Miroslaw Balka Diameter 7,5 x 159 x 16,5 - 195 x 47 x 90 cm – Diameter 6 x 18 cm; 1991
Wood, Steel, Salt, Sponge, Chalk
Miroslaw Balka 135,5 x 29 x 21 cm; 1990
Wood, Chalk
Miroslaw Balka Diameter 7,5 x 159 x 16,5 - 195 x 47 x 90 cm Diameter 6 x 18 cm; 1991
Detail, Diameter 6 x 18 cm, Steel and Salt
Miroslaw Balka 2 x (Diameter 7,5 x 26,5), Diameter 6 x 26,5; 1991
Steel, Salt, Ash
Miroslaw Balka 2 x (Diameter 7,5 x 26,5), Diameter 6 x 26,5; 1991
Steel, Salt, Ash
Miroslaw Balka Diameter 10,2 x 116 x 21 cm; 1991
Steel
Miroslaw Balka Diameter 7,5 x 159 x 16,5 - 195 x 47 x 90 cm; 1991
Steel and Salt
Miroslaw Balka Front: 2 x (Diameter 7,5 x 26,5), Diameter 6 x 26,5; Back
10,2 x 116 x 21 cm; 1991, Steel, Salt and Ash
Miroslaw Balka 195 x 47 x 33 cm; 1991
Polychromic Wood, Wood, Zinc Plate, Crayon, Cardboard, Water, Salt
Miroslaw Balka 135,5 x 29 x 21 cm; 1990
Wood
Miroslaw Balka 194 x 41 x 14 cm; 1991
Wood
Miroslaw Balka 2 x (Diameter 3,5 x 167 x 12 cm); 1991
Steel and Salted Water
Miroslaw Balka Detail: 2 x (Diameter 3,5 x 167 x 12 cm); 1991
Steel and Salted Water
Miroslaw Balka 61 x 21 x 14, 191 x 61 x 54, 191 x 61 x 54, 1992
Steel, terrazzo, carpet, salt, water, felt; dimension like title (in cm)
Miroslaw Balka 61 x 21 x 14, 191 x 61 x 54, 191 x 61 x 54 (Detail), 1992
Steel, terrazzo, carpet, salt, water, felt; dimension like title (in cm)
Miroslaw Balka 1997
Brass tubing, hide, fly; 135 x 55 x 55 cm
Miroslaw Balka 190 x 60 x 54, 9 x 1 (Detail), 1992
Steel, brass, iron sheet, ash, felt; dimensions like title (in cm)
Coming soon
20.06.2009 - 01.08.2009
15.05.1992 - 27.06.1992
12.04.1991 - 07.09.1991
1959
born in Warsaw, Poland
lives and works in Warsaw
solo exhibitions (selected)
2017
In Bezug auf die Zeit, Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Mailand (IT)
CROSSOVER/S, Pirelli Hangar Bicocca, Mailand (IT)
2016
EMPLACEMENT, British School, Rome (IT)
Gatunki przestrzeni, Baltycka Galeria Sztuki Wspolczesnej, Ustka (PL)
TRANSIT, Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid (ES)
2015
NERW. KONSTRUKCJA, Muzeum Sztuki MS1, Łódź (PL)
2014
LUFTZUG, Galeria Foksal, Warsaw
Fragment, Museum Arnhem
Fragment, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin (Poland)
DIE TRAUMDEUTUNG 25,31m AMSL, White Cube Mason’s Yard, Londyn
2013
fragment, Centre for Contemporary Art / Vinzavod, Moscow
Touch me / Find me, Studio K, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
Pioneering Values, The 15th Media Art Biennale WRO, WRO Media Art Center Foundation, Wroclaw
The Order of Things, Gladstone Gallery, New York
Signaalit / Signal’s, IHME Contemporary Art Festival, Helsinki
2012
bes-sennosh-ch, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin
2011
Fragment, Center for Contemporary Art, Warsaw
Nonetheless, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
ctrl, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
2010
Miroslaw Balka: Wir sehen dich, Staatliche Kunstalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
Miroslaw Balka. Ctrl, Abadía de Santo Domingo de Silos (Burgos) and Sala de Bóvedas, Museo Reina Sofía
2009
Miroslaw Balka: Topography, Modern Art Oxford, Oxford
Miroslaw Balka: Und Akupunktur, Gladstone Gallery, New York
Miroslaw Balka: Gravity, University Gallery, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
The Unilever Series: Miroslaw Balka, How It Is, Tate Modern, London
2008
Landschaftsabfälle, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
Entering Paradise, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
2007
Miroslaw Balka, Schmerzstillend, Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan, Italy
Miroslaw Balka: Tristes Tropiques, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
2006
Lichtzwang, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2005
Kein Warum, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
Hipnoza, Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok, Poland
2004
Bon Voyage, Museum of Contemporary Art, Strasbourg
Karma, White Cube, London
Su seguro servidor, Galeria Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
Neither, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
2003
Still, Anthony Meier Fine Arts, San Francisco
Element der Exaktheit, Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milano
2002
Nachtruhe, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
Cekaonica, Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Tiedtothetoe, Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee, Scotland
dig,dug,dug, Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin
2001
Eclipse, Kröller-Müller Museum, Otterlo
sweep, swept, swept, Barbara Gladstone Gallery , New York
Around 21°15’00″E 52°06’17″N + GO – GO, S.M.A.K., Ghent
Pureza, Galería Juana de Azipuru, Sevilla, Spain
Around 21°15’00″E 52°06’17″N + GO – GO, Zacheta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Ruhe, BWA, Zielona Góra, Poland
2000
Quit, White Cube, London
Between Meals, The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
1999
be good, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Sza, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw
Mañana, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
1998
Hygiene, Galeria Labirynt 2, Lublin, Poland
1997
Selection, Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo
Revision 1986-1997, IVAM,Centre Del Carme, Valencia
a, e, i, o, u, Kunsthalle Bielefeld; Foksal Gallery Warsaw
Ordnung, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
Out, London Projects, London
1996
Pause, Galeria Foksal, Warsaw
Pax, Studio pe 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 Día, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Sevilla
When you wet the bed, /1987/, Galeria Miejsce, Cieszyn, Poland
Dawn, Tate Gallery, London
1994
Laadplatform, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, Rampa, Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz, Poland
Buenas Noches, Galería Juana de Aizpuru, Madrid
37.1(cont.), Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles
Rampen, Galerie Nordenhake, Stockholm
Winterhilfsverein, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana
1993
37, Foksal Gallery, 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, Zurich
1992
No body, Galerie Peter Pakesch, Vienna
Bitte, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld
36,6, The Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago, Chicago
1991
xxx, De Appel, Amsterdam
April/ My 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
fragment, Centre for Contemporary Art / Vinzavod, Moscow
Touch me / Find me, Studio K, Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki
Pioneering Values, The 15th Media Art Biennale WRO, WRO Media Art Center Foundation, Wroclaw
The Order of Things, Gladstone Gallery, New York
Signaalit / Signal’s, IHME Contemporary Art Festival, Helsinki
1989
Installation Abel, Galeria PO, Zielona Gora, Poland
River, Galeria Labirynt 2, Lublin, Poland
1986
Percepta Patris Mei Servivi Semper, Galeria Pokaz, Warsaw
1985
Remembrance of the First Holy Communion, Zukow
Wolves, Nowolves, TPSP, Warsaw
group exhibitions (selected)
2017
The Greatest Story Ever Told – The Collection curated by Ryan Gander, The National Museum of Art, Osaka (JP)
Jutro nie przyjdzie nigdy, Galeria Miejska Arsenal, Poznan (PL)
Uporczywe upodobanie, Galeria Labirynt, Lublin (PL)
Placed someplace with intent, Dvir Gallery, TelAviv (IL)
283 x 100 x 27, 12 x 6 x 5, Atlas Sztuki, Lodz (PL)
Wielka 19, BWA Warszawa (PL)
Pallaksh Pallaksh, Dvir Gallery, TelAviv (IL)
Volume of Effort, Akademik Polonez, Poznan (PL)
2016
Jutro nie przyjdzie nigdy, Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok (PL)
