Bio.

Allen Thomas Ball (b. 1993, Green Cove Springs, Florida) is a New York–based painter. He grew up in North Florida as its pine forests were cleared for subdivisions named after them. His paintings depict ordinary views of land shaped for habitation, ownership, and display, such as a tree line at the edge of a clearing, or a window at Olana, Frederic Edwin Church’s home. Recent works are made in sgraffito, with light scratched through layered grounds of clay and pigment, including earth gathered from the places depicted.

Ball holds an MFA from Pratt Institute and maintains a studio at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts. His 2026 solo exhibition, Forest Lane, presented paintings alongside a decommissioned streetlight and received support from a Focus Award.

  • 2019 - Master of Fine Arts, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

    2017 - Bachelor of Fine Arts, The University of North Florida, Jacksonville, Florida

    2014 - Associate of Arts, St. Johns River State College, Palatka, Florida

    2014 - Associate of Science, Florida School of the Arts, Palatka, Florida

  • 2026 - Forest Lane, EFA Gallery, New York, New York. Commissioned through EFA's Focus Award.

    2022 - Allen Thomas Ball at the Garment District Alliance Space for Public Art, New York, New York

    2019 - Longleaf, Dekalb Gallery, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

    2019 - Topography, Gallery 710, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, New York

  • 2025 - The Reality Principle, The Monira Foundation, Jersey City, New Jersey

    2024 - The Power of Abstraction, Site:Brooklyn, Brooklyn, New York

    2023 - Natural Elements, Blue Line Gallery, Roseville, California

    2022 - 50 an Alumni Exhibition, Museum of Contemporary Art, Jacksonville, Florida

    2022 - Dread in the Eyes, The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York

    2021 - Flux Factory Fundraising Exhibition, Flux Factory, Brooklyn, New York

    2021 - EFA Originals, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York

    2020 - Freedom is an Act, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York

    2020 - Morongo Valley, Art Off Screen / Neumeraki, Morongo Valley, California

    2020 - After Quarantine, Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts, New York, New York

    2019 - Strategies of Artistic Protest, gh36 open space, Große Hamburger Strasse 36, 10115 Berlin, Germany

    2019 - All In, Pratt Manhattan Gallery, New York, New York

    2018 - Small Root, Pfizer Building, Brooklyn, New York

    2018 - Strata, Pratt Institute South Hall, Brooklyn, New York

    2017 - Convocation: Pratt MFA Welcome Back Show, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

    2017 - Printmaking National Exhibition, Mark Arts Center, Wichita, Kansas

  • Galerie Michael Bargo

    George King & Sarah Stuyvesant King

    The Stanley Center for Peace and Security

    The University of North Florida Print Collection

  • 2026 – Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Gallery, Focus Award

    2026 – Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program, renewal residency

    2025 – Pollinator CoOp Program, residency

    2024 – Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program, renewal residency

    2020 – The Potato Farm Project residency, Jamesport, New York

    2020 – Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program, member artist residency

    2018 – Graduate Student Engagement Fund grant, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

    2018 – Graduate Merit Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

    2017 – Two-Year Merit Scholarship, Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, New York

    2016 – Lane Scholarship, University of North Florida Study Abroad Program, Croatia

    2015 – Grey Scholarship, University of North Florida Department of Art and Design Study Abroad Program, Italy

    2012 – Talent Scholarship, Florida School of the Arts, Palatka, Florida

  • 2026 - Forest Lane, EFA Focus Award

    2019- Pratt Institute, Topography

  • Alyssa Bird, Caitlyn St. John, and Kelly Velocci, “Brooklyn Heights Designer Showhouse,” NYC&G Magazine, November 2019, p. 53. Photographs by Anastassios Mentis

    Irene Madrigal, “10 New Public Art Installations in NYC April 2022,” Untapped Cities, April 2022

