Né à Fritzlar / Hessen, Allemagne, en 1957.

Vit et travaille à Karlsruhe et Berlin, Allemagne, et Meisenthal, France.

Curriculum

1976-82
studies at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, Germany

1983
Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff-Stipendium, Germany

1986
working stipendium of the Free Hansatown of Hamburg, Germany

1988-89
teaches at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Hamburg, Germany
Förderpreis of the international prize of the State of Baden-Württemberg, Germany
Bremer Kunstpreis, Germany

1990-91
teaches at the Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Frankfurt (Städelschule), Germany

1991-92
teaches at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Germany

1992
professor of sculpture at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Karlsruhe, Germany

Solo shows

2020
Stephan Balkenhol, Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, Museum Jorn, Silkeborg, Denmark
25 Years, Stephan Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Stephan Balkenhol, Le Prévu et l'Imprévu, Palais d'Iéna, Paris, France
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
DA CAPO, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria

2019
Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy
MAI36 Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
Holger Priess Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, Le Portique - Centre Régional d'Art Contemporain du Havre, Le Havre, France
Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol - Deadline, Museum für Sepulkralkultur, Kassel, Germany

2018
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol, Collaboration Deweer Gallery & MDZ Art Gallery, MDZ Art Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
Houtsculpturen uit privé-collecties, Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord, Knokke-Heist, Belgium (until 13.01.2019)
Fabula, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Kunsthalle Emden, Emden, Germany
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Centro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga, Spain

2017
Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy
30 Years Stephan Balkenhol & Deweer Gallery - A Brilliant Story Since 1987, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Galleria Senda, Barcelona, Spain
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Münich, Germany

2016
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig, Germany
MMoMA (Palais Gogolevski) – Moscow, Russia
Stephan Balkenhol - Philippe Cognée, Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis, France
Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
MAI 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2015
Figure on display. Stephan Balkenhol und Jeff Wall, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany
Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Druckgraphik und Photoeditionen, Holger Priess Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Münich, Germany

2014
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Landesgalerie Linz, Austria
Skulpturen, Cragg Foundation, Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Germany
Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Ravensburg, Germany
Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2013
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
alles gut!, Holger Priess Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan Italy
Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig, Germany
Galerie Rudiger Schöttle, Münich, Germany
Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Galerie des Wetzlarer Kunstvereins, Wetzlarer, Germany
Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy
Inauguration of the Wagner Memorial Sculpture, Leipzig, Germany

2012
Valentina Bonomo Gallery, Roma, Italy
Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Sankt Elisabeth, Kassel, Germany

2011
La Halle Verrière, Meisenthal, France
Kunstforum Würth, Turnhout, Belgium
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Kyoto, Japan
Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR
Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Chateau de Malbrouck, Lorraine, France

2010
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Stephan Balkenhol: New Works - Lars Bohman Gallery, Stockholm, Sweden
Nosbaum & Reding Art Contemporain, Luxembourg
Gary Tatintsian Gallery Inc., Moscow, Russia
Gary Tatintsian Gallery, New York City, NY, USA
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Monica De Cardenas - Milano, Milan, Italy

2009
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Druckgraphik 1992-2008, Holbeinhaus, Kunstverein Augsburg, Germany
„Sempre Piú“, Forum Romanum, Rome, Italy
Galerie de l’Ecole régionale des Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
Glücksach, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Dogenhaus Galerie Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
Galerie de l´ Erban, Nantes, France

2008
Wolfsberg Executive Development Centre, Ermatingen, Switzerland
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Neue Arbeiten - Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Neue Abreiten - Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Galleria Valentina Bonomo - Arte Contemporanea, Rome, Italy

2007
Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Mönchsberg, Austria
PAC – Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milano, Italy
Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milano, Italy
Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Galeri Artist, Istanbul, Turkey
MKM Museum Küppersmühle für moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
New Works, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
New Work, Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong, SAR
UMRAUM | Stephan Balkenhol | Architektur und Objekt - Wenzel-Hablik-Museum, Itzehoe, Germany
Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland
Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany

2006
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden / MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisburg, Germany
Holzskulpturen und Bilder - Kunstverein Lippe - Lippische Gesellschaft für Kunst , Detmold, Germany
New works, Galleri Bo Bjerggaard, Copenhagen, Denmark
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA

2005
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
Esculturas, Galería Pepe Cobo, Madrid, Italy
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
The task of solitary man, Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel Aviv, Isreal
Mann schwarz-weiß, Kunsthalle Göppingen, Göppingen, Germany
New Sculptures, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria

2003
Le Rectangle, Lyon, France
Goethe-Institut, Lyon, France
Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Städtische Galerie Fellbach, Germany
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
"Stephan Balkenhol und. . . " Stadtische Galerie Fellbach, Germany
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France

