biografia di Miroslaw BALKA (1958)

Personal data

Birth : 1958 - Warsaw, Poland
Sex : M
Nationality/Affiliation : Poland

Address

Warsaw, Poland

Education

1980 – 1985 : ASP Akademia Sztuk Pieknych w Warszawie – Ul Krakowskie Przedmiescie 5 – Warsaw, Poland

Work

Categorie and medium


Sculpture-Volume : Installation

Subject

history/society
the time/the memory

Movements and styles

Abstraction
Minimal Art

Works

89 x 106 x 66
Date of creation : 2001
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : plastic-metal-wood
Size : 42 x 35 x 26 inch
 
Untitled
Date of creation : 2000
Medium : Acrylic/canvas
Size : 40 x 30 cm
 
190x60x70; 2x(8x11x10)
Date of creation : 1996
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : metal-organic material
 
Dawn
Date of creation : 1995
Medium : Installation
 
Rampa
Date of creation : 1994
Medium : Installation
 
Ø 16x27.2x(190x93x13), 2x(30x10x13)
Date of creation : 1991
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : felt-metal-wood-concrete
 
Shepherdess
Date of creation : 1988-1989
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : glass-metal-wood-concrete
Size : 217 x 55 x 62 cm
 
When you wet the bed
Date of creation : 1987
Medium : Installation
 
Remenbrance of the first holy communion
Date of creation : 1985
Medium : Sculpture
Materials : ceramic-marble-metal-wood-textile material
Size : 170 x 90 x 105 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)

Solo exhibitions

2004

MAMCS Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain – Strasbourg, France
12/10/2004 – 03/13/2005

2001

Around 21°15’00"E 52° 06’ 17"N + Go – Go (1985-2001)
SMAK Stedelijke Museum voor Actuele Kunst – Gent, Belgium
10/2001

Barbara Gladstone Gallery – New York NY, United States
2001

2000

Quit
White Cube – Jay Jopling – London, United Kingdom
2000

Between Meals
The National Museum of Art Osaka – Osaka, Japan
2000

1999

Be Good
Barbara Gladstone Gallery – New York NY, United States
1999

1998

Hygiene
Galeria Labirynt 2 – Lublin, Poland
1998

1997

Revision (1986-1997)
IVAM Centre del Carme – Valencia, Spain
1997

1995

Dawn
Tate Britain – London, United Kingdom
1995

1994

Rampa
Muzeum Sztuki – Lodz, Poland
1994

Laatplatform
Van AbbeMUSEUM – Eindhoven, Netherlands
1994

1992

36,6
The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago – Chicago IL, United States
1992 – 1993

Group Exhibitions (Selected)

Art shows / fairs

2006

Frieze Art Fair
Regent’s Park – London, United Kingdom
10/12/2006 – 10/15/2006
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain

2003

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/04/2003 – 12/07/2003
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain

The Armory Show 2003
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
03/07/2003 – 03/10/2003
Represented by : White Cube² – 48 Hoxton Square – London, United Kingdom

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain

Art Forum Berlin, n° 7
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
09/26/2002 – 09/30/2002
Represented by : Galerie Nordenhake – Zimmerstrasse 88-91 – Berlin, Germany

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain

Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Nordenhake – Zimmerstrasse 88-91 – Berlin, Germany

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain

Sthml Art Fair 2001, n° 21
Sollentunamässan – Sollentuna, Sweden
03/08/2001 – 03/11/2001
Represented by : Galerie Nordenhake – Nybrogatan 25 B – Stockholm, Sweden

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Barbara Gladstone Gallery – 515 West 24th Street – New York NY, United States

2000

Sthml Art Fair, n°20
Sollentuna, Sweden
03/09/2000 – 03/12/2000
Represented by : Galerie Nordenhake – Nybrogatan 25 B – Stockholm, Sweden

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Galería Juana de Aizpuru – C/ Barquillo 44, I° – Madrid, Spain

Group exhibitions

2004

Eclipse
White Cube – London, United Kingdom
07/16/2004 – 08/21/2004

2002

7
Galleria Continua – San Gimignano SI, Italy
09/2002

2001

In Between: Art from Poland, 1945-2000
The Chicago Cultural Center – Chicago IL, United States
01/20/2001 – 03/25/2001

2000

Between Cinema and the Hard Place
Tate Modern – London, United Kingdom
2000

The Vincent
Bonnefanten Museum – Maastricht, Netherlands
2000

1998

Displacements : Balka, Salcedo, Whiteread
AGO Art Gallery of Ontario – Toronto ON, Canada
1998

1995

Rites of Passage: Art for the End of the Century
Tate Gallery – London, United Kingdom
1995

1993

Aperto 93 – 45° Biennale di Venezia
Giardini di Castello / Arsenale – Venice VE, Italy
1993

1992

Polnische Avantgarde 1930-1990
NBK Neuer Berliner Kunstverein – Berlin, Germany
1992

Documenta IX
Museum Fridericianum – Kassel, Germany
06/13/1992 – 09/20/1992

Bibliography (Selected)

On the artist

Exhibition catalogues

1998

Displacements
Publisher: AGO Art Gallery of Ontario – 317 Dundas Street West – Toronto ON, Canada
1998

1995

Rites of Passage
Publisher: Tate Britain – Millbank – London, United Kingdom
1995

1992

Polnische Avantgarde 1930-1990
Publisher: NBK Neuer Berliner Kunstverein – Chausseestrasse 128/129 – Berlin, Germany
Publisher: Muzeum Sztuki – Ul Wieckowskiego 36 – Lodz, Poland
1992

Periodicals

2001

RUAS Charles – Elyn Zimmerman Gagosian
in: ARTnews p. 117
New York NY, United States
12/2001

Beaux Arts Magazine, Absolut Secret
Paris, France
19/06/2001

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