EXHIBITIONS

2025

• Vestfossen Kunstlaboratorium, Oslo, Norway – 3 May

• Mattatoi, Rome, Italy – 27 May

• “Who Lives There”, Villa Medici, Rome, Italy – 5 June

• Suseong Artpia, Daegu, Korea – 16 September

• Museum Gugging, Vienna, Austria – 24 September

2024

• ‘Roger Ballen Venice Apparitions’, SpazioEventi La Toletta, Venice, Italy

• “Ballen by Ballen”, Galleria Giampaolo Abbondio, Todi, Italy

• “Tales of Wonder”, Camara Oscura, Spain

• “The Uncanny Lens / La Lente Inquietente” by Roger Ballen with Peter-Joel Witkin, Castel Ivano, Trentina, Italy

2023

• Valletta Contemporary, Malta

• Fotografiska, Tallinn, Estonia

• Baroque Gallery, Chernivtsy, Ukraine

• Galerie Les Douches, Paris, France

• Christophe Guye Gallery, Zürich, Switzerland

• Haihui Modern Art Museum, China

• Valerius Gallery, Luxembourg City, Luxembourg

• Museum Tinguely, Basel, Switzerland

• Hungarian House of Photography/Mai Mano House, Budapest, Hungary

• Galleria Lume, Sao Paulo, Brasil

2022

• Galleria Lume, Sao Paulo, Brasil

• diChroma photography, Madrid, Spain

• Senigallia City of Photography, Senigallia, Italy

• Fotomuseum Den Haag, Netherlands

• Venice Biennale Arte 2022 “The Milk of Dreams”, Venice, Italy

2021

• Fotomuseum Den Haag, Netherlands

• National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece

• Jakopič Gallery, Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Portugal Centre of Photography, Oporto City, Portugal

2020

• The Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, USA

• Thessaloniki Museum of Photography, Greece

• Artco Gallery Berlin

• Halle St Pierre, Paris, France

• Karsten Greve, Paris, France

• Francisco Carolinum, Austria

• Camara Oscura, Spain

2019

• Roger Ballen Bilder & Bretter, Berlin, Germany

• Center of Photography, Montevideo, Uruguay

• Centrale for Contemporary Art, Brussels, Belgium

• Galleria Carla Sozzani, Milan, Italy

• Galerija Fotogafija, Slovenija

• Halle St Pierre, Paris, France

• Karsten Greve, Paris, France

• Latvian Museum of Photography, Latvia

2018

• ARTCO Gallery, Aachen – Alter Ego

• Center of Photography, Montevideo, Uruguay

• Centro Cultural Kavlin, Uruguay

• City Art Gallery, Plovdiv, Bulgaria

• El Centro de Extension Alfonso Lagos (CECAL UdeC), Chile

• Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, United States

• Futuredome Le Dictateur, Milan, Italy

• Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain

• M. Contemporary, Sydney, Australia

• Modern Art Museum Gebre Kristos Desta Center, Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

• Museu Fotografia Fortaleza, Brazil

• Museum of Fine Arts Ekaterinburg Foto Summer, Russia

• National Gallery, Sofia, Bulgaria

• Photo18 Zurich, Switzerland

• PH Photo Centre, Cape Town, South Africa

• School of the Photographic Arts, Ottawa, Canada

• Wiesbaden Biennale, Hessisches Staatstheater Wiesbaden, Germany

2017

• Akershus Kunstsenter, Lillestrom, Norway

• Arken Museum of Modern Art, Ishoj, Denmark

• Aura Gallery, Taipei, Taiwan

• Biennial Fotografica Bogota, Columbia

• Caixa Cultural Brasilia

• Centro Cultural La Cúpula, Mérida, Mexico

• The Centro Cultural Matucana 100, Santiago, Chile

• Daum Museum of Contemporary Art, Sedalia, United States

• Emon Gallery, Tokyo, Japan

• La ERRE Cultural Soace, Guatemala

• Flair Gallery, Arles, France

• Galeria Principal of the Caixa Cultural Brasilia, Brasil

• Galerie Alex Daniels – Reflex Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• Gallery La Cupula, Merida, Mexico

• Gallery Momo, Cape Town, South Africa

• Gamma Galeria, Guadalajara, Mexico

• Guandong Museum, China

• Guerrilla Zoo, London, UK

• Hamiltons Gallery – London, United Kingdom

• Jingdezhen Tao Xichuan Museum, Jiangxi, China

• John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota Florida, United States

