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Stephan Balkenhol Biography
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1957 |
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Born in Fritzlar/Hessen, Germany
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1976 - 1982 |
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Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg
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1983 |
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Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff-Stipendium
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1986 |
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Arbeitsstipendium der Freien und Hansestadt, Hamburg
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1989 |
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Förderpreis zum Internationalen Preis des Landes, Baden-Würtemberg
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Lives and works in Karlsruhe (Germany) and Meisenthal (France);
Since 1992: Professor at Akademie für Bildende Künste, Karslruhe
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2012
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Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium (solo)
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2012
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New Works, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
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2011
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Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto, Japan (solo)
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2011
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Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich, Germany (solo)
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2011
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Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany (solo)
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2011
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Halle Verriere, Meisenthal, France (solo)
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2011
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Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
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2010
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Stephan Balkenhol, Musee de Grenoble, Grenoble, France (solo)
Stephan Balkenhol, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy (solo)
Stephan Balkenhol, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland (solo)
The Secret Lives of Trees, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Zuoz, Switzerland (group)
Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy
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2009
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Un Segno nel Foro di Cesare, curated by L. Pratesi, Fori Imperiali, Rome, Italy
Stephan Balkenhol, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Stephan Balkenhol, Dogenhaus Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
Eva Penny & Stephan Balkenhol, Trepanierbaer Gallery, Calgary, Canada
Art Unlimited, Art 40 Basel, Basel, Switzerland
On Paper, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Zuoz, Switzerland
Stephan Balkenhol, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
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2008
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This is Not to be Looked At: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA,
Paixons Privadas, Visions Publicas Collections D.O. Galicia, Museo de Arte Contemporanea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
ARCO 08, Madrid, Spain
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2007
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New works, DEWEER ART GALLERY, Otegem, Belgium (solo)
Intersezioni 3: Balkenhol, Delwoye, Quinn al Parco Archeologico di Scolacium, Catanzaro
PAC, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Museum der Moderne Salzburg Moenchsberg
MKM Museum Kueppersmuehle fuer Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany (solo)
Museum der Moderne, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (solo)
Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milano, Italy (solo)
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo (solo)
Galeri Artist, Istanbul (solo)
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2006
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ZOO, La Centrale Electrique/De Elektriciteitscentrale, Brussels, Belgium
Ein gemeinsamer Ort, Lentos Museum, Linz, Austria
Stephan Balkenhol, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
My world in your eyes, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul , Korea
Six Feet Under; Autopsie unseres Umgang mit Toten, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Der erste Blick-Die Sammlung GAG, Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany (solo)
Galerie Ruediger Schoettle, Munich, Germany (solo)
Museum Liner, Appenzell, Switzerland (solo)
Six Feet Under; Autopsie unseres Umgang mit Toten, Kunstmuseum Bern, Switzerland
Der erste Blick-Die Sammlung GAG, Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Figures in the Field-Figurative sculpture and Abstract Painting from Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago MCA, Chicago, IL
Galeria Pepe Cobo, Sevilla, Spain (solo)
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2005
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Zeichen des Glaubens, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol - the task of solitary man, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The Blake Byrne Collection, MOCA GRAND AVENUE, Los Angeles, CA
My Favorite Things - Peinture en France, Musee d'art contemporain de Lyon, Lyon, France
Confrontations in Black-White-Transparent, Art Affairs Gallery, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
40 Jahre Galerie Thomas, Galerie Thomas, Munich, Germany
21, Dogenhaus Galerie Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Auktion 20, Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin, Germany
We can do it!, Gary Tatintsian Gallery Inc., Moscow, Russia
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
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2004
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15 year anniversary of Regen Projects, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Sonderaktion Graphiken und Buecher, Galerie Bernd Klueser, Munich, Germany
Wer bietet mehr? - Fuenfzehn Jahre Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol - Neue Arbeiten / New works, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Bodily Space: Works from the Permanent Collection, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, NY
Stephan Balkenhol, Dogenhaus Galerie Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol / Christofer Kochs, Conny Dietzschold Gallery, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia
Stephan Balkenhol, Galeria OMR, Mexico City, Mexico
Galerie Ruediger Schoettle, Munich, Germany
Galerie Ruediger Schoettle, Munich, Germany
Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy
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2003
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Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK (solo)
Stephan Balkenhol, Skulpturen, Fotografien, Zeichnungen und Material, Sprengel-Museum, Hannover, Germany (solo)
