biografía de Roger BALLEN (1950)
Personal data
Birth : 1950 - New York NY New York, United States
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : United States
Address
Houghton, South AfricaEducation
1972 : UC University of California (Bachelor of Arts Geology) – Berkeley CA, United States
1980 : Colorado School of Mines (MSc Mineral/Resources Economics) – 1500 Illinois Street – Golden CO, United States
1981 : Colorado School of Mines (PhD Mineral/Natural Resources Economics) – 1500 Illinois Street – Golden CO, United States
Professional data
Work and Life
1982:Travels in Johannesburg, Sud Africa
His mother Adrienne Ballen has worked for Magnum Agency and has created the first photographic gallery in New-York NY, USA
Travels in Africa
Friend with Hungarian photograph Andre Kertesz
Lives and works in Houghton, South Africa
Work
Categorie and medium
Photography : Subject
documentationfiction
portrait
Works
| Kopf unter Drähten | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Photograph | |
| Ratten auf dem Küchentisch | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Photograph | |
| Im Wohnzimmer | |
| Date of creation : 1999 Medium : Photograph | |
| Fabrikarbeiter, das Portrait seiner Großvaters haltend | |
| Date of creation : 1996 Medium : Photograph | |
| Dresie und Casie, Zwillinge, Western Transvaal | |
| Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Photograph | |
| Boy with guns, Gauteng | |
| Date of creation : 1993 Medium : Photograph Size : 305 x 405 cm | |
Solo Exhibitions (Selected)
Solo exhibitions
2008
Photographs
Quality Pictures – Portland OR, United States
05/01/2008 – 06/28/2008
2006
Shadow Chamber
Stills Gallery – Paddington NSW, Australia
08/16/2006 – 09/16/2006
2002
Gallery of Photography, Temple Bar – Dublin, Ireland
10/08/2002 – 11/20/2002
Outland
Museet for Fotokunst – Brandts Klædefabrik – Odense, Denmark
09/07/2002 – 11/17/2002
GAM Galleria d’Arte Moderna – Bologna BO, Italy
05/09/2002 – 07/21/2002
2001
Outland
Württembergischer Kunstverein – Stuttgart, Germany
09/2001
Hasselblad Center – Gothenburg, Sweden
2001
Galerie Rudolf Kicken – Berlin, Germany
09/29/2001 – 12/04/2001
Outland
Shine Gallery – London, United Kingdom
03/01/2001 – 04/24/2001
Group Exhibitions (Selected)
Art shows / fairs
2007
FIAC Foire Internationale d’Art Contemporain
Galeries Nationales du Grand Palais – Paris, France
10/18/2007 – 10/22/2007
Represented by : Galerie Xavier Hufkens – 6-8 rue Saint-Georges – Brussels, Belgium
ArtBrussels – Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
04/20/2007 – 04/23/2007
Represented by : Galería Senda – Consell de Cent 337 – Barcelona, Spain
2006
Paris Photo n°10
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2006 – 11/19/2006
Represented by : Jackson Fine Art – 3115 East Shadowlawn Avenue – Atlanta GA, United States
Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Johnen + Schöttle – Maria-Hilf-Strasse 17 – Cologne, Germany
2003
Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Kicken Berlin – Linienstrasse 155 – Berlin, Germany
Paris Photo, n°7
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/13/2003 – 11/16/2003
Represented by : Fifty One fine Art Photography – Zirkstraat 20 – Antwerp, Belgium
Art Forum Berlin, n° 8
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/01/2003 – 10/05/2003
Represented by : Kicken Berlin – Linienstrasse 155 – Berlin, Germany
Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Kicken Berlin – Linienstrasse 155 – Berlin, Germany
2002
Paris Photo, n°6
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/14/2002 – 11/17/2002
Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Kicken Berlin – Linienstrasse 155 – Berlin, Germany
AIPAD Photography Show
Americas Hall – New York NY, United States
02/15/2002 – 02/17/2002
Represented by : Michael Hoppen Gallery – 1st floor 3 Jubilee Place – London, United Kingdom
2001
Paris Photo, n°5
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/15/2001 – 11/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Esther Woerdehoff – 36 Rue Falguière – Paris, France
Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Kicken Berlin – Linienstrasse 155 – Berlin, Germany
AIPAD Photography Show
New York NY, United States
02/16/2001 – 02/18/2001
Represented by : Michael Hoppen Gallery – 1st floor 3 Jubilee Place – London, United Kingdom
Photo L.A The 10th Los Angeles Photographic Print Exposition
Santa Monica Civic Auditorium – Santa Monica CA, United States
01/18/2001 – 01/21/2001
Represented by : Banning + Associates, Limited – 16 East 78th Street – New York NY, United States
2000
Paris Photo, n° 4
Carrousel du Louvre – Paris, France
11/16/2000 – 11/19/2000
Represented by : Michael Hoppen Gallery – 1st floor 3 Jubilee Place – London, United Kingdom
Group exhibitions
2008
7 ans de réflexion: Acquisitions contemporaines depuis 2000
Musée Nicéphore Niépce – Chalon-sur-Saône, France
03/01/2008 – 06/01/2008
2002
Dislocación: Imagen & Identidad. Sudáfrica
Sala Rekalde – Bilbao, Spain
04/2002 – 05/2002
Je suis le photographe de vos rêves
Musée Nicéphore Niépce – Chalon-sur-Saône, France
2002
2001
Théâtre du Fantastique – Printemps de Septembre
Toulouse, France
09/28/2001 – 10/14/2001
1995
26èmes Rencontres Internationales de Photographie
Arles, France
07/07/1995 – 07/11/1995
Bibliography (Selected)
By the artist
Books
1997
Cette Afrique là
Paris, France
1997
1994
Platteland : Images from Rural South Africa
Johannesburg, South Africa
1994
1986
Dorps : Small Towns of South Africa
1986
1979
Boyhood
1979
Exhibition catalogues
2001
Outland
Publisher: Phaidon Press – Regent’s Wharf – London, United Kingdom
03/2001
On the artist
Periodicals
2001
GUIBOURGE Stéphane – Roger Ballen
in: Paris Photo Magazine International n° 14-15 p. 134
Paris, France
07/2001-08/2001
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