Roger Ballen has been the subject of both solo exhibition and group exhibitions.
Solo exhibitions include The World According to Roger Ballen, The Hague Museum of Photography, Netherlands (2021); Roger Ballen: In Retrospect, Florida Museum of Photographic Arts, Tampa (2020); Roger Ballen’s Theatre of the Mind, Te Uru Waitakere Contemporary Gallery, Auckland (2017); Lines, Marks, and Drawings: Through the Lens of Roger Ballen, Smithsonian National Museum of African Art, Washington, D.C (2013); Roger Ballen Photography, State Museum of Russia, St. Petersburg (2004); Roger Ballen, Royal Festival Hall/Hayward, London (1995); Roger Ballen, Pretoria Art Museum (1986).
Group exhibitions include From the Collection. Gifted, S.M.A.K, Ghent (2021); Unleashed: Roger Ballen and Hans Lemmen, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht (2018); The Rise and Fall of Apartheid, International Centre of Photography, New York (2012); PEEKABOO!, Helsinki Art Museum Tennis Palace, Helsinki (2010); Making Faces, Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne (2004); Stepping in and Stepping Out, Victoria and Albert Museum, London.
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