Stephan Balkenhol, Le Rectangle, Lyon, France (solo)
Stephan Balkenhol, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Durchgehend geoffnet, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden+Sammlung Frieder Burda Baden-Baden, Germany
Stadtische Galerie, Fellbach, Germany (solo)
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden (solo)
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France (solo)
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2002
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Gallery Akinci, Amsterdam, The Netherlands (solo)
Galerie Mai 36, Zurich, Switzerland (solo)
Gallery Pepe Cobo, Sevilla, Spain (solo)
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA (solo)
Galerie Loehrl, Moenchengladbach, Germany (solo)
Das Tier in Mir, Kunsthalle Baden, Baden, Germany
The Photogenic, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, PA
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium (solo)
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2001
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Parkett, Colaborations and Editions since 1984, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
De vereld tolgens Duitsland, Odapark, The Netherlands
Le cops mis a nu, Dorjon de Vez, France
Geometrie & Gestus, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Photografierte Bilder, Museum Bochum, Germany
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea de Santiago de Compostela, Santiago de Compostella, Spain (solo)
Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy (solo)
Fries Museum, Leeuwarden, The Netherlands (solo)
Johnson City Community College, Overland Park, KS (solo)
Doerrie Priess, Hamburg, Germany (solo)
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria (solo)
OMR Gallery, Mexico City, Mexico (solo)
Dogenhaus, Leipzig, Germany (solo)
Museum der Bildenden Kunste, Leipzig, Germany (solo)
Kunstforum Baloise, Basel, Switzerland (solo)
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2000
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Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY (solo)
Stephan Balkenhol, Christian Hahn, Galerie Ruediger Schoettle, Munich, Germany
Back to Kassel, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
Essensbilder, Galerie Dorrie Priess, Hamburg, Germany
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1999
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Szenenwechsel XV, MMK Frankfurt, Germany
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
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1998
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Galerie Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Itlay
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1997
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Belladonna,ICA, London; firstsite, Colchester, GB
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1996
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Das goldene Zimmer, Schmitter Media -Agentur/Deutsches Architektur-Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
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1994
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Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen, Kunstraum Neue Kunst, Hannover, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol: Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Doerrie Priess, Hamburg, Germany
Summer Group Show, Baumgartner Galleries, Washington DC
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1993
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Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen 1993, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
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1992
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Qui, Quoi, Ou?:Un regard sur l'art en Allemagne en 1992, Musee d'art moderne de la ville de Paris, Paris, France
Double Identity, Galerie Johnen & Schoettle, Cologne, Germany
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1991
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Seven Women, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Six Ours pour Paris, Galerie Ruediger Schoettle, Paris, France
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1990
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Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Westwerk, Hamburg, Germany
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1989
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Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen, Galerie Ruediger Schoettle, Munich, Germany
Sei Artisti Tedeschi, Castello di Rivara, Turin, Italy
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1988
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Neue Kunst in Hamburg, Kampnagelfabrik, Hamburg, Germany
Exotische Welten - Wuerttembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
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1987
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Stephan Balkenhol: Neue Skulpturen, Galerie nchengladbach, Germany
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1985
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Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen, A.O.Kunstraum, Hamburg, Germany
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1984
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Stephan Balkenhol: Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Loehrl, Moenchengladbach, Germany
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1983
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Impulse I, Galerie Loehrl Moenchengladbach, Germany
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| Literature |
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2006
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ArtAsiaPacific, No. 50, Fall 2006, p.5.
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2005
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Nochlin, Linda, “Picturing Modernity, Then and Now,” Art in America, May 2005, pp. 128.
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2005
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Frankel, David, "The Photogenic," Artforum, January.
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2005
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Goodman, Jonathan. Review “New York: Barbara Gladstone”
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2004
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Sculpture Magazine vol. 23 no. 4 May 2004, pp. 74-75.
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2004
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Sozanski, Edward J., " A Puzzle and a Provocation," Arts & Entertainment, March 10.
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2004
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Salcman, Michael, "The Photogenic: Photography Through Its Metaphors in Art," Peekreview.net, March/April.
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2004
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Schaffner, Ingrid, "The unphotographable," Art on Paper, March/April.
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2004
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Ryesky, Helene, "Photography and Contemporary Art," ArtMatters, April.
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2001
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"Parkett, Colaborations and Editions since 1984,” Deborah Wye and Susan Tallman,
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