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Most exhibitions in: |
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| USA | 27 |
| Germany | 19 |
| France | 14 |
| South Africa | 12 |
| Italy | 12 |
Most exhibitions held at: |
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Aura Gallery - Shanghai, China |
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Galerie Kamel Mennour, France |
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Erdmann Contemporary, South Africa |
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Gagosian Gallery , USA |
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Biography: 
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Courtesy by "Galerie Alex Daniels / Reflex Amsterdam", Amsterdam
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11.4.1950 Born in New York City, NY (US)
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)
External links:www.rogerballen.com | | Public exhibitions (Selection) 165
Solo shows 79
2013
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| Retrospektive - WestLicht. Schauplatz für Fotografie, Vienna |
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| Playpen - The KwaZulu Natal Society of Arts (KZNSA), Durban |
2012
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| Roger Ballen: Documentary Fiction, 1982–2012 - Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv |
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| Roger Ballen - ROSPHOTO, St. Petersburg |
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| Shadow Land - National Centre of Photography of the Russian Federation, St. Petersburg |
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| Roger Ballen, Asylum - Musée de l´Elysée, Lausanne |
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| Roger Ballen - Dorps Outland Platteland | The early Work - Kleinschmidt Fine Photographs, Wiesbaden |
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| Roger Ballen - Fotografien 1969 bis 2009 - MARTa Herford, Herford |
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| Shadow Land: Photographs by Roger Ballen 1983-2011 - Manchester Art Gallery, Manchester (England) |
2011
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| Roger Ballen - Boarding House & New Works - Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Roger Ballen - Skadukant - Museum het Domein, Sittard |
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| Roger Ballen - Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen |
2010
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| Roger Ballen - Boarding house - Max Estrella, Madrid |
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| Roger Ballen - Fotografien 1969-2009 - Münchner Stadtmuseum, Munich |
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| Roger Ballen - Still Lifes 1982 - 2009 - Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich |
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| Roger Ballen - South African National Art Gallery, Cape Town |
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| Boarding House - Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA |
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| Roger Ballen - Stenersenmuseet, Oslo |
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| Roger Ballen: Unsettled - Lismore Regional Gallery, Lismore, NSW |
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| Roger Ballen - Museo di Riva del Garda, Riva del Garda (TN) |
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| Roger Ballen - Rétrospective - BOZAR - Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels |
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| Roger Ballen - Boarding House - Kleinschmidt Fine Photographs, Wiesbaden |
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| Roger Ballen - Boarding House - Stills Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
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| Roger Ballen: Photographs 1982-2009 - George Eastman House International Museum of Photography and Film, Rochester, NY |
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| Roger Ballen - Boarding House - Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris |
2009
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| Roger Ballen - Boarding House - Gagosian Gallery , New York City, NY |
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| Boarding House - Aura Gallery - Shanghai, Shanghai |
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| Boarding House - Hamiltons Gallery, London (England) |
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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 - Galería La Aurora, Murcia |
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| Roger Ballen - Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia |
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| still - Aura Gallery - Shanghai, Shanghai |
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| Roger Ballen - Mestna Galerija / City Art Gallery Ljubljana, Ljubljana |
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| Roger Ballen - Johnen Galerie, Berlin |
2008
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| The sorrow of death - BWA Contemporary Art Gallery in Katowice, Katowice |
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| Roger Ballen - Shadow Chamber - Galerie Vernon, Prague |
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| Roger Ballen - Su Palatu 'e sas Iscolas, Villanova Monteleone |
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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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| Black and Whit - Aura Gallery - Shanghai, Shanghai |
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| Roger Ballen - Shadow Chamber - Kleinschmidt Fine Photographs, Wiesbaden |
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| Roger Ballen - Shadow Chamber - Yours Gallery, Warsaw |
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| Shadow Chamber - Max Estrella, Madrid |
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| Roger Ballen - Shadow Chamber - Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg |
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| Brutal Tender Human Animal - Roger Ballen Photography - Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth, WA |
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| Roger Ballen: Shadow Chamber + other - galeria SENDA-espai 2NOU2, Barcelona |
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| ROGER BALLEN - Shadow chamber and other works - Galería SENDA, Barcelona |
2006
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| Roger Ballen - Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich |
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| Roger Ballen - Xavier Hufkens, Brussels |
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| Roger Ballen - Shadow Chamber - - Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne (closed, 2009) |
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| Roger Ballen - Shadow Chamber - Stills Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
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| Roger Ballen - Shadow Chamber - Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA |
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| Shadow Chamber - - Galleri Christian Dam, Oslo (closed) |
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| Shadow Chamber - Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town |
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| Shadow Chamber - Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris |
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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 |
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| Roger Ballen - Kamer van duisternis - De Hallen, Haarlem |
2004
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| Roger Ballen Photography - The State Russian Museum - Stroganov Palace, St. Petersburg |
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| Roger Ballen - Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA |
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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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| Fact or Fiction - Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris |
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| Roger Ballen - Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan |
2002
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| Roger Ballen - Gagosian Gallery, 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 - - Galleria d'Arte Moderna di Bologna - GAM, Bologna (closed, 2007) |
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| Roger Ballen - Outland - Gagosian Gallery , 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 |
1998
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| Roger Ballen - fotografie "Dit Afrika" - Kunsthal Rotterdam, Rotterdam |
Group shows 86
2013
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| Un homme juste est quand même un homme mort - Palais de Tokyo, Paris |
2012
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| Finders Keepers - Michael Hoppen Gallery, London (England) |
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| Religion & Riten - Art Foyer der DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt/Main |
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| Conversations - Iain Dawson Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
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| c´est la vie - Das ganze Leben - Der Mensch in Malerei und Fotografie - Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden |
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| Private Contexts - Photographer.ru, Moscow |
