Email: murray@murrayballard.com
Phone: +44 (0)7775 616031
Twitter: @murrayballard
Instagram: @murrayballard
Murray Ballard (b.1983) is a British photographer based in Brighton, UK. He graduated from the University of Brighton in 2007 with a degree in Photography. The following year he was selected for Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed 08 – the annual showcase of work by the ‘most promising recent graduates’ at The Photographers’ Gallery, London. In 2011 the British Journal of Photography recognised him as ‘one to watch’, following his debut solo show, The Prospect of Immortality, at Impressions Gallery, Bradford.
The Prospect of Immortality has gone on to be shown both nationally and internationally. Exhibition venues include: Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland; Centro Cultural de Espana, Mexico City; Format International Photography Festival, Derby; The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock; DongGang Museum of Photography, Korea; Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne and, most recently, at The Benaki Museum as part of Athens Photo Festival. In April 2016 GOST Books published an extensive monograph of the project, which was shortlisted for the Paris Photo – Aperture Foundation – First Book Award.
His photographs have been published in numerous magazines and newspapers including: Esquire, FT Weekend, GEO, GQ, The Guardian, The Independent, Le Monde, The Telegraph, The Times and Wired. As well as the photography journals: 6 Mois, 8, Dummy, The British Journal of Photography, Photoworks and HotShoe.
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Exhibitions
The Prospect of Immortality, Brave New World, Leiden, Netherlands, 8-9 November 2018
The Prospect of Immortality, Breda Photo Festival, Netherlands, 5 September – 21 October 2018
The Prospect of Immortality, SI Fest, Savignano sul Rubicone, Italy, 14 – 30 September 2018
The Prospect of Immortality, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, 31 March – 9 June 2018
The Prospect of Immortality, Festival Circulation(s), Le Centquatre-Paris, Paris, 17 March – 6 May 2018
Still Searching: Fluid Body, Athens Photo Festival, The Benaki Museum, Athens, 14 June – 30 July 2017
The Prospect of Immortality, Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 4 March – 30 April 2017
Heaven on Earth, DongGang Museum of Photography, Korea, 15 July – 25 September 2016
Temptation of Immortality, Przemiany Festival, Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, 1-4 September 2016
About Time, The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, 14 May – 20 August 2016
The New Immortals, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, 20 February – 20 March 2016
Beyond Evidence, Format Festival, Quad, Derby, 13 March – 7 June 2015
One Planet City: Land Use & Wildlife, FotoDocument, Brighton Photo Biennial, Foredown Tower, Portslade, 2014
The Shot I Never Forgot, Brighton Photo Fringe, Vantage Point, Brighton, 2014
The Prospect of Immortality, Transitio_mx 05, Centro Cultural de Espana, Mexico City, Mexico, 2013
Moral Holiday, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, 26 October 2012 – 12 January 2013
The World in London, curated by The Photographers’ Gallery, Victoria Park, London, 2012
FotoRenewables: Mixed Renewables in the UK, FotoDocument, Brighton Station, 2012
Arts Forum 2.0, Brighton Media Centre, Brighton, 2012
The Prospect of Immortality, Impressions Gallery, Bradford, 10 June – 17 September 2011
One Week in Moscow, Brighton Photo Fringe, Marwood Studios, Brighton, October 2010
Lost in Transit, Vyner Street Gallery, London, 24 November – 3 December 2009
Lost in Transit, Impressions Gallery, Bradford, 26 June – 21 August 2009
Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed ’08, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, 2008
Summer Show ’08, Host Gallery, London, 2008
Human Endeavour, Brighton Photo Fringe, Bellis Gallery, Brighton, October – November 2008
A Series of Investigations, (in)difference, Working Rooms, London, 2008
