Designer John Greg Ball -Weblog

Growing up the son of the 25-year Calgary Stampede rodeo announcer- Lorne Ball, I have been surrounded by Western rodeo world for a good part of my life. As a native southern Albertan, my work as an artist and designer has fueled a passion to understand the historic visual culture that constructs our Canadian West.

having a little fun with all of this is the new cowboy contemporary series. All available for sale, this new line of work will be shown alongside 10 designers and firms currently working here in the West.

Visit my booth as part of the westxprssd feature at this year’s Calgary Interior Design show and Vancouver Interior Design show.

lots more to come…

See Blend: By John Greg Ball at Maison Objet exhibition (part of Industreal’s porcelain collection) September 05-09 in Paris, France.

+ Industreal.it

Part of Shaun Moore and Julie Nicholson’s Radiant Dark Exhibit, The Hoodoo stools will now be on display at Cambridge Galleries- Design at Riverside from August 26- October 19 in Cambridge Ontario.

+ cambridgegalleries

John Greg Ball and Shoko Cesar’s violent art collaboration using a 12-gauge shotgun, and prefabricated signage to create wall art. (image from Calgary’s arthouse opening of MADE in the WEST)

+ Part 1 on Moco Loco

+ Part 2 on Moco Loco

+ Canadian Design Resource

More here:
+ Madedesign.ca

See the new installation of the Hoodoo Series- Part 2 “The Shotgun Approach” at MADE design in Toronto.

Exhibit runs: from February 07- March 22, 2008.

Opening reception: Friday, February 22nd 2008.

+ hoodoos.ca

Greg Ball taking his first “shot” at the new Hoodoo series project.

Shoko Cesar experimenting with the 12-guage aesthetic tool- on a fresh can of colored paint.

Image of the selected target experiments (all being shown at MADE). Other work being show at our installation includes a new light called: “buckshot”.

Visit the hoodoo lamp and our hoodoo racks at this year’s Calgary- Interior design show as part of the “Movers and shapers” exhibit curated by Alykahn Velji.

September 20-23
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