Roger Ballen
Roger Ballen nascut al 1950 a Nueva Jork.
Viu i treballa a Johannesburg, Sud-àfrica.
Fill d’un editor de fotografía de Magnum, Ballén va treballar com a geòleg i consultor de mines abans de començar la seva carrera fotogràfica documentant petits pobles de l’Àfrica rural i els seus aïllats habitants. Les seves imatges són a la vegada poderosos al•legats socials i pertorbadors estudis psicològics. El treball “Outland” és considerat un dels documents fotogràfics més extraordinaris de finals del segle XX. Va guanyar el Premi del Millor Llibre Fotográfic de l'Any a FotoEspanya al 2001, a Madrid. El seu distingit estil de fotografia ha evolucionat utilitzant simplement un format quadrat i un cuidat blanc i negre. Els seus primers treballs tenen una clara influència de la fotografia documental però durant els anys noranta, va desenvolupar un estil propi que ell mateix defineix com "ficció documental".
- 2022
- The world according to Roger Ballen Fotomuseum Den. Haag, HV Den Haag, Netherlands
- Hungarian house of Photography Budapest, Hungary
- Fotomuseum Den Haag Den Haag, Netherlands
- 2021
- National Museum of Contemporary Art Athens, Greece
- Jakopič Gallery Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Portugal Centre of Photography Oporto City, Portugal
- Roger the Rat, ARTCO Gallery Aachen, Germany
- 2020
- The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts Florida, US
- Thessaloniki Museum of Photography Thessaloniki, Greece
- Artco Gallery Berlin, Germany
- Karsten Greve Paris, France
- The World according to Roger Ballen Halle Saint Pierre, Paris, France
- In Retrospect Florida Museum of Photography, Florida, United States
- Halle St Pierre Paris, France
- Francisco Carolinum Linz, Austria
- Camara Oscura Madrid, Spain
- 2019
- Roger Ballen Bilder & Bretter ARTCO Gallery, Berlin, Germany
- Center of Photography Montevideo, Uruguay
- Centrale for Contemporary Art Brussels, Belgium
- Galleria Carla Sozzani Milan, Italy
- Childhood (1974-2018) Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France
- Outland Box Galerie, Brussels, Belgium
- Asylum of the Birds . Oh Rats - Die Antwoord Stieglitz19, Antwerp, Belgium
- the body, the mind, the space Fondazione Sozzani, Milano, Italia
- The Theatre of Apparitions Galeria Fotografija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Halle St Pierre Paris, France
- Latvian Museum of Photography Riga, Letonia
- 2018
- Unleashed Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastrich, Netherlands
- Ballenesque Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain
- There Is No Outside SPAO Centre, Ottawa, Canada
- Introduction ARTCO Galerie, Aachen, Deutschland
- Ballenesque - Roger Ballen: a Retrospective Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
- Birds & Apparitions M97 Gallery, Shanghai, China
- Center of Photography Montevideo, Uruguay
- Centro Cultural Kavlin Punta del Este, Uruguay
- City Art Gallery Plovdiv, Bulgaria
- El Centro de Extension Alfonso Lagos CECAL UdeC, Chillán, Chile
- Futuredome Le Dictateur Milan, Italy
- M. Contemporary Sydney, Australia
- Modern Art Museum Gebre Kristos Desta Center Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
- Museu Fotografia Fortaleza Fortaleza, Brazil
- Museum of Fine Arts Yekaterinburg Yekaterinburg, Russia
- National Gallery Sofia, Bulgarie
- Photo18 Zurich, Switzerland
- PH Photo Centre Cape Town, South Africa
- School of the Photographic Arts Ottawa, Canada
- Wiesbaden Biennale Wiesbaden, Germany
- 2017
- Ballenesque - a Retrospective Galerie Alex Daniels, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Roger Ballen Galerie Karsten Greve, St. Moritz, Switzerland
- Ballenesque Willas Contemporary, Oslo, Norway
- Ballenesque - a Retrospective Kunstsammlung Jena, Jena, Deutschland
- Asylum of the Birds La Fototeca, Guatemala City, Guatemala
- Retrospective Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul, Turkey
- Introspective Cámara Oscura, Madrid, España
- Unleashed Musée de la Chasse et de la Nature, Paris, France
- The Theatre of Apparitions Aura Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan
- The Theatre of Apparitions Photoink, New Delhi, India
- The Theatre of Apparitions Hamiltons, London, United Kingdom
- The Theatre of Apparitions Aura Gallery, Beijing, China
- 2016
- The Theatre of Apparitions Zemacj Contempary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
- The Rome Ballen Times MACRO Roma, Roma, Italia
