Allen Ball

EFA STUDIO PROGRAM: Member Artists

Allen Thomas Ball

Allen Ball (Orange Park FL, 1993) is a New York-based artist working with found objects, installation, sculpture, painting, and photography. He was raised in rural Northeast Florida and started creating artwork from materials at hand such as clay and linseed oil for paint, beeswax, tree bark, and found objects, often drawing inspiration from deep time his relationship to the world.

He earned dual degrees in Fine Art and Art History from the University of North Florida and studied abroad in Italy, Croatia, and Slovenia. He then studied printmaking under master printer John Hutcheson of Tyler Graphics. In 2017 and completed his Bachelor's in Fine Arts at the University of North Florida, and his Masters from Pratt Institute in 2019.

EFA Studio Program

The Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts Studio Program

The EFA Studio Program is housed in eight floors of the EFA building located in Midtown Manhattan’s Fashion District. The Studio Program maintains artists studios of various size and shape for up to 80 member-artists. One of three programs at EFA, the members of the EFA Studios program are part of a community that includes The Project Space and the Robert Blackburn Printmaking Workshop. The Studio Program provides artists the rare opportunity to work in a professional arts community inside Manhattan and in close proximity to the city’s primary gallery districts. EFA facilitates interaction with dealers, curators and critics to provide continued development for member-artists. Unique among studio programs in New York City, EFA is one of the few remaining arts organizations still providing long-term workspace in Manhattan.

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