Roger Ballen Biography


1950 Born in New York, NY

1972 Bachelor degree in Psychology University of California, Berkeley, CA

1981 PHD in Mineral Economics

Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa

For more information, please visit Roger Ballen in the Artist Works Catalogues.


Selected Exhibitions


2008 Las implicaciones de la imagen, MUCA Museo Universitario de Ciencas y Arte, Mexico City

2008 Untitled (Vicarious). Photographing the Constructed Object, Gagosian Gallery, New York

2008 After Nature, New Museum, New York

2008 Go for it! Olbricht Collection (a sequel), Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany

2008 Roger Ballen, Quality Pictures Contemporary Art, Portland, OR (solo)

2007 Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (solo)

2007 Roger Ballen – Shadow Chamber, Galerie Photonet, Wiesbaden (solo)

2007 Brutal, Tender, Human, Animal: Roger Ballen photography, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth (solo)

2007 again: serial practices in contemporary art, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT

2007 Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, USA (solo)

2007 Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada (solo)

2007 Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany (solo)

2007 Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, USA (solo)

2007 Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, USA (solo)

2007 University of Auckland, New Zealand (solo)

2007 luo quanmu paintings 2000-2007 aura gallery, Shanghai (solo)

2006 Roger Ballen “Shadow Chamber” Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia

2006 Shadow Chamber, Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne (solo)

2006 Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)

2006 Atlanta College of Arts, USA (solo)

2006 Berlin Biennial, Berlin (solo)

2006 Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris (solo)

2006 Christian Dam Gallery, Oslo, Norvay (solo)

2006 Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa (solo)

2006 Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark (solo)

2006 Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (solo)

2006 Galerie Kamel, Paris, France (solo)

2006 Guido Costa Projects, Torino, Italy (solo)

2006 Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, United Kingdom (solo)

2006 Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp, Belgium (solo)

2006 National Arts Festival, South Africa (solo)

2006 Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa (solo)

2006 Pet Project, Australian Center for Photography, Fitzroy, AU

2006 Intersections. Atlanta collects Photography, High Museum, Atlanta

2006 The Cat’s Meow, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

2006 Von Mäusen und Menschen, 4. Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst, KW Institut für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, Germany

2006 Auf leisen Pfoten. Die Katze in der Kunst, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Germany

2005 Snaps, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

2004 Je t’envisage. La Disparition du Portrait, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland

2002 Les Rencontres d’Arles, Photographie, Arles, France

2002 Dislocacion, Centro Cultural de Maia, Porto; Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain

2002 Hall of Mirrors, Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark

2002 New Documentary Photography, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, GB

2002 Citigroup Photography Prize, London, GB

2002 OUTLAND, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy (solo)

2002 OUTLAND, Gagosian Gallery, New York (solo)

2002 Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills (solo)

2002 Musee Nicephore Niepce, Chalon sur Saone, France (solo)

2002 Museo Nazionalle Italy, Brescia, Italy (solo)

2002 Nuku Gallery, Oulu, Finland (solo)

2002 Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark (solo)

2002 Russian Museum, Museum Ludwig, St. Peterburg, Russia (solo)

2002 Museum for Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA (solo)

2002 Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain (solo)

2002 Centro Cultural de Maia, O’Porto, Spain (solo)

2002 Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland (solo)

2002 Citigroup Photography Plaza, London

2002 New Documentary Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London National Portrait Gallery, London

2001 La Natura della Natura Morta, Italy

2001 Recent Acquisitions, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

2001 Hall of Mirrors, Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark

2001 Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria (solo)

2001 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa (solo)

2001 Fotoforum, Frankfurt, Germany (solo)

2001 Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa (solo)

2001 Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany (solo)

2001 Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin (solo)

2001 Hasselbald Center, Goteborg, Sweden (solo)

2001 International Photo Festival, Herten, Germany (solo)

2001 Pritemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France (solo)

2000 Royal Theatre of Namur, Belgium (solo)

2000 Month of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece (solo)

2000 Noordelicht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)

2000 Sani Festival, Greece (solo)

2000 Portraits of Africa, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin

1999 National Portrait Gallery, London

1999 New Natural History, National Museum of Photography of Film & Television Bradford, United Kingdom

1999 Fait & Cause, Paris (solo)

1999 Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)

1999 Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia (solo)

1999 Month of Photography, Cape Town, South Africa (solo)

1998 Kunstal Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands (solo)

1998 Lumo ’98, Finland (solo)

1998 Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)

1998 Comment Jouer Enfermement, Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris

1997 Double Vie, Double Vue, Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporaine, Paris South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South African

1996 Eindhoven Photographic Festival, Netherlands (solo)

1996 Tarranto Gallery, New York (solo)

1995 Arles Photographic Festival, Arles, France (solo)

1995 Royal Festival Hall/Hayward Gallery, London (solo)


Literature


2005 Shadow Chamber, Introduction by Robert A. Sobieszek, Paidon Press, London

2003 Fact or Fiction, Introduction by Stéphane Guibourgé, Galerie Kamel Mennour

2001 Outland, Introduction by Peter Weiermair, Phaidon Press, London

1998 Lumo '98, Shadows, Finland (cat.)

1998 South African National Gallery, Contemporary South AFrican Photography (cat.)

1997 Cette Afrique là, Introduction by Lionel Murcott, Photo Pouche series, Editions Nathan Paris

1997 Double vie, double vue, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (cat.)

1996 Platteland, Images of a Rural South Africa, Introduction by Roger Ballen, St. Martins Press, New York

1994 Platteland, Images of a Rural South Africa, Introduction by Roger Ballen, William Waterman Publications

1994 Platteland, Images of a Rural South Africa, Introduction by Roger Ballen, Quartet Books, London

1986 Dorps, Small Towns of South Africa, Introduction by Roger Ballen, Clifton Publications, South Africa

1979 Boyhood, Introduction by Roger Ballen, Chelsea House Publishers, New York-London