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| SeeingEye - Brundyn + Gonsalves, Cape Town |
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| Collection 16 - Stellenbosch Modern and Contemporary (SMAC) - Cape Town, Cape Town |
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| Jack Helgesen Family Collection / Archeology of the Image - Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Vestfossen |
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| More to Tell - Museum het Domein, Sittard |
2011
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| Real - Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna |
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| If The Sun Had A Sound It Would Sound Like This - Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON |
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| Action. Photography - Dan Gallery, Tel Aviv |
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| Something That I’ll Never Really See: Contemporary Photography from the V&A - National Gallery of Modern Art - Bangalore, Bangalore |
2010
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| Something That I'll Never Really See, Contemporary Photography from the V&A - Bhau Daji Lad Museum, Mumbai |
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| Autour de l'extreme - Maison Européenne de la Photographie, Paris |
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| Hereford Photography Festival 2010 - Hereford Photography Festival , Hereford (England) |
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| PEEKABOO - Current South Africa - Helsinki Art Museum, Helsinki |
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| 17th Biennale of Sydney - The Beauty and the Distance - Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, NSW |
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| roger ballen, anna malagrida, bjarne melgaard, annette merild, jordi ribes - Galería SENDA, Barcelona |
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| Group Show - galeria SENDA-espai 2NOU2, Barcelona |
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| INDEX I.0 - Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp |
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| BIP 2010 - Biennale internationale de la Photographie et des Arts visuels - Biennale internationale de la Photographie et des Arts visuels, Liège |
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| East Wing Nine presents EXHIBITIONISM: The Art of Display - Courtauld Institute of Art, London (England) |
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| Konversationsstücke - Akt I - Johnen Galerie, Berlin |
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| Il meleto di Tolstoi - Museo della Carale Accattino, Ivrea (TO) |
2009
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| All Creatures Great and Small - Zacheta - National Gallery of Art, Warsaw |
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| EX NUGIS SERIA d'Afrique et d'ailleurs... - Maison d'Art Bernard Anthonioz, Nogent-sur Marne |
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| PRUNE - abstracting reality - Foam Fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam |
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| The Unseen Works - Rooke Gallery, Johannesburg |
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| 10 springs in the fall - Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris |
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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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| This Zodiac Of Lights, This Tent Of Dropping Clouds - Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON |
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| Thirteen - Stills Gallery, Sydney, NSW |
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| Part One Is About Time, Part Two Is About Space - Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, ON |
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| Fotofiesta - Gallery S.E., Bergen |
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| Impacto! Obras de la colección olorVISUAL - Fundació Vall Palou, Lleida |
2008
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| Mergers and Acquisitions - Atlanta Contemporary Art Center, Atlanta, GA |
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| Home is my Castle - Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town |
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| Helsinki Biennale 2008 - - Helsinki Biennale, Helsinki (closed) |
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| Untitled (Vicarious) Photographing the Constructed Object - Gagosian Gallery , New York City, NY |
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| 10 sorings in the fall - Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris |
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| Opening - Aura Gallery - Shanghai, Shanghai |
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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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| Departure - Erdmann Contemporary, 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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| Society Of Photographers 6x6 - Rooke Gallery, Johannesburg |
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| Art Now: Recent Acquisitions in Film/Video - Middlebury College Museum of Art, Middlebury, VT |
2007
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| Surface Tension - Erdmann Contemporary, Cape Town |
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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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| Reality Bites - - Galerie | Caprice Horn, Berlin (closed, 2012) |
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| Group Show - Reality bites - - Galerie | Caprice Horn, Berlin (closed, 2012) |
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| Mark Cohen & Roger Ballen - Chance and Circumstance - Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA |
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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, Berlin |
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| Face à Face - Le Pavillon Populaire, Montpellier |
2005
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| Invito al Collezionismo - Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan |
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| Epilogue - Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA |
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| Roger Ballen, Alec Soth and Vera Lutter - Gagosian Gallery, New York City, NY |
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| Roger Ballen and Alec Soth - Gagosian Gallery , 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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| "Per Fronth genome days - Roger Ballen outland " - - Galleri Christian Dam, Copenhagen (closed) |
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| Art fear - Guido Costa Projects, Turin |
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 (closed, 2007) |
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| printemps de septembre - Printemps de Septembre, Toulouse |
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| Roger Ballen & Melainie Friend - Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg |
2000
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| New Natural History - Hasselblad Center, Gothenburg |
1999
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| New Natural History - National Media Museum, Bradford (England) |
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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China
| | Aura Gallery (BEIJING 1), Beijing
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| | Aura Gallery - Beijing, Beijing
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| | AURA GALLERY (HONGKONG), Hong Kong, SAR
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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
| | Kleinschmidt Fine Photographs, Wiesbaden
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Italy
| | Daniela Facchinato Image Gallery, Bologna
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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
United Kingdom
| | Michael Hoppen Contemporary, London (England)
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USA
| | Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, GA
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| | Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, MA
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| | Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, IL
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| | Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
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| | Gagosian Gallery , New York City, NY
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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
| | me Collectors Room Berlin, Berlin
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| | 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, Gothenburg
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United Kingdom
| | Victoria & 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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| | 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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| | Brooklyn Museum of Art, New York City, NY
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| | MoMA - Museum of Modern Art, New York City, NY
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Catalogs
| | roger ballen- Galería SENDA, Barcelona |
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