Born in Fritzlar/Hessen, 1957
Lives and works in Karlsruhe, Germany and in Meisenthal, France
Education 1976-1982
Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg
Solo Exhibitions (selected) 2020
Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg Museum Jorn, Silkeborg 2019
Monica De Cardenas, Milano Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich
Deadline, Museum für Sepulkralkultur, Kassel Le Portique, Le Havre
Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm 2018
Wood Sculptures from Private Collections, Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord, Knokke-Heist Fabula, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Resurrections. Masterpieces from the collection, curated by Katharina Henkel, Kunsthalle Emden, Emden
Nosbaum Reding Gallery, Luxembourg Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
CAC MÁLAGA, Centro de Arte Contemporaneo, Malaga Akinci, Amsterdam
2017
Monica De Cardenas, Milano Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
30 Years Stephan Balkenhol, Deweer Gallery, Brussels Galerie Rüdinger Schöttle, Munich
2016
Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Palais Gogolevski, Moscow
Stephan Balkenhol and Philippe Cognée, Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis 2015
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich New Sculptures, Akinci, Amsterdam
Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Palais Gogolevski, Moscow Landes Museum, Linz
2014
Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Linz Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg Deweer Gallery, Otegem
Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg 2013
Monica De Cardenas, Milano
alles gut!, Holger Priess Galerie, Hamburg STEPHAN BALKENHOL
Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Universe, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich
Big Head Column, Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venezia Galerie des Wetzlarer Kunstvereins, Wetzlarer
Sotheby's, Beyond Limits: A Selling Exhibition, Chatsworth, Derbyshire 2012
Deweer Gallery, Otegem
New Works, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki
Stephan Balkenhol in St. Elizabeth, St. Elizabeth Church, Kassel
A Sign in the Forum of Caesar - Stephan Balkenhol more and more, Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Roma
Unlimited Bodies - Corps Sans Limite, Palais d'Iéna, Paris Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong
Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg 2011
Monica De Cardenas, Milano Galerie Rudiger Schottle, Munich Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Halle Verriere, Meisenthal LUCE Gallery, Torino
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto Kunstforum Würth, Turnhout Chateau de Malbrouck, Lorraine Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong 2010
Dörrie Priess, Hamburg Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich Museè de Grenoble, Grenoble Monica De Cardenas, Milano Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem
Stephan Balkenhol: New Works, Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm Nosbaum & Reding Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Gary Tatintsian Gallery, Moscow Gary Tatintsian Gallery, New York 2009
Un Segno nel Foro di Cesare, curated by L. Pratesi, Fori Imperiali, Roma Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Dogenhaus Galerie, Leipzig
Druckgrafik 1992-2008, Kunstverein Augsburg, Augsburg Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Glücksach, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Galerie de l'Erban, Nantes 2008
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam Deichtorhallen, Hamburg Galleria Valentina Bonomo, Roma Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach Neue Abreiten, Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich
Update, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem 2007
Monica De Cardenas, Milano Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong
P.A.C. Padiglione Arte Contemporanea, Milano Museum Der Moderne, Salzburg
Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris New works, Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki Galeri Artist, Istanbul
2006
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
Museum Liner, Appenzell Regen Project, Los Angeles Museum Liner, Appenzell 2005
Galeria Pepe Cobo, Sevilla
The National Museum of Art, Osaka Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris 2004
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich Monica De Cardenas, Milano Doagenhaus Galerie, Leipzig 2003
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London Sprengel-Museum, Hannover (Cat.)
Stephan Balkenhol und. . . Stadtische Galerie Fellbach Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Le Rectangle, Lyon Galerie Ropac, Paris 2002
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem Gallery Akinci, Amsterdam Galerie Mai 36, Zürich Gallery Pepe Cobo, Sevilla
Stephan Balkenhol: Installation, Landeshauptstadt Erfurt Stadtverwaltung, Erfurt Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach
2001
Monica De Cardenas, Milano Fries Museum, Leeuwarden
Stephan Balkenhol: An Acquisition, Johnson City Community College, Overland Park, KS Neue Arbeiten, Dörrie o Priess, Hamburg
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanea, Santiago de Compostela Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
OMR Gallery, Mexico City Dogenhaus, Leipzig
Museum der Bildenden Kunste, Leipzig Kunstforum Baloise, Basel
2000
Johnen + Schöttle, Köln
Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg
David Winton Bell Gallery, List Art Center Brown University, Providence The Contemporary Arts Center, Cincinnati
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Stephan Balkenhol, New Works, Forum for Contemporary Art , St. Louis Stephan Balkenhol. Neue Arbeiten, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach Galerie Mai 36, Zürich
1999
Regen Project, Los Angeles Galerie Lohrl, Berlin Kunst Mitte, Berlin
Galleria Civica di Arte Contemporanea, Trento
Università degli Studi di Bologna, San Giovanni in Monte Fondation Europée pour la sculpture, Bruxelles
Sadier's Wells, London Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris Bawag Foundation, Vienna Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam Galerie Deweer, Otegem 1998
Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Salisburgo Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich The Arts Club of Chicago, Chicago Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg
Gerhard Marcks Haus, Brema Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve Galerie Mai 36, Zürich Monica De Cardenas, Milano Sacker's Well, London
Group Exhibitions (selected) 2019
A Cool Breeze, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague 2018
Neuerwerbungen Herbst, Galerie Ludorff, Dusseldorf 2017
Frauenzimmer, Galerie Klüser, Munich 2016
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy, London Defining Sculpture, Albright Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo Animalia, Marian Goodman Gallery, London
Philippe Cognée, Stephan Balkenhol, Marie Bovo, Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint Louis 2015
Alex Katz, Stephan Balkenhol, Jules de Balincourt, Monica De Cardenas, Zuoz Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London
Space Age, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Inventory, Vol.5: Acquisitions from 1992 to 1996, FRAC Haute-Normandie, Rouen Figure on Display: Stephan Balkenhol and Jeff Wall, Leopold Hoesch Musuem, Duren 2014
Collector's Room #5 - Pleasure, Deweer Gallery, Otegem Study from the Human Body, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London 2013
The Art of the Present, Helga de Alvear Collection, Centro Centro, Madrid Truth, ESMoA, Los Angeles
Je t'aime... moi non plus, Musée des Beaux-Arts Eugène Leroy, Tourcoing 2012
Unlimited Bodies, Palais Diena, Paris Re-opening, DEWEER gallery, Otegem The Drawing Room, DEWEER gallery, Otegem
The Bear Necessities, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco 2011
Twenty Years of Presence, MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt Art Set Free, Museum Kunstpalast, Dusseldorf
Melting Point, Akinci, Amsterdam
Invisibleness is Visibleness, Museum of Contemporary Art Taipei, Taipei
Stephan Balkenhol and The Object of Observation (Changes by Being Observed), Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Zettels Traum, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal 2010
The Secret Lives of Trees, Monica De Cardenas, Zuoz
Stephan Balkenhol - Alberto Giacometti, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg Idea and Object, Galerie Thaddaeus Roapc, Salzburg
Wings, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg 2009
On Paper, Monica De Cardenas, Zuoz
The Core Marrow of Art, Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong Eva Penny & Stephan Balkenhol, Trepanierbaer Gallery, Calgary Fuentes, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg
PastPresentFuture: Works from the UniCredit Art Collection, Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna;
toured to Palazzo della Regione, Verona and Yapi Credi Cultural Center, Istanbul Securities, DEWEER gallery, Otegem
2008
Listen Darling The World Is Yours, Ellipse Foundation Contemporary Art Center, Lisbon This is Not to be Looked At: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
UPDATE, DEWEER gallery, Otegem Mai 36, Zürich
2007
Summer Exhibition, Royal Academy of Art, London
Intersezioni 3, Parco Archeologico di Scolacium with Wim Delvoye and Marc Quinn, Catanzaro Galerie Thaddeus Ropac, Paris
New Dimensions, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco 2006
ZOO, La Centrale Electrique/De Elektriciteitscentrale, Brussels Ein gemeinsamer Ort, Lentos Museum, Linz
Stephan Balkenhol, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden My world in your eyes, Gallery Hyundai, Seoul
Six Feet Under; Autopsie unseres Umgang mit Toten, Kunstmuseum Bern Der erste Blick-Die Sammlung GAG, Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar
Figures in the Field-Figurative sculpture and Abstract Painting from Chicago, Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago MCA, Chicago
2005
Zeichen des Glaubens, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
Die obere Hälfte-Die Büste von Rodin bis Funakoshi, Kunsthalle in Emden Large Drawings, Galerie Bernd Klüser, Munich
40 Jahre Galerie Thomas, Galerie Thomas, Munich
10 Years Anniversary Exhibition, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London 2004
Gruppenausstellung-Leipzig in Hamburg, Produzentengalerie Hamburg 15 Years Anniversary of regen Project, Regen Projects, Los Angeles Sculpture and form, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
2003
Sculpture Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles Rhona Hoffman Gallery Chicago
Sculpture project, More London (with Fiona Banner and David Batchelor) London Durchgehend geoffnet, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden + Sammlung Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden 2002
Das Tier in Mir, Kunsthalle Baden, Baden
The Photogenic, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania 2001
Parkett, Colaborations and Editions since 1984, Museum of Modern Art, New York De vereld tolgens Duitsland, Odapark
Le cops mis à nu, Dorjon de Vez, Vez
Geometrie & Gestus, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg Photografierte Bilder, Museum Bochum
2000
Stephan Balkenhol, Christian Hahn, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich Essensbilder, Dorrie Priess Galerie, Hamburg
Back to Kassel Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel 1999
Collected Rooms - Collected Dreams: German Art from 1960 to 2000, The Hans grotte Collection Martin Gropius Building, Berlin
1998
Extensions - Aspects of the Figure, The Joseloff Gallery, Hartford Art School
Works in public spaces 2001
Chicago, Illinois, Permanent site specific sculpture and fountain installation at the Shedd Aquarium, Man with Fish
1996
Karlsruhe, Germany, Group of Musicians
Bremen, Germany, Man with Bird on Shoulder: bronze and color Copenhagen, Denmark, Twenty Dancing Couples
1995
Inzell, Germany, Three Figures for an Altar: cedar wood and color Johannesburg, South Africa, Global Couple: cedar wood and color
Krefeld, Germany, Man with Green Shirt and Grey Trousers: oak wood and color 1993
Konstanz University, Germany, Big Head-Column: wawa wood and color Hamburg, various sites in the harbour, Four Buoy-Figures
Amiens, France, Buoy - Figure and Wallrelief: oak wood and color Rapperswil, Switzerland, Pair of Acrobats: cedar wood and color 1992
Giessen University, Germany, Tower culpture: wood and color, steel construction 1991
Expo - Parc, Sevilla, Spain, Man with White Shirt and Black Trousers: wood and color 1988
Heide, Germany, Man on Horse: cast iron relief