(in)difference, La Viande Gallery, London, 2007
Degree Show, University of Brighton, June 2007
Triptych, Molholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, 2006
Triptych, University of Brighton, 2006
Books
The Prospect of Immortality, GOST, April 2016
The Bigger Picture, Impressions Gallery, 2015
FORMAT 15 Evidence, QUAD/FORMAT, 2015
Flash Forward Tenth, The Magenta Foundation, 2014
Exhibiting Photography (2nd edition),
Focal Press, Shirley Read – On Being Curated For The First Time, 2014
9213, University of Brighton, 2013
How to Genetically Modify a Tomato and Other Things We Eat, British Science Association, 2011
One Week in Moscow, self-published with
Gabriella Rizzello, 2010
Flash Forward 2009, The Magenta Foundation, 2009
Awards, commissions
and grants
GRAIN, Rural Projects Commission, 2020
British Journal of Photography, Portrait of Britain, Winner, 2019
Photoworks, 3Ts Hospital Redevelopment Public Art Programme, 2018
Foam Paul Huf Award, nominated, 2017
Paris Photo Aperture Foundation First Book Award, shortlisted, 2016
FotoDocument One Planet City Commission, 2014
Mack First Book Award, nominated, 2012
Arts Council England Grant, 2011
FotoDocument Commission, 2011
One to Watch, British Journal of Photography, 2011
Reviewer Prize, FotoBook Festival, Kassel, 2010
too much chocolate + Kodak Film Grant, 2010
Flash Forward Winner, The Magenta Foundation, 2009
Arts Council England Grant (Group), 2008
Tom Buckeridge Photography Prize, University of Brighton, 2007
Nagoya University Student Arts Award, 2007
Seoul National University Student Award, 2007
South Square Trust Award, 2006
Talks
Brave New World, Leiden, 9 November 2018
In conversation with Christian Gattinoni,
SI Fest, Savignano sul Rubicone, 16 September 2018
Breda Photo Festival, 8 September 2018
University of Brighton, 23 May 2018
Brighton and Hove Camera Club, 10 April 2018
Plymouth University, 27 September 2017
Varndean College, Brighton, 20 September 2017
British Science Festival, Brighton, 9 September 2017
Miniclick with Chris Nunn, The Brunswick, Leeds, 29 June 2017
Photobook Show, The Brighton Studio, 5 May 2017
Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 4 March 2017
University of Portsmouth, 7 February 2017
Falmouth University, 3 November 2016
Bath Spa University, 1 November 2016
University of the West of England, Bristol, 19 October 2016
Impressions Gallery Photobook Fair, Bradford, 15 October 2016
University of Brighton, 16 June 2016
Miniclick: On Science, The Old Market, Brighton, 15 June 2016
Magnum Professional Practice, Magnum Print Room, London, 4 June 2016
Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, 26 May 2016
In conversation with Gordon MacDonald and Jim Stephenson, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, 17 March 2016
Miniclick: Soapbox, Now We Are 5, Brighton Unitarian Church, 12 September 2015
Miniclick: Sketchbooks, The Old Market, Brighton, 7 January 2015
NEoN Digital Arts Festival and Dundee Science Festival, Dundee Science Centre, 7 November 2014
One Planet City, FotoDocument, Brighton Photo Biennial, 5 October 2014
SICK! Festival, Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, 11 March 2014
Brighton Photo Fringe, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, 30 November 2013
Vardean College, Brighton, 27 February 2013
Swansea University, 21 November 2012
Magnum Workshop, Lighthouse, Brighton, 31 October 2012
Death Bites: More About Mortality, Southbank Festival of Death, Royal Festival Hall, London, 28 January 2012
FotoDocument Launch, Jury’s Inn, Brighton, 15 May 2012
University of Brighton, 29 November 2011
Miniclick, The Old Market, Brighton, 21 September 2011
Norfolk Food Festival, The John Innes Centre, Norwich, 28 September 2011
British Science Festival, Bradford, 13 September 2011
Impressions Gallery, Bradford, 16 July 2011
Selected Press
Er is leven na de dooi, De Morgen, 11 October 2018
Noooit meer dood, Pf, number 7, September 2018
Dans les couloirs de l’immortalité, Fisheye Magazine, April-May 2018
La cryogénisation, un désir d’immortalité, Slate France, 15 March 2018
