Didier Balez

Born 12.11.1960, Aix en Provence, France.
Currently lives in Wombarra N.S.W.
E-mail: didier_balez@uow.edu.au

Education
2000 Master of Creative Arts, Visual Arts, UOW
1993 Art Foundry Certificate, Wollongong TAFE
1980 Bachelier Fabrication Mecanique, Sete, France

Awards
2007 Winning team, BAFTA, Animation “Patapich”, Edingburgh
2006 Winner, Stacks Finance Sculpture Competition, Taree
2005 Winner, Off The Wall, Thirroul Art Prize, Wollongong
2003 People's Choice Award, On the Shore, Thirroul Beach, W'gong
2002 People's choice Award, On the Shore, Thirroul Beach, W'gong
2001 People's choice Award, On the Shore, Thirroul Beach, W'ong
1994 Vice-Chancellor Award for Excellence, University of Wollongong

Public Art
2009 Evil Duck Memorial Sculpture, Wollongong University
2007 Mike Dwyer Reserve, Coledale, Wollongong
2006 Stacks Finance Building, Taree
2006 Coledale Hospital, Wollongong
2005 Cringilla Community Park, Wollongong
2005 Jack Wright Memorial Stone, Coledale, Wollongong
2004 Cringilla Community Park, Wollongong
2004 Bellambi Safe Street Project, Bellambi, Wollongong

Solo Exhibitions
2003 CHESS, University of Wollongong, W'Gong
2000 Gone Fishin?, University of Wollongong, W'Gong
2000 The Big Tea Pot, Warrawong Westfield,(D.Balez/ Deb Gully)
1999 The Big Tea Pot, Wollongong Civic Plaza, (D.Balez/ D. Gully)
1980 Vacances a la neige, Photography, College Technique de Sete, Sete, France

Selected Group Exhibitions
2009
Ballade Artistique Mezoise, Meze, France
Hope, Sydney College of the Arts, Sydney
Art and Craft Exhibition, St Ignasus, Sydney

2008
Art and Craft Exhibition, Scarborough, Wollongong
Art and Craft Exhibition, Hills Grammar, Dural, Sydney
Drill, Long Gallery, UOW

2007
Art and Craft Exhibition, Scarborough, Wollongong
Tactics Against Fear Creativity As Catharsis, Long Gallery, UOW
Wonder Caught The Attention; Curiosity Riveted It, UOW
Art and Craft Exhibition, St Ignasus, Sydney
The Gender Show, Long Gallery, Wollongong University
Art and Craft Exhibition, The Oak College, Sydney
Out on the Patio, Capilano College, Vancouver, Canada
Art and Craft Exhibition, Scarborough, Wollongong
Faculty of Creative and Critical Studies UBC, Kelowna, Canada
Art and Craft Exhibition, Hills Grammar, Dural, Sydney
Land and Sea, De Havilland Gallery, Wollongong
Corporate Exhibition, Campbelltown Art Gallery, Campbelltown
Art and Craft Exhibition, St Ignasus, Sydney
Melbourne Art Show 06, Melbourne
Staff Show, Long Gallery, Wollongong University
Thirroul Seaside & Arts Festival
Leap, A look at the future, Project gallery, Wollongong

2005
Melbourne Affordable Art Show, Melbourne
Thirroul Seaside & Arts Festival
Think (Big), Long Gallery, University of Wollongong
Sydney Affordable Art Show, RHI, Sydney

2004
Pop?tart, Long Gallery, University of Wollongong
Art in the shop, Thirroul, Wollongong

2003
Threatened Species Week, Tropical House Sydney Botanic Gardens
Grammar's Hill, Dural, Sydney
On The Shore, Thirroul Beach, W'gong
2002
No Unauthorised Entry, Long Gallery, UoW'gong
Art and Craft Exhibition, Scarborough, W'gong
East Coast Sculpture Show, Thursday Plantation, Ballina
Heads, Long Gallery, UoW'gong
On The Shore, Thirroul Beach, W'gong
Staff Exhibition, F.C.A Gallery, UoW'gong
2001
Art and Craft Exhibition, Scarborough, W'gong
Bauxites de France, Photography, Meze, France
On The Shore, Thirroul Beach, W'gong
2000
Art and Craft Exhibition, Scarborough, W'gong
Threads of Humanity, Wollongong City Gallery, W'gong
for earlier exibitions, contact the artist

Conference Presentation
2003 Techtrain conference, University of NSW
1999 Postgraduate conference, University of Wollongong

Didier Balez presented "Sound Sphere", a talk at TechTrain 2003 (3rd and 4th July), the 5th annual conference for Tertiary Educational and Research Staff.

Didier was also involved in a cross faculty project where he assisted Nurse demonstrator Efli Ashcroft with the creation of latex mannequins. More Info at News Bytes.

More about the artist at:
visualarts.net.au
Thirroul Seaside and Arts Festival

http://www.balezblacksmithing.com

E-mail: didier_balez@uow.edu.au