1957 Born in Fritzlar/Hessen, Germany
Lives and works Karlsruhe (Germany) and Meisenthal (France);
Professor at Akademie für Bildende Künste, Karlsruhe, since 1992
EDUCATION
1989 Förderpreis zum Internationalen Preis des Landes, Baden-Wurtemberg
1986 Arbeitsstipendium der Freien und Hansestadt, Hamburg
1983 Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff-Stipendium
1982 Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
20-21 Stephan Balkenhol, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany (catalogue)
2020 Le Prévu et l'Imprévu, Palais d'Iéna, Paris, France
25 Years, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (catalogue)
Stephan Balkenhol, Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark
2019 Stephan Balkenhol, Museum of Sepulchral Culture, Kassel, Germany
2018 Stephan Balkenhol, Kunsthalle Emdem, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol Fabula, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2017 30 Years Stephan Balkenhol, Deweer Gallery, Brussels
Stephan Balkenhol, Galerie Rüdinger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
2016 Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Palais Gogolevski, Moscow Russia
Stephan Balkenhol and Philipppe Cognée, Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis France
Nosbaum Reding Gallery, Luxembourg
2015 New Sculptures, Akinci, Amsterdam
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich Switzerland
14-15 Stephan Balkenhol, Landes Museum, Linz Austria
2014 Stephan Balkenhol, Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg
Deweer Gallery, Otegem Belgiom
Stephan Balkenhol, Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol- Skulpturen, Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal Germany
2013 Universe, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac Salzburg
Alles Gut!, Holger Priess Galerie, Hamburg Germany
Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan Italy
Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig Germany
Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich Germany
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg Austriea
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London UK
Johnen Galerie, Berlin Germany
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich Switzerland
Inauguration of the Wagner Memorial Sculpture, Leipzig Germany
Big Head Column, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice Italy
Galerie des Wetzlarer Kunstvereins, Wetzlarer Germany
Sotheby’s, Beyond Limits: A Selling Exhibition, Chatsworth Derbyshire, England
2012 New Works, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Stephan Balkenhol, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2011 Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
La Halle Verrière, Meisenthal, France
Kunstforum Würth, Turnhout, Belgium
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy
Luce Gallery, Turin, Italy
Chateau de Malbrouck, Lorraine, France
2010 New Works, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Musee de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Nosbaum & Reding Art Contemporain, Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy
Mai36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Neue Skulpturen und Reiefs, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Dörrie Preiss, Hamburg, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2009 Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Dogenhaus Galerie, Leipzig
On Paper, Galleria Monica de Cardenas, Zuoz, Switzerland
08-09 Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
2008 Akinci Galerie, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Valentina Bonomo Roma, Rome, Italy
This is Not to be Looked At: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of
the Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Contemporary Art,
Los Angeles, CA
Paixóns Privadas, Visións Públicas, Collections D.O. Galicia, Museo de Arte
Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
2007 Dörrie Priess Hamburg, Germany
Monica de Cardenas Galleria, Milan, Italy
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
MKM Museum Küppersmühle für moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Wenzel-Hablik-Museum, Itzehoe, Germany
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Kabinett Für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Sculptures and Drawings, Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
2006 Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
New Work, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Homme-girafe, CEAAC, Strasbourg, France
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany; traveled to Museum der
Moderne Salzburg, Austria; MKM Museum Küppersmühle für
Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
2005 Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid, Italy
Tokyo Opera City, Tokyo, Japan
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam
Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
Johnen + Schöttle, Köln, Germany
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
CRG, Los Angeles, CA
National Museum of Contemporary Art, Osaka, Japan
Galerie Johnin & Schöttle, Köln, Germany
2004 MAI 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy
Galerie Lohrl, Monchengladbach, Germany
Dorrie Priess, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich, Germany
Dogenhaus Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
Galeria OMR, Mexico City, Mexico
2003 Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Le Rectangle and Goethe Institute, Lyon, France
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
"Stephan Balkenhol und. . . " Stadtische Galerie Fellbach, Germany
Galerie Ropac, Paris
2002 Galleri Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
Gallery Pepe Cobo, Sevilla, Spain
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Stephan Balkenhol: Installation, Landeshauptstadt Erfurt, Germany
Stadtverwaltung, Erfurt, Germany
Begegnungsstatte Kleine Synagoge Erfurt, Germany
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München, Germany
Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy
2001 Dogenhaus Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
Galerie Monica DeCardenas, Milan, Italy
Kunstforum Baloise, Basel, Switzerland
C.G.A.C (Centre Galego de Arte Contemporaneo), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
OMR Gallery, Mexico-City, Mexico
Dorrie Priess Galerie. Hamburg, Germany
Barbara Wein Verlag/Galerie Berlin: S.B-Photographien, Germany
Fries Museum, Leeuwaarden, Netherlands
Museum de bildenden Kunste Leipzig, Germany
2000 Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Köln, Germany
Kunstverein Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
The Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati, OH
Bell Gallery, Brown University Providence, RI
St Louis Arts Center, St Louis , MO
Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanéa, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Galeria OMR, Mexico City, Mexico
Galerie Mai 36, Zürich, Switzerland
Centre for Contemporary Art, Cincinatti, OH
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
1999 Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands
BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Galleria Civica Di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy
European Foundation for Sculpture, Parque Tournay Solvay, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Löhrl, Berlin, Germany
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Sadler’s Wells Theatre, London
Museum Kurhaus, Kleve, Germany
Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, UK
1998 Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy
Stephan Balkenhol, Skulpturen, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, Skulpturen, Gerhard Marcks-Haus, Bremen, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, Skulpturen, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
The Arts Club, Chicago, USA
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
1997 Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
1996 Montreal, Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada
Strassbourg, C.E.A.A.C., France
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Stephan Balkenhol, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
1995 The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C.
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Smithsonian Institute, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, DC
1994 Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach,
Germany, traveled to: Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen, Kunstraum Neue Kunst, Hannover, Germany
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Musée Departmental d’Art Contemporain de Rochechoouart, France, traveled to:
Musée des Beaux Arts, Haute-Normandie, France
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Dörrie Priess, Hamburg, Germany
1993 Stephan Balkenhol: Vier Männer auf Bojen, traveled to: Elbe, Hamburg-
Altona; Suderelbe, Hamburg-Harburg; Serrahn, Hamburg-Bergdorf; Aussenalster,
Hamburg-Mitte Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Outdoor installation in Amiens, France
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
1992 Galerie Roger Pailhas, Paris and Marseille, France
Stephan Balkenhol: About Men and Sculpture, Witte de With Centre for Contemporary
Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1991 Six ours pour Paris, Galerie Rüdiger Sch"ttle, Paris, France
Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen im Stadelgarten, Städtische Galerie im Städel,
Frankfurt, Germany
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Germany and Kunstverein Ulm, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol: Köpfe, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, travelled to Mai 36 Galerie,
Lucerne, Switzerland; Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany; Mannheim Kunstverein, Germany
The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Stephan Balkenhol: Zeichnungen 1990 und Entwürfe fur Skulpturen, Deweer Art
Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Westwerk, Hamburg, Germany
1990 Stephan Balkenhol: Zeichnungen 1990 und Entwürfe fur Skulpturen, Deweer Art
Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Westwerk, Hamburg, Germany
1989 Galerie Rüdiger Sch"ttle, Munich, West Germany
Mai 36 Galerie, Lucerne, Switzerland
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