2002
Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
Stephan Balkenhol: Installation, Landeshauptstadt Erfurt, Stadtverwaltung, Erfurt, Germany
Gallery Pepe Cobo, Sevilla, Spain
Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Begegnungsstatte Kleine Synagoge Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany
Regen Projects, Los Angeles, USA
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München, Germany
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany

2001
Fries Museum Leeuwarden, The Netherlands
Museum der Bildenden Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Kunstforum Baloise, Basel, Switzerland
Dogenhaus Galerie, Leipzig, Germany
Galerie Monica De Cardenas, Milano, Italy
C.G.A.C (Centre Galego de Arte Contemporaneo), Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
OMR Gallery, Mexico-City, Mexico
Dorrie Priess Galerie. Hamburg, Germany
Photographien, Barbara Wein Verlag/Galerie Berlin, Germany
Museum de bildenden Kunste Leipzig, Germany

2000
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
Galerie Johnen & Schottle, Köln, Germany
Kunstverein Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
The Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati, Ohio, USA
Bell Gallery, Brown University Providence, Rhoda Island, USA
St Louis Arts Center, St Louis, Missouri, USA
Monica de Cardenas, Milano, Italy
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanéa, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
Galeria OMR, Mexico City, Mexico
Galerie Mai 36, Zürich, Switzerland
Centre for Contemporary Art, Cincinatti, USA
Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany

2019
IL MONDO ANIMALE, Galerie Klüser, München, Germany
Looking Forward, Keteleer Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
Bye, Bye and Hello - 40 Years Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
A Cool Breeze, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
Bêtes de scène, Villa Datris, L'Isle-Sur-La-Sorge, France

2018
Neuerwerbungen Herbst, Galerie Ludorff, Düsseldorf, Germany
L'envol, La maison rouge, Paris, France

2017
Rodin Brancusi Carl Andre...Le Socle, MUba, Tourcoing, France
Collector's Room # 16: Landscapes of the mind, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Collector's Room # 15: A Show, Inside Out (Buitensculpturen / Outdoor Sculptures), Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Collector's Room # 14: Black / White, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2016
Animality, Marian Goodman Gallery, London, UK
From Here to Eternity, The 5th edition of the Biennale Gherdëina (curator Adam Budak), Small Antonius Square, Ortisei, Italy
Höhenrausch 2016 - Different Angels, OÖ Kulturquartier, Linz, Austria
Collector's Room # 11: Graphic Chic, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2015
Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
250 - Anniversary Exhibition, Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
Collections Permanent/Provisoire - Tapisseries - Les Espaces Echangés, MUba Eugène Leroy, Tourcoing, France
Space Age, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, France
The Drawing Room II, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Deweer Gallery - Het Portret van een familie, de Directeurswoning, Roeselare, Belgium

2014
Study from the Human Body, Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
Basic Notes On The Research Collection, Museum Kurhaus Kleve - Ewald Mataré-Sammlung, Germany
Collector's Room #5 - Pleasure, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2013
ART is Beautiful but hard work too, Kunstabau, Münich, Germany
The ART of the Present, Helga de Allvear Collection, Centro Centro, Madrid, Spain
Truth, ESMOA, L.A., California, USA
Coup de Ville 2013, Sint-Niklaas, Belgium
Je t’aime … moi non plus, Musée des Beaux-Arts Eugène Leroy, Tourcoing, France

2012
ART is Beautiful but hard work too, Kunstabau, Munich, Germany (until 2013)
Lost in LA, Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, USA (until 27 January 2013)
Re-opening, Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
The Drawing Room, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
The Bear Necessities, John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, CA, USA

2011
Art of the Loom - 32 Tapestries woven on the looms of Mark Deweer’s factory, Otegem, Belgium, 1985-2010, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Memories of the Future: The Olbricht Collection, La Maison Rouge, Paris, France
Zettels Traum, Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
Körper Codes, Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg, Salzburg, Austria
MMK 1991-2011: 20 Jahre Gegenwart, Museum für Moderne Kunst (MMK), Frankfurt/Main, Germany
BLICKE und GESTEN - Porträts aus der Sammlung MJK - Malerei / Grafik / Plastik, -Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt / Oder, Germany

2010
Stephan Balkenhol – Alberto Giacometti, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany

2009
The Core Marrow of Art, Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong
Evan Penny & Stephan Balkenhol, TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada
Fuentes, 27th February 2009, Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
(DES)ACCORDS COMMUNS, Frac Haute-Normandie, Sotteville-les-Rouen, France
Steppin’Out, Kunsthalle Kiel, Germany
Securities, DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2008
This is Not to be Looked At: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Paixóns Privadas, Visións Públicas Collections D.O. Galicia, Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain
UPDATE, Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium

2007
Intersezioni 3: Balkenhol, Delvoye, Quinn al Parco Archeologico di Scolacium, Catanzaro, Italy
PAC, Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Museum der Moderne Salzburg Mönchsberg, Austria

2006
Beaufort 2006, Blankenberge, Belgium
Eldorado, Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg, Luxemburg

2005
My Favorite Things, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France

2004
Sammlung Plum, Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
Stephan Balkenhol – Jorge Mendez Blake, Galeria OMR, Mexico City, Mexico

2003
Jetzt und hier - die Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst, Museum Kurhaus Kleve –
Ewald Mataré-Sammlung, Kleve, Germany
Durchgehend geöffnet, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden + Sammlung Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
Inaugural Exhibition, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, California, United States

2002
Das Tier in mir, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
The Photogenic, Institute of Contemporary Art, University of Pennsylvania, United States
Avant que la mer fut au monde, Musée Départemental d’Art Contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart portoit les Ondes
Die Pop Art und die zeitgenössische Bildhauerkunst, Gerhard Marcks-Haus Bremen, Germany
Grünzeug, Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Ratingen, Germany
Der Akt in der Kunst des 20. Jahrhunderts, Kunsthalle in Emden, Emden, Germany

2001
Fotografierte Bilder, Museum Bochum, Germany

2000
Back to Kassel, Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany

Les collections privées

(selected)

Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst (M HKA), Antwerp, Belgium
Stad Kortrijk, Veemarkt, Belgium
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Aachen, Germany
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
Neue Nationalgalerie, SMPK, Berlin, Germany
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, Germany
Marta, Herford, Germany
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg, Germany
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt a.M., Germany
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
Museum der Bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany
Neue Pinakothek, München, Germany
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München, Germany
Neues Museum, Nürnberg, Germany
Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany
Diözesanmuseum Würzburg, Germany
Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany
Museum für Gegenwartskunst (Emanuel-Hoffmann-Stiftung), Basel, Switserland
Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Lausanne, Switserland
Musée de Marseille, France
Musée Départemental de Rochechouart, F.R.A.C., Franche-Comté, Haute Normandie, France
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh, Great-Britain
Art Institue of Chicago, United States
Smithsonian Institution, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC, United States
Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal, Quebec, Canada
Museum Africa, Johannesburg, Africa
The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, United States
EVI – Museum Of Contemporary Art Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Artothek Nürnberg, Germany
attitudes, Genf, Switzerland
BAWAG Contemporary, Wien, Austria
Burger Collection, Berlin, Germany
Elipse Foundation Art Centre, Alcoitao, Portugal
fpmcollection Viersen Berlin, Germany
Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland
JCCC Overland Park, United States
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, United States
MARCA Museum, Cantanzaro, Italy
me Collectors Room, Berlin, Germany
Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg, Luxemburg
Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
Museu Berardo, Lissabon, Portugal
Museum De Paviljoens, Almere, The Netherlands
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Museum Ludwig Köln, Germany
Museum Villa Haiss, Zell am Harmersbach, Germany
Nerman Museum, Overland Park, United States
Ordos Art Museum, China
Sammlung Essl, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Sammlung Ströher, Darmstadt, Germany
Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany
Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany
Städtische Galerie Wofsburg, Germany
The Broad Art Foundation, Santa Monica, United States
The Droege Collection, Düsseldorf, Germany

Expositions Publiques

1986
”Reiter”
cement
exh. “Jenisch-Park Skulptur”, Hamburg, D
now Deweer Art Gallery - Otegem, Belgium
(this sculpture was casted in bronze in 1996, ed. 5 + 1 A.P.)
One bronze is Stationsplein, City of Menen, Belgium since 2006

1996
”Tanzende Paare”
cut steel, painted black, each figure ca 150 cm h
Albertslund near Kopenhagen, DK

1997
”Skulpturensäule für Den Haag”
painted wood, 850 cm h
inner courtyard Haagse Hoogeschool, Den Haag, NL

1998
”Seemannsarm”
copper and oak, 570 cm
Deutsches Schifffahrtsmuseum, Bremerhaven, D

2000
”Mann auf Giraffe”
painted bronze, 750 cm h
main entrance Hagenbecks Tierpark, Hamburg, D

2000
”Mann mit Fisch”
fountain, painted bronze, 357 cm h
Shedd Aquarium, Chicago, USA

2001
”Grosse Ente”
cast aluminium, painted, ca 230 cm h
Deutsche Bundesbank, Halle, D

2001
”Sechs Figurensäulen”
painted bronze, each ca 300 cm h
Universität Bayreuth, D

2002
”Vier Wetterfahnen”
Painted steel, ca 220 cm h each
Inner Office, Berlin, D

2004
“Mann und Frau”
painted bronzes
Zentralbibliothek Hamburg, D

2005
”Tänzerin und Mann”
painted bronze on concrete bases
Veemarkt, Kortrijk
City of Kortrijk, Belgium

2006
”Rembrandt”
painted bronze and ceramics
Rembrandtplein
City of Leiden, NL

2007
“Sphaera”
painted bronze
Kapitelplatz
City of Salzburg, Austria

2013
Wagner Memorial, Leipzig, Germany