Installation view from "Stephan Balkenhol" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2019 ©Stephan Balkenhol photo by Kenji Takahashi
Installation view from "Stephan Balkenhol" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2019 ©Stephan Balkenhol photo by Kenji Takahashi
Installation view from "Stephan Balkenhol" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2019 ©Stephan Balkenhol photo by Kenji Takahashi
Installation view from "Stephan Balkenhol" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2019 ©Stephan Balkenhol photo by Kenji Takahashi
Installation view from "Stephan Balkenhol" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2019 ©Stephan Balkenhol photo by Kenji Takahashi
Installation view from "Stephan Balkenhol" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2019 ©Stephan Balkenhol photo by Kenji Takahashi
Installation view from "Stephan Balkenhol" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2019 ©Stephan Balkenhol photo by Kenji Takahashi
Installation view from "Stephan Balkenhol" at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2019 ©Stephan Balkenhol photo by Kenji Takahashi
Mann auf Stufe (Man on a Step) 階段の上の男 2019 Wawa-Wood Fumigated with expertise h.171.6 × w.32.5 × d.27.5 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
Mann mit schwarzem Anzug (Man in Black Suit) 黒いスーツの男 2019 Wawa-Wood Fumigated with expertise h.171.2 × w.25.0 × d.27.4 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
Mann liegend (Man Lying) 2019 Wawa-Wood Fumigated with expertise h.151.9 × w.39.5 × d.23.6 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
Frau: klassisch (Woman in Red Robe: classic) 赤いドレスの女 2019 Wawa-Wood Fumigated with expertise h.167.0 × w.39.5 × d.34.5cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
Mann, schwarze Hose, weißes Hemd (Man, Black Trousers, White Shirt) 黒ズボンに白シャツの男 2019 Sculpture made of Bronze Painted & colored ed. 1/2 h.199.4 × w.74.5 × d.43 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
Mann mit weißem Hemd (Man in White Shirt) 白いシャツの男 2019 Relief made of Wawa-Wood Fumigated with expertise Painted & colored h.50 × w.50 × d.4.4 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
Mann mit schwarzem Hemd (Man in Black Shirt) 黒いシャツの男 2019 Relief made of Wawa-Wood Fumigated with expertise Painted & colored h.50 × w.49.8 × d.4.3 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
Frau mit rotem Hemd (Woman in Red Shirt) 赤いシャツの女 2019 Relief made of Wawa-Wood Fumigated with expertise Painted & colored h.50 × w.50 × d.4.4 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
Mann mit blauem Hemd (Man in Blue Shirt: Seascape) 青いシャツの男（海景） 2019 Wawa-Wood Fumigated with expertise Painted & colored h.127.0 × w.93.5 × d.4.3 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
Mann mit weißem Hemd (Man in White Shirt: Industry) 白いシャツの男（工業地帯） 2019 Relief made of Wawa-Wood Fumigated with expertise Painted & colored h.127.0 × w.93.5 × d.4.0 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
Frau mit rotem Hemd (Woman in Red Shirt: Landscape) 赤いシャツの女（風景） 2019 Relief made of Wawa-Wood Fumigated with expertise Painted & colored h.127.0 × w.93.5 × d.4.5 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
Installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto, Japan, 2011  ©Stephan Balkenhol
Installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto, Japan, 2011  ©Stephan Balkenhol
Installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto, Japan, 2011  ©Stephan Balkenhol
Installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto, Japan, 2011  ©Stephan Balkenhol
mirror figure 2011  wawa wood, silver leaf, acrylic h.220 × w.100.0 × d.41.5 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
man in black/ white with relief black gold 2011  wawa wood, acrylic, gold leaf h.173.0 × w.38.0 × d.31.0 cm (figure) , h.140.0 × w.99.0 × d.4.0 cm (relief) ©Stephan Balkenhol
wall sculpture (man in grey suit) 2011  wawa wood, acrylic  h.220.0 × w.60.0 × d.29.0 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
column figure (woman in red coat) 2011  h.171.0 × w.28.5 × d.32.0 cm (figure)  ©Stephan Balkenhol
column figure (man in green shirt) 2011  wawa wood, acrylic  h.173.0 × w.28.0 × d.32.0 cm (figure)  ©Stephan Balkenhol
head relief (man black) 2011  wawa wood, acrylic h.80.0 × w.59.5 × d.2.5 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
head relief (woman grey) 2011  wawa wood, acrylic  h.80.0 × w.59.5 × d.2.5 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
face on blind 2011  wawa wood, acrylic, sisal  h.169.5 × w.130.0 × d.12.0 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
small ebony sculpture 2011  ebony wood h.36.0 × w.20.0 × d.8.0 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
untitled 1-10 2010  charcoal on paper 50.0 × 40.0 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol 
untitled 2-10 2010  charcoal on paper50.0 × 40.0 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
untitled 8-10 2010  charcoal on paper  50.0 × 40.0 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
Installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2007  ©Stephan Balkenhol
Installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2007  ©Stephan Balkenhol
Installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2007  ©Stephan Balkenhol
Installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2007  ©Stephan Balkenhol
Installation view at Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan, 2007  ©Stephan Balkenhol
architecture, Fellbach 2007  wawa wood, painted  h.299.5 × w.102.0 × d.4.5 cm  ©Stephan Balkenhol
wall-figure (male detail) 2007  douglas fir, painted with wall pedestal  h.178.0 × w.60.0 × d.33.0 cm (male) ©Stephan Balkenhol
woman in red uniform 2007  douglas fir, painted  h.170.0 × w.24.5 × d.24.5 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
tall figure 2007  poplar wood, painted with pedestal (pine wood)  h.264.5 × w.100.0 × d.52.0 cm  ©Stephan Balkenhol
wall-figure (female/male) 2007  douglas fir, painted with wall pedestal h.173.5 × w.60.0 × d.33.0 cm (female) , h. 178.0 × w.60.0 × d.33.0 cm (male) ©Stephan Balkenhol
figure (man) 2007  poplar wood, painted with pedestal (pine wood) h.242.0 × w.62.0 × d.42.5 cm  ©Stephan Balkenhol
big head with 3 part-relief (black) 2007 beech wood, wawa wood, painted with pedestal (pine wood)  h.173.0 × w.65.5 × d.84.0 cm (head with pedestal)  ©Stephan Balkenhol
man in white shirt and a woven relief 2007 douglas fir, wawa wood, painted  h.170.0 × w.34.5 × d.25.5 cm (figure), h.139.7 × w.98.7 × d.4.5 cm (relief)  ©Stephan Balkenhol
woman in brown dress and a point-relief 2007 douglas fir, wawa wood, painted  h.170.0 × w.34.0 × d.25.0 cm (figure) , h.140.0 × w.99.0 × d.4.5 cm (relief)  ©Stephan Balkenhol
man without trousers 2007  douglas fir, painted  h.171.0 × w.29.5 × d.25.0 cm  ©Stephan Balkenhol
head relief (Man) 2007  poplar wood, painted  h.80.0 × w.60.3 × d.2.3 cm  ©Stephan Balkenhol
head relief (Woman) 2007 poplar wood, painted  h.80.0 × w.60.0 × d.2.3 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
small head relief (Man) 2007 poplar wood, painted h.30.0 × w.29.7 × d.4.0 cm  ©Stephan Balkenhol
deep relief (head/male) 2007  poplar wood, painted  h.157.0 × w.124.5 × d.13.0 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol
small head relief (Woman) 2007  poplar wood, painted h. 30.0 × w.29.7 × d.4.0 cm ©Stephan Balkenhol

Stephan Balkenhol was born in 1957 in Hesse, Germany. From 1976 he studied at the Hamburg School of Fine Arts where artists including Nam June Paik and Sigmar Polke had taught at the time, and received the tutorship of renowned minimalist sculptor Ulrich Rückriem.

Balkenhol has presented works in numerous exhibitions internationally, and his first solo exhibition in Japan, “Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen und Reliefs” held in 2005 at the National Museum of Contemporary Art, Osaka, and Tokyo Opera City Art Gallery, received significant recognition and acclaim.