• M97 Gallery. Shanghai, China

• Museo Marte, El Salvador

• Photomuseo National Museum of Photography, Bogota, Colombia

• Origins Centre Association, Johannesburg, South Africa

• Les Rencontres de la Photographie, Arles

• Saint Moritz Art Masters, Switzerland

• Stadtmuseum + Kunstsammlung Jena, Jena, Germany

• Tauranga Art Gallery, Tauranga, New Zealand

• Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand

• Yu Deyao, China

• Zeitz MOCAA, Cape Town, South Africa

2016

• Anzenberger Gallery, Handmade Show, Austria

• Aura Gallery, China

• Barbado Gallery, Lisboa, Portugal

• Carpentier Gallery, Berlin, Germany

• Central Academy of Fine Art Museum, Beijing

• Centro Fotografico Manuel Alvarez Bravo, Mexico

• City Gallery Palffy Palais, Bratislava, Slovakia

• Etherton Gallery, Tucson, United States

• Fototeca, Monterrey, Mexico

• Foto Museo de Cuatro Caminos, Mexico City

• Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy

• Gallery Momo, Cape Town

• Gallery Momo, Johannesburg

• Hamilton Gallery, London, UK

• Hydra and Fotografia, Mexico

• Izzy Gallery, Toronto, Canada

• James Fuentes, New York City, United States

• João Barbado – Lisboa, Portugal

• Museo Arocena ,Torreón, Mexico

• Museum Dr Guislain Gent

• Museum of Contemporary Art, Istanbul Turkey

• Natalie and James Thompson Art Gallery, San Jose

• State University, San Jose, United States

• Photokina, Cologne, Germany

• SIPF Gillman Barracks, Singapore

• SNAP! Gallery, Orlando, Florida, United States

• Southeast Museum of Photography, Daytona, United States

• Sunaparanta, Goa Centre for the Arts, India

• Sydney College of the Arts, University of Sydney, Australia

• TEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Canary Islands

• Von der Heydt-Kunsthalle, Wuppertal-Barmen

• Wei-Ling Contemporary, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

• Zemack Contemporary Art, Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel

2015

• Bogotá Photo Festival, Bogotá, Colombia

• CAFAM, Beijing, China

• Chazen Museum of Art, Wisconsin, United States

• David Krut Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

• Frigoriferi Milanesi, Milan, Italy

• Fried Gallery, Pretoria, South Africa

• Galerie Karsten Greve, Köln, Germany

• Galerie Rudolphe Janssen, Masks, Brussels, Belgium

• Galerie Senda, Barcelona, Spain

• Kafka House, Prague, Czech Republic

• Kyotographie, Kyoto, Japan

• La Fabrica, Madrid, Spain

• Montserrat, Barcelona, Spain

• Museu de Arte Contemporânea, Universidade de São Paulo, Brazil

• Museum of Image, Braga, Portugal

• Photoink, New Delhi, India

• Pori Art Museum, Pori , Finland

• Serlachius Museum, Mänttä, Finland

2014

• Atlas Sztuki, Lodz, Poland

• Christophe Guye Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland

• Circa Gallery, Johannesburg

• Festival de la Luz, Buenos Aires

• Fotografiska, Stockholm, Sweden

• Galerie Karsten Greve, Paris, France

• Galerie Karsten Greve, One Man Show “Asylum of the Birds”, Paris Photo, France

• Kulungwana, Maputo, Mozambique

• Kunst- und Kulturzentrum Monschau, Aachen, Deutschland

• Moscow Media Centre, Moscow Russia

• Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon-sur-Saône, France

• Museo d’Arte Contemporanea di Roma, Rome, Italy

• Museu Oscar Niemeyer, Brazil

• Museum Dr. Guislain, Gent, Belgium

• Museum Villa Stuck, Munich, Germany

• Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloemfontein, South Africa

• Paris Photo, Grand Palais, Paris, France

2013

• Belfast Photo Festival, Belfast, Northern Island

• 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

• Nikolaj Copenhagen Contemporary Art Center, 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, Germany

• Kunstalle, Vienna, Austria

• Manchester Art Museum, England

• Marta Herford Museum, Herford, Germany

• 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

• Angkor Photo Festival, Cambodia

• Fahey Klein, Los Angles, California

• Fondazione Terre Medicee, Seravezza, Italy

• Galerie Alex Daniels – Reflex Amsterdam, The Netherlands

• Galleri Tom Christoffersen, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Mannheim Ludwigshafen Heidelberg, Germany

• Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Canada

• Museum Het Domein, Sittard, Netherlands

• Omsk Museum, Russia

• Sammlung Prinzhorn, Outland and Shadow Chamber, Heidelberg, Germany

2010

• Bozar, Brussels

• Comune di Arco/Galleria Civica, Italy

• Centro de Arte la Regenta, Las Palmas, Spain

• Festival of Photography of Savignano, Italy

• Gallery Photographer RU, Moscow, Russia

• Galerie Sabine Knust, Munich, Germany

• Galeria Max Estrella

• Galeria Senda. Barcelona, Spain

• Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France

• 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, Germany

• Rooke Gallery, Johannesburg, South Africa

• Sammlungsleiter Fotomuseum, Munich, Germany

• Stenersen Museum, Oslo

• Sydney Biennale, Australia

• University of the O.F.S., South Africa

• Ubuntu, Salzburg Austria

• Ubuntu, Berlin, Germany

2009

• Auckland University of Technology, New Zealand

• Aura Gallery, Shanghai

• City Museum of Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Gagosian Gallery, New York, USA

