Artist Resume

N. Lee Ball919-413-5298
nleeball@gmail.com

Education:
Meredith College, Raleigh, North Carolina
Bachelor of Arts in Studio Art: Painting and Sculpture
Art Education Certificate

NC State University, College of Design, Raleigh, North Carolina
Bachelor of Environmental Design in Architecture

Selected Activities & Honors:
Member, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, MA,  2015 – present
Member, Cambridge Artist Association, Cambridge, MA, 2015 – 2018
Member, Franklin Artist Association, Franklin, MA 2016 – 2017
Member, RISD Museum, Providence, RI, 2015
Member, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC 2005 – 2017
Member, Durham Art Guild, 2013 – 2014
Member, North Carolina Art Museum, 2002 , 2004-2014
Featured Chalk Artist, Bele Chere, Asheville, NC 2012
Featured Artist, GroundSPARK, Raleigh, NC August 2010
Arts Department co-chair, Athens Drive High School, 2005-2010

Selected Exhibitions:
Members Juried Show, Painting, Concord Art Assocoation, Concord MA January 2017
Members Show, Hopkinton Art Center, Hopkinton, MA, December 2016- January 2017
Abstracted Landscape Show, Newbury Court Gallery, Concord, MA, January 2017
Two person show, Newbury Court Gallery, Concord, MA, October-November 2016
Solo Show, FUSF Gallery, Franklin, MA  September-October 2016
Exchange Gallery, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, March 2016, June 2014, October 2012, December 2011, February 2011, April 2010, May 2009 , January 2008
71st Members Prize Show Cambridge Artist Association,  University Place, Cambridge, MA, October, 2015
Fall Pop-up Show, Cambridge University, Cambridge, MA,  September 2015
Kathrine Schultz Fall Salon, Cambridge Art Association (University Place), Cambridge, MA September 2015
SCOPE: The Southern Landscape, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh, NC, June 2015 (Kathy Brancato Memorial Award)
Boylan Artwalk, Boylan Avenue, Raleigh, NC  December 2013
World of Art Showcase, group showing, Raleigh, NC  2013
Windows to the Old North State, Junior League of Raleigh, Raleigh Convention Center, October 2013 (2nd)
Still, Visual Art Exchange, Raleigh NC October 2013
Solo Exhibition, Duke Raleigh Hospital, Mid-May 2013
33RD National Juried Fine Art Show, the Arts Council of Wayne County, Goldsboro, May/June 2013
What’s the Story?, Solo Exhibition, Tipping Paint Gallery, March 2013
One Person Show, Margaux’s Restaraunt, Raleigh, NC, September – November 2012
Cow Parade NC, August 2012, with Susan Jones, two cows: WiFi CowSpot, Sock Mookey
Embracing StructurewithChristine Harvaitt, localcolor, June 2012
Birds of a Feather, Tipping Paint Artists,  Hagersmith Architects, Raleigh, NC, May-June 2012
North Carolina Artist’s Exhibition, Raleigh Fine Art Society, Betty Ray McCain Gallery at Progress Energy Center for Performing Arts, March – May 2012 (1st Place Painting)
Two Person Show with Susan Jones, Electric Beanz, Fuquay-Varina, NC, November 2011
Southern Menagerie, Jr. League of Raleigh SPREE, October 2011 (2nd Place)
Art of the Auction, NC Museum of Art, May 2011
Two Together with MaryRuth Dana, localcolor gallery, November 2010
Down Home: Portraits of the Old North State, Junior League of Raleigh, October, 2010
Festifall, Chapel Hill, NC, October, 2010
One Person Show, Electric Beanz. Raleigh, NC, August 2010, September 2009
Unfettered, Visual Art Exchange, May 2010
Someplace Like Home, Junior League of Raleigh, October, 2009
Exploring Verticality with Lori White, localcolor Gallery, August, 2009
One person Show, Java Jive, January 2009
Lantern Display, First Night Lichtin Plaza, Raleigh, NC, December 31,2008– January 1, 2009
Past Lives, Still Lifes with Lori White, localcolor, August 2008
Tales I Have Known, Visual Art Exchange, February 2008
Winter Banner, Raleigh Downtown Alliance, Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, NC, December, 2007
North Carolina Scenes, Junior League of Raleigh Sale for the Season, October 2007 (3rd Place)
Patriotic Banner, Raleigh Downtown Alliance, Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, July 2007
Scope: The North Carolina Scenes Show, Visual Art Exchange, April 2007
Wake County Teachers Exhibit, North Carolina of Trial Lawyers, March-April 2007
A Room with a View, Visual Art Exchange, January 2007
Angel Banner, Raleigh Downtown Alliance, Fayetteville Street, Raleigh, December 2006
North Carolina Scenes, Visual Art Exchange, May 2006

Publications:
Southwest Art, December 2013
Triangle Art Guide, June 2011-June 2013
ArtSee Magazine, March/April 2011, May/June 2011, Nov/Dec 2011
Better Homes and Gardens: Renovations; Spring 2010

Gallery Representation:
Tipping Paint Artists, June 2011-April 2014
Without Borders, March 2011 – December 2011
A Room of One’s Own, Studio 24, November 2009 – March 2011
Visual Art Exchange, March 2006 – Present
Local Color, October 2007 – January, July 2010 – June 2011
Cary Gallery of Artists, August 2007-December 2007

Collections:
In the collections of: Amy Ball, Raleigh, NC, Cynthia Ball, Apex, NC, Chris Barrett, Raleigh, NC, Nancy and William Gardner, Wendell, NC, Rebecca Henderson, Raleigh, NC, Carol Hiscoe, Raleigh, NC, David Hiscoe, Raleigh, NC, Rosalind Kamara, Raleigh, NC, Diane Setser, Garner, NC, Jack Wheatley, Raleigh, NC, Ashley Flanagan Linares, Raleigh, NC,  Alan Clapp, Raleigh, NC,  Wayne Maiorano, Raleigh, NC, Betty Hobbs, Chapel Hill, NC, Angelia Duckworth, Raleigh, NC, Marybeth Owen-Zdanski, Chapel Hill, NC, Jim Cassaza, Raleigh, NC; John and Mellissa Flanagan, Fuquay-Varina, NC, Jeannette Selvaggi, Cary, NC, Susan Jones, Raleigh, NC, Jason and Amanda Reece, Cary, NC, Kim Gee, Cary, NC, Morgana Moore, Apex, NC, Michelle and Billy Flanagan, Raleigh, NC; Sherri and Willy Stewart

Commission:
Wake FarmScape, oil on panel, 30″x 40″ 2014
Italian Song, oil on canvas, 12”x16”, 2011
Ashville Mountain View, oil painting 12” x 16”, 2007
Cathedral in the Sky, oil painting 24”x36”1998
Always Fall into Winter, stained glass, 1991

Site Specific Sculpture:
Relic, concrete block and incandescent lights, Johnston County, NC, 1995
Urban Relic II, Meredith College, concrete block and candles, 1995