Born in London 1961, Morag Ballard studied initially at Chelsea School of Art, London 1981-2 where she first experimented with the interrelationships between two dimensional and three dimensional expressions of form.

This led her to study sculpture at Bath Academy of Art, Corsham Court 1982-5 developing individual sculptures of plaster, string and fabric into broadly conceived installations in large interior spaces. Here she studied under Michael Pennie and Ken Hughes and came into contact with some of the leading British sculptors of the time including Richard Deacon and Antony Gormley.

In 1983 she was awarded the Gane Trust Travel Scholarship for sculpture taking her to Carrara, Italy.

"Untitled 1985" Plaster 36 x 40x 50 ins.

On completing her degree, Morag Ballard was awarded a student internship at the Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice in 1986. where she found her direction validated by the study of works of the Russian Constructivists, the paintings of Jean Helion and the boxes of Joseph Cornell.

On her return to the U.K. Morag Ballard set up studio in South West Scotland where she began to develop her ideas through paintings, reliefs and boxed constructions, work which led to her first showing at England & Co. London in 1991.

After five years in Scotland, Morag Ballard moved to Penzance where her work was aesthetically in tune with the line of abstraction that had developed in Cornwall via Naum Gabo , Peter Lanyon and John Wells.

"Acoustic" 2004 Oil on canvas 71 x 75 ins.

Sometimes suggestive of architectural forms and classical geometric pattern, her work delivers a definite sculptural impact, occasionally enhanced by the employment of relief and shaped or curved canvases.

Developed in a large studio overlooking Mounts Bay, Morag’s lyrical paintings continue their formal exploration of implied space and structure, most recently through defined linear elements.

"Linear" 2016 Oil on canvas 30 x 40 ins.

Solo Exhibitions

1991 Morag Ballard : Constructions, Reliefs & Works on Paper, England & Co. London

1993 Morag Ballard : Constructions, Reliefs, Paintings, England & Co. London

1996 Morag Ballard : Recent Works, England & Co. London

2001 Morag Ballard : Recent Work, England & Co. London

2003 Morag Ballard : Recent Work, England & Co. London

2005 Morag Ballard : Recent Work, England & Co. London

2008 Morag Ballard : Recent Paintings, England & Co. London

2013 Morag Ballard : Lemon Street Gallery, Truro

2017 Morag Ballard : Andelli Art, Somerset

2021 Morag Ballard : Andelli Art, Somerset

Group Exhibitions

1985 Group Exhibition, The Edge, Walcot Street, Bath

1991 Art in Boxes, England & Co. London
Group Exhibition, Gordon Hepworth Gallery Exeter

1992 Art in Boxes, England & Co. London
Twentieth Century Art Fair, Royal College of Art, London ( England & Co. )

1993 Art in Boxes, England & Co. London
Art in Boxes, ( Curated by Jane England ) Castle Museum, Nottingham
Twentieth Century Art Fair , Royal College of Art, London ( England & Co. )

1994 Gallery Artists, England & Co. London
Group Exhibition, White Lane Gallery, Plymouth

1999 Continuation, England & Co. London

1995-2012 Exhibited in annual exhibitions: Gallery Artists, England & Co. London
Exhibited with England & Co. Art 95 to Art 2003, (London Contemporary Art Fair)
London Art Fair, 2004-2007
All at the Business Design Centre, London

2007 20/ 21 Art Fair, Royal College of Art London ( England & Co. )

2008 The London Art Fair, Business Design Centre, London ( England & Co. )
Summer Exhibition, England & Co. London

2009 City X, England & Co. London
London Art Fair 2009, Business Design Centre, London ( England & Co.)

2010 Pallant House Gallery, Chichester: alongside John Tunnard, Inner Space to Outer Space and
St, Ives and Beyond

2011 Old & New: A Kind of Equivalence, England & Co. London

2012 London Art Fair 2012, Business Design Centre, London ( England & Co.)

2012 Royal Academy of Arts, London. Summer Exhibition

2013 Cadogan Contemporary, London. Summer Exhibition
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Invited artist of Liz Anderson, Art Editor ‘The Spectator’
Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives. Yuletide Exhibition

2014 London Art Fair 2014, Business Design Centre, London ( Lemon Street Gallery )
Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives. Contemporary Art
Summer Exhibition 2014
Lemon Street Gallery, Truro. Fifteen Years
Josie Eastwood Fine Art, Hampshire. The Autumn Exhibition 2014
The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London
Belgrave Gallery, St. Ives. Christmas and New Year Exhibition

2015 Spring Exhibition 2015 Josie Eastwood Fine Art
Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. 163 Open Exhibition

2016 The Discerning Eye, Mall Galleries, London

2017 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. 165 Open Exhibition

2018 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. 166 Open Exhibition

2019 Royal Academy of Arts, London. Summer Exhibition
Andelli Art, Somerset. Perfectly Formed
Wells Art Contemporary: WAC Awards 2019, Wells Cathedral

2021 Chippenham Museum, Spotlight On: Modern & Contemporary Art
from the Collection of Chippenham Museum
Andelli Art, Somerset. Wish List

2022 Penwith Society of Arts, St. Ives. Associate Members Exhibition

2023 Royal West of England Academy, Bristol. 170 Open Exhibition
Penwith Society of Arts, St. Ives. Associate Members Exhibition

"White City" 2007 Oil on canvas 18 x 28 ins.

Selected Bibliography

Morag Ballard: Constructions, Reliefs and Works on paper, exhibition catalogue
texts by Sister Wendy Beckett and Morag Ballard. England & Co. London 1991

St.Ives Follower Goes Solo, Antique Trade Gazette, 21 September 1991

Morag Ballard, Exhibition review by Sister Wendy Beckett, Arts Review, “20 September 1991

Morag Ballard: Constructions, Reliefs, Paintings, exhibition catalogue
texts by Peter Davies and Morag Ballard. England & Co. London 1993

St. Ives Revisited ; Innovators and Followers, Peter Davies, The Old Bakehouse Publications 1994

Morag Ballard: Recent Works, exhibition catalogue, texts by Morag Ballard and Peter Davies, England & Co.
London 2001

Morag Ballard: Recent Work, exhibition catalogue, introduction by Jane England. England & Co. London 2003

Morag Ballard: Recent Work, exhibition catalogue, introduction by Jane England. England & Co. London 2005

St. Ives 1975-2005 Art Colony in Transition, Peter Davies, St. Ives Printing & Publishing Co. 2007

Morag Ballard: Recent Paintings, exhibition catalogue, introduction by Jane England, England & Co.
London 2008

June Portfolio: Morag Ballard, Artists & Illustrators Magazine, issue 261, June 2008

Interviews-Artists Volume Two, Recordings 2010, N.P. James, CV Publications 2010

The Discerning Eye, by Liz Anderson, The Spectator, 16 November 2013

Morag Ballard at Lemon Street Gallery, by Helen Hoyle, Women Artists in Cornwall,
www.cornishmuse.blogspot.com, Feb 2014

Kit Kemp: the style secrets of a famous hotelier and interior designer,
Evening Standard Homes & Property, 24 March 2016

"Foyer" 2007 Oil on canvas 12 x 18 ins
Morag Ballard