- The Theatre of Apparitions Gallery Barbado, Lisboa, Portugal
- In retrospect Southeast Museum, Daytona Beach, United States
- In retrospect Snap Orlando, Orlando, United States
- Roger Ballen's Theatre of the Mind Izzy Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- Fotografie und Film 1969-2015 Von der Heydt-Kunsthalle, Wuppertal, Deutschland
- The House Project Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italia
- Broken Home Carpentier Galerie, Berlin, Deutschland
- Roger Ballen's Theatre of the Mind SCA Galery, Sydney, Australia
- The House Project Gallery Momo, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Works 1995-2015 Photoink, New Delhi, India
- 2015
- Shadow Land Pori Art Museum, Finland
- Museo de Arte Contemporáneo, Santiago de Chile, Chile
- Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo, Brazil
- Asylum of the Birds Aura Gallery, Beijing, China
- Asylum of the Birds Galerie Karsten Greve, Köln, Deutschland
- Outland Previously Unseen Galeria Senda, Barcelona, España
- Asylum of the Birds La Fabrica, Madrid, España
- Theater der Absurdität Museum Villa Stuck, München, Deutschland
- 2014
- Circa Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Festival de la Luz, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden
- Kunst und Kulturzentrum Monschau, Aachen, Deutschland
- Moscow Media Centre, Moscow, Russia
- Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil
- Museum of Contemporary Art, Roma, Italia
- 2013
- Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, Northern Ireland
- Galerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg
- Johannesburg Art Fair, South Africa
- Maison De L'Image Documentaire, The CèTávoiR Association, Paris, France
- Museum of Old and New, Hobart, Australia
- Retrospective Kunsthallen Nikolaj, Copenhagens, Denmark
- Photoink, New Delhi, India
- Pingao International Photography Festival, China
- Palm Springs Art Museum, California, USA
- Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington DC, USA
- Westlicht, Schauplatz fur Fotografie, Vienna, Austria
- 2012
- Erdmann Contemporary & the Photographers Gallery za, Cape Town, South Africa
- Guate Festival, Guatemala de la Asunción, Guatemala
- Kleinschmidt Fine Photographs, Wiesbaden, Deutschland
- Kunsthalle, Vienna, Austria
- Manchester Art Museum, United Kingdom
- Marta Herford Museum, Herford, Deutschland
- Musee de l'Elysee, Lausanne, Switzerland
- Museu de Arte Moderna, Rio de Janiero, Brazil
- Northwest University Museum, Potchestroom, South Africa
- Novosibirsk Art Museum, Russia
- Rosphoto, St. Pieterburg, Russia
- Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Israel
- 2011
- Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA
- Fondazione Terre Medicee, Seravezza, Italy
- Galerie Alex Daniels – Reflex Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Canada
- Mc Dermott Gallery, Siem Reap, Cambodia
- Museum Het Domein, Sittard, The Netherlands
- Omsk Museum, Russia
- Sammlung Prinzhorn, Heidelberg, Deutschland
- 2010
- Bozar, Brussels, Belgium
- Centro de Arte La Regenta, Las Palmas, España
- Comune di Arco/Galleria Civica, Italia
- Festival of Photography of Savignano, Italia
- Galeria Max Estrella, España
- Galeria Senda, Barcelona, España
- Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
- Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Deutschland
- Gallery Photographer RU, Moscow, Russia
- George Eastman House, Rochester, USA
- Iziko South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
- Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, USA
- Lismore Regional Gallery, Australia
- Photonet Galerie, Wiesbaden, Deutschland
- Rooke Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Sammlungsleiter Fotomuseum, Munich, Deutschland
- Stenersen Museum, Oslo, Norway
- Sydney Biennale, Australia
- Ubuntu, Berlin, Deutschland
- Ubuntu, Salzburg, Austria
- University of the Orange Free State, South Africa
- 2009
- Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand
- Still Aura Gallery, Shanghai, China
- Boarding House Galeria Fotografija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
- Boarding House Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
- Boarding House Hamiltons, London, United Kingdom
- Ontario College of Art and Design, Toronto, Canada
- 2008
- AEREA / Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden
- BWA Gallery, Katowice, Poland