Dilemma, Dvir Gallery, TelAviv (IL)
Gestos iconoclastas, imágenes heterodoxas, Fundacion la Caixa, Barcelona
2015
Après coup – Présenter l’irreprésentable?, Passage de Retz, Paris
Śmierć nie ma ostatniego słowa. Doświadczenie Auschwitz dzisiaj, Zentrum für verfolgte Künste, Solingen
Teoría del duende, Centro Federico García Lorca, Granada
Polska-Izrael-Niemcy. Doświadczenie Auschwitz, MOCAK, Kraków
Ecce Homo, The Human Images in Contemporary Art, The National Museum of Art, Osaka
State of Life, Polish Contemporary Art within Global Circumstance, National Art Museum of China, Beijing
(English) Procedures For The Head / Polish Art Today
2014
As You Can See: Polish Art Today, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
In the Near Future, Museum of Modern Art, Warsaw
Black Milk, Museum of Contemporary Art, Roskilde
For Each Gesture Another Character, Art Stations Foundation, Poznan
2013
Makhno’s Boys/Isaac Babel, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
Twisted Entities. Zeitgenössische polnische Kunst, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
The Fragmented Body: Dust below the Carpet, LiMAC, Madrid, Spain
The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection,The Cleveland Museum of Art,Cleveland, Ohio
Sztuka polska wobec Holocaustu, The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw
The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection, Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Quebec
2nd Biennial D-0 ARK Underground, Konjic, The Bosnia and Herzegovina
Sztuka polska wobec Holokaustu, The Emanuel Ringelblum Jewish Historical Institute, Warsaw
In the Heart of the Country – The collection. Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw, Warsaw
Alternativa 2013 Till tomorrow! Ideologies of city planning and the tactics of dwelling Wyspa Institute of Art, Gdansk
The Encyclopedic Palace, 55th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice
Glasstress Project ‘White Light/White Heat’ 55th International Art Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice
Uni – Ja / Uni – On 5th Open City Festival Centre for Intercultural Creative Initiatives “Crossroads”, Lublin
Four Something, Dvir gallery, Tel, Aviv
Sculpture in the Close, Jesus College, Cambridge
Serralves Collection in The Villa, Villa Serralves, Porto
British British Polish Polish: Art from Europe’s Edges in the Long ’90s and Today, Centre For Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
Memory. Registers and territory, International Cultural Centre, Cracow
93, Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela
Selected works from the City of Malmö’s art collections, Malmö Konsthall, Malmö
An Approach to Being, Darkness, Infinity, Everyday Life @KCUA Gallery, Kyoto
An Approach to Being – Darkness, Infinity, Etery Life, Kyoto City University of Arts Art Gallery, Kyoto
Tatsuno Art Project 2013, Tatsuno
2012
Evil is here, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv, Israel
PREPASTPOSTCONTINUOUS, (with Douglas Gordon ) , Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Written in Water, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb
Fremde Überall – Foreigners Everywhere, The Jewish Museum, Vienna
Dziennik Getta – Rysunki. Z Podziemnego Archiwum Getta Warszawskiego, Kordegarda, Warsaw
An hour of Light, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
UM-Festival, Gerswalde
Void, Galeria BWA Sokol, Nowy Sacz
Reality Bites/ Document in Contemporary Art. Works from the Collections, Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki, Finland
Cieszyn, kocham Cię z daleka, Szara Gallery, Cieszyn
What To Think. What To Desire. What To Do, CaixaForum, Barcelona
Towards Schulz, Spokojna Gallery, Warszawa
Gespräche über persönliche Themen (with Roni Horn), Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milano
Still ON – the 35th anniversary of ON Gallery, Old Synagogue, Poznan
Korespondencje. Sztuka nowoczesna i uniwersalizm / Correspondences. Modern Art and Universalism, Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz
The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection, The J. Paul Getty Museum, the Getty Villa, Los Angeles
2011
Litos Grafera, Kunst Centret Silkeborg Bad, Stavanger Kunstmuseum, Denmark
I could live in Africa , BWA , Wrocław
New Order, White Cube , London
Historia w sztuce , MOCAK , Kraków
PARTICOLARE. Art That Sparks Unrest, Pallazo Donà, Venice
Ostalgia, The New Museum , New York
New Realities. PhotoGraphik from Warhol to Havekost, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin
We Will Live We Will See, Zabludowicz Collection, London
Shaping a Collection. An interpretation of the Fundación Botín Collection , Santander
Jan Karski (Mon nom est une fiction), Centre Dramatique National, Orleans / Festival d’Avignon
Miroslaw Balka + Tanya Bruguera , Galeria Juana de Aizpuru , Madrid
Rytmika ćwiczeń/Rhythmic exercises, BWA Sokół, Nowy Sącz
Side by Side Poland-Germany 1000 Years of Art and History, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
New Order, Art Stations Foundation, Poznan
Meer licht (More Light), Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle
Dreams of power, Zamek Culture Centre, Poznan
The Present And Presence. Arteast 2000+Collection & Selection Of Works From The National Collection, Moderna Galerija+Muzej Sodobne
Umetnosti Metelkova, Ljubljana
Herzlyaartlv Contemporary Art Biennial 2011, Herzliya
Niemandslicht, Kunstmuseum Bochum
2010
The Reality of The Lowest Rank – A Vision of Central Europe, curated by Luc Tuymans, Musea Bruges, Belgium
Atlas, Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid
Ordinary Madness, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
2009
Lichtzwang, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
Dank an, Galerie Isabella Czarnowska, Berlin
2008
Marcello Maloberti, Galleria Raffaella Cortese, Milan
Balka, Jakubowicz, Nowak, Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv
2006
Sublime Embrace: Experiencing Consciousness in Contemporary Art, Art Gallery of Hamilton, Ontario
The 80’s: A Topology, Museau Serralves, Porto, Portugal
Still Points of the Turning World, SITE Sante Fe, New Mexico
2005
Idyll, Middelheim Open Air Museum, The Netherlands
The Experience of Art, Venice Biennale, Venice
2003
Miroslaw Balka /John Coplans, Centre for Contemporary Art. Gdansk
Rafaella Cortese, Milano
Galeria Labirynth 2, University Gallery, Hertfordshire
Center of Contemporary Art , Gdansk
Absolut Generations, Venice Biennale, Venice
Winterreise, Starmach Gallery, Krakow
Phantom of Desire, Neue Galerie, Graz
Rituale, Akademie der Kunst, Berlin
2002
The Unthought Known, White Cube, London
Arte all’ Arte, San Gimignano
Retrospectacle: 25 Years of Collecting Modern and Contemporary Art, Denver Art Museum, Denver
2001
In Between, The Art Institute of Chicago & Cultural Center, Chicago
Negotiators of Art, Bunkier Sztuki, Cracov
Oblicza smierci, BWA, Katowice, Poland
Lugares de la Memoria, EACC, Castellon
Milano Europa 2000, PAC e La Triennale de Milano, Milan
Postawy, BWA, Lublin
Absolut Secret, Espace Tajan, Paris
Biurokracja / Bureaucracy, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw
2000
I’m Not Here: Constructing Idenity at the Turn of the Century, Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg
Still, Alexander and Bonin, New York
Between Cinema and the Hard Place, Tate Modern, London
Ombra della Ragione, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna
The Oldest Possible Memory, Sammlung Hauser & Wirth, St. Gallen
Time and moments, Galeria Stara, Galeria Labirynt 2, Lublin
Absolut Ego, The Musee des Arts Decoratifs, Palais du Louvre, Paris
Wanas 2000, Wanas
