Miroslaw Balka

BIOGRAPHY

Born 1958 in Warsaw, Poland
Lives and works in Warsaw

EDUCATION

1985

Degree, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw

SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS

2004

Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, Italy
White Columns, London, England
Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid, Spain
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY

2003

Still, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco, CA

2002

tiedtothetoe, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland
dig, dug, dug, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin, Ireland

2001

Quit, White Cube, London
Between Meals, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan

1999

be good, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
sza, Galeria Foksal, Warsaw
Ma–ana, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid

1998

Hygiene, Galeria Labirynt 2, Lublin
Fundacao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal, (with Luc Tuymans)

1997

Selection, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo
a, e, i. o. u, Galeria Foksal, Warsaw
Revision 1986-1997, IVAM, Centre Del Carme, Valencia
a, e, i, o, u, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld
Ordnunq, Galeria Nordenhake, Stockholm
Out, London Project, London

1996

Pause, Galeria Foksal, Warsaw
Pax (with Alfredo Pirri), Studio per l'Arte Contemporanea Tucci Russo, Torre Pellice

1995

J'ai en ma possession un certificat de vaccination contre: le cholera, Ia fievre jaune, le typhus, la variole. Le Creux de L'Enfer, Centre d'art contemporain, Thiers
Un Dia, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Sevilla
>When you wet the bed, /1987/, Galeria Miejsce, Cieszyn
Dawn, Tate Gallery
, London

1994

Laadplatform, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven
Rampa, Museum Sztuki, Lodz
Buenas Noches, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
37,1 (cont.), Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles
Rampen, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
Winterhilfsverein, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana

1993

37,1, Galeria Foksal, Warsaw
36, 6, List Visual Arts Center, M.l.T., Cambridge
37,1 (cont.), Polish Pavilion, 45th Venice Biennial, Venice
Die Rampe, Galerie Marc Jancou, ZŸrich

1992

No body, Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna
bitte, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld
36,6, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago

1991

Stichting De Appel, Amsterdam
April/Mv body cannot do everything I ask for, Galeria Foksal, Warsaw
IV/IX My body cannot do everything I ask for, Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Cologne
Xl/My body cannot do everything I ask for, Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles

1990

xxx, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
Good God, Galeria Dziekanka, Warsaw

1989

Installation Abel, Galeria PO, Zielona Gora
River, Galeria Labirynt 2, Lublin

1986

Percepta Patris Mei Servivi Semper, Galeria Pokaz, Warsaw

1985

Remembrance of the First Holy Communion, Zukow
Wolves, Nowolves, TPSP, Warsaw

SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS

2003

Miroslaw Balka/John Coplans, Centre for Contemporary Art. Gdansk
Galleria Rafaella Cortese, Milan, Italy
Galeria Labirynth 2, University Gallery, Hertfordshire
Center of Contemporary Art , Gdansk
Absolut Generations, L Biennale, Venice, Italy
Winterreise, Starmach Gallery, Krakow, Poland
Phantom of Desire, Neue Galerie, Graz
Rituale, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, Germany

2002

The Unthought Known, White Cube, London, England
Arte all’Arte, San Gimignano, Italy
Retrospectacle: 25 Years of Collecting Modern and Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum

2001

In Between, The Art Institute of Chicago & Cultural Center, Chicago
Negotiators of Art, Bunkier Sztuki, Krakow
Oblicza Smierci, BWA, Katowice
Lugares de la Memoria, EACC, Castellon
Milano Europa 2000, PAC e La Triennale di Milano, Milan
Postawy, BWA, Lublin
Absolut Secret, Espace Tajan, Paris
Biurokracja / Bureaucracy, Galeria Foksal, Warsaw

2000

Still, Alexander and Bonin, New York
Between Cinema and the Hard Place, Tate Modern, London
Ombra della Ragione, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
The Oldest Possible Memory, Sammlung Hauser & Wirth, St. Gallen, Switzerland
Absolut Ego, The Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Paris, catalogue
Wanas 2000, Wanas, Sweden
The Vincent, Bonnefanten Museum, Masstricht
A Celebration of Contemporary Art, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
L'autre moitiŽ de l'Europe, Jeu de Paume, Paris, France
Negotiators of Art. Facing Reality, The Balthouse Centre of Contemporary Art, Poland
Jeu de Paume, Paris, France

