Donna Balma
Donna Balma is an innovative and prolific Canadian artist currently living in the Pacific Northwest Coast of B.C. Canada, and is a member of the West Coast Surrealist Group. Her work is profoundly affected by nature and her internal visions. She has established herself as an imaginative artist who's work has been variously described as fantasy, naive, singular, outsider, visionary, classical, folk, cosmic pop and surreal amongst others.
Representation
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2005-present ARTROM, Rome Italy (http://www.artrom.com)
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2004-present Anne Grgich Raw Visions Art
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2002-present Survivors Art Foundation
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1999-2005 Society for Art of Imagination, London, England
Awards
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2003 Canada Council Travel Grant to New York
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2000 Klein Award (Visual Arts)
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1992 Gillian Lowndes Award (Visual Arts)
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1983 Canada Council Explorations Grant (Writing and Drawing)
Interviews
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Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver Art and Artists, Scott Watson (1983)
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N.F.B. Is It Hot in Here? Laura Alper, Vancouver (1985)
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Western Front, Letter From the Front, Vera Frenkel, Vancouver (1983)
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Paintings filmed on CBC Film, Beachcombers, Gibsons (1990)
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Channel 10 Video, Balma and MANDAD, Sechelt (1992)
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Sechelt Arts Council (1993)
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Channel 10 Video, Arts Update, Kaye Bonothan (1997 & 1998)
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COOP Radio Vancouver, Jay Hamburger (1990)
Published Work
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Cover for Literary Journal, New York (1976) – Graphic art
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Short Story, Vol. 5, No. 3, BC Monthly, Vancouver (1981)
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Vol. 5, No. 2; Vol. 5, No. 3, Interface Magazine, Winnipeg (1984)
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Short Story Women’s Press, Toronto (1988)
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Short Story Vol. 38, BC Monthly, Vancouver (1986)
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Article Contact Magazine, No. 94, Calgary (1993)
Lentis Books
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Reconciliation, The life and work of Donna Balma (2007)
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Beloveds (2014)
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Codex Umbilicus (2016)
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