OO, Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
The Vincent, Bonnefanten Museum, Masstricht
Through Melancholia and Charm, Galerie Nordenhake, Berlin
Vanitas, The Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond, Virginia
L’autre moitié de l’Europe, Jeu de Paume, Paris
Negotiators of Art. Facing Reality, The Balthouse Center of Contemporary Art, Gdansk
Beware of Exiting your Dreams. You may Find Yourself in Somebody Else’s, Zacheta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Scena 2000, CSW Center of Contemporary Art, Warsaw
1999
Ars Aevi, Museum, Sarajevo
Lost Paradise, (with Zhang Huan), Galeria Presença, Porto
Uchwyt, Muzeum Sztuki, Lodz
Distant Similarities, Narodini galerie, Prague
Fauna, Zacheta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Aspects-Positions, Museum Moderner Kunst, Stifung Ludwig, Vienna
Trace, First Liverpool Biennial of Contemporary Art, Tate Gallery, Liverpool
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, Südwest LB, Stuttgart
Held & let go, Oliver Art Center, California Collage of Arts and Crafts, Okland
1998
10 Intensita in Europa, Pecci Museo, Prato, Italy
Wounds Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art, Moderna Museet Stockholm
Privacy, Fundaçao de Serralves, Porto, Portugal, (with Luc Tuymans)
Displacements, (with Rachel Whiteread and Doris Salcedo), Art Gallery of Ontario,Toronto
a,e,i,o,u, São Paulo Biennial, São Paulo, Brazil
Art and the Environment-From an Ecological Point of View, National Museum of Art, Osaka
Minimal Maximal, Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
1997
Umedalen Sculptur 1997, Galleri Stefan Andersson, Umea, Switzerland
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, Copenhagen Distemper, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington
Horizons, Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju
For the Museum of Contemporary Art Sarajevo 2000, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana
Pax, (with Alfredo Pirri), Studio per l’Arte Contemporanea Tucci Russo, Torre Pellice
Betong, (with Anish Kapoor, Anthony Gormley), Konsthall, Malmö
Styki/Contact Prints, Foksal Gallery, Warsaw
1995
ARS 95, The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki
Incidentes. Seis visiones desde Europa, Casa da Parra, Santiago de Compostela
Where is Abel, the brother?, Zacheta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Rites of Passage: Art for the End of the Century, Tate Gallery, London
Ripple Across the Water, Watari Museum, Tokyo
Carnegie International 1995, The Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
1994
Till Brancusi, (with Elsworth Kelly, Richard Deacon, Carl Andre), Konsthall, Malmö
Europa, Europa, Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn
The Little House On The Prairie, Marc Jancou Gallery, London
Tuning Up #2, (with R. Gober, B. Nauman, S. Brouwn), Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany
1993
Zeichnungen Setzen Zeichen. 44 Künstler der Documenta IX: Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Raymond Bollag, Zürich
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, Arnheim
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
Zeichnungen Setzen Zeichen. 44 Künstler der Documenta IX: Arbeiten auf Papier, Galerie Raymond Bollag, Zurich
Miroslaw Balka, Jürgen Drescher, Asta Gröting, Galerie Isabella Kacprzak, Cologne
Documenta IX, Kassel
Muzeum Sztuki w Lodzi 1931‑1992, Musee d’art Contemporain & ELAC, Lyon
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, Cracov
Kolekcja Sztuki XX w. w Muzeum Sztuki w Lodzi, Zacheta – National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Borealis V, Kunstmuseum Pori, Pori
Körper und Körper, Grazer Kunstverein, Graz
Rosa e Giallo, Galeria Pieroni, Rome
Von Angesicht zu Angesicht, Stadtgalerie, Kiel
1990
Dialog, CSW, Warsaw
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 Düsseldorf, CSW 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
2nd Biennial of the New Art, Zielona Gora, Poland
1986
Expression of the Eighties, Galeria BWA, Sopot, Poland
Figures and Objects, Galeria BWA, Pulawy, Poland
Luc Tuymans curates: A Vision of Central Europe by PHAIDON
It has been suggested that, for a city with such a rich heritage, Bruges has few dedicated art institutions. But what the city lacks in permanent galleries – primarily those concerned with contemporary art – it has more than made up for with its recent series of highly successful
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'Master poet' Miroslaw Balka gets Tate's Turbine Hall commission by Nosheen Iqbal
A crack running through the floor, a helter-skelter and a simulated sunrise have all been part of Tate Modern’s popular Turbine Hall series. Now the gallery has announced that Polish artist Miroslaw Balka is the 10th person to receive the prestigious commission.
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Why Miroslaw Balka is a great choice for the Tate's Turbine Hall by Adrian Searle
Polish artist Miroslaw Balka is an almost perfect choice to take on the 10th Unilever Turbine Hall commission, which was announced yesterday and opens on 13 October. The echoing space, the concrete floor, the long perspective down the ramp of Tate Modern present ideal possibilities for Balka, whose work has always concerned itself with history, disquiet and unease.
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A journey into the terror of sensory deprivation – nearly by Michael Glover
Things are getting worse and worse and worse! Those words, once uttered, with the most resounding lugubriousness, by the great poet and translator Michael Hamburger, ring in my ears as I approach Miroslaw Balka’s giant black, ship’s container-like installation at the back end of Tate Modern’s Turbine Hall.
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Dark arts in Turbine Hall by Arifa Akbar
Once there was light, in the form of a fake sun beaming down at thousands of basking visitors at Tate Modern. Now, the gallery’s vast Turbine Hall has been filled with darkness. The latest sculpture to dominate the room is a windowless, 13 metre-high chamber, reminiscent of a giant shipping container, which visitors can access by ascending a ramp. Inside, the exhibit is nothing but 30 metres of dark matter – the further one progresses into the structure, the less is visible.
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Miroslaw Balka on the ghosts of Treblinka by Adrian Searle
Dusk, and I am stumbling around in a dark wood behind the sculptorMiroslaw Balka. We emerge from the pine trees on to a track where a line of rough standing stones, each about the size of a man, marks the original perimeter of the death camp at Treblinka, deep in the Polish countryside. We are the only ones here.
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Miroslaw Balka's How It Is at the Tate Modern, review by Richard Dorment
Very few works of art have actually scared the wits out of me, but Miroslaw Balka’s How It Is – the 10th in Tate Modern’s hugely successful annual commissions sponsored by Unilever – was among them. At least, it did at the beginning. The walk from the main entrance of the Turbine Hall to the place where you first encounter Balka’s sculpture is as long and as drawn-out as possible.
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Monographs / Solo Exhibition Catalogues
Bojarska, Katarzyna. bes-sennosh-ch. Galeria Labirynt, Lubin 2012.
Bauman, Zygmunt, Marek Goździewski, Julian Heynen, Piotr Krajewski, and Frances Morris. Miroslaw Balka. fragment. Centre for Contemporary Art, Warsaw 2011.
Arbeitsplatz. Academy of Fine Arts Warsaw, Warsaw 2011.
Cooke, Lynne, Georges Didi-Huberman and Zigniew Herbert. Miroslaw Balka. Ctrl. Museo Reina Sofia, Madrid, 2011.
Miroslaw Balka Wir sehen dich. Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe 2010.
Sainsbury, Helen (ed.), Miroslaw Balka: How It Is. Tate Publishing, London 2009.
Cotter, Suzanne (ed.), Topography. Modern Art Oxford, Oxford 2009.
Gravity. University of Massachusetts, Amherst 2009.
Jetzt. WRO Art Center, Wroclaw 2008.
17 x 2,35 x 1,6. White Cube, London 2008.
Tristes Tropiques. Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin 2007.
Reflejos condicionados. Fundacion Marcelino Botin, Santander 2007.
AAA+ rauchsignale. Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, Rijeka 2007.
Lichtzwang. K21, Düsseldorf 2006.
hipnoza. Galeria Arsenal, Bialystok 2005.
Guigon, Emmanuel (ed.), Bon Voyage. Musées de la Ville de Strasbourg, Strasbourg 2004.
Winterreise. Galeria Starmach, Krakow 2003.
Dig, dug, dug. The Douglas Hyde Gallery, Dublin 2002.
Cekaonica. Museum of Contemporary Art, Zagreb 2002.
eclipse. Kroller Muller Museum, Otterlo 2001.
Ruhe. BWA, Zielona Gora 2001.
Miroslaw Balka Around 21˚ 15’oo’E 52˚06’17”N + GO-GO (1985-2001). Galeria Sztuki Wspótczesnej Zacjheta, Warsaw 2001.
Between Meals. The National Museum of Art, Osaka 2000.
sza. Galeria Foksal, Warsaw 1999.
Hygiene. Galeria Labirynt 2, Lubin 1998.
Miroslaw Balka: A Memorial. Statens konstrads, Stockholm 1998.
Aliaga, Juan Vicente and Jean Manuel Bonet. Revision 1986-1997. Instituto Valenciano de Arte Moderno Centre Julio Gonzalez, Valencia 1997.
a,e,i,o,u. Galeria Foksal, Warsaw 1997.
Selection. Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo 1997.
Dawn. Tate Gallery, London 1995.
Debbaut, Jan, Selma Klein Essink, Jaromir Jedlinski, Maria Morzuch and Anda Rottenberg. Die Rampe. Van Abbemuseum / Museum Sztuki, Eindhoven / Lodz: 1994.
37, I (cont.) La Biennale di Venezia. Venezia 1993.
Schjedahl, Peter and Julian Heynen. 36,6. The Renaissance Society / MIT List Visual Arts Center, Cambridge, Chicago / Cambridge 1992.
bitte. Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld 1992.
April / My body cannot do everything I ask for. Galeria Foksal, Warsaw 1991.
xxx. De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam 1991.
Kiliszek, J., Good God. Galeria Dziekanka, Warsaw 1990.
Possible Worlds, ICA London / Serpentine Gallery, London 1990.
River. Galeria Labirynt 2, Lublin 1989.
Percepta Patris Mei Servivi Semper. Galeria Pokaz, Warsaw 1986.
Books and Catalogues
Grovier, Kelly. 100 Works of Art That Will Define Our Age. Thames & Hudson, London 2013.
Twisted Entities, Zeitgenossische polnische Kunst. Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen 2013.
Pprepastpostcontinuous. Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv 2012.
Beros, Nada (ed.), Zapisano na vodi/Written in Water. MSU, Zagreb 2012.
Dziennik Getta – Rysunki. Z Podziemnego Archiwum Getta Warszawskiego. Kordegarda, Warsaw 2012.
Void. Nowy Sącz: Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA SOKÓŁ w Nowym Sączu, Małopolskie Centrum Kultury SOKÓŁ, 2012.
Selected Works from the Collection. The National Museum of Art, Osaka 2012.
Prażmowski, Wojciech. Towards Schulz / W stronę Schulza. Schulz w Warszawie-Drohobycz w Warszawie. EKPictures, Academy of Fine Arts, Warsaw 2012.
Kubiak, Jarosław and Malgorzata Ludwisiak (ed.), Korespondencje. Sztuka nowoczesna i uniwersalizm / Correspondences. Modern Art and Universalism. Muzeum Sztuki Lodz, Lodz 2012.
Martinez, Rosa. Qué pensar. (Qué desear. Qué hacer) / What To Think. (What To Desire. What To Do), Obra Social “la Caixa”, Barcelona 2012.
Hohenegger, Beatrice (ed.), The Last Days of Pompeii: Decadence, Apocalypse, Resurrection. The J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles 2012.
Luc Tuymans: The Reality of the Lowest Rank – A Vision of Central Europe. Lannoo Publishers, Tielt 2011.
Potocka, Maria Anna (ed.), History in Art. MOCAK Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej w Krakowie, Kraków 2011.
Power of Fantasy. Modern and Contemporary Art from Poland. Bozar Books and Prestel, Brussels 2011.
Musiał, Grzegorz and Ewa Górniak-Morgan, ed. Particolare: Percorsi di democrazia. Paths of democracy. Signum Foundation Palazzo Dona, Venezia 2011.
Gregory, Jarrett and Sarah Valdez (ed.), Ostalgia. New Museum, New York 2011.
Schalhorn, Andreas (ed.), New Realities. PhotoGraphik from Warhol to Havekost. Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Berlin 2011.
Shaping a Collection. An interpretation of the Fundación Botín Collection. Fundacion Botin, Santander 2011.
Rytmika ćwiczeń/Rhythmic exercises. BWA Sokół, Nowy Sącz 2011.
Obok. Polska – Niemcy. 1000 lat historii w sztuce. DuMont-Verlag, Berlin 2011.
Nowy porządek – New Order. Art Stations Foundation, Poznan 2011.
Che cosa sono le nuvole? Works from the Enea Righi Collection. Kaleidoscope Press, Milan 2010.
Verzotti, Giorgio (ed.), Elogio della Semplicità. Silvana Editoriale, Milan 2010.
Cokolwiek. Akademia Sztuk Pięknych, Poznan 2010.
Kupferstichkabinett: Between Thought and Action, White Cube, London 2010.
Imielska, Joanna (ed.), Roz-Poznanie Miejsca. Uniwersytet Artystyczny w Poznaniu, Poznan 2010.
Siła sztuki. Lubelskie Towarzystwo Zachęty Sztuk Pięknych, Lublin 2010.
Horizontabschreitung. Kunstparterre, Munich 2009.
Serralves 2009 – the Collection, Museu de Serralves, 2009.
Morawinska, Agnieszka and Zacheta Narodowa (ed.), Invasion of Sound/Inwazja Dźwięku. Muzyka i Sztuki Wizualne, Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw 2009.
Par lijevih cipela / A Pair of Left Shoes – reality Check in East Europe. Muzej suvremene umjetnosti Zagreb, Zagreb 2009.
Bińczycka, Magdalena, and Małgorzata Gołębiewska (ed.), Artboom. Krakowskie Biuro Festiwalowe, Krakow 2009.
Kilkanaście koanów na (nie)istnienie. Bałtycka Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Słupsk 2009.
Rattemeyer, Christian (ed.), Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation, Contemporary Drawings Collection, Museum of Modern Art, New York 2009.
Rattemeyer, Christian. Compass in Hand: Selections from the Judith Rothschild Foundation. Contemporary Drawings Collection. Catalogue Raisonne, Museum of Modern Art, New York 2009.
Termińska, Agnieszka (ed.), Labirynt Pamięci. Oblicza zła 1939-2009, BWA Katowice, Katowice 2009.
Bochyński, Romuald K. (ed.), Koany w elektrowni. Radom: Mazowieckie Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej “Elektrownia”, 2009.
Leszkowicz, Pawet. Imperium zmysłów/The Empire of the Senses. Academy of Fine Arts, Poznan 2007.
Akiko, Kayasu. Still / Motion: Liquid Crystal Painting. The Asahi Shimbun, Tokyo 2008.
Ciesielska, Jolanta. Republika Bananowa. Ekspresja lat 80, Wrocław 2008.
Lewandowski, Roman. Medium… Post… Mortem…, (Wolumian I & II), Bałtycka Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej, Słupsk 2008.
Souvenirs. University of Ben Gurion University, Beersheba 2008.
Driessen, Chris and Heidi van Mierlo (ed.), Wanderlust. Excursions In Contemporary Sculpture. Fundament Foundation, Tilburg 2008.
Morris, Frances, ed. Tate Modern, The Handbook. Tate Publishing, London 2008.
International Triennale of Contemporary Art; Re-reading the Future. KANT, Prague 2008.
Hoffman, Jens. The Exotic Journey Ends/Koniec egzotycznej podróży. Fundacja Galerii Foksal, Warsaw 2007.
Montani, Pietro. Mirosław Bałka, Alfredo Pirri: Beyond. Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej Bunkier Sztuki, Kraków 2007.
Identity/Tozsamosc. Dolnoslaskie Towarzystwo Zachety Sztuk Pieknych, Wroclaw 2007.
New Agora. International Academy on Intercultural Dialog. Borderland Foundation, Sejny 2007.
Loock, Ulrich, ed. The 80s – A Topology. Fundacao Serralves / Edicoes Asa, Porto 2007.
Madill, Shirley. Sublime Embrace: Experiencing Consciousness in Contemporary Art. Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton 2006.
Merewether, Charles (ed.), Zones of contact. The Biennale of Sydney Ltd., Sydney 2006.
Arteast Collection 2000+23. Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana 2006.
van der Ley, Sabrina and Markus Ritcher (ed.), Ideal City – Invisible Cities. Revolver, Frankfurt 2006.
Premio Biella Per L’incisione 2006. SKIRA, Geneva-/Milan: 2006.
Trzupek, Jan (ed.), Kolekcja Małopolskiej Fundacji Muzeum Sztuki Współczesnej Znaki czasu. MBWA w Nowym Sączu, 2006.
Still points of turning world. Site, Santa Fe 2006.
Ciepło/zimno – Letnia miłość. Zachęta Narodowa Galeria Sztuki, Warsaw 2006.
Tulli, Mara Chiara (ed.), Polemos. The work of art between conflict and resolution. Silvana Editoriale Spa, Milan 2006.
Tatarczuk, W. Terytoria. Centrum Kultury w Lublinie, Lublin 2006.
Forma Jest pustką – Pustka Jest Formą Górnośląskie. Centrum Kultury, Katowice, Katowice 2006.
Wobec zła / In the face of Evil. Miejska Galeria Sztuki, Częstochowa 2006.
GK Collection #1. Stary Browar, Poznan 2006.
Leaving in material world: “Things” in Art of the 20th Century and Beyond. The National Art Centre, Tokyo 2006.
Jowlewa, Lidia and Maria Poprzęcka, ed. Warszawa – Moskwa/Moskwa – Warszawa 1900-2000. Narodowa Galeria Sztuki Zachęta and Galeria Trietjakowska, Warsaw / Moskow 2005.
Sygnowano Stańko, Fabryka Trzciny, 2004.
Nassisi, Anna Maria. Vis a Vis. Volume, Rome 2005.
Landau, Suzanne. Vanishing Point: Hidden Beauty in Contemporary Art. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2005.
Theorema. A Private Collection in Italy. The Enea Righi Collection. Collection Lambert, Avignon 2005.
Idyl. The Middelheimmuseum, Anwerp 2005.
Positioning In the New Reality of Europe: Art from Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary. The National Museum of Art, Osaka 2005.
La Biennale Di Venezia: 51 International Art Exhibition. La Biennale di Venezia, Venezia 2005.
Drawing from the Modern 1975-2005. The Museum of Modern Art, New York 2005.
Barber, Anna (ed.), Beauty and Sanctity. The Israel Museum at 40. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2005.
Acqua, Aria, Terra, Fuoco. Skira, Milan 2005.
Chocolate Grinder No.3./ Continental Breakfast. Trieste Contemporanea, Trieste 2005.
Mytkowska, Joanna and Pawl Althamer. Prym: Galeria BWA Zielona Gora. Revolver, Frankfurt am Main 2004.
Lerm Hayes, Christa-Maria. Joyce in Art: Visual Art inspired by James Joyce.The Lilliput Press LTD, Dublin 2004.
Art Poznan 2004. Fundacja Akademii Sztuk Pięknych w Poznaniu, Stary Browar, Poznan 2004.
Boellert, Arvid (ed.), Rohkunstbau. Wasserschloss Groß, Groß Leuthen 2004.
Transcultures. The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Athens 2004.
Eclipse: Towards the Edge of Visible. Jay Jopling/White Cube, London 2004.
Continental Breakfast. Belgrade Cultural Center, Belgrade 2004.
Myślą, słowem, formą, obrazem. Wydział Edukacji Artystycznej ASP w Poznaniu, Stary Browar, Poznań 2004.
Ellis, Andrew (ed.), Passage Europe. Realities, References. A Certain Look at Central and Eastern European Art, Musee d’Art Moderne de Saint-Etienne Metropole, St-Etienne 2004.
Między różnicami/Amongst differences. Galeria Hansgrohe-AquademiaTarnow Podgorny, 2004.
Dekada. Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej/Center of Contemporary Art, Warsaw 2003.
Rituale in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. Akademie der Künste, Berlin 2003.
Phantom der Lust. Visionen des Masochismus in der Kunst/Phantom of Desire. Neue Galerie, Graz 2003.
Szeemann, Harald. Sic! sa langt/Sic! So far. Stavanger International Collection, Stavanger 2003.
An International Legacy: Selections from Carnegie Museum of Art. American Federation of Arts, New York 2003.
ICANOF Media Art Show 2002-03: Distopia and Heterotopia between meals. ICANOF Hachinohe 2003, Le creazione ansiosa da Picasso a Bacon. Galeria d’Arte Moderna e Cont., Verona 2003.
Labirynt. University of Hertfordshire Galleries, Hatfield 2003.
The Unthought Known. Jay Jopling / White Cube, London 2002.
ARTEAST 2000+. Kunst Aus Osteuropa, Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnik, Karlsruhe 2002.
Badovinac, Zdenka and Peter Weibel (ed.), 2000+ Arteast Collection: The Art of Eastern Europa. Folio Verlag Wein, Bozen 2002.
converstion? van Abbemuseum and Galeria Bernier/Eliades, Eindhoven / Athens 2002.
Arte all Arte 7, Arte Continua. San Gimignano, 2002.
Rottenberg, Anda. Tanz. On the occasion of 2nd International Art Biennial of Buenos Aires. National Museum of Fine Arts, Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires 2002.
Oblicza smierci we współczesnej sztuce polskiej / The faces of Death in Polish Contemporary Art. Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA, Katowice 2001.
Lugares de la Memoria. Espai d’Art Contemporain de Castelló, Valencia 2001.
Mala, Olga. Milano Europa 2000. PAC e La Triennale de Milano, Milan 2001.
‘Motel Jezevo Project’, 2001.
I’m Not Here: Constructing Idenity at the Turn of the Century. Susquehanna Art Museum, Harrisburg 2001.