1988 Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol: Neue Skulpturen, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, Kunsthalle Basel, travelled to Portikus, Frankfurt; The Kunsthalle
Nürnberg, Germany
1987 Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Braunschweig, Germany
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegen, Belgium
1985 Stephan Balkenhol Skulpturen, A.O. Kunstraum, Hamburg, Germany
Skulpturen Stephan Balkenhol, Kunstverein Bochum, Bochum, Germany
1984 Stephan Balkenhol: Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2020 25 Years, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England (catalogue)
2019 A Cool Breeze, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
2018 Neuerwerbungen Herbst, Galerie Ludorff, Dusseldorf, Germany
2017 Frauenzimmer, Galerie Klüser, Munich, Germany
2016 Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London UK
Defining Sculpture, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo New York NY
2015 Figure on Display: Stephan Balkenhol and Jeff Wall, Leopold Hoesch Museum, Duren, Germany
Inventory, Vol. 5, Acquisitions from 1992 to 1996, FRAC Haute-Normandie, Rouen France
Space Age, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris France
Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London UK
2014 Collector’s Room #5 Pleasure, Deweer Gallery, Otegem Belgium
Study from the Human Body, Stephen Friedman Gallery London UK
2013 The Art of the Present, Helga de Alevear Collection, Centro Centro, Madrid Spain
Truth, ESMoA, Los Angeles CA
Je t’aime… moi non plus, Musee des Beaux-Arts Eugene Leroy Tourcoing, France
2012 Re-opening, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
The Drawing Room, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Unlimited Bodies, Palais Diena, Paris, France
The Bear Necessities, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2011 Art of the Loom - 32 Tapestries woven on the looms of Mark Deweer’s factory,
Otegem, Belgium, 1985-2010, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Memories of the Future: The Olbricht Collection, La Maison Rouge, Paris
Zettels Traum, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Twenty Years of Presence, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Art Set Free, Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf, Germany
Melting Point, Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Invisibleness is Visibleness, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei, Taiwan
Stephan Balkenhol and The Object of Observation (Changes by Being Observed), curated
by Tim Lee, Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
2010 Stephan Balkenhol – Alberto Giacometti, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Idea and Object, Galerie Thaddaeus Roapc, Salzburg, Austria
Wings, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2009 The Core Marrow of Art, Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong, China
Eva Penny & Stephan Balkenhol, Trepanierbaer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Fuentes, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg Austria
(DES)ACCORDS COMMUNS, Frac Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-les-Rouen, France
Steppin’Out, Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany
Securities, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
PastPresentFuture: Works from the UniCredit Art Collection, Bank Austria
Kunstforum, Vienna, Austria; traveled to Palazzo della Regione,
Verona, Italy; Yapi Credi Cultural Center, Istanbul, Turkey
2008 This is Not to be Looked At: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of
the Museum of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of the
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
Paixóns Privadas, Visións Públicas Collections D.O. Galicia, Museo de Arte Contemporánea
de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
UPDATE, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Listen Darling The World Is Yours, Ellipse Foundation Contemporary Art Center, Lisbon, Portugal
Mai 36, Zurich, Switzerland
2007 Intersezioni 3: Balkenhol, Delwoye, Quinn al Parco Archeologico di Scolacium, Catanzaro, Italy
PAC, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Austria
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London, UK
Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris, France
New Dimensions, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California, CA
2006 Figures in the Field: Figurative Sculpture and Abstract Painting from Chicago Collections,
MCA Chicago, IL
Mai 36, Zurich, Switzerland
2005 Large Drawings, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Germany
The Blake Byrne Collection, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA
My Favorite Things!: Painting in France, Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France
21, Dogenahaus Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
We can do it!, Gary Tatintsian Gallery Inc., Moscow, Russia
Figur/Skulptur, Sammlung Essl-Kunst der Gegenwart Klosterneugeurg, Vienna, Austria
Faces in the Crowd, Whitechapel Gallery, London, UK
New Sculptures, Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2004 Miedo, Galeria Pepe Cobo, Sevilla, Spain
Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München, Germany
MIEDO-FEAR, Galeria Pepe Cobo, Sevilla, Spain
Mai 36, Zurich, Switzerland
2003 Sculpture project with Fiona Banner and David Batchelor, More London, London, UK
Durchgehend geöffnet, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and Sammlung Frieder Burda,
Baden-Baden, Germany
Jetzt und hier-Die Sammlung Zeitgenosslscher Kunst, Museum Kurhaus Kleve -Ewald
Mataré-Sammlung, Kleve, Germany
Inaugural Show, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Sculpture, Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA
Rhons Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL
Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2002 Avant que la mer fut au monde, Rochechouart portoit les Ondes, Musée
Départemental d'Art, Contemporain de Rochechouart, France
Das Tier in mir, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
Photogenic, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, PA
Grünzeug, Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Germany
Pop Art und die zeitgenössische Bildhauerkunst, Gerhard Marcks-Haus Bremen, Germany
Time-Space-Motion, Galerie Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Mai 36, Zurich, Switzerland
2001 De wereld folgens Duitsland, Odapark, The Netherlands
Fotografierte Bilder, Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany
Geometrie & Gestus, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
1999 Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris, France
Reality and Desire, Fundacíon Joan Miró, Barcelona, Spain
1998 Women, Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Mai 36, Zurich, Switzerland
1997 FRAC Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France
1996 Essensbilder, Dorrie Priess Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Back to Kassel, Kasseler-Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
Conversation, Milton Keynes Gallery, Buckinghamshire, UK
Mai 36, Zurich, Switzerland
Group Show, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
1995 Philip Akerman/Stephan Balkenhol, Galerie Johnen & Schöttle. Cologne, Germany
Africus: Johannesburg Biennale, Johannesburg, South Africa
1995 Carnegie International, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
1994 Summer Group Show, Baumgartner Galleries, Washington, D.C.
Das Jahrhundertder Multiple, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
The Day after Tomorrow: Lisbon, Cultural Capitol of Europe '94, Centro Cultural de
Belem, Lisbon, Portugal
Still Life, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY
Ludwig's Lust: Die Sammlung Irene und Peter Ludwig, Germanisches Nationalmuseum
Nürnberg, Germany
Gegenbilder, Installation at Lamberti Kirche, Münster, Germany
NL Dordrecht: 51º 48-04º 40º, Dordrecht Kalkhaven, The Netherlands
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Stipendium, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
Mai 36, Zurich, Switzerland
1992 Doubletake, Hayward Gallery, London, UK; travelled to: Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Die 29. Austellung, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Current Art in Public Spaces, Expo '92, Seville, Spain
Tiere, Galerie Dörrie & Priess, Hamburg, Germany; toured to Galerie Tröster & Schlüter
Frankfurt, Germany
Double Identity, Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany, Lausanne, Switzerland
Post Human, FAE Musée d'Art Contemporain; toured to Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy; Deste
Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece; Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Der gefrorene Leopard, Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany
Qui, Qui Ou?; Un regard sur l'art en Allemagne en 1992, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
1991 Tio ars ing konst I Hamburg 80/90, Malmö, Konstmuseet Malmö, Sweden
Ansichten von Figur in der Moderne Heilbronn, Deutschhof, Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Germany
Seven Women, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY
Zeitgenössiche Kunst aus der Deutschen Bank: Skulptur, Zeichnug, Photographie' Erholungshaus
der Bayer, AG, Leverkusen, Germany; toured to Bozen Museum für Moderne Kunst and
Hoechst, Galerie Jahrhunderthalle, German
Hamburg Abroad, European Visual Arts Centre, Ipswich, UK
Karl August Burckhardt-Koechlin-Fonds: Zeichunungen des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunstmuseum Basel,
Basel, Switzerland
1990 A New Necessity, First Tyne International, Newcastle, UK
Possible Worlds: Sculpture from Europe, ICA and Serpentine Gallery, London, UK
Prospekt 89, Frankfurter Kunstverein und Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
4. Triennale der Kleinplastik, Fellbach, Germany
Sei Artisti Tedeschi, Castello di Rivara, Turin, Italy
Das goldene Zimmer, Nymphenburger Schlosspark, Munich, Germany
Bremen Kunstpreis 1989, Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Dorothea von Stetten-Kunstpreis, Stadtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Binationale: German Art of the Late 80s and American Art of the Late 80s, Städtische Kunsthalle
Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany; toured to Boston, MA; ICA and Museum of Fine
