1950 Born in New York, NY
1972 Bachelor degree in Psychology University of California, Berkeley, CA
1981 PHD in Mineral Economics
Lives and works in Johannesburg, South Africa
solo exhibitions
2009 still – roger ballen solo exhibition Aura Gallery Shanghai China
2008 Roger Ballen, Quality Pictures Contemporary Art Portland
2007 Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Roger Ballen – Shadow Chamber, Galerie Photonet, Wiesbaden
Brutal, Tender, Human, Animal: Roger Ballen photography, The Art Gallery of Western Australia, Perth
Catherine Edelman Gallery, Chicago, USA
Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, USA
Robert Klein Gallery, Boston, USA
University of Auckland, New Zealand
2006 Shadow Chamber, Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich, Switzerland
Atlanta College of Arts, USA
Berlin Biennial, Berlin
Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris
Christian Dam Gallery, Oslo, Norvay
Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa
Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark
Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Galerie Kamel, Paris, France
Guido Costa Projects, Torino, Italy
Michael Hoppen Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp, Belgium
National Arts Festival, South Africa
Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa
2005 Shadow Chamber Aura Gallery Shanghai China
2002 OUTLAND, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
OUTLAND, Gagosian Gallery, New York
Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills
Musee Nicephore Niepce, Chalon sur Saone, France
Museo Nazionalle Italy, Brescia, Italy
Nuku Gallery, Oulu, Finland
Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
Russian Museum, Museum Ludwig, St. Peterburg, Russia
Museum for Contemporary Art, San Diego, CA
Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
Centro Cultural de Maia, O’Porto, Spain
Gallery of Photography, Dublin, Ireland
2001 Rupertinum, Salzburg, Austria
Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
Fotoforum, Frankfurt, Germany
Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town, South Africa
Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Kunstlerhaus Bethanien, Berlin
Hasselbald Center, Goteborg, Sweden
International Photo Festival, Herten, Germany
Pritemps de Septembre, Toulouse, France
2000 Royal Theatre of Namur, Belgium
Month of Photography, Thessaloniki, Greece
Noordelicht, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Sani Festival, Greece
1999 Fait & Cause, Paris
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, Zurich, Switzerland
1996 Eindhoven Photographic Festival, Netherlands
Tarranto Gallery, New York
1995 Arles Photographic Festival, Arles, France
Royal Festival Hall/Hayward Gallery, London
Selected group Exhibitions
2010 love and punishment aura gallery beijing
photo beijing 2010 beijing
2008 Las implicaciones de la imagen, MUCA Museo Universitario de Ciencas y Arte, Mexico City
Untitled (Vicarious). Photographing the Constructed Object, Gagosian Gallery, New York
After Nature, New Museum, New York
Go for it! Olbricht Collection (a sequel), Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany
black and white Hongkong China
2007 again: serial practices in contemporary art, Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art, Hartford, CT
2006 Roger Ballen “Shadow Chamber” Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia
Pet Project, Australian Center for Photography, Fitzroy, AU
Intersections. Atlanta collects Photography, High Museum, Atlanta
The Cat’s Meow, Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Von Mäusen und Menschen
Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst, KW Institut für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin, Germany
Auf leisen Pfoten. Die Katze in der Kunst, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Germany
2005 Snaps, Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa
2004 Je t’envisage. La Disparition du Portrait, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
2002 Les Rencontres d’Arles, Photographie, Arles, France
Dislocacion, Centro Cultural de Maia, Porto; Sala Rekalde, Bilbao, Spain
Hall of Mirrors, Museet for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
New Documentary Photography, Victoria & Albert Museum, London, GB
Citigroup Photography Prize, London, GB
Citigroup Photography Plaza, London
New Documentary Photography, Victoria and Albert Museum, London National Portrait Gallery, London
2001 La Natura della Natura Morta, Italy
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
1999 National Portrait Gallery, London
New Natural History, National Museum of Photography of Film & Television Bradford, United Kingdom
1998 Comment Jouer Enfermement, Maison Européene de la Photographie, Paris
1997 Double Vie, Double Vue, Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporaine, Paris South African National Gallery, Cape Town, South African
Literature
2009 Borading House, Paidon Press, London
2005 Shadow Chamber, Introduction by Robert A. Sobieszek, Paidon Press, London
2003 Fact or Fiction, Introduction by Stéphane Guibourgé, Galerie Kamel Mennour
2001 Outland, Introduction by Peter Weiermair, Phaidon Press, London
1998 Lumo ’98, Shadows, Finland (cat.)
South African National Gallery, Contemporary South AFrican Photography (cat.)
1997 Cette Afrique là, Introduction by Lionel Murcott, Photo Pouche series, Editions Nathan Paris
Double vie, double vue, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain (cat.)
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
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
