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| Artwork: |
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| Skins and Bones (Series “Boarding House”), 2008 |
| Galería SENDA |
Most exhibitions in: |
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| USA | 19 |
| Germany | 9 |
| France | 6 |
| Italy | 6 |
| Switzerland | 5 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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QPCA - Quality Pictures, USA |
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Guido Costa Projects, Italy |
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Biography: 
11.4.1950 Born in New York City, NY (US)
Roger Ballen CV as pdf-File
Roger Ballen Press Release "The Art Newspaper", Septembre 2009 as pdf-File
Roger Ballen Press Release exhibition Senda 2007 as pdf-File
Roger Ballen "Documental Culturas, La Vanguardia", 28.02.2009 2007 como pdf-File
Awards 2001 Photo-eye, Best Documentary Title, Best Photography Books of 2001
Special mention: UNICEF Photo of the Year
PhotoEspana 2001, Best Photographic Book of the Year Sani Festival, Madrid; Best Solo Exhibition, Thessaloniki, Grecia
2002 Top 10 Exhibition 2002, Vince Aletti, Artforum
Photographer of the Year 2002, Rencontres d’Arles
Citigroup Private Bank Photography Prize 2002 finalist
2004 Top 10 Exhibition 2004, Matthew Higgs, Artforum
2005 Art Directors Club Award Photography, Selma Blair Witch Project – New York Times Magazine
2006 Art Directors Club Award Photography
Lives and works since 1974 in Johannesburg (ZA)
| | Public exhibitions 69 
until 20.12.
until 9.12.
Solo shows 30
2009
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| Roger Ballen 1982-2009 - La Triennale di Milano. Design Museum, Milan |
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| Roger Ballen - MGA - Monash Gallery of Art, Wheelers Hill, Victoria |
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| Roger Ballen - Johnen Galerie, Berlin |
2008
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| Roger Ballen - Shadow Chamber - Galerie Vernon, Prague |
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| Before there was Ballen - QPCA - Quality Pictures, Portland, OR |
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| Roger Ballen - Galería Vanguardia, Bilbao |
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| Roger Ballen - QPCA - Quality Pictures, Portland, OR |
2007
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| Brutal Tender Human Animal - Roger Ballen Photography - Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA |
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| Shadow Chamber - Max Estrella, Madrid |
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| Roger Ballen - Shadow Chamber - Deichtorhallen, Hamburg |
2006
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| Roger Ballen - Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich |
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| Roger Ballen - Shadow Chamber - Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne |
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| Roger Ballen - Shadow chamber - Guido Costa Projects, Turin |
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| Roger Ballen - Shadow Chamber - Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen |
2005
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| Shadow Chamber - Aura Gallery - Shanghai, Shanghai |
2004
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| Roger Ballen Photography - The State Russian Museum - Stroganov Palace, St. Petersburg |
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| Roger Ballen - Photoraphs - Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA |
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| Roger Ballen - Le Chateau d'Eau, Toulouse |
2003
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| Roger Ballen - Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan |
2002
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| Roger Ballen - Gagosian Gallery - Beverly Hills, Beverly Hills, CA |
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| ROGER BALLEN - PHOTOGRAPHS - Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD Downtown, San Diego, CA |
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| Roger Ballen - Outland - Gallery of Photography, Dublin |
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| Roger Ballen - Outland - Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon sur Saône |
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| Roger Ballen - Outland - Gagosian Gallery - Madison Avenue, New York City, NY |
2001
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| Roger Ballen - Outland - Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld |
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| Roger Ballen - Kicken Berlin, Berlin |
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| Roger Ballen - Outland - Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart |
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| Roger Ballen - Outland - FFI - Fotografie Forum international, Frankfurt/Main |
Group shows 37
2009
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| Das Porträt. Fotografie als Bühne - Kunsthalle Wien (Museumsquartier), Vienna |
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| Adding Substractions - Bag Factory, Johannesburg |
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| Fotofiesta - Galleri S.E, Bergen |
2008
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| Mergers and Acquisitions - Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA |
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| After Nature - New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York City, NY |
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| Departure - The Photographers Gallery ZA, Cape Town |
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| Las Implicaciones de la Imagen (The implications of image) - MUCA Roma - Museo Universitario de Ciencias y Arte, Mexico City |
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| 7 ans de réflexion/acquisitions contemporaines depuis 2000 - Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon sur Saône |
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| The Psychology of Interiors - QPCA - Quality Pictures, Portland, OR |
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| Art Now: Recent Acquisitions in Film/Video - Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT |
2007
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| Seeing is Believing - The Photographers' Gallery, London (England) |
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| again: serial practices in contemporary art - The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT |
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| Private Collections - Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA |
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| Pet Project - Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, NSW |
2006
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| Pet Project - Australian Centre for Photography, Sydney, NSW |
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| From the Vaults: Recent Acquisitions - Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego - MCASD La Jolla, La Jolla, CA |
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| Sweet Ecstasy - Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich |
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| 4. Berlin Biennale für Zeitgenössische Kunst - berlin biennale für zeitgenössische kunst e. v., Berlin |
2005
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| Epilogue - Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA |
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| Roger Ballen, Alec Soth and Vera Lutter - Gagosian Gallery - 24th Street, New York City, NY |
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| Roger Ballen and Alec Soth - Gagosian Gallery - Madison Avenue, New York City, NY |
2004
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| Play - Guido Costa Projects, Turin |
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| dog days of summer - UCR / California Museum of Photography, Riverside, CA |
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| Making Faces: The Death of the Portrait (Je t’envisage: La disparition du portrait) - Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne |
2003
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| Art fear - Guido Costa Projects, Turin |
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| "Per Fronth genome days - Roger Ballen outland " - Galleri Christian Dam, Copenhagen |
2002
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| New Acquisitions/New Work/New Directions 3 - Contemporary Selections - Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA |
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| A Thousand Hounds - A Walk with the Dogs through the History of Photography - Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL |
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| The Citigroup Private Bank - Photography Prize 2002 - The Photographers' Gallery, London (England) |
2001
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| The Nature of Still Life - Galleria d´Arte Moderna di Bologna - GAM, Bologna |
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| printemps de septembre - Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse |
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| Roger Ballen & Melainie Friend - Hasselblad Center, Göteborg |
1998
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| Geschlossene Gesellschaft - Photographien von Kristin Capp & Roger Ballen - Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich |
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| Kristin Capp - Roger Ballen - Fotostiftung Schweiz (Schweizerische Stiftung für die Photographie), Winterthur |
1996
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| Double vie, Double vue - Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain, Paris |
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Australia
| | Stills Gallery, Sydney, NSW
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Belgium
| | Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp
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China
| | Aura Gallery - Beijing, Beijing
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| | Aura Gallery - Hong Kong, Hong Kong, SAR
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| | Aura Gallery - Shanghai, Shanghai
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Denmark
| | Galleri Udengaard, Aarhus
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France
| | Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris
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Germany
| | Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
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| | galerie photonet, Wiesbaden
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Italy
| | Daniela Facchinato Image Gallery, Bologna
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| | Guido Costa Projects, Turin
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Netherlands
| | Galerie Wouter van Leeuwen, Amsterdam
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South Africa
| | Everard Read Gallery - Cape Town, Cape Town
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| | The Photographers Gallery ZA, Cape Town
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| | Everard Read Gallery - Johannesburg, Johannesburg
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Spain
Switzerland
| | Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich
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United Kingdom
| | Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (England)
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| | Michael Hoppen Contemporary, London (England)
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USA
| | Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
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| | Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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Public collections 14

Denmark
| | Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
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France
| | Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon sur Saône
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| | Centre Pompidou - Musée National d´Art Moderne, Paris
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Germany
| | Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen
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| | Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich
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South Africa
| | Durban Art Gallery, Durban
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| | Unisa Art Gallery, Pretoria
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Sweden
| | Hasselblad Center, Göteborg
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United Kingdom
| | Victoria and Albert Museum - V&A, London (England)
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USA
| | Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive BAM/PFA, Berkeley, CA
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| | Brooklyn Museum of Art, Brooklyn, NY
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| | The Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
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| | Los Angeles County Museum of Art - LACMA, Los Angeles, CA
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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