- Omaggio a Federico Vender at Palazzo dei Panni of Arco Trento Su Palatu, Sardinia, Italia
- 2007
- Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
- Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, USA
- Trafo Gallery, Oslo, Norway
- YOURS Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
- 2006
- Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp, Belgium
- Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Deutschland
- Sasol Art Museum, Stellenbosch, South Africa
- Berlin Biennial, Berlin, Deutschland
- Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France
- Guido Costa Projects, Torino, Italia
- 2005
- Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
- Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp, Belgium
- Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Frans Hals Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- 2004
- State Museum of Russia, St. Petersburg, Russia
- Roger Ballen Photographs, Berkeley Art Museum, University of California, California, USA
- Le Chateau d'eau à Toulouse, France
- Dieci Comme Ltd., Tokyo, Japan
- 2003
- Galleria Carla Sozzani, Italia
- Galerie Mennour, Paris, France
- 2002
- OUTLAND, Galleria D'arte Moderna Bologna, Italia
- Musée Nicephore Niepce, Chalon-sur-Saone, France
- Museo Nazionalle Italy, Brescia, Italia
- Nuku Gallery, Oulu, Finland
- Museum for Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA, USA
- Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland
- OUTLAND, Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
- 2001
- Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
- Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Deutschland
- Hasselbald Center, Goteborg, Sweden
- PhotoEspaña, Madrid, España
- Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France
- 2000
- Royal Theatre of Namur, Belgium
- Month of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
- Noordelicht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Sani Festival, Greece
- Museum of Photography, Athens, Greece
- 1999
- Fait & Cause, Paris, France
- Melkweg, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Month of Photography, Bratislava, Slovakia
- Month of Photography, Cape Town, South Africa
- 1998
- Kunstal Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
- Lumo ’98, Finland
- Kunsthaus, Zürich, Switzerland
- 1996
- Eindhoven Photographic Festival, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
- Tarranto Gallery, New York, USA
- 1995
- Arles Photographic Festival, Arles, France
- Royal Festival Hall/Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- 2022
- Hamilton Gallery London, UK
- 2021
- The Lonka Project Berlin, Germany
- S.M.A.K “GIFTED” Tentoonstelling Collectie Agenda Vrienden Ghent, Belgium
- Xiamen Art Expo Xiamen, China
- 2020
- J20 Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv, Israel
- [An-]sichten - Das Künstlerische im Dokumentarischen Art Foyer Dz Bank, Frankfurt, Deutschland
- Analog Phtography Festival Barrydale Barrydale, Karoo, South Africa
- Fine Arts Asia Fair at Boogie Woogie Photography booth Hong Kong, China
- Mironova Gallery Kyiv, Ukraine
- PHOTO IS:RAEL - The Lonka Project Israel online
- Royal Museum of Fine Arts Brussels,Belgium
- ArtB Gallery Cape Town, South Africa
- Studio Silvio Pasqualini Lazio, Italy
- Luminic Photography Festival Sant Cugat del Vallès, Catalunya, Spain
- No Joke Plato, Czech Republic
- König Gallery with Ballen, Datuna and Katrakis Berlin, Germany
- 2019
- ...des photographes ...des artistes et le cardigan pression agnès b., Paris, France
- NO JOKE works Stieglitz19, Antwerp, Belgium
- double trouble double grins is it so with twins Lothringer 13, München, Deutschland
- Fotografi a Roma Museo di Roma, Roma, Italia
- All the world's a stage Galerie Alex Daniels, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Faces Cámara Oscura, Madrid, España
- 2018
- Auction Preview Exhibition SF Camerawork, San Francisco, United States
- Is it my body? Galleria Francesca Minini, Milano, Italia
- Yipee! Twenty! Kleinschmidt, Wiesbaden, Deutschland
- Inside out - Fotografíese und Psychologie Art Foyer Dz Bank, Frankfurt, Deutschland
- satisfy me Kunstsaele Berlin, Berlin, Deutschland
- Strange Beauty Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf, Deutschland
- Unleashed with Hans Lemmen ARTCO Gallery, Aachen, Germany
- Unleashed with Hans Lemmen Bonnefanten Museum Netherlands, Maastricht, Netherlands
- Elèctric i Llunyà Fotografia Colección olorVISUAL Barcelona, Spain