• Galerie Wolfsen, Denmark

• Galerija Fotografija, Ljubljana, Slovenia

• Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia, Italy

• Hamiltons Gallery, London, UK

• Johnen Gallery, Berlin, Germany

• Monash Gallery of Art, Melbourne, Australia

• National Library of Australia, Canberra

• Ontario College of Art & Design, Toronto, Ontario

• Triennale, Milan, Italy

• University of Johannesburg, South Africa

• University of Pretoria, South Africa

• University of the Orange Free State, South Africa

2008

• AEREA / Christian Larsen, Stockholm, Sweden

• Art Gallery of Western Australia

• BWA Gallery, Katowice, Poland

• Galeria vanGuardia, Bilbao, Spain

• Hertzelia Artists Host Centre, Tel Aviv, Israel

• Omaggio a Federico Vender at Palazzo dei Panni of Arco Trento

• Su Palatu, Sardinia

2007

• Aura Gallery, Hong Kong

• Clint Roenisch Gallery, Toronto, Canada

• Deichtorhallen, Hamburg

• Galerie Photonet, Wiesbaden. Germany

• Jackson Fine Art, Atlanta, USA

• Johannesburg Art Gallery, Johannesburg

• Robert Klein Gallery, Boston

• Trafo Gallery, Oslo, Norway

• Yours Gallery, Warsaw, Poland

2006

• Atlanta College of Arts, USA

• Berlin Biennial, Berlin

• Biblioteque Nationale, Paris

• Christian Dam Gallery, Oslo, Norway

• Everard Read, Johannesburg, South Africa

• Fahey Klein Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

• Fotografisk Center, Copenhagen, Denmark

• Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain

• Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne

• Galerie Kamel Mennour, Paris, France

• Galerie Nicola von Senger, Zurich, Switzerland

• Guido Costa Projects, Torino, Italy

• Museum voor Fotografie, Antwerp

• National Arts Festival, South Africa

• Oliewenhuis Art Museum, Bloem., South Africa

• Photographer’s Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa

• Sasol Museum, Stellenbosch, South Africa

• Stills Gallery, Sydney, Australia

• Xavier Hufkens, Brussels, Belgium

2005

• Aura Gallery, Shanghai

• Frans Hals Museum, Haarlem

• Durban Art Gallery, South Africa

• Reflex Gallery, Amsterdam

• Gagosian Gallery, New York

2004

• Berkeley Art Museum, California

• Le Chateau d’ eau a Toulouse

• State Museum of Russia, St. Petersburg

2003

• Galerie Mennour, Paris

• Galleria Carla Sozzani, Italy

2002

• Centro Cultural de Maia, O’Porto

• Gallery of Photography, Dublin

• Galleria D’arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy

• Gagosian Gallery, New York

• Gagosian Gallery, Los Angeles

• Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego

• Musee Nicephore Niepce

• Museo Nazionalle Italy, Brescia

• Museet for Fotokunst, Odense

• Nuku Gallery, Oulu

• Sala Rekalde, Bilbao

2001

• Association for Visual Arts, Cape Town

• Encontros da imagem, Braga, Portugal

• Fotoforum, Frankfurt

• Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg

• Hasselblad Center, Gutenberg

• International Photo Festival Herten

• Kicken Gallery, Berlin

• Krefelder Kunstmuseen, Krefeld

• Mateo Inurria, Cordoba

• PhotoEspana, Madrid

• Printemps de Septembre a Toulouse

• Rupertinum, Salzburg

• Shine Gallery, London

• Wurttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart

2000

• Museum of Photography, Athens

• Noordelicht, Amsterdam

• Royal Theatre of Namur, Belgium

• Sani Festival, Greece

• Thessaloniki, Month of Photography

1999

• Fait & Cause, Paris

• Melkweg, Amsterdam

• Month of Photography, Bratislava

• Month of Photography, Cape Town

1998

• Kunsthaus, Zürich

• Kunstal Museum, Rotterdam

• Lumo ’98

1996

• Eindhoven Photographic Festival

• Tarranto Gallery, New York City

1995

• Arles Photographic Festival, Arles

• Royal Festival Hall/Hayward, London

1994

• Afrikaner Museum, Johannesburg

• Michaelis Collection, Cape Town

1986

• Goodman Gallery, Johannesburg

• Pretoria Art Museum, Pretoria

• Shell Gallery, Cape Town

1982

• Market Theatre, Johannesburg

1981

• Centre for Photography, Denver