The artist Blake was born Blake William Ward in Yellowknife, Northwest Territories, Canada on June 3, 1956 and raised in Edmonton. He received an Honours Degree in Fine Art from the University of Alberta in 1979. In 1985, he moved to Paris to study figurative sculpture. In 1991, Blake moved to Monaco and opened the Monte-Carlo studio.
Blake works in clay to produce bronze and marble sculpture that are cast or carved in Italy. There are over eighty different Blake sculptures that are categorized into one of three thematic groups. Traditional Figurative Blake sculpture explores notions of idealized beauty. The Fragments series of dis-figurative work is dedicated to the survivors of landmines, and the Re-Think collection is dedicated to the promotion of human rights.
Solo Exhibitions
2010
Fragments, Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
Fragments, Hotel de la Paix, Siem Reap, Cambodia
Fragments, Prince of Wales Northern Heritage Centre, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
Burning Buddha, Video Installation, Meta House, Phnom Penh, Cambodia
2009
Re-Think, DLC Fine Art, New York, NY, USA
The Figure, Rouge Gallery, Saskatoon, SK, Canada
2008
The Figure, Crystal Gallery, Fairmont Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Fragments, Saint Ethelburga's, London, UK
Fragments, Chelsea Arts Tower, New York, NY, USA
Fragments, Canada House Gallery, London, UK
2007
Fragments, La Galleria, London, UK
Fragments, Canterbury Cathedral, Canterbury, UK
Fragments, Cinema Verite, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Fragments, The Smithfield Gallery, London, UK
Fragments, Haberdasher's Hall, London, UK
2003
The Spirit and the Figure, Banque Gothard, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Group exhibitions
2010
Nuit Blanche, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
Ann Arbor Street Fair, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
SOFA Santa Fe, Sante Fe, New Mexico, USA
Monaco Art 2010, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
2009
Une Celebration de l'Arte Canadienne, Domaine du Grand Cros, Carnoules, France
New Motions of the Figure, ICO Gallery, New York, NY, USA
Nude 2009, Lexington Art League, Lexington, KY, USA
2008
Pointe Art, GAM Gallery, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
Weatherburn Gallery, Naples, FL, USA
2002
Adam and Eve, Hotel de Paris, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
1996
The Portrait, Museum of Menton, Menton, France
1994
Skulpturenpark, Herzogin Diane Altshausen, Württemburg, Deutschland
1993
Galerie du Ruisseau, Paris, France
Marie Ferrer Gallery, Winter Park, Florida, USA
Festival Des Arts, Beaulieu-Sur-Mer, France
1992
Monaco Fine Arts, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
1989
Le Genie De La Bastille, Paris, France
1979
Graduation Exhibition, University of Alberta Art Gallery, Edmonton, AB, Canada
1975
The Canadian Arctic, Arctic Art Gallery, Yellowknife, NWT, Canada
Public Installations
2008
Apple P-40, United Nations Association-USA, New York, NY, USA
2005
Faust, Grimaldi Forum, L' Association des Amis de l'Opera de Monte-Carlo
Breast Plate, Monte-Carlo Casino, Monaco
2000
L'Eveil, PLace Du Moulins, Monte-Carlo, Monaco
1998
The Messenger, Fontvieille, Monaco
1995
1989: Emerging Continents, Fontvieille, Monaco
1995
The Bather, Monaco Heliport, Fontvieille, Monaco
1994
Les Atlantes, Fontvieille, Monaco
