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
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