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Juan Ford
The Beast and the Beastiary 2020
Monday 2 December, 10—11AM
Join Benalla Art Gallery and artist Juan Ford for an artist talk exploring his art practice, which spans more than twenty years, coinciding with his major survey exhibition.
About the Artist
For over 20 years Juan Ford has single-mindedly pursued an artistic practice that has engaged with the art historical canon, the Australian landscape painting tradition and broad universal questions about the human condition and the relationship between humans and the natural world.
The outcome has been a diverse practice, defined by his magisterial painting, and informed by his intellectual curiosity and a commitment to the idea that art has the capacity to make us think, contemplate and act. It is a practice that has developed both conceptually and technically, but has always been defined by Ford’s interest in how we engage and navigate the world in which we live; a world that is now at the crossroads as we edge ever closer to catastrophic and irreversible impacts of climate change.
Born in Melbourne in 1973, Ford holds a Master of Arts (Fine Art) by research and a Bachelor of Fine Art (Painting), RMIT University.
He has been awarded numerous significant grants and art prizes, including the Basil Sellers Art Prize People’s Choice Award [Ian Potter Museum of Art, University of Melbourne]; Fletcher Jones Contemporary Art Prize [Geelong Gallery]; and the Conrad Jupiters Art Prize [Gold Coast City Art Gallery].
Ford has presented over 35 solo exhibitions since the late 1990s, and has been featured in significant curated groups exhibitions at institutions such as the National Portrait Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria, and the Queensland Art Gallery | Gallery of Modern Art.
Juan Ford’s work is held in private and public collections in Australia and internationally, including Artbank, Benalla Art Gallery, Bendigo Art Gallery, Geelong Gallery, McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, Monash University Museum of Art, National Gallery of Victoria, RMIT University and RMIT Union Arts, and the Parliament of Victoria.
Registration essential: T 03 5760 2619 or gallery@benalla.vic.gov.au
Cost: $2