Cryonics in Russia, The Calvert Journal, 3 January 2018
Il a Immortalisé L’Immortalité, Le Matin, 28 November 2017
Landscape Stories #27 Machine, November 2017
Petrified to death, The Mysterium: Unexplained and Extraordinary Stories for a Post-Nessie Generation, October 2017
un lungo e freddo sonno in attesa dell’eternità, Pagina99, 1 September 2017
Perdiz #8 Contributors Interview, 31 May 2017
The Opposite of Dying, Perdiz, Issue #8, March 2017
Heaven freezes over: how the cryonics business promises eternal life, The Guardian, 22 November 2016
Review: The Prospect of Immortality by Lesley A. Martin, The Photobook Review 011/Fall 2016
The End of Death, Ernest Journal no.5, August 2016
A visual tour of the weird world of the cryogenically frozen, New Scientist, 29 June 2016
Ark of the immortals: The future-proof plan to freeze out death, New Scientist, 29 June 2016
Murray Ballard’s Look at Contemporary Cryonics, PDN, 10 June 2016
This Photographer Spent a Decade Photographing Cryonics Enthusiasts, Vice, 7 June 2016
Freeze Your Body, Live Forever (or Die Trying), FotoRoom, 10 May 2016
Frozen in Time, Professional Photography, Issue 8, May 2016
What Exactly Is Life After Death if You’re a Cryonicist? Slate, 27 April 2016
Photoworks Ideas Series Interview, Photoworks, 12 April 2016
Keep me on ice until later, the chilling tale of people who want to come back from the dead, Telegraph Review, 27 March 2016
A Small Voice Podcast 23, March 2016
Murray Ballard Cryonic investigator, Viva Brighton, The Mind Issue #37, March 2016
“Cette Vision de lat Médecine me Terrifie”, 6 Mois, 23 April 2015
Murray Ballard – One-planet photographer, Viva Brighton, April 2015
The End of Death, Ernest Journal no.5, August 2016
A visual tour of the weird world of the cryogenically frozen, New Scientist, 29 June 2016
Ark of the immortals: The future-proof plan to freeze out death, New Scientist, 29 June 2016
Murray Ballard’s Look at Contemporary Cryonics, PDN, 10 June 2016
This Photographer Spent a Decade Photographing Cryonics Enthusiasts, Vice, 7 June 2016
Freeze Your Body, Live Forever (or Die Trying), FotoRoom, 10 May 2016
Frozen in Time, Professional Photography, Issue 8, May 2016
What Exactly Is Life After Death if You’re a Cryonicist? Slate, 27 April 2016
Photoworks Ideas Series Interview, Photoworks, 12 April 2016
Keep me on ice until later, the chilling tale of people who want to come back from the dead, Telegraph Review, 27 March 2016
A Small Voice Podcast 23, March 2016
Murray Ballard Cryonic investigator, Viva Brighton, The Mind Issue #37, March 2016
The Prospect of Immortality, GQ Korea, February 2012
The Chilling Facts of Cryonics, GQ Australia, Oct-Nov 2011
Frozen: The Prospect of Immortality, SeeSaw Issue #14, 2011
Waiting for the Future, Wired UK, Sep 2011
Cryonics: the chilling facts, The Independent, 27 July 2011
The Prospect of Immortality, British Journal of Photography, July 2011
My Best Shot, The Guardian G2, 15 August 2011
Il Gelo In Una Stanza (The Frost in the Room), IL (Intelligence in Lifestyle) , Jan 2010
Never Say Die, Guardian Weekend 7 November 2009
Die Eismenschen (The Icemen), GEO, April 2010
Cryonics: The Prospect of Immortality, YVI magazine No.3, 2009
Minus 197°C, 8 Issue 24, Autumn 2008
Text
Frozen in time
On being curated for the first time
9213 interview
Impressions Gallery Q&A
The Prospect of Immortality
All images and text
© Murray Ballard, 2020
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Email: murray@murrayballard.com
Phone: +44 (0)7775 616031
Twitter: @murrayballard
Instagram: @murrayballard
Murray Ballard (b.1983) is a British photographer based in Brighton, UK. He graduated from the University of Brighton in 2007 with a degree in Photography. The following year he was selected for Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed 08 – the annual showcase of work by the ‘most promising recent graduates’ at The Photographers’ Gallery, London. In 2011 the British Journal of Photography recognised him as ‘one to watch’, following his debut solo show, The Prospect of Immortality, at Impressions Gallery, Bradford.
