Education:
• Graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design, Material Art and Design program, 1999.
• Sheridan College of Crafts and Design, glass blowing and kiln working, 1999.

Awards and Honours
• Canada Council for the Arts, Craft Creation/Production Grant, 2002, 2003 and 2010.
• Ontario Arts Council Craft Projects Grant, 2003, 2004, 2008 and 2010.
• The Royal Bank of Canada Award for Glass 2009.
• Ontario Arts Council, Exhibition Assistance Grant, 2001 and 2009.
• Best Glass Award, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, 2001 and 2006.
• Honourable Mention in Glass, Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, 2000.
• Design Award, Harbourfront Centre Craft Studio Resident Artists exhibition Past Present, 2000.
• Scholarship, two week workshop with William Gudenrath, Corning, NY, 1999.
• First Place Honourable Mention, Glass Art Society International Juried Student Exhibition, Seto, Japan, 1998.
• Faculty Award, Glass department, Sheridan College, 1998.
• George A. Reid Award, Material Art and Design, O.C.A.D, 1997.
• George A. Reid Award, Interdisciplinary Studies, O.C.A.D, 1997.
• Third place, H.L. Rous Award, Sculpture, O.C.A.D, 1997.
• Nora E. Vaughn and the Lily Maley Award, Material Art and Design, O.C.A.D, 1996.
• Daler-Rowney Prize, O.C.A.D, 1995.

Professional Activities
• Founded B3, a warm glass and coldworking studio with two other artists in Toronto, ON, 2008-2011.
• Teacher, glass-blowing workshops, Living Arts Centre 2002-2007.
• Resident Artist, Living Arts Centre, Mississauga, ON, 2002-2010.
• Visiting Artist, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, 2005.
• Teacher, glass-blowing workshops, Harbourfront Centre, 1999-2002.
• Resident Artist, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, 1999-2002.
• Resident Artist, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, summer 1997.

Solo Exhibitions
• Branch, Wall Space Gallery, Ottawa, ON, 2010.
• Paperwhite, Material Matters, Toronto, ON, 2004.

Selected Group Exhibitions
• The Art of Craft, Museum of Vancouver, a featured event in the official Vancouver 2010 Cultural Olympiad.
• Unity and Diversity, Cheoungju International Biennale, Cheongju, Chungcheongbuk-do, Republic of Korea 2009.
• Radiant Dark-Elegant Corruptions, MADE off site exhibition, Toronto, ON, 2009.
• Nuit Blanche, collaborative exhibition with Don MacLennan, 401 Richmond, Toronto, ON, 2008.
• Vert, Materia, Quebec, QU, 2008.
• Shadows, collaborative exhibition with Don MacLennan, MADE, Toronto, ON, 2008.
• Radiant Dark, MADE off site exhibition, Toronto, ON, 2008.
• Glass Sculpture Now, Lafrenière and Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON, 2007.
• Glass Weekend at Wheaton Arts, Prism Contemporary Glass, Millville, NJ, 2007.
• Full Spectrum, Prism Contemporary Glass at PF Galleries, Clawson, MI, 2007.
• Start, Prism Contemporary Glass, Chicago, IL, 2007.
• New Works New Artists, Cervini Haas Gallery, Scottsdale, AZ, 2007.
• Made in Toronto, Malton Airport Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2007.
• Best of, award winners of the TOAE, First Canadian Place, Toronto, ON, 2007.
• Toronto Outdoor Art Exhibition, Toronto, ON, 1999, 2000, 2001, 2006 and 2007.
• The International Expositions of Sculptural Objects and Functional Art, Chicago, IL, 2006.
• Exhibition of new work, three artist show, Lafrenière and Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON, 2005.
• The Object and the Image, Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, 2005.
• Swanky Sips, Case Studies, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto, ON, 2005.
• Jeunes sculpteures, three artist show, Gallerie Elena Lee, Montreal, QC, 2004.
• Small for the Wall, Lafrenière and Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON, 2003.
• Person to Person, Uncommon Objects, Harbourfront Centre, Toronto ON, 2003.
• 20x10, Craft Studio Residency Exhibition, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2002.
• Best of, award winners of the TOAE, First Canadian Place, Toronto, ON, 2001.
• 25th Anniversary Exhibition, Gallerie Elena Lee, Montreal, QC, 2001.
• Glass @ Sheridan, exhibition of alumni and faculty, Lafrenière and Pai Gallery, Ottawa, ON, 2001.
• Glass Goblet Group Feature, Harbinger Gallery, Waterloo, ON, 2001.
• La relève, three artist show, Gallerie Elena Lee, Montreal, QC, 2001.
• Mental Equipment, Craft Studio Residency Exhibition, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2001.
• Past Present, Craft Studio Residency Exhibition, York Quay Gallery, Toronto, ON, 2000.

Reviews and Publications
• New Glass Review 30, The Corning Museum of Glass, 2009.
• Design and Design, Book of the year, 2009.
• Azure magazine, “On the edge”, May 2009.
• “100 mile style”, The Globe and Mail, Saturday, April 19, 2008.
• Preston Catalogue, showcase edition, 2008.
• SOFA Chicago, exhibition catalogue, Expressions of Culture, 2006.
• “Emerging Artist Profile – Cali Balles”, Glass Gazette, volume 4, number 55, January 2004.
• “Artist Balles is personality plus”, Mississauga News, Friday, May 9, 2003.
• “Galleria Elena Lee – artisti emergenti”, Vetro, volume 4, number 11, April 2001.

Selected Collections
• Canadian embassy, Republic of Panama.
• Princess Takamado, Royal Family, Japan, Private Collection.
• Joe Clark, Former Prime Minister, Canada, Private Collection.

Selected Commissions
• Glass awards, The City of Toronto Garden Awards, 2008, 2009 and 2010.
• Light sculptures, Cecconi Simone, condominium sales centre and lobby, 2008.
• Glass signs, exterior entrance of Jamie Kennedy Wine Bar on Church Street, 2004.
• Glass centerpiece, The Culinary Team of Canada, culinary competition, 2002.
• Glass centerpiece, The Culinary Team of Ontario, Culinary Olympics, Erfurt, Germany, 2000.
• Glass props and jewelry, Gene Roddenberryís “EARTH – Final Conflict”, 1999 – 2000.