Art Hamburg, Germany
1987 Neue Kunst in Hamburg, Kampangelfabrik, Münster, Germany
Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Skulptur Projekt in Münster, Germany
A Choice: Contemporary Art from Europe, Kunstrai, The Netherlands
Et de la Sculpture, Park de la Pépiniere, Nancy, France
Exotische Welten-Europäische Phantasien, Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, Werner Kutz, Jan Vercrysse, Galerie Johnen & Schöttle Cologne, Germany
Theatergarten-Bestiarium, Kunstlerwerkstatt Lothringerstrasse, Munich
1986 Jenisch-Park Skulptur, Jenisch Park, Kulturbehörde Hamburg, Hamburg
Momente-zum Thema Urbanitat, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, L.Gerdes, E.Karnauke, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
Neue Deutsche Skulptur, Deweer Art Gallery and International Cultureel Centrum,
Antwerpen Otegem, Belgium
Die Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff Stipendiaten, 15 junge Künstler, Darmstadt, Germany
1985 Die Stipendatiaten der Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff Förderrungsstiftung, Brucke-Museum,
Berlin, Germany
Skulptur in Hamburg, Landesvertretung der freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, Bonn, Germany
Jenis Park Skulptur, Jenish Park, Kulterbehörde Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Germany
1984 Skulptur in Hamburg, Landesvertretung der freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, Bonn, Germany
Jenis Park Skulptur, Jenish Park, Kulterbehörde Hamburg, Düsseldorf, Germany
1983 Impulse I, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
SELECTED PUBLIC AND PRIVATE COLLECTIONS
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
ARS AEVI, Museum Of Contemporary Art Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Artothek, Nürnberg, Germany
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Attitudes, Genf, Switzerland
BAWAG Contemporary, Wien, Austria
Burger Collection, Berlin, Germany
The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, USA
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Diözesanmuseum, Würzburg, Germany
Elipse Foundation Art Centre, Alcoitao, Portugal
Fpmcollection Viersen Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
JCCC Overland Park, Kansas, USA
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, California, USA
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
MARCA Museum, Cantanzaro, Italy
Marta, Herford, Germany
Me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, Germany
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve, Germany
Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg-Kirchberg, Luxemburg
Museo Cantonale d'Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
Museu Berardo, Lisbon, Portugal
Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Museum Villa Haiss, Zell am Harmersbach, Germany
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst (MUHKA), Antwerp, Belgium
Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany
Museum für Gegenwartskunst (Emanuel-Hoffmann-Stiftung), Basel, Switzerland
Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne, Switzerland
Musée de Marseille, Marseille, France
Musée Départemental de Rochechouart, F.R.A.C., Franche-Comté, Haute Normandie, France
Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Museum Africa, Johannesburg, South Africa
Neues Museum, Nürnberg, Germany
Neue Pinakothek, München, Germany
Neue Nationalgalerie, SMPK, Berlin, Germany
Nerman Museum, Kansas, USA
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Ordos Art Museum, Inner Mongolia, China
Peggy Guggenheim, Venice, Italy
Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Sammlung Ströher, Darmstadt, Germany
Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Scotland
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München, Germany
Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg, Germany
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
Stad Kortrijk, Veemarkt, Belgium
Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin, Germany
Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, USA
Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, Germany
SLECTED EXHIBITIONS CATALOGUES AND PUBLICATIONS
20-21 Stephan Balkenhol, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
2020 25 Years, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, England
2015 20 Years, essays by Stephen Friedman and Sarah Thornton, Stephen Friedman Gallery
2012 Stephan Balkenhol in Sankt Elisabeth, Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft, Köln, Germany
2011 Stephan Balkenhol: Public, The Sculptures in Public Space 1984-2008, Hatje Cantz,
Ostfidern, Germany
2010 Stephan Balkenhol, Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
2009 Stephan Balkenhol, sempre più..., Walther Koenig, Dusseldorf, Germany
2008 Stephan Balkenhol, Deichtorhallen, Snoek Pub, Hamburg, Germany
2007 Stephan Balkenhol, Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
2005 Stephan Balkenhol, Skulpturen und Reliefs, The National Museum of Art, Osaka &
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Japan
Stephan Balkenhol, Skulpturen, Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, The Arts Club of Chicago, IL