The Prospect of Immortality has gone on to be shown both nationally and internationally. Exhibition venues include: Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland; Centro Cultural de Espana, Mexico City; Format International Photography Festival, Derby; The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock; DongGang Museum of Photography, Korea; Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne and, most recently, at The Benaki Museum as part of Athens Photo Festival. In April 2016 GOST Books published an extensive monograph of the project, which was shortlisted for the Paris Photo – Aperture Foundation – First Book Award.
His photographs have been published in numerous magazines and newspapers including: Esquire, FT Weekend, GEO, GQ, The Guardian, The Independent, Le Monde, The Telegraph, The Times and Wired. As well as the photography journals: 6 Mois, 8, Dummy, The British Journal of Photography, Photoworks and HotShoe.
↓
Exhibitions
The Prospect of Immortality, Brave New World, Leiden, Netherlands, 8-9 November 2018
The Prospect of Immortality, Breda Photo Festival, Netherlands, 5 September – 21 October 2018
The Prospect of Immortality, SI Fest, Savignano sul Rubicone, Italy, 14 – 30 September 2018
The Prospect of Immortality, 20-21 Visual Arts Centre, Scunthorpe, 31 March – 9 June 2018
The Prospect of Immortality, Festival Circulation(s), Le Centquatre-Paris, Paris, 17 March – 6 May 2018
Still Searching: Fluid Body, Athens Photo Festival, The Benaki Museum, Athens, 14 June – 30 July 2017
The Prospect of Immortality, Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 4 March – 30 April 2017
Heaven on Earth, DongGang Museum of Photography, Korea, 15 July – 25 September 2016
Temptation of Immortality, Przemiany Festival, Copernicus Science Centre, Warsaw, 1-4 September 2016
About Time, The Dick Institute, Kilmarnock, 14 May – 20 August 2016
The New Immortals, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, 20 February – 20 March 2016
Beyond Evidence, Format Festival, Quad, Derby, 13 March – 7 June 2015
One Planet City: Land Use & Wildlife, FotoDocument, Brighton Photo Biennial, Foredown Tower, Portslade, 2014
The Shot I Never Forgot, Brighton Photo Fringe, Vantage Point, Brighton, 2014
The Prospect of Immortality, Transitio_mx 05, Centro Cultural de Espana, Mexico City, Mexico, 2013
Moral Holiday, Northern Gallery for Contemporary Art, Sunderland, 26 October 2012 – 12 January 2013
The World in London, curated by The Photographers’ Gallery, Victoria Park, London, 2012
FotoRenewables: Mixed Renewables in the UK, FotoDocument, Brighton Station, 2012
Arts Forum 2.0, Brighton Media Centre, Brighton, 2012
The Prospect of Immortality, Impressions Gallery, Bradford, 10 June – 17 September 2011
One Week in Moscow, Brighton Photo Fringe, Marwood Studios, Brighton, October 2010
Lost in Transit, Vyner Street Gallery, London, 24 November – 3 December 2009
Lost in Transit, Impressions Gallery, Bradford, 26 June – 21 August 2009
Fresh Faced and Wild Eyed ’08, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, 2008
Summer Show ’08, Host Gallery, London, 2008
Human Endeavour, Brighton Photo Fringe, Bellis Gallery, Brighton, October – November 2008
A Series of Investigations, (in)difference, Working Rooms, London, 2008
(in)difference, La Viande Gallery, London, 2007
Degree Show, University of Brighton, June 2007
Triptych, Molholy-Nagy University of Art and Design, Budapest, 2006
Triptych, University of Brighton, 2006
Books
The Prospect of Immortality, GOST, April 2016
The Bigger Picture, Impressions Gallery, 2015
