N. Lee Ball
919-413-5298
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
Activities & Honors:
Associate Member, Oil Painters of America, 2010- present
Carter Building Alliance Member, founding member, 2010-2012
Featured Artist, GroundSPARK, Raleigh, NC August 2010
Featured Artist, Raleigh Plein Air Festival, Raleigh, June 2010
Arts Department co-chair, Athens Drive High School, 2005-2010
Member, Visual Art Exchange, 2005 – present
Member, North Carolina Art Museum, 2002 , 2004-present
Site Coordinator, Wake County United Arts Campaign, 2001-2005
Selected Exhibitions:
Title Forthcoming with Christine 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)
Exchange Gallery, Visual Art Exchange, December 2011, February 2011, April 2010, May 2009 , January 2008
Two Person Show with Susan Jones, Electric Beanz, Fuquay-Varina, NC, November 2011
Kindred Spirits: Tipping Paint Artists, Carter Building, November 2011
Southern Menagerie, Jr. League of Raleigh SPREE, October 2011 (2nd Place)
Blue, Carter Building lower gallery, October 2011
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
Group Exhibition, Duke Health Regional Hospital, December, 2006
North Carolina Scenes, Visual Art Exchange, May 2006
Publications:
ArtSee Magazine, March/April 2011, May/June 2011, Nov/Dec 2011, Jan/Feb 2012, Mar/Apr 2012
Better Homes and Gardens: Renovations; Spring 2010
Gallery Representation:
Tipping Paint Artists, June 2011-present
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
Commission:
Untitled Chatham County Piece, (in progress)
Heaven in Her Eyes, oil on canvas, (in progress)
Italian Song, oil on canvas, 12”x16”, 2011
Lake Tillery Triptych, 18” x 60” complete, 2011 (in progress)
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