    “The Garment District Alliance Unveils 38th Street Display Window with Artwork by Allen Thomas Ball,” Gotham To Go, March 16, 2022

    Eileen Jeng Lynch, “Morongo Valley,” Neumeraki, July 2020

    “The Work of Allen Thomas Ball Featured,” Jacksonville Jewish News, April 2019, p. 24

    Lily Fürstenow, “Artistic Research Encounters / We ARE Research,” Artistic Research Encounters / We ARE Research, November 2019

    Lily Fürstenow, “Protest - Strategies of Artistic Protest,” Georgia Today, November 13–14, 2019

  • 2026 – School of Visual Arts, studio visit, Studio Practice II, Professor Katya Grokhovsky, June 25

    2024 – School of Visual Arts, studio visit and artist talk, Professor Katya Grokhovsky, June 27

    2024 – Pratt Institute, studio visit, “Pratt BFA Professional Practices,” hosted by Professor Donna Moran, February 27

    2023 – Pratt Institute, guest speaker, “Pratt MFA Professional Practices,” hosted by Professor Bill Carroll, November 29

    2023 – Pratt Institute, guest speaker, “Pratt MFA Professional Practices,” hosted by Professor Bill Carroll, April 19

    2022 – Pratt Institute, guest speaker, “Pratt MFA Professional Practices,” hosted by Professor Bill Carroll, November 16

    2022 – Yale University, studio visit and artist talk, “Drawing,” hosted by Instructor Justin Kim, April 16

    2022 – Pratt Institute, studio visit, “BFA Professional Practices,” hosted by Professor Donna Moran, March 4

    2021 – Pratt Institute, studio visit, “BFA Professional Practices,” hosted by Professor Donna Moran, December 1

    2021 – Pratt Institute, guest speaker, “BFA Professional Practices,” hosted by Professor Donna Moran, November 30

    2021 – School of Visual Arts, studio visit and artist talk, hosted by Professor Katya Grokhovsky, July 14

    2021 – Pratt Institute, guest speaker, “Pratt BFA Professional Practices,” hosted by Professor Bill Carroll, April 7

    2021 – Pratt Institute, guest speaker, “Pratt BFA Professional Practices,” hosted by Professor Donna Moran, February 24

    2020 – EFA Studio Program, “Studio Visits with Allen Ball and EFA Studios Assistant Director Natalia Nakazawa”

    2020 – William Ris Gallery, “Artist Talk: Allen Thomas Ball at William Ris Gallery,” November 7

    2020 – Pratt Institute, guest speaker, “Pratt MFA Professional Practices,” November 4

    2020 – EFA Studio Program, EFA Virtual Open Studios 2020, “Lunch with Studios Director Bill Carroll”

    2020 – EFA Studio Program, EFA Virtual Open Studios 2020, “New Member Panel”

    2020 – Pratt Institute, guest lecture, “Professional Practices,” hosted by Professor Bill Carroll, September 25

    2020 – Pratt Institute, guest lecture, “Graduate Professional Practices,” hosted by Professor Bill Carroll, September 23

    2020 – EFA Studio Program, “Q&A with Member Artist Allen Ball,” hosted by Stephen Braun of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, June 18

  • 2025 “The Reality Principle,” EFA Studios & The Monira Foundation

    2019 Ball, Allen. Excerpts, MFA Thesis. Pratt Institute, Brooklyn, 2019.

  • 2023 - Present, Gallery Manager, Hostler Burrows (HB381 Tribeca), New York, NY

    2022, Executive Assistant, Mubadala Investment Company, New York, NY

    2021 - 2022, Gallery Manager / Assistant Director, Freight + Volume Galleries, New York, NY

    2019 - 2021, Head Preparator,  EFA Project Space, New York, NY

    2017 - 2019, Studio Manager, Dannielle Tegeder Studios, New York, NY

    Technical Training

    2010 NCCER Certification, Core & Level One Carpentry, National Center for Construction Education and Research

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