Austin Ballard
Austin Ballard was born in Charlotte, NC, and received an MFA in Sculpture from the Rhode Island School of Design and a BFA from the University of North Carolina in Charlotte, where he also served as an assistant professor in textiles. Austin has received numerous awards, including a Joan Mitchell Foundation Sculpture Fellowship, a Windgate Foundation Fellowship, and residencies at the Museum of Arts and Design, Fine Arts Work Center in Provincetown, and the Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop.