Jerry Ballaine
1934–

Jerrold Curtis Ballaine is an American painter, sculptor, draftsman, photographer and educator, presently Emeritus Professor of Art at the University of California, Berkeley. https://jerroldballaineart.com/resume.htm

Ballaine has done significant work as a sculptor. Most of his work involves creating female figures with lines and flow while adding texture and motion to the figurative sculpturing. Some of his works involves modernized aspects of Greek sculpturing while adding colors to the stone carving. His work has been represented in numerous collections, including Whitney Museum of American Art, Oakland Museum of California, Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, Smithsonian Institution, SFMOMA, Wichita Art Museum, Swiss State Museum, Amon Carter Museum, Denver Art Museum, Joslyn Art Museum, San Jose Museum of Art, Crocker Art Museum, Logan Museum of Art, and several private collections.

During his tenure as an Art Professor, Ballaine was acting director of the University Art Museum. In 1980, he was awarded the Humanities Research Fellowship.