Joan Balzar

Throughout her career, which spans five decades, Joan Balzar's commitment to abstraction, spatial illusion, and the psychological manipulation of colour and light has remained constant.

Balzar was widely recognized as a key figure in the development of abstract painting on the West Coast in the 1960's, a time when Vancouver emerged as a city of increased energy and experimentation in visual art.

Like the Minimalists, who introduced arrangements of manufactured goods into the gallery, Balzar was interested in the new aesthetic of industrial materials such as neon tubing and plastics. But unlike the minimalists, she never abandoned painting, rather seeing neon light as a model for new optical possibilities and an expanded notion of the medium.

Balzar's current work and direction remains vital, and relevent within the contemporary milieu of abstract painting.

Artist Work
Blue Mirage
36 in x 84 in
acrylic on canvas

$7600 CDN

Artist Work
Liquid Heat
36 in x 84 in
acrylic on canvas

$7600 CDN

Artist Work
Easter Weekend II
38 in x 82 in
acrylic on canvas

$7800 CDN

Artist Work
Easter Weekend I
36 in x 48 in
acrylic on canvas

$4300 CDN

Artist Work
Easter Weekend II
36 in x 48 in
acrylic on canvas

$4300 CDN

Artist Work
Neon A
36 in x 36 in
acrylic on canvas

$3600 CDN

Artist Work
Neon B
36 in x 36 in
acrylic on canvas

$3600 CDN

Artist Work
Nova II
30 in x 84 in
acrylic on canvas

$6300 CDN

Artist Work
Nova lll
40 in x 60 in
acrylic on canvas

$6000 CDN

Artist Work
Sonar
42 in x 84 in
acrylic on canvas

$8800 CDN

Artist Work
Untitled
36 in x 36 in
acrylic on canvas

$3600 CDN

Artist Work
Untitled I
36 in x 36 in
acrylic on canvas

$3600 CDN

Artist Work
Untitled II
36 in x 36 in
acrylic on canvas

$3600 CDN

Artist Work
W
40 in x 60 in
acrylic on canvas

$6000 CDN