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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
Maana, 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, Zrich
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 moiti 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, Presena 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, SdwestLB, 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, Malm Konsthall, Malm
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, Malm Konsthall, Malm
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 Knstler der Documenta IX: Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Raymond Bollag, Zrich
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
Krper und Krper, 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 Dsseldorf 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
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