Ikus Usaina 6. Esencias 6 : colección Ernesto Ventós Omedes. Fundación Kutxa, 2001.
Vanitas. Meditations on Life and Death in Contemporary Art. Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond 2000.
L’ombra della ragione. Galeria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna 2000.
The Oldest Possible Memory. Lokremise St.Gallen: Sammlung Hauser und Wirth, 2000.
Czas i chwile/Time and Moments. BWA, Lublin 2000.
Absolut Ego. Palais du Louvre, Paris 2000.
Wanås 2000. The Wanås Foundation, Wanås 2000.
OO. Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York 2000.
2000+ Arteast Collection. Umetnost Vzhodne Evrope V Dialogu Z Zahodom Od 1960. Let Do Danes Moderna Galerija Ljublijana – Metelkova, Ljubljana 2000.
The Vincent: The Shortlisted Artists. Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht 2000.
c/o Haus Lange. Haus Esters, Krefelder Kunstmuseen, Krefeld 1999.
Heynen, Julian. Ein Ort der denkt/A Place That Thinks. Krefelder Kunstmuseen, Krefeld 2000.
Amnesia. Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen 2000.
Between Cinema and the Hard Place. Tate Modern, London 2000.
Distant Similarities/Uzdalene Podobnosti. National Gallery, Prague 2000.
Absolut Art. Milesgarden, Stockholm 2000.
Czubak, Bożena, ed. Negotiators of Art. Facing Reality / Negocjatorzy sztuki. Wobec rzeczywistości. Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Łaźnia, Gdańsk 2000.
L’autre moitié de l’Europe. Jeu de Paume, Paris 2000.
Poliptyk, VII Biennale “Wobec wartości”. Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej BWA, Katowice 1999.
Displacements. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 1999.
Three Stanzas: Miroslaw Balka, Robert Gober and Seamus Heaney. University of Pennsylvania, Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, Philadelphia 1999.
7. Triennale der Kleinplastik 1998 : zeitgenossische Skulptur : Europa, Afrika. Hatje Cantz, Ostfildern-Ruit 1999.
Figura w rzeźbie polskiej XIX i XX wieku. Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej Zachęta, Warsaw 1999.
Ars Aevi 1994-1997. Museum of Contemporary Art Sarajevo, Bosnia 1999.
Trace, 1st Biennial of International Contemporary Art. Tate Liverpool, Liverpool 1999.
Lost Paradise. Galeria Presença, Porto 1999.
Aspects — Positions. Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, Wien 1999.
Wounds: Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art. Moderna Museet, Stockholm 1998.
Wróblewska, Hannam and Jerger Krisztina (ed.), Lengyelorszag. Muveszet 1945-1996. Mucsarnok Szepmuveszeti Museum and Kortars Muveszeti Muzeum Ludwig Muzeum, Budapest 1997.
Kasuya, Akiko, ed. Art and environment. From an ecological point of view. National Museum of Art, Osaka 1998.
Privacy. Fundaçaõ de Serralves, Porto 1998.
Pedrosa, Adriano, ed. XXIV Bienal de Sao Paulo, Representacoes Nacionais. Fundacao Bienal de Sao Paolo, Sao Paolo 1998.
10-Intensita in Europa. Centro per l’Arte Contemporanea, Luigi Pecci, Prato 1998.
MINIMAL MAXIMAL. Minimal Art and it’s infulence on intenational art of the 1990s.Neues Museum Weserburg Bremen, Bremen 1998.
Niemansland. Museum Krefeld Kunstmuseen, Krefeld 1997.
City Space. City Space, Copenhagen 1996.
Distemper. Dissonant Themes in the Art of the 1990s, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C. 1996.
Horizons.14 Polish Contemporary Artists. Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongiu 1996.
Styki/Contact Prints. Galeria Foksal, Warsaw 1996.
Betong/Concrete. Malmo Konsthall, Malmö 1996.
Jaukkuri, Maarretta, ed. ARS 95. The Museum of Contemporary Art, Helsinki 1995.
Carnegie International. Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh 1995.
Gdzie jest brat twój, Abel?/Where is Able, thy brother?. Galeria Sztuki Współczesnej Zachęta, Warsaw 1995.
Ripple across the Water. The Watari Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo 1995.
Rites of Passage: Art for the End of the Century. Tate Gallery Publications, London 1995.
Winterhilfsverein. Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana 1994.
Stanisławski, Ryszard and Christoph Brockhaus (ed.), Europa, Europa: Das Jahrhundert der Avantgarde in Mittel- und Osteuropa. Hatje Cantz Verlag, Ostfildern 1994.
Tuning Up #2: Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg. Das Kunstmuseum, Wolfsburg 1994.
Till Brancusi: Malmö Konsthall. Konsthalle Malmö, Malmö 1994.
Borkowski, Wiesław, Małgorzata Jurkiewicz, and Andrzej Przywara (ed.), GALERIA FOKSAL 1966-1994. Galeria Foksal, Warsaw 1994.
Flügge, Matthias and Jiri Svestka (ed.), Der Riss im Raum. Positionen der Kunst seit 1945 in Deuschland, Polen, der Slowakei und Tschechien. Guardini Stiftung/Verlag der Kunst, Berlin / Dresden 1994.
Broeker, Holger. Tuning up-2. Kunstmuseum-Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg 1994.
Sonsbeek 93. Snoeck-Ducaju & Zoon, Ghent 1993. Konfrontationen : Neuerwerbungen, 1990–1993 : Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien : Ausstellung im Palais Liechtenstein und im Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Das Museum, Wien 1993.
Baltic Sculpture Gotland ’93. Baltic Art Center, Visby 1993.
Domaine 1993. Domaine de Kerguehennec, 1993.
XLV Espozizione Internazionale d’Art La Biennale di Venezia. Marsilio, Venice 1993.
Zugabe : 1983-1993: zehn Jahre Förderkreis für das Kaiser Wilhelm Museum in Krefeld e.V. Förderkreis für das Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld 1993.
Jancou, Marc. Restaurant. Galerie Marc Jancou, Zurich 1993.
Nachtigaller, Roland and Nicola von Velsen (ed.), Documenta IX. Edition Cantz, Stuttgart 1992.
Polnische Avantgarde, 1930–1990. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein / Muzeum Sztuki, Berlin / Łódź 1992.
Muzeum Sztuki w Lodzi 1931–1992. Musée d’Art Contemporain and ELAC, Lyon 1992.
Bond, Anthony. The Boundary Rider, 9th Biennale of Sydney. Biennale of Sydeny, Sydney 1992.
Borealis V. Pohjoismaisen Taiteen Biennale. Nordic Art Centre and Pori Art Museum, Helskini 1991.
Europa nieznana. Pałac Sztuki, Kraków 1991.
Kunst, Europa: 63 deutsche Kunstvereine zeigen Kunst aus 20 Ländern. Verlag Hermann Schmidt, Mainz 1991.
Kolekcja sztuki XX w., Muzeum Sztuki w Łodzi, 1991.
Le monde critique. Neue Kunst, Hamburg 1991.
Metropolis: International Art Exhibition Berlin. Rizzoli, New York 1991.
Rosa e Giallo. Galeria Pieroni, Roma 1991.
Von Angesicht zu Angesicht/Face to Face. Stadt Galerie Kiel, Kiel 1991.
Possible Worlds. Institute of Contemporary Art and Serpentine Gallery, London 1990.
Ekspresja lat osiemdziesiątych. Wydawnictwo Andrzej Bonarski, Warsaw 1990.
