David Ball

I am an artist with 30+ years experience in illustration, painting and teaching. I have directed, executed, or overseen many projects from television animation and magazine spreads to public mural works and students' graduate theses. I am organized and good at project management, providing guided direction, and meeting deadlines.

Art Professor| Academy of Art University| San Francisco, CA

Developing and teaching of standards-based curriculum for courses such as introductory digital and analog drawing/painting, color theory, perspective, and editorial illustration.

Fine Artist| Freelance 2011- Present

•Creating innovative bodies of pop surreal mixed media artwork using acrylic, oil, collage, and colored pencil on wood panel for a variety of gallery and museum exhibitions throughout the United States.

Freelance Illustrator| San Francisco, CA 1996-Present

•Executed innovative collage print illustration jobs for publication for United States and International magazines.

Assistant Art Director| Danger Productions, Brisbane, CA 1994-1995

•Assisted Art Direction for ABC Television’s stop motion animation program Bump in the Night.

Muralist| Self Employed, Boston, MA/ San Francisco, CA 1992-1995

•Bachelor of Fine Arts| Massachusetts College of Art, 621 Huntington, Boston, MA