1999

I'm Not Here: Constructing Identity at the Turn of the Century, Susquehanna Art Museum, Pennsylvania
Lost Paradise, Zhang Huan, Miroslaw Balka, Presena Galeria, Porto, Portugal
The Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Liverpool
Laznia, Centre of Contemporary Art
Negotiators of art. In the face of reality, Gdansk, Poland
As Above, So Below, The Fabric Workshop and Museum, Philadelphia
Three Stanzas: Miroslaw Balka, Robert Gober, and Seamus Heaney, ICA, Philadelphia
Triennale der kleinplastik 1998. Europa Afrika, SŸdwestLB, Stuttgart

1998

Wounds Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art, Moderna Museet Stockholm
Displacements, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, Brasil
National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Minimal Maximal, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen

1997

Sztuka z Polski / Art from Poland 1945-1996, Mucsarnok, Budapest
Niemandsland, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld
Art from Poland 1945-96, Konsthall, Tallin

1996

City Space, Kopenhagen
Distemper, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
Horizons, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju
For the Museum of Contemporary Art Sarajevo 2000, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana
Betong, Malmš Konsthall, Malmš
Styki/Contact Prints, Galeria Foksal, Warsaw

1995

ARS 95, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Incidentes. Seis visiones desde Europa, Casa da Parra, Santiago de Compostela
Where is Abel, thy brother?, Galeria Zacheta, Warsaw
Rites of Passage: Art for the End of the Century, Tate Gallery, London
Ripple across the water, Watari Museum, Tokyo
The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, Carnegie International

1994

Till Brancusi, Malmš Konsthall, Malmš
Europa, Europa, Kunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn
The Little House On The Prairie, Marc Jancou Gallery, London
Tuning Up #2, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg

1993

Zeichnungen Setzen Zeichen. 44 KŸnstler der Documenta IX: Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Raymond Bollag, ZŸrich
Rosa e Giallo, Le Creux de l'enfer, Centre d'art Contemporain, Thiers
Rosa e Giallo, La Criee, Halle d'art Contemporain, Rennes
Sonsbeek 93, Sonsbeek Park, Arnhem
De La Main a La Tete. L'objet theorique, Domaine de Kerguehennec, Centre d'Art Contemporain, Locmine
Douze Oeuvres Dans L'espace, Domaine de Kerguehennec, Centre d'art Contemporain, Locmine
Baltic Sculpture, Gotland 93, Visby
Artificial Paradises, Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles
Restaurant, Restaurant La Bocca, Paris

1992

Von Angesicht zu Angesicht, Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Cologne
Documenta IX, Kassel
Muzeum Sztuki w Lodz 1931-1992, Musee d'art Contemporain & ELAC, Lyon
Galeria Foksal, Warsaw
Polnische Avantgarde 1930-1990, Neuer Berliner Kunstvereins, Berlin
The Boundary Rider, 9th Biennial of Sydney, Sydney

1991

Sculpture, Burnett Miller Gallery, Los Angeles
Metropolis, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Miller-Nordenhake, Cologne
Kunst, Europa, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn
Le Monde Critique, Kunstverein Hamburg
Europe Unknown, Palac Sztuki, Krakow
Kolekcja Sztuki XX w. w Muzeum Sztuki w Lodz, Galeria Zacheta, Warsaw
Borealis V, Kunstmuseum Pori, Pori
Kšrper und Kšrper, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
Rosa e Giallo, Galeria Pieroni, Rome
Von Angesicht zu Angesicht, Stadtgalerie, Kiel

1990

Aperto '90, 44th Venice Biennial, Venice
Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna
Possible Worlds, ICA/Serpentine Gallery, London

1989

Middle Europe, Artist's Space, New York
Dialog, Kunstmuseum DŸsseldorf and Centrum Sztuki Wspolczesnej, Warsaw
Feelings, Galeria Dziekanka, Warsaw

1988

Sculpture in the Garden, SARP, Warsaw
B.K.K., Haags Centrum voor Aktuele Kunst, The Hague
Polish Realities, Third Eye Centre, Glasgow

1987

Zielona Gora, 11 Biennial of the New Art

1986

Expression of the Eighties, Galeria BWA, Sopot
Figures and Objects, Galeria BWA, Pulawy

Activity in consciousness "Neue Bieriemiennost"*

1986

One Night Flower, Galeria Dziekanka, Warsaw
After Holiday Presentation, Galeria Wieza, Warsaw
For Peace, Galeria Wieza and Galeria Dziekanka, Warsaw
For All Saints, Galeria Wielka, Poznan

1987

For Jean Bedel Bokassa, Galeria Stodola and Galerie Rzezby, Warsaw

1989

Keine Neue Bieriemiennost, Galeria BWA, Bialystok

*a series of exhibitions and "active vernissages" done in collaboration with Miroslaw Filonik and Marek Kijewski