Roger Ballen

1950 Born in New York, NY

Education
1982 PhD, Mineral Economics, University of Colorado
1982 MS, Geology, University of Colorado
1972 BA, Geology, University of Berkeley

Solo exhibitions(selected)
2007 luo quanmu paintings 2000-2007 aura gallery, Shanghai
2007 Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, USA
2007 Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
2007 Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
2007 Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, USA
2007 Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, USA
2007 University of Auckland, New Zealand
2006 Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich, Switzerland
2006 Atlanta College of Arts, USA
2006 Berlin Biennial, Berlin
2006 Bibliotheque Nationale, Paris
2006 Christian Dam Gallery, Oslo, Norvay
2006 Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
2006 Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
2006 Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
2006 Galerie Kamel, Paris, France
2006 Guido Costa Projects, Torino, Italy
2006 Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2006 Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp, Belgium
2006 National Arts Festival, South Africa
2006 Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa
2006 Roger Ballen “Shadow Chamber” Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia
2006 Shadow Chamber, Johnen + Schottle, Cologne
2002 OUTLAND, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
2002 OUTLAND, Gagosian Gallery, New York
2002 Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills
2002 Musee Nicephore Niepce, Chalon sur Saone, France
2002 Museo Nazionalle Italy, Brescia, Italy
2002 Nuku Gallery, Oulu, Finland
2002 Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
2002 Russian Museum, Museum Ludwig, St. Peterburg, Russia
2002 Museum for Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
2002 Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
2002 Centro Cultural de Maia, O’Porto, Spain
2002 Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland
2001 Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria
2001 Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2001 Fotoforum, Frankfurt, Germany
2001 Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
2001 Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
2001 Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
2001 Hasselbald Center, Goteborg, Sweden
2001 International Photo Festival, Herten, Germany
2001 Pritemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France
2000 Royal Theatre of Namur, Belgium
2000 Month of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
2000 Noordelicht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2000 Sani Festival, Greece
1999 Fait & Cause, Paris
1999 Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1999 Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
1999 Month of Photography, Cape Town, South Africa
1998 Kunstal Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1998 Lumo ’98, Finland
1998 Kunsthaus, Zurich, Switzerland
1996 Eindhoven Photographic Festival, Netherlands
1996 Tarranto Gallery, New York
1995 Arles Photographic Festival, Arles, France
1995 Royal Festival Hall/Hayward Gallery, London

Other exhibitions
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
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
1998 Comment Jouer Enfermement, Maison Europeene de la Photographie, Paris
1997 Double Vie, Double Vue, Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporaine, Paris South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South African

Publications
2005 Shadow Chamber, Introduction by Robert A. Sobieszek, Paidon Press, London
2003 Fact or Fiction, Introduction by Stephane Guibourge, 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 Double vie, double vue, Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain (cat.)
1997 Cette Afrique la, Introduction by Lionel Murcott, Photo Pouche series, Editions Nathan Paris
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