FORMAT 15 Evidence, QUAD/FORMAT, 2015
Flash Forward Tenth, The Magenta Foundation, 2014
Exhibiting Photography (2nd edition),
Focal Press, Shirley Read – On Being Curated For The First Time, 2014
9213, University of Brighton, 2013
How to Genetically Modify a Tomato and Other Things We Eat, British Science Association, 2011
One Week in Moscow, self-published with
Gabriella Rizzello, 2010
Flash Forward 2009, The Magenta Foundation, 2009
Awards, commissions
and grants
GRAIN, Rural Projects Commission, 2020
British Journal of Photography, Portrait of Britain, Winner, 2019
Photoworks, 3Ts Hospital Redevelopment Public Art Programme, 2018
Foam Paul Huf Award, nominated, 2017
Paris Photo Aperture Foundation First Book Award, shortlisted, 2016
FotoDocument One Planet City Commission, 2014
Mack First Book Award, nominated, 2012
Arts Council England Grant, 2011
FotoDocument Commission, 2011
One to Watch, British Journal of Photography, 2011
Reviewer Prize, FotoBook Festival, Kassel, 2010
too much chocolate + Kodak Film Grant, 2010
Flash Forward Winner, The Magenta Foundation, 2009
Arts Council England Grant (Group), 2008
Tom Buckeridge Photography Prize, University of Brighton, 2007
Nagoya University Student Arts Award, 2007
Seoul National University Student Award, 2007
South Square Trust Award, 2006
Talks
Brave New World, Leiden, 9 November 2018
In conversation with Christian Gattinoni,
SI Fest, Savignano sul Rubicone, 16 September 2018
Breda Photo Festival, 8 September 2018
University of Brighton, 23 May 2018
Brighton and Hove Camera Club, 10 April 2018
Plymouth University, 27 September 2017
Varndean College, Brighton, 20 September 2017
British Science Festival, Brighton, 9 September 2017
Miniclick with Chris Nunn, The Brunswick, Leeds, 29 June 2017
Photobook Show, The Brighton Studio, 5 May 2017
Side Gallery, Newcastle upon Tyne, 4 March 2017
University of Portsmouth, 7 February 2017
Falmouth University, 3 November 2016
Bath Spa University, 1 November 2016
University of the West of England, Bristol, 19 October 2016
Impressions Gallery Photobook Fair, Bradford, 15 October 2016
University of Brighton, 16 June 2016
Miniclick: On Science, The Old Market, Brighton, 15 June 2016
Magnum Professional Practice, Magnum Print Room, London, 4 June 2016
Exeter Phoenix, Exeter, 26 May 2016
In conversation with Gordon MacDonald and Jim Stephenson, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, 17 March 2016
Miniclick: Soapbox, Now We Are 5, Brighton Unitarian Church, 12 September 2015
Miniclick: Sketchbooks, The Old Market, Brighton, 7 January 2015
NEoN Digital Arts Festival and Dundee Science Festival, Dundee Science Centre, 7 November 2014
One Planet City, FotoDocument, Brighton Photo Biennial, 5 October 2014
SICK! Festival, Fabrica Gallery, Brighton, 11 March 2014
Brighton Photo Fringe, Phoenix Gallery, Brighton, 30 November 2013
Vardean College, Brighton, 27 February 2013
Swansea University, 21 November 2012
Magnum Workshop, Lighthouse, Brighton, 31 October 2012
Death Bites: More About Mortality, Southbank Festival of Death, Royal Festival Hall, London, 28 January 2012
FotoDocument Launch, Jury’s Inn, Brighton, 15 May 2012
University of Brighton, 29 November 2011
Miniclick, The Old Market, Brighton, 21 September 2011
Norfolk Food Festival, The John Innes Centre, Norwich, 28 September 2011
British Science Festival, Bradford, 13 September 2011
Impressions Gallery, Bradford, 16 July 2011
Selected Press
Er is leven na de dooi, De Morgen, 11 October 2018
Noooit meer dood, Pf, number 7, September 2018
Dans les couloirs de l’immortalité, Fisheye Magazine, April-May 2018
La cryogénisation, un désir d’immortalité, Slate France, 15 March 2018
Cryonics in Russia, The Calvert Journal, 3 January 2018
Il a Immortalisé L’Immortalité, Le Matin, 28 November 2017
Landscape Stories #27 Machine, November 2017
Petrified to death, The Mysterium: Unexplained and Extraordinary Stories for a Post-Nessie Generation, October 2017
un lungo e freddo sonno in attesa dell’eternità, Pagina99, 1 September 2017
Perdiz #8 Contributors Interview, 31 May 2017
The Opposite of Dying, Perdiz, Issue #8, March 2017
Heaven freezes over: how the cryonics business promises eternal life, The Guardian, 22 November 2016
Review: The Prospect of Immortality by Lesley A. Martin, The Photobook Review 011/Fall 2016
The End of Death, Ernest Journal no.5, August 2016
A visual tour of the weird world of the cryogenically frozen, New Scientist, 29 June 2016
Ark of the immortals: The future-proof plan to freeze out death, New Scientist, 29 June 2016
Murray Ballard’s Look at Contemporary Cryonics, PDN, 10 June 2016
This Photographer Spent a Decade Photographing Cryonics Enthusiasts, Vice, 7 June 2016
Freeze Your Body, Live Forever (or Die Trying), FotoRoom, 10 May 2016
Frozen in Time, Professional Photography, Issue 8, May 2016
What Exactly Is Life After Death if You’re a Cryonicist? Slate, 27 April 2016
Photoworks Ideas Series Interview, Photoworks, 12 April 2016
Keep me on ice until later, the chilling tale of people who want to come back from the dead, Telegraph Review, 27 March 2016
A Small Voice Podcast 23, March 2016
Murray Ballard Cryonic investigator, Viva Brighton, The Mind Issue #37, March 2016
“Cette Vision de lat Médecine me Terrifie”, 6 Mois, 23 April 2015
Murray Ballard – One-planet photographer, Viva Brighton, April 2015
The End of Death, Ernest Journal no.5, August 2016
A visual tour of the weird world of the cryogenically frozen, New Scientist, 29 June 2016
Ark of the immortals: The future-proof plan to freeze out death, New Scientist, 29 June 2016
Murray Ballard’s Look at Contemporary Cryonics, PDN, 10 June 2016
This Photographer Spent a Decade Photographing Cryonics Enthusiasts, Vice, 7 June 2016
Freeze Your Body, Live Forever (or Die Trying), FotoRoom, 10 May 2016
Frozen in Time, Professional Photography, Issue 8, May 2016
What Exactly Is Life After Death if You’re a Cryonicist? Slate, 27 April 2016
Photoworks Ideas Series Interview, Photoworks, 12 April 2016
Keep me on ice until later, the chilling tale of people who want to come back from the dead, Telegraph Review, 27 March 2016
A Small Voice Podcast 23, March 2016
Murray Ballard Cryonic investigator, Viva Brighton, The Mind Issue #37, March 2016
The Prospect of Immortality, GQ Korea, February 2012
The Chilling Facts of Cryonics, GQ Australia, Oct-Nov 2011
Frozen: The Prospect of Immortality, SeeSaw Issue #14, 2011
Waiting for the Future, Wired UK, Sep 2011
Cryonics: the chilling facts, The Independent, 27 July 2011
The Prospect of Immortality, British Journal of Photography, July 2011
My Best Shot, The Guardian G2, 15 August 2011
Il Gelo In Una Stanza (The Frost in the Room), IL (Intelligence in Lifestyle) , Jan 2010
Never Say Die, Guardian Weekend 7 November 2009
Die Eismenschen (The Icemen), GEO, April 2010
Cryonics: The Prospect of Immortality, YVI magazine No.3, 2009
Minus 197°C, 8 Issue 24, Autumn 2008
Text
Frozen in time
On being curated for the first time
9213 interview
Impressions Gallery Q&A
The Prospect of Immortality
All images and text
© Murray Ballard, 2020
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Back