04-05 54th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
2004 More London Sculpture, More London Development Ltd.
2003 Stephan Balkenhol Photographien, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris; Le Rectangle, Centre D'Art
De La Ville De Lyon; Goethe-Institut, Lyon, France
2002 The Photogenic: Photography through its Metaphors in Contemporary Art,
Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, PA
2001 Stephan Balkenhol, Hans Werner Schmidt, Museum der bildenden Künste
Leipzig, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, Vor Ort, Andreas Franzke, Hatje Cantz Verlag, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, Fries Museum, Leuwarden, The Netherlands
2000 Stephan Balkenhol and Stephan Balkenhol Archives, CGAC
1999 Stephan Balkenhol, Bawag Foundation, Vienna, Austria
Stephan Balkenhol, Johnen & Schöttle, Köln, GermanyStephan Balkenhol,
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
1998 Stephan Balkenhol Skulpturen, Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
1997 Open City, Change or Die, No. Five, New York, a project for Open City
Stephan Balkenhol, Editions Dis Voir, Paris, essays by Jeff Wall, Ludger
Gerdes, Hervé Vanel, Ingrid Schaffner
1996 Stephan Balkenhol at the Saatchi Gallery, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
Stephan Balkenhol Sculptures and Drawings, Cantz Verlag, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, Plätze Orte Situationen, Cantz Verlag, text by Andreas Franzke
Stephan Balkenhol, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, CEAAC,
Strasbourg, text by Neal Benezra, Paul Guérin, Carla Schulz-Hoffmann
1995 Kunst auf der Zugspitze, Garmisch-Partenkirchen, text by Lucius Grisebach
Africus: Johannesburg Biennale '95, Johannesburg, text by Klaus Gallwitz
Stephan Balkenhol: Drawings and Sculptures, Hirschhorn Museum and
SculptureGarden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, D.C.,
introduction by James T.Demetrion, essay by Neal Benezra
1994 Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany,
introduction by Britta Schmitz, Berlin, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin,
Nationalgalerie Hoffman, Klaus Riese und Zwerg, Zwischenwelt und
Zwischenzustande im Werk von Stephan Balkenhol
Pfleger, Susanne, Engel und Teufel, Eine ikonographische Interpretation
Stephan Balkenhol, Skulpturen und Zeichnungen, Galerie Löhrl, Kunstverein,
Wolfsburg, Germany
Friedel, Helmut, The Day After Tomorrow: Lisbon Cultural Capital of Europe '94,
Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon, Portugal
Stephan Balkenhol, Musee Departemental d'Art Contemporain de Rochechouart,
Rochechouart, France, interview by Alexandra Midal, essay by Frederic Migayrou
Muniz, Vik, Stephan Balkenhol: Three Figures as Witness, Parkett, No. 43, Zurich, Berlin,
New York, USA
Centrum Beeldende Kunst Dordrecht, Kalkhaven, Dordrecht, The Netherlands
NL Dordrecht: 51 degrees 48'-0 degree 40', statement in English and Dutch by Stephan
Balkenhol, reprinted from Volker Plagemann, ed. Kunst im offentlichen Raum:
Anstosse der 80er Jahre. Cologne: DuMont, 1989, p. 260
Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Stipendium, Stadtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany,
introduction by Jurgen Harten and Klaus Heinrich Kohrs, Berlin: Karl
Schmidt-Rottluff Forderungsstiftung
1993 Kalkhaven NL Dordrecht: 51 Grad 48'-0 Grad 40', Centrum Beeldende
Kunst Dordrecht, statement in English and Dutch by Stephan Balkenhol
Karl-Rottluff Stipendium, Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany,