- Haute Photographie Fotografiska Stockholm, Sweden
- Il Terzo Giorno Parma, Italy
- Ngorongoro II Berlin, Germany
- Nicodum Gallery Los Angeles, USA
- NO JOKE with Asger Carlsen Nordic Light Norway
- Project Space Brut Seoul Art Centre, South Korea
- Walls Have Ears, Doors Have Eyes Wei-Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
- 2017
- On aime l'art...!! Collection Lambert, Avignon, France
- NO JOKE foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Fotografische Inkunabeln aus der Sammlung Kahmen I Raketenstation Hombroich, Neuss, Deutschland
- NO JOKE Diesel Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
- multiple choice Calerie Clairefontaine, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Animalia Leica Galerie Wien, Viena, Austria
- Curtain Call Still Gallery, Sydney, Australia
- Talks 2017 Photo London, London, United Kingdom
- Ah-Choo - Bless you Europe! Kleinschmidt, Wiesbaden, Deutschland
- Photography Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen, Denmark
- 2016
- Group Show David Zwirner, New York, United States
- In posa Galleria del Cembalo, Roma, Italia
- Vivre!! Musée de l'immigration, Paris, France
- Shadowlands Etherton Gallery, Tucson, United States
- Handmade III Anzenberger Gallery, Wien, Austria
- 5th Singapore International Photography Festival Singapore, Singapore
- NO JOKE V1 Gallery, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Utopies, espoirs, colères Centre photo de Lecture, Lectoure, France
- The expert eye Musée Nicéphore, Chalon-sur-Saon, France
- LOOK AGAIN WILLAS contemporary, Oslo, Norway
- Head On Photography Festival 2016 Sydney, Australia
- 2015
- Masks Galerie Rudolphe Janssen, Brüssels, Belgium
- Shooting Stars Erdmann Contemporary, Capetown, South Africa
- Visual Leader 2015 Haus der Photographie, Hamburg, Deutschland
- What Still Sticks? Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
- We Want More: Image Making and Music in the 21st Century Photographer's Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- 2014
- The 12th Stop Samara Art Museum, Russia
- XII edizione di FOTOGRAFIA - Festival Internazionale di Roma MACRO Roma, Roma, Italia
- Avers et revers sensible Espace Topographie de l'art, Paris, France
- Black Forest Candela Gallery, Richmond, United States
- Photography Louisiana Museum, Humblebaek, Denmark
- The New York Times Magazine Photographs Aperture Gallery, New York, United States
- Brighton Photo Fringe 2014 Photo Fringe, Brighton, United Kingdom
- 5th Daegu Photo Biennale 2014 - Photographic Narrative Daegu Photo Biennale, Daegu, South Korea
- XVII Encuentros Abiertos, Festival de la Luz 2014 Fundación Luz Austral, Buenos Aires, Argentina
- Metamorphosis - Mirror OCT Contemporary Art Terminal, Shangai, China
- The New York Times Magazine Photographs MoCA Jacksonville, Jacksonville, United States
- Beauty of Darkness II Galerie Alex Daniels, Amsterdam, Netherlands
- Einblicke in die Sammlung Wemhöner Osram-Höfe, Berlin, Deutschland
- Highligths 2013 Cohen Gallery, Los Angeles, United States
- 2013
- Photomeetings Luxembourg 2013 Photomeetings Luxembourg, Luxembourg
- Nacogdoches SFA Galleries, Texas, United States
- Identity Robert Koch Gallery, San Francisco, United States
- 2012
- Manomenter Moscow, Russia
- Art of Others, Outsiders, Self Taught and Navive Artists Haifa Museum, Haifa, Israel
- The Art of Photography Show, San Diego Art Institute, San Diego, California, USA
- Domestic Disorder in Contemporary Art, Musexpo, Gouggainville, France
- Play, Turnhout, Antwerp, Belgium
- The Rise and Fall of Apartheid, International Centre of Photography, New York, USA
- Seeing Eye, Brundyn and Gonsalves, Cape Town, South Africa
- Tender and Cruel, Tim Mellville Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
- Traumwelten – In the Court of the King of Dreams, Kunsthalle HGN, Duderstadt, Deutschland
- Twins, Center for Photography, Woodstock, New York, USA
- 2011
- High Speed Insanity, Blomquist, Oslo, Norway
- National Gallery of Modern Art, Bengaluru, India
- Real, Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna, Austria
- Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Niteroi, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
- The Kasper Collection of Drawings and Photographs, The Morgan Library & Museum, New York, USA
- 2010
- Out of control, BIP 2010, 7th International Biennial of Photography and Visual Arts, Liege, Belgium