Pracownia Dziekanka: 1976–1987. Galeria Dziekanka, Warsaw 1990.
XLIV Esposisizione Internazionale d’Arte la Biennale di Venezia. Catalogo Generale 1990. Edizioni Biennale di Venezia realizzazione Fabbri Editori, Venice 1990.
Dialog. Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf / Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Düsseldorf / Warsaw 1989.
Sitkowska, Maryla (ed.), Co słychać. Wydawnictwo Andrzej Bonarski, Warsaw 1989.
Metaphysical Visions: Middle Europe. Artists Space, New York 1989.
Poruszanie myśli, działania równoległe. Centrum Sztuki Współczesnej Zamek Ujazdowski, Warsaw 1989.
BKK. HCAK Bulletin nr 19. 1988 Haags Centrum voor Actuele Kunst, The Hague 1988.
Rzeźba w ogrodzie. Fundacja EGIT, Warsaw 1988.
Polish Realities. New Art from Poland. Third Eye Centre and Łódz: Muzeum Sztuki, Glasgow 1988.
2nd Biennale of the New Art. BWA Zielona Góra, Gmina Zielona Góra 1987.
Dyplom ’85. Galeria BWA, Sopot 1986.
Figures and Objects. Galeria BWA, Puławy 1986.
Ekspresja lat 80-tych. Sopot 1986.
Na rzecz wszystkich świętych. Galeria Wielka, Poznań 1986.
Articles and Reviews (selected)
“Miroslaw Balka,” Modern Painters, June 2013. “Miroslaw Balka’s ‘The Order of Things’ on view at Gladstone Gallery,” artdaily.org, April 13, 2013.
Balestine, Juliana. “Miroslaw Balka at Gladstone Gallery, New York,” purple Diary, March 18, 2013.
Lindemann, Adam. “Miroslaw Balka, ‘The Order of Things’ at Gladstone Gallery,” New York Observer, March 16, 2013.
Johnson, Ken. “Miroslaw Balka: The Order of Things,” The New York Times, March 1, 2013.
Zylski, Tomasz. “Zycie w architkturze,” Architektura Murator, February 2013.
Casavecchia, Barbara. “Gespräche über persönliche Themen: Miroslaw Balka and Roni Horn,” Art-Agenda, January 2013.
Menegoi, Simone. “Miroslaw Balka and Roni Horn,” Artforum, 2012.
Blackwood, Jessica. “Miroslaw Balka at Scrap Metal,” Articula blog, November 28, 2012.
Perry, Colin. “Conference/The Penzance Convension,” Art Monthly, July/August 2012.
Kudielka, Robert. “Im Denkeln warden die Sinne wach. Die Bildkunst von Miroslaw Balka,” Sinn und Form, January/February 2012.
“O wystawie bes-sennosh-ch, Galeria Labirynt,” Kultura i Program TV, August 2012.
Vetrocq, Marcia E., “Eastern Promises: The New Museum Gets Post-Soviet with ‘Ostalgia,’”Artinfo, July 22, 2011.
Cotter, Holland, “When Repression Was a Muse,” New York Times, July 22, 2011.
Gregston, Brent, “The Man Who Tried to Stop the Holocaust,” Festival D’Avignon Report, Radio France Internationale, July 16, 2011.
Kurianowicz, Tomasz, “Was mir der Schneeball erzählt Angriffe auf den Verstand: Miroslaw Balka in der Berliner Akademie der Künste,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, November 11, 2011.
Wahjudi, Claudia, “Wege der Angst,” Der Tagesspiegel, November 10, 2011.
Preuss, Sebastian, “Hall Nachbarn!” Berliner Zeitung, November 5, 2011.
Fuchs-Frotscher, “Korridor mit Kriegsschatten. Die Akademie der Künste präsentiert Videokunst des Polen Miroslaw Balka, Neues Deutschland, November 4, 2011.
Prince, Mark, “Miroslaw Balka at Nordenhake Galerie,” Frieze, September 2011.
Zielinska, Joanna, “Miroslaw Balka, ‘Wege zur Behandlung von Schmerzen.’” Dwutygodnik, August 8, 2011.
Rappolt, Mark, “Miroslaw Balka/Tate Modern”, ArtReview, issue 40, April, 2010, p. 85-86.
Gartner, Barbara, “Kein Mitleid mit der Kunst,” Süddeutsche Zeitung, July 7, 2010.
“Der Betrachter im Käfig. Die Kunsthalle Karlsruhe wagt ein Experiment und befreit ihre Sammlung,” Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, May 27, 2010.
Loock, Ulrich, “Some Notes on Miroslaw Balka’s Work,” cura.magazine, Issue 4, April 18, 2010.
Hubbard, Sue, “Into the Shadows,” New Statesmen, January 14, 2010.
“Miroslaw Balka: Topography and Pawel Althamer: Common Task,” this is tomorrow, Contemporary Art Magazine, January 13, 2010.
Dillon, Brian, “Miroslaw Balka: The Unilever Series,” Tate Etc., issue 17, Autumn 2009, pp. 68 – 73.
Searle, Adrian, “Balka’s Bambi at Birkenau,” The Guardian, December 15, 2009.
Lubbock, Tom, “Art of Darkness,” The Independent, December 14, 2009.
Campbell-Johnston, Rachel, “Dark, brooding and magnificent,” The Times, October 12, 2009.
McLean-Ferris, Laura, “Medicine Man,” Art Review, August 2009.
Dillon, Brian, “Stories of a Continuous Past,” Tate Etc., Issue 17, Autumn 2009.
Searle, Adrian, “Why Miroslaw Balka is a great choice for the Tate’s Turbine Hall commission,” The Guardian, January 29, 2009.
Clancy, Luke, “Miroslaw Balka: Tristes Tropqiques,” Art Review, February 2008, p. 126.
Cumming, Laura, “A master poet of infinitive vision,” The Observer Review, December 21, 2008.
Clancy, Luke, “Miroslaw Balka: Tristes Tropiques,” Art Review, February 2008.
Kantor, Jordan, “Preview: Miroslaw Balka, Irish Museum of Modern Art,” Artforum, September 2007, p. 200.
French, Christopher, “SITE Santa Fe’s Sixth International Biennial,” Flash Art, Oct 06, p. 49.
Colpitt, Frances, “A Slow Motion Biennial,” Art In America, Oct 2006, pp. 69-71.
“SITE Santa Fe,” Tema Celeste, July/August 2006, p. 95.
Messimeris, Vivian, “Art Confronts Reality: Zones of Contact – Biennale of Sydney,” July 8, 2006, August 9, 2006.
Pagliuca, Francesca, ‘the 15th biennale of Sydney,’ Tema Celeste, May/June 2006.
“Artists Picked for SITE Santa Fe,” Art in America, April 2006, p. 176.
Hall, Louise, “Cultures Explored,” The Sun-Herald, April 9, 2006.
“51st Venice Biennale Special,” Flash Art, July-September 2005, p.146.
Mears, Emily Speers, “Miroslaw Balka,” ArtForum, Sept. 2004, online.
Güner, Fisun. “Unusual Dimanetions” London Metro, March 5.
Falconer, Morgan. “Faint Human Traces.” What’s On in London Magazine. March 10-17, p. 27.
Kent, Sarah. “Miroslaw Balka, White Cube, East End.” Time Out London. March 17-24, p. 46.
Searle, Adrian. “Silence is Golden.” The Guardian. September 3 2004, pp. 12-13.
Pasini, Francesca. Review – Miroslaw Balka, Galleria Raffaella Cortese. Artforum May 2004, p. 219-220.
Herbert, Martin, Frieze, Nov/Dec 2002. Mahoney, Elisabeth, “The Ties That Bind,” Art Review, September, 2002.
Cork, Richard, “A Fear of the Dark Inside Us,” The Times, March 22, 2002.
Searle, Adrian, “World of Interiors,” The Guardian, March 12, 2002.
Volk, Gregory, “Miroslaw Balka at Barbara Gladstone,” Art in America, April 2002.
Burton, Johanna, “Miroslwa Balka, ‘sweep, swept, swept” Time Out, October 25.
Szablowski, Stach, “Otwocki Dom, Miroslaw Balki,” Prze Kroj, 27 May.
Gioni, Massimiliano, “New York Cut Up,” Flash Art, Nov-Dec 2001, pp. 63-65.
Patrick Caulfield, “Miroslaw Balka,” Tate Report 2000.
Andrzej Pagowski, ”Pod wlos,” Playboy, No. 3.
Dorota Jarecka, ”Wedlug polityki”, Gazeta Wyborcza, Feb. 18, 2000.
Barbara Majewska, ”Strategia doklejania,” Rzeczpospolita, Feb. 25/26, 2000.
Hanna Krall, ”Siedze w pociagu, a pron odjezdza” rozmowa z R. Makowskim, Rzeczpospolita, Feb. 25/26, 2000.
Rafal Jakubowicz, ”Nekrologi pozostana po karnawale zycia,” Tygodnik Powszechny, No. 3.
Monika Kuc, ”Alfabet Morse’a,” Elle, No. 3.
Lawrence Rinder, “Wall of Joy,” Nest, Fall 1999. Aliaga, Juan Vincente, interview, ”Miroslav Balka: Life and Death Struggle,” Time Out, November 22.
Belina, Dech; Fedisz Marcin, “Stal. Mydlo, wymiar, beton, sol I swinskie jelita-nosniki Historji,”Max, No. 7.
Jaromir Jedlinski, ”Klepsydra Ciala,” Czas Kultury, No. 2.
Rafal Jakubowicz, ”W jednej przestrzeni-Kantor, Balka,” Opcje, No. 3.
Maria Morzuch, ”Three stanzas,” Max, No. 2.
Piotr Sarzynski,”Najwieksi Tworcy Sztuki XX Wieku”-ankieta,”Polityka”, No. 40.
Monika Kuc, ”sza sza sza,” Gazeta Stoleczna/Gazeta Wyborcza, Mar. 16.
Richard Cork, ”We love you, Yeah, yeah, yeah,” The Times, Sept. 29.
Matthew Sweet, ”All you need is a past,” The Independent on Sunday, Oct. 3.
Lynn Mac Ritchie, ”Memories are made of this,” Financial Times, Oct. 10.
Sommerman, Eileen, “Still Waters,” Canadian Art, Summer 1998.
Hume, Christopher, “A Sense of time and memory, sadness and loss,” The Toronto Star, April 9.
Dault, Gary Michael, “The deafening silence of the past given voice in art,” The Globe and Mail, April 18.
Bozena Czubak, “Each boy fears differently” interview in “Magazyn Sztuki” no. 19 (3/98).
Rafal Jakubowicz, ”Pisze poezje,” Czas Kultury, No. 6.
Alexandre Melo, Miroslaw Balka, Luc Tuymans, “Una conversa,” cat. ”Privacy,” Fundaçao de Serralves.
Lukasz Gorczyca, Nieobecnosc w imie harmonii, Art & Business, No. 5.
Dorota Jarecka, Cien lnstalacji, Gazeta Wyborcza, Thursday April 4, 1996.
Piotr Sarzynski, Sztuka to nie anegdota, interview, Polityka, Februar 10, 1996.
Adela Zeleznik, Bela snezna zgodba. Razgledi, no 2 (1033) January 20, 1995.
Neal Benezra, Bruce Nauman: Raw Material, Art Press, No. 184.
Lars O. Ericsson. Valdskonsten till Helsingfors, Dagens Nyheter, Feb. 17, 1995.
Wanda Kemp-Welch, Prad Zycia. Gazeta Wyborcza, December 1995.
Mira Novak, Razstava v L>elem, Delo 1995 no XXXVII, January 10.
Mieczystaw Pore, bski, Spothanie z Ablem, Znak.
Andize; Przywara, Ma/twy Swit, Rzeczpospolita, 1995 No. 270 (4223) November 22. Slawomir Ratajczak, ODRA , 1995.
Adarn Szymczyk, Moczenie lozka przesiakniete eschatologia, Zycie Warszawy, Aug. 2, 1995.
Juan Vicente Aliaga, La figuracion nanativa de Miroslaw Balka, El Aragueno, August 7, 1994.
Jolanta Ciesielska, Stalowe nerwy lin utrzymuja, sciany jego (wiata: na marginesie spothah z Miroslawem Balka, Obieg, No. 63/64/65, 1994.
Paul Kokke, Bji Miroslaw Balka loert de dood steeds mee, Eindhovens Dagblad, Feb. 1994.
Christopher Knight, Miroslaw Balka Takes Society’s Temperature, Los Angeles Times, Monday July 4, 1994.
Stuart Morgan, Last Rites, FRIEZE, No.14 January/February, 1994.
Suzanne Muchnic, Miroslaw Balka, ART NEWS, November, 1994.
Jose Marin-Medina, Miroslav Balka, rituales ultimos, ABC, June 10, 1994.
John Peter Nilsson, En diffus dofl av Osteuropa, Aftonbladet, 18 Oct., 1994.
Santiago B Olmo, Miroslaw Balka, LAPIZ, No. 104, 1994.
Felipe Pereda, Vientos del este, El Mundo, June 13, 1994.
Peter Schjeldahl, Awash in the Venice Biennale, Los Angeles Times, Sunday Jun. 20.
Bert Steevensz, Miroslaw Balka, “… de rest is stilte”, Metropolis, No. 5 1993.
Wiestaw Borowski, Miroslaw Balka, 37,1, OBIEG, 1993.
Janet Koplos, Report from the Netherlands. Paratchuting into Arnhem, Art in America, No.10, October, 1993.
Stuart Morgan, Into the trees, Frieze, No. 12, September/October, 1993.
Philippe Regnier, Miroslaw Balka, Blocnotes, No. 4, 1993.
Noerni Smolik, Miroslaw Balka, ARTFORUM, January, 1992.
Christoph Blase, Tranen am Stahlzeit, Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung, June 22, 1992.
Christian Karavagna, Miroslaw Balka, Kunstforum, 1992.
John Peter Nilsson, Den manskliga svettens slutliga materia, Interview Aftonbladet, Juli 15, 1992.
David Pagel, Miroslaw Balka, Arts Magazine, No. 2, 1992.
Andrze; Przywara, Miroslaw Balka, interview, Flash Art, No. 160, 1991.
Bert Steevensz, Miroslaw Balka, Metropolis, No.2, 1991.
Joanna Kiliszek, Miroslaw Balka at Dziekanka Gallery, Flash Art, No. 152 May/June.
Maria Morzuch, Trwanie, OKO I UCHO, No. 1.
Anda Rottenberg, Draught, Nike, No. 16.
Writings by the artist
Gagarin, second edition, “Ksiazki (Books),” p. 30. “U mezczyzny cenie wrazliwosc,” kwestionarusz Prousta, ”Wysokie Obcasy”/”Gazeta Wyborcza,” Jan. 15.
Balka, Miroslaw. “be in good company now and later.” In Francesco Bonami and Hans Ulrich Obrist, (ed.) Dreams. Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’Arte, Turin 1995 (18).