Roger Ballen – Biography

One Man Exhibitions

2010

Stenersen Musum, Oslo (september 2010)
Bozar, Brussels
Centro de Arte la Regenta, Las Palmas, Spain
Galeria Max Estrella
Galeria Senda. Barcelona, Spain
Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
George Eastman House, Rochester, USA
Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town,
South Africa
Photonet Galerie, Wiesbaden, Germany
Stenersen Museum, Oslo
Sydney Biennale, Australia
University of the O.F.S., South Africa
2009
Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
Aura Gallery, Shanghai
City Museum of Ljubljana, Slovenia
Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Wolfsen, Denmark
Galerija Fotografija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy
Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK
Johnen Gallery, Berlin, Germany
Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia
National Library of Australia, Canberra
Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario
Triennale, Milan, Italy
University of Johannesburg, South Africa
University of Pretoria, South Africa
University of the Orange Free State, South Africa
2008
AEREA / Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden
Art Gallery of Western Australia
BWA Gallery, Katowice, Poland
Galeria vanGuardia, Bilbao, Spain
Hertzelia Artists Host Centre, Tel Aviv, Israel
Omaggio a Federico Vender at Palazzo dei Panni of Arco Trento
Su Palatu, Sardinia
2007
Aura Gallery, Hong Kong
Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
Galerie Photonet, Wiesbaden. Germany
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, USA
Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston
Trafo Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Yours Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
2006
Atlanta College of Arts, USA
Berlin Biennial, Berlin
Biblioteque Nationale, Paris
Christian Dam Gallery, Oslo, Norway
Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain
Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich, Switzerland
Guido Costa Projects, Torino, Italy
Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp
National Arts Festival, South Africa
Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloem., South Africa
Photographer’s Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Sasol Museum, Stellenbosch, South Africa
Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium
2005
Aura Gallery, Shanghai
Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem
Durban Art Gallery, South Africa
Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam
Gagosian Gallery, New York
2004
Berkeley Art Museum, California
Le Chateau d’ eau a Toulouse
State Museum of Russia, St. Petersburg
2003
Galerie Mennour, Paris
Galleria Carla Sozzani, Italy
2002
Centro Cultural de Maia, O’Porto
Gallery of Photography, Dublin
Galleria D’arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Gagosian Gallery, New York
Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Musee Nicephore Niepce
Museo Nazionalle Italy, Brescia
Museet for Fotokunst, Odense
Nuku Gallery, Oulu
Sala Rekalde, Bilbao
2001
Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town
Encontros da imagem, Braga, Portugal
Fotoforum, Frankfurt
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Hasselblad Center, Gutenberg
International Photo Festival Herten
Kicken Gallery, Berlin
Krefelder Kunstmuseen, Krefeld
Mateo Inurria, Cordoba
PhotoEspana, Madrid
Printemps de Septembre a Toulouse
Rupertinum, Salzburg
Shine Gallery, London
Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart
2000
Museum of Photography, Athens
Noordelicht, Amsterdam
Royal Theatre of Namur, Belgium
Sani Festival, Greece
Thessaloniki, Month of Photography
1999
Fait & Cause, Paris
Melkweg, Amsterdam
Month of Photography, Bratislava
Month of Photography, Cape Town
1998
Kunsthaus, Zürich
Kunstal Museum, Rotterdam
Lumo ’98
1996
Eindhoven Photographic Festival
Tarranto Gallery, New York City
1995
Arles Photographic Festival, Arles
Royal Festival Hall/Hayward, London
1994
Afrikaner Museum, Johannesburg
Michaelis Collection, Cape Town
1986
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg
Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria
Shell Gallery, Cape Town
1982
Market Theatre, Johannesburg
1981
Centre for Photography, Denve

Museum Collections

Art Gallery of South Australia
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Berkeley Art Museum, California, USA
Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
Durban Museum, South Africa
Fotomuseum, Munchen, Germany
Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg, Sweden
High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA
Johannesburg Art Museum, South Africa
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
Louisiana Museum, Denmark
Maison Europene de la Photogrpahie, France
Musee Nicephore Niepce, France
Museet for Fotokunst, Denmark
Musee de la Photographie a Charleroi, Belgium
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Museo nazionale Della Fotographia, Italy
Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego, USA
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, USA
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
Oliewenhuis Art Museum, South Africa
Spencer Art Museum, Kansas, USA
Stejelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

Group Exhibitions
2008
After Nature, New Museum, New York USA
Cautionary Tales, Albuquerque USA
New York Photo Festival, New York USA
Untitled (Vicarious), Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
2005
Snaps, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg South Africa
2004
Making Faces, Musée de l’Elysée
2002
Citigroup Photography Prize, London
Centro Cultural de Maia O’Porto
National Portrait Gallery, London
Sala Rekalde, Bilbao 2002 “Dislocation”
Victoria and Albert Museum, London
2001
La Natura Della Natura Morta
Museet for Fotokunst, Odense C
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
2000
Haus der Kulturen der Welt
“Portraits of Africa”, Berlin
1999
Film & Television, Bradford
National Museum of Photography
National Portrait Gallery, London
New Natural History
1998
Comment Jouer Enfermement,
Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris
National Portrait Gallery, London
1997
Contemporain, Paris
Double Vie, Double Vue,
Fondation Cartier pour l’art
South African National Gallery, Cape Town

Citigroup Prize, finalist, UK – 2002
Photographer of the Year,
Rencontres d’ Arles – 2002
Top 10 Exhibition, Vince Aletti, Artforum – 2002
PhotoEspana, Best Photographic
Book of the Year, Spain – 2001
Photo-eye, Best Documentary Title,
Best Photography Books of 2001
Sani Festival, Best Solo Exhibition, Greece, 2000
Special mention: UNICEF Photo of the Year 2001

Films
“Memento Mori” – A Saskia Vredeveld film
From the world of photographer Roger Ballen.
A Netherlands Film Fund & Peacefield Film – 2005
“Selfportrait, Roger Ballen”
NPS Television.
The Netherlands – 2002
“Platteland, Images from Rural S. Africa”
ITV Television, South Bank Show.
London – 1995
“Dorps, Small Towns of South Africa”
South African Broadcasting Corporation
Film documentary on Roger Ballen’s book.
1986