Denver). Feb.
14-20, 1990. p. 32.
1989 - "Artwork Tells Tales at CFA," by Helen L. Kohen.
MIAMI HERALD (Florida). November 19, p. 3-K.
- "The
What-Is-Between," by Sherry Thomas. ARTWEEK (California).
Vol. 20, No. 14. April 8, 1989, p. 6.
- "Mixing
Images to Change the Stories of Our Lives," by Stephen Wiltse.
SANTA CRUZ SENTINEL (California.) September 1, 1989. Spotlight,
p. 12.
- "Group
Show Has Chemistry at BCVA," by Laura Caruso. DAILY CAMERA
(Boulder, Colo.) March 3, 1989. Friday Magazine, p. 15-D.
- "On
the Arts," by Jennifer Heath. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
(Denver). March 3. Weekend, p. 16-W.
1988 - "Breaking the Scale," by Frederick Ramey. ICON
(Denver) Vol. 1, No. 8, December 1988. p. 4.
- "On
the Arts," by Jennifer Heath. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
(Denver). Dec. 9. Weekend, p. 14-W.
- "
'Objects and Place' at Sibell-Wolle," by Mark Shannon. COLORADO
DAILY (Boulder). March 4-6. pp. 19-20.
- "On
the Arts," by Jennifer Heath. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS
(Denver). Feb. 26. Weekend, p. 16-W.
- "'Visions
of American West' Strives to Redefine Concept," by Jennifer
Heath. ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS (Denver). Feb. 5, 1988. Weekend,
p12-W.
1987 - "'COexist' Chock Full of Synbols," by Irene Rawlings.
THE DENVER POST. Oct. 16. Weekend.
- "Visual
Images, Words 'COexist' in Emmanuel Show," by Jennifer Heath.
ROCKY MOUNTAIN NEWS (Denver).October 16, 19987. Weekend,
p. 7-W.
1983 - "Promising 'Newcomers' at Muni," by Suzanne Muchnic.
THE LOS ANGELES TIMES , July 31, 1983. Calendar, p. 83.
- "Pick
of the Week," by Michael Delgado. L.A.WEEKLY, (Calif.)
August 5-11, 1983. p. 110.
- "A
Diverse Group," by Marlene Donahue. ARTWEEK, (Calif.)
Vol. 14, No. 27, August 13, 1983. p. 5.
- "Newcomers
'83," by Michael Kurcfeld. CALIFORNIA MAGAZINE. August,
1983.
RESIDENCIES
2023 - Visiting Artist, United States Embassy, Stockholm Sweden
(Art-In-Embassies program); (Invited, but currently postponed)
2009 - Visiting Artist, Art Department, Denison University, Granville,
Ohio.
2008 - Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver. Artist-in-Residence
Project: "WE'LL BE SEEING YOU"
2003-04 - Visiting Assistant Professor, School of
Art, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona.
2001 - Visiting Artist, Division of Human Studies, Alfred University,
Alfred, New York.
2000 - Visiting Artist-in-Residence, Department of Art, Skidmore
College, Saratoga Springs, New York.
1996 - Visiting Associate Professor, Department of Art, Florida
State University, Tallahassee, Florida.
1995 - Image/ Text Workshop, Art Department, University of Northern
Iowa, Cedar Falls, Iowa.
1995 - Visiting Artist, Art Department, Northern Illinois University,
DeKalb, Illinois.
EDUCATION
1981 - M.F.A., Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois.
1978 - B.F.A., Northern Illinois University, DeKalb, Illinois.
1976 - Foreign Study Program, Salzburg College, Salzburg, Austria.
1974-75 - Institute of Design, Illinois Institute of Technology,
Chicago, Illinois.
1973-74 - School of Architecture, Illinois Institute of Technology,
Chicago, Illinois.