introduction by Jurgen Harten and Klaus Heinrich Kohrs
Stephan Balkenhol: Vier Männer auf Bojen, Kulturbehörde Hamburg, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen 93, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
1992 Doubletake: Collective Memory and Current Art, Hayward Gallery, London, England,
essays by Lynne Cooke, Bice Curiger and Greg Hilty, London: South Bank
Centre/Parkett
Stephan Balkenhol:Uber Menschen und Skulpturen/About Men and Sculpture, texts by
Stephan Balkenhol, James Lingwood and Jeff Wall; interviews by Ulrich Ruckriem
and Thomas Schutte, Stuttgart: Edition Cantz Witte de With Center for
Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
1991 Possible Worlds, Stephan Balkenhol interview with Iwona Blazwick, James
Lingwood and Andrea Schlieker, ICA/Serpentine Gallery, London,
Karl August Burckhardt-Koechlin Fonds: Zeichnungen des 20. Jahrhundert,
biography by Patricia Nussbaum, Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Stephan Balkenhol, text by Jorg Johnen, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
Stephan Balkenhol, Skulpturen im Stadelgarten, Galerie in Stadel, Frankfurt/Main,
Ursula Gzechca-Mohr, Stephan Balkenhol
Hamburg Abroad, text by Janis Mink, European Visual Arts Centre at Ipswich, Ipswich, UK
Autonome Menschen, Jörg Johnen, Stephan Balkenhol, Irish Museum of Modern Art,
Dublin, Ireland
1990 Stephan Balkenhol, Zeichungen und Entwurfe fur Skulpturen 1990, Deweer Art Gallery,
Otegem, Belgium
Possible Worlds: Sculpture from Europe, interview by Iwona Blazwick, James Lingwood
and Andrea Schlieker, ICA/Serpentine Gallery London, England
Stephan Balkenhol: Zeichnungen 1990 und Entwurfe fur Skulpturen, Deweer Art Gallery,
Otegem, Belgium
1989 Die Umkerung von Pygmalions Traum, Gunter Gerken, Bremmer Kunstpreis '89, Kunstverein
und Kunsthalle, Bremen, Germany
Sei Artisti Tedeschi, Gregori Magnani, Stephan Balkenhol, Castello di Rivara, Torino, Italy
Nymphenburger Schlosspark, organized by Kunstverein Munchen in co-operation with
Bayerische Verwaltung der Staatlichen Schlosser, Garten und Seen, Munich, Germany
Das Goldene Zimmer, text by Rudiger Schottle
Skulptur und Werkidee bei Stephan Balkenhol, Dirk Teuber, Stephen Balkenhol
1988 Stephan Balkenhol, Jean-Christophe Ammann, Stephan Balkenhol, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
Deutsche Kunst der spaten 80er Jarhe, Rainer Crone, Stephan Balkenhol, David A. Ross,
Jurgen Harten, Stadtische Kunsthalle und Kunstsammlung Nordrheim-Westfalen,
Dusseldorf, Cologne, Germany
Binationale: German Art of the Late 80's/American Art of the Late 80's, interview by Marie
Luise Syring and Christiane Vielhaber, Cologne: DuMont, Stadtisches Kunsthalle
Dusseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Bezugspunkte im Werk von Stephan Balkenhol, Jeff Wall, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland
1987 E en keuze: Hedendaagse kunst uit Europa/A Choice: Contemporary Art from Europe,
Kunstrai 1987, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Stephan Balkenhol, Anmerkungen zur Arbeit von Stephan Balkenhol, Wilhem Bojescul;
Balkenhols Standbilder, Gerdes Ludger, Kunstverein Braunschweig,
Braunschweig, Germany
Menschen bidder von Gerhard Richter und Stephan Balkenhol, Gunther Gerken, Neue
Kunst in Hamburg 1987, Hamburg, Germany
1985 Stephan Balkenhol-Skulpturen, Ulrich Ruckriem, Stephan Balkenhol,
Ausstellungshallen Mathildenhöne, Darmstradt, Germany
1983 Impulse 1, Dietrich Helms, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany