SASHA BALLON (b.1996)
currently lives and works in Glasgow, UK
www.sashaballon.com | sashaballon@gmail.com | @sasha.tba instagram
Education
2018-22
Glasgow School of Art BA(Hons) Fine Art: Painting and Printmaking, First Class Degree.
2018
Langara College Fine Arts Diploma
University of British Columbia Archaeological Field School, Gerace Excavation
Soprintendenza ai Beni Culturali Ambientali di Enna, Sicily, Italy
2013-17
Railtown Actors Studio, Vancouver
Exhibition Work
Solo
2018
Revelry and Resistance, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Group
2024
(forthcoming) RSA New Contemporaries Exhibition, Edinburgh, UK
2023
BuzzCut Festival, Glasgow, UK
2022
Carnival of Dreams, Life Room, Edinburgh, UK
Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, UK
UG Degree Show, Glasgow School of Art, UK
Roots, Saltspace Gallery, Glasgow, UK
2021
Stuck!, the Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
Pretty Ugly, Saltspace Gallery, Glasgow, UK
2020
MayDay, Surface Gallery, Nottingham, UK
On Hold Video Festival, Online, UK Wide
RabbitSkin, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
2019
Displacement, The Old Hairdresser's, Glasgow, UK
CLASH vol. 1, Vava Art Collective, South Block Gallery, Glasgow, UK
2018
Rooted, Where People Sleep Gallery, Glasgow, UK
Adjacent Spheres, Tontine Gallery, curated by Anaïs Janze, Natalie Nicolaides, Jeanie Black. Glasgow, UK
Graduation Exhibition, Langara College, Vancouver, Canada
2014
Split Second, Coast Tsawwassen Inn, Delta, Canada
Buffalo Lounge Exhibition, Langara College, Vancouver, Canada
2013
Circle Craft Fair Exhibition, Vancouver Convention Centre, Canada
Speechless, Coast Tsawwassen Inn, Delta, Canada
What If, Coast Tsawwassen Inn, Delta, Canada
Transcending Vision, Tsawwassen Longhouse Gallery, Delta, Canada
Awards / Scholarships
2022
RSA New Contemporaries Selected Artist
Shortlisted, Sustainability Award, Glasgow School of Art
Glasgow School of Art Digital Event Showcase Funding Award
2018
Governor's International Undergraduate Scholarship, Scotland, UK
Best Student Actress, European Cinematography Awards, Poland
Performances/Films (Selected)
2023
Perennial, Glasgow Tramway, Buzzcut Festival, Glasgow, UK
2022
CyberWeft, Hidden Door Festival, Edinburgh, UK
FACE-Cut, Degree Show, Stow Collage, Glasgow, UK
2021
CyberWeft, Stuck!, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
2021
March Scratch Night, Nocturnal Arts Glasgow, Glasgow, UK
Explicit Polaroids, The Glue Factory, Glasgow, UK
2018
La Cer-ise, Vancity Theatre, Vancouver, Canada. Film Festivals International Official Selections
2017
Sorry God, The Cultch Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
LiPaoZong: Fragments of Memory, Vancity Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
2016
Ocean, Vancity Theatre, Vancouver, Canada
Professional Experience
Artist Talk, Royal Scottish Academy, 2024.
Artist Talk, Edinburgh Palette, 2022.
Introducing Keynote Speaker Dr. Catriona McAra in Visiting Artist Lectures, Tontine, Glasgow, 2018.
Post-Excavation Assistant to Professor Roger Wilson, Gerace, Sicily, 2018.
Collections
SPG Loan Group, Scotland, 2022.
Private Collection, Vancouver, BC, 2018.
Private Collection, USA, 2015.
memberships
Saltspace Coop
Glasgow Sculpture Studios
Society of Scottish Artists
Scottish Artists Union
Published Works
2017
Rest and Resist, Artist Magazine
Languages
Fluent in English and French