His major solo exhibitions include Museé de Grenoble (France, 2010), Deichtorhallen Hamburg (Germany, 2008), Sprengel Museum (Hannover, Germany, 2003), Saatchi Gallery (London, UK, 1996), The Hirshhorn Museum (Washington DC, 1995) , Neue Nationalgalerie (Berlin, Germany, 1994). 

His major group exhibitions include “1995 Carnegie International” (Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA, 1995), “Doubletake” Hayward Gallery, London, UK, 1992 [toured to Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria] ,  ”Post Human” FAE Musée d’Art Contemporain, [toured to Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy / Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece / Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany]  ,  ”Possible Worlds: Sculpture from Europe” (ICA and Serpentine Gallery, London, UK , 1990), “Skulptur Projekt in Münster” (Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany, 1987).

Balkenhol’s works are housed in the collections of numerous museums throughout the world including Art Institute of Chicago (USA), Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (USA), The Broad Art Foundation (USA), Los Angeles County Museum of Art (USA), Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst (Germany), Kunstmuseum Bonn (Germany), Museum für Moderne Kunst (Germany), The National Museum of Art, Osaka (Japan), The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (Japan).

Solo Exhibitions

2023	“STEPHAN BALKENHOL” KÖNIG SEOUL, Seoul, Korea
2022	“STEPHAN BALKENHOL” KÖNIG GALERIE, Berlin, Germany
2019	“Stephan Balkenhol” Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan “Deadline” Museum of Sepulchral Culture, Kassel, Germany Galerie Forsblom, Stockholm, Sweden Le Portique, Le Havre, France Galerie Hempel, Leipzig, Germany “Bewahrung der Schöpfung”, Wälderhaus, Hamburg, Germany “Stephan Balkenhol - Die Bronze-Editionen 1992-2019” Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
2018	“Deweer Gallery & MDZ Art Gallery present: STEPHAN BALKENHOL” Deweer Gallery, Knokke-Heist, Belgium Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands “Fabula” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga, Spain Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland Nosbaum Reding, Luxembourg Kunshalle Emden, Emden, Germany Cultuurcentrum Scharpoord, Knokke-Heist, Belgium
2017	“Neue Arbeiten” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria “30 Years Stephan Balkenhol” Deweer Gallery, Brussels, Belgium “New Sculptures by Stephan Balkenhol” Galeria Senda, Barcelona, Spain Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy
2016	“Stephan Balkenhol: Sculptures and Reliefs” Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Russia Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland Nosbaum Reding Gallery, Luxembourg
2015	“New Sculptures” Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands “Balkenhol” Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
2014	Kunstmuseum Ravensburg, Germany Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium Landes Museum, Linz, Austria “Skulpturen” Skulpturenpark Waldfrieden, Wuppertal, Germany
2013	“Universe” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria “Alles gut!” Holger Priess Galerie, Hamburg, Germany Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy Galerie Jochen Hempel, Leipzig, Germany Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland “Inauguration of the Wagner Memorial Sculpture” Leipzig, Germany “Big Head Column” Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venice, Italy Galerie des Wetzlarer Kunstvereins, Wetzlarer, Germany “Sotheby's, Beyond Limits: A Selling Exhibition” Chatsworth, Derbyshire, UK
2012	“New Works” Galerie Forsblom, Helsinki, Finland Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium “Stephan Balkenhol in St. Elizabeth” St. Elizabeth Church, Kassel, Germany “A Sign in the Forum of Caesar: Stephan Balkenhol more and more” Valentina Bonomo Gallery, Rome, Italy/ Nosbaum & Reding, Luxembourg
2011	“Stephan Balkenhol” Tomio Koyama Gallery Kyoto, Japan  Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany  Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany  Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy
2010	Museé de Grenoble, Grenoble, France   Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland
2009	Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2008	“New Works” MAI 36 GALERIE, Zürich, Switzerland  Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany
2007	“Stephan Balkenhol” Johnen Galerie, Berlin, Germany   “Stephan Balkenhol” Kabinett Für Aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany   Museum der Moderne Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria  MKM Museum Küppersmühle für Moderne Kunst, Duisberg, Germany  “Sculptures and Drawings” Galeri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden  “Stephan Balkenhol” Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy   Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France  “Stephan Balkenhol” Tomio Koyama Gallery, Tokyo, Japan
2006	“New Work” Galerie L¨hrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany  Homme-girafe, CEAAC, Strasbourg, France  Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Switzerland  Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden - Baden, Germany
2005	CRG, Los Angeles, CA, USA Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK  “Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen und Reliefs” National Museum of Contemporary Art, Osaka/ Tokyo Opera City, Tokyo, Japan  Tel Aviv Museum of Art, Tel-Aviv, Israel  Galerí a Pepe Cobo, Madrid, Spain  Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands  Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria  Galerie Johnin & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
2004	Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy  Galerie Lohrl, Monchengladbach, Germany  Dorrie & Priess, Hamburg, Germany  Galerie Rudiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany  Galería OMR, Mexico City, Mexico  Galerie Mal 36, Zürich, Switzerland  Dogenhaus Galerie Leipzig, Leipzig, Germany
2003	Galleri Lars Bohman, Stockholm, Sweden  Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK  Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany  Le Rectangle and Goethe Institute, Lyon, France  Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA  “Stephan Balkenhol und. . . ” Stadtische Galerie Fellbach, Germany  Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France
2002	Mai 36 Galerie, Zörich, Switzerland  Stadtverwaltung, Erfurt, Germany  Gallery Pepe Cobo, Sevilla, Spain   Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium  Begegnungsstätte Kleine Synagoge Erfurt, Erfurt, Germany  Regen Projects, Los Angeles, LA, USA Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany  Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany  Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy  Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands
2001	Dogenhaus Galerie, Leipzig, Germany  Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy  Kunstforum Baloise, Basel, Switzerland  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 Wien Galerie / Galerie Berlin, Berlin, Germany  Fries Museum, Leeuwaarden, Netherlands  Museum der bildenden Künste Leipzig, Germany
2000	Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany  Kunstverein Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany  The Contemporary Arts Centre, Cincinnati, OH, USA Bell Gallery, Brown University Providence, RI, USA St Louis Arts Center, St Louis, MO, USA Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy  Centro Galego de Arte Contemporanéa, Santiago de Compostela, Spain  Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria  Galeria OMR, Mexico City, Mexico  Galerie Mai 36, Zurich, Switzerland  Centre for Contemporary Art, Cincinnati, OH, USA Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK  Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany
1999	Museum Kurhaus, Kleve, Germany   Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands  BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, Austria  Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris, France  Galleria Civica Di Arte Contemporanea, Trento, Italy  European Foundation for Sculpture, Parque Tournay Solvay, Brussels, Belgium   Galerie Löhrl, Berlin, Germany   Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA  Sadler's Wells Theatre, London, UK
1998	The Arts Club, Chicago, IL, USA  Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Germany   Monica De Cardenas, Milan, Italy   “Stephan Balkenhol, Skulpturen” Museum Kurhaus, Kleve, Germany   “Stephan Balkenhol, Skulpturen” Gerhard Marcks-Haus, Bremen, Germany  “Stephan Balkenhol, Skulpturen“ Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany
1997	Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK  Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
1996	Montreal Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Canada  CEAAC, Strassbourg, France  Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA Stephan Balkenhol, Saatchi Gallery, London, UK
1995	The Hirshhorn Museum, Washington, D.C., USA Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY, USA Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
1994	“Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen und Zeichnungen” Galerie L¨hrl, Mönchengladbach/ Kunstverein Wolfsburg, Germany “Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen” Kunstraum Neue Kunst, Hannover, Germany  Galerie Akinci, Amsterdam, Netherlands   Musée Departmental d'Art Contemporain de Rochechoouart/ Musée des Beaux Arts, Haute-Normandie, France Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany  Galerie Dörrie and Priess, Hamburg, Germany
1993	“Stephan Balkenhol: Vier Männer auf Bojen” Locations: Elbe, near Museumshafen Ovelgönne, Hamburg-Altona; Suderelbe, Hamburg-Harburg; Serrahn, Hamburg-Bergdorf; Aussenalster, near Gurlittinsel, Hamburg-Mitte Kabinett für aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany  Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium  Outdoor installation in Amiens (Summer) , France Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany  Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA, USA
1992	Galerie Roger Pailhas, Paris and Marseille, France   “Stephan Balkenhol: About Men and Sculpture” Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands
1991	“Six ours pour Paris” Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Paris, France  “Stephan Balkenhol : Skulpturen im Stadelgarten” Städtische Galerie im Städel, Frankfurt, Germany  Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne/ Kunstverein Ulm, Germany  “Stephan Balkenhol: Köpfe” Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany [traveled to Mai 36 Galerie, Lucerne, Switzerland/ Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany/ Mannheim Kunstverein, Germany]  The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, Ireland  “Stephan Balkenhol: Zeichnungen 1990 und Entwürfe fur Skulpturen” Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium  “Skulpturen und Zeichnungen” Westwerk, Hamburg, Germany
1989	Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany  Mai 36 Galerie, Lucerne, Switzerland  Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
1987	“Stephan Balkenhol: Skulpturen und Zeichnungen” Braunschweig, Germany  Deweer Art Gallery, Otegen, Belgium
1985	“Stephan Balkenhol Skulpturen” A.O. Kunstraum, Hamburg, Germany  “Skulpturen Stephan Balkenhol” Kunstverein Bochum, Germany
1984	“Stephan Balkenhol: Neue Arbeiten” Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany

Group Exhibitions

2022	“The Collection of The National Museum of Art, Osaka: 100 Years of Contemporary Art” Hiroshima Prefectural Art Museum, Hiroshima, Japan [traveled to Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Oita, Japan] OKETA COLLECTION “Mariage” WHAT MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
2021	Obayashi Collection "Self-History" WHAT MUSEUM, Tokyo, Japan
2019	“Bêtes de scène” Villa Datris, L'Isle-sur-la-Sorge, France
2018	“Treasure box of Contemporary Art” Oita Prefectural Art Museum, Japan “The Myriad Forms of Visual Art: 196 Works with 19 Themes” The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan
2017	“Best of 2017” Galerie Ostendorff, Münster, Germany “Collector's Room # 16: Landscapes of the Mind” Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium “Sculpture” Galerie de Bellefeuille, Montreal, Canada “Grey and Beige Portfolio” Elgiz Museum, Istanbul, Turkey “A Show, Inside Out (Outdoor Sculptures)” Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
2016	“Animalia” Marian Goodman Gallery, London, UK “Summer Exhibition” Royal Academy, London, UK “Defining Sculpture” Albright Knox Art Gallery, New York, NY, USA “Stephan Balkenhol and Philippe Cognée” Fondation Fernet-Branca, Saint-Louis, France 5th Biennale Gherdëina: From here to eternity Biennale Gherdëina Ortisei in Val Gardena, Italy
2015	“Space Age” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Pantin, France “Figure on Display: Stephan Balkenhol and Jeff Wall” Leopold Hoesch Musuem, Duren, Germany “Inventory, Vol. 5: Acquisitions from 1992 to 1996” FRAC Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France “Twentieth Anniversary Exhibition” Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK Skulptur I, Ludorff, Duesseldorf, Germany 20 + 2 YEARS, A3 Arndt Art Agency, Singapore ArtZuid 2015 Stichting Art Zuid, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
2014	“Group exhibition by Tomio Koyama Gallery” TOLOT/heuristic SHINONOME, Tokyo, Japan “Collector's Room #5: Pleasure” Deweer Gallery, Otegem, Belgium “Study from the Human Body” Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK
2013	“Collection” The National Museum of Art, Osaka, Japan “Lost in LA” Los Angeles Municipal Art Gallery, Los Angeles, California, USA “Art is beautiful but hard work too” Kunstbau, Munich, Germany “The Art of the Present” Helga de Alvear Collection, Centro Centro, Madrid, Spain “Truth” ESMoA, Los Angeles, California, USA “Je t'aime... moi non plus” Musée des Beaux-Arts Eugène Leroy, Tourcoing, France
2012	“Unlimited Bodies” Palais d'Ièna, Paris, France “Re-opening” DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium “The Drawing Room” DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium “The Bear Necessities” John Berggruen Gallery, San Francisco, California, USA
2011	“Invisibleness is Visibleness” Museum of Contemporary Art, Taipei, Taiwan  “Art of the Loom - 32 Tapestries woven on the looms of Mark Deweer’s factory” Otegem, Belgium “1985-2010” DEWEER gallery, Otegem, Belgium “Körper Codes” Museum der Moderne Mönchsberg, Salzburg, Austria “MMK 1991-2011: 20 Jahre Gegenwart” Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/Main, Germany “BLICKE und GESTEN: Porträts aus der Sammlung MJK - Malerei / Grafik / Plastik” Museum Junge Kunst, Frankfurt/Oder, Germany “Zettels Traum” Von der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal, Germany Skulpturen Triennale Bingen 2011: Schönheit und Natur Skulpturen Triennale Bingen, Bingen am Rhein, Germany
2009	“The Core Marrow of Art” Art Statements Gallery, Hong Kong, China “Evan Penny & Stephan Balkenhol” TrépanierBaer Gallery, Calgary, Alberta, Canada  “Fuentes” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2008	“Listen Darling... The World is Yours” Ellipse Foundation Contemporary Art Center, Lisbon, Portugal “This is Not to be Looked At: Highlights from the Permanent Collection of the Museum of Contemporary Art” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA, USA  “Paixóns Privadas, Visións Públicas Collections D.O. Galicia” Museo de Arte Contemporánea de Vigo, Vigo, Spain  “UPDATE” Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium XIII Biennale Internazionale di Scultura di Carrara Biennale di Sculture di Carrara, Carrara, Italy
2007	“Summer Exhibition” Royal Academy of Art, London, UK  “Passion Complex: Selected Works from the Albright-Knox Art Gallery” Kanazawa 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan  10th Triennale Kleinplastik - Bodycheck Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, Fellbach, Germany
2006	“Figures in the Field: Figurative Sculpture and Abstract Painting from Chicago Collections” MCA Chicago, IL
2005	“Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition” Stephen Friedman Gallery, London, UK   “Large Drawings” Galerie Bernd Klüser, Germany  “The Blake Byrne Collection” Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA  “My Favorite Things!: Painting in France” Museum of Contemporary Art, Lyon, France  “21” Dogenahaus Galerie, Leipzig, Germany  “We can do it!” Gary Tatintsian Gallery Inc., Moscow, Russia
2004	Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany “Miedo” Galeria Pepe Cobo, Sevilla, Spain
2003	“Jetzt und hier-Die Sammlung Zeitgenosslscher Kunst” Museum Kurhaus Kleve -Ewald Mataré-Sammlung, Kleve, Germany  “Inaugural Show” Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA “Sculpture” Michael Kohn Gallery, Los Angeles, CA  Rhons Hoffman Gallery, Chicago, IL “Sculpture project at More London with Fiona Banner and David Batchelor Durchgehend geöffnet” Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and Sammlung Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden, Germany
2002	“Avant que la mer fut au monde” Rochechouart portoit les Ondes, Musée Départemental d'Art Contemporain de Rochechouart, France  “Das Tier in mir” Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden Baden, Germany  “Photogenic Institute of Contemporary Art” University of Pennsylvania, PA Philadelphia  Grünzeug Museum der Stadt Ratingen, Germany  “Pop Art und die zeitgenössische Bildhauerkunst” Gerhard Marcks-Haus Bremen, Germany  “Yime-Space-Motion” Galerie Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
2001	“De wereld folgens Duitsland” Odapark, Venray, The Netherlands Fotografierte Bilder Museum Bochum, Germany  “Geometrie & Gestus” Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Salzburg, Austria
1999	“Essensbilder” Dorrie Priess Galerie, Hamburg, Germany   “Back to Kassel” Kasseler-Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany  “Conversation” Milton Keynes Gallery, Milton Keynes, UK
1998	“Women” Galerie Rodolphe Janssen, Brussels, Belgium
1997	FRAC Haute-Normandie, Rouen, France
1995	“Philip Akerman/Stephan Balkenhol” Galerie Johnen & Schöttle. Cologne, Germany  “Africus: Johannesburg Biennale” Johannesburg, South Africa  “1995 