- PEEKABOO!, Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palace, Finland
- 7th Lane, Ellen-K Fine Art Photography, Norway
- Skotia Gallery First Biennial Photography Invitational, Santa Fe, USA
- Zacheta National Gallery, Warsaw, Poland
- 2008
- Untitled (Vicarious), Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA
- After Nature, New Museum, New York, USA
- New York Photo Festival, New York, USA
- Cautionary Tales, Albuquerque, USA
- 2005
- Roger Ballen, Alec South, Vera Lutter, Gagosian Gallery Chelsea, New York, USA
- Snaps, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
- 2004
- Dog Days of Summer, University of California Riverside/California Museum of Photography, USA
- Making Faces, Musée de l'Elysée, Paris, France
- 2002
- Citigroup Photography Prize, London, United Kingdom
- Dislocation, Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, United Kingdom
- Dislocation, Centro Cultural de Maia O’Porto, Portugal
- New Documentary Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
- National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- 2001
- La Natura della Natura Morta, Italia
- Recent Acquisitions, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Hall of Mirrors, Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
- 2000
- Portraits of Africa, Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Deutschland
- 1999
- National Portrait Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- New Natural History, National Museum of Photography of Film & Television, Bradford, United Kingdom
- 1998
- Comment Jouer Enfermement, Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris, France
- 1997
- Double Vie, Double Vue, Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporaine, Paris, France
- South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa
- 2019
- Lifetime Achievement Award Bokeh SA Awards
- 2018
- Honorary Doctor of Art and Design Kingston University, United Kingdom
- 2017
- The Asia Pacific Brands Foundation Legendary Award
- 2014
- Artist of the Year Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Edition 46
- 2012
- I Fink U Freeky. Award for best music video. Vila do Conde International Film Festival, Portugal.
- I Fink U Freeky. Best Music Video. Plus Camerimage International Film Festival of the Art of Cinematography in Bydgoszcz, Poland.
- 2010
- Lucie Award, Finalist for Solo Exhibition of the year, George Eastman House, New York, USA
- 2009
- Honourable mention - Best Photographic Book of the Year for Boarding House, PhotoEspaña 2009, Madrid, España
- 2006
- Art Directors Club Award Photography
- 2004
- Top 10 Exhibition 2004, Matthew Higgs, Artforum, December
- Honorable Mention, UNICEF Photo of the Year
- Photographer of the Year 2002, Rencontres d’Arles, July
- 2002
- Top 10 Exhibition 2002, Vince Aletti, Artforum, December
- Photographer of the Year 2002, Rencontres d’Arles, July, France
- 2001
- Photo-eye, Best Documentary Title, Best Photography Books of 2001
- Special mention : UNICEF Photo of the Year 2001
- Best Photographic Book of the Year, PhotoEspaña 2001, Madrid, España
- 2000
- Sani Festival, Best Solo Exhibition, February Thessaloniki, Greece
- Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia
- Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
- Berkeley Art Museum, California, USA
- Biblioteque Nationale, Paris, France
- Birmingham Museum and Art Gallery, Alabama, USA
- Bonnefantenmuseum Maastricht, Netherlands
- Brooklyn Museum, New York, USA
- Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
- Durban Art Gallery, Durban, South Africa
- Fotomuseum, Munchen, Deutschland
- Hasselblad, Goteborg, Sweden
- High Museum of Art, Atlanta, USA
- Johannesburg Art Museum, South Africa
- Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
- Louisiana Museum, Denmark
- Maison Europeene de la Photographie, Paris, France
- Musée de la Photographie á Charleroi, Belguim
- Museet for Fotokunst, Denmark
- Museo nazionale Della Fotographia, Brescia, Italia
- Museum Folkwang, Essen, Deutschland
- 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
- National Museum of Film and Photography, Bradford, United Kingdom
- Spencer Art Museum, Kansas, USA
- Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- State Museum of Russia, Moscow, Russia
- Tate Britain, London, United Kingdom
- Victoria and Albert Museum, London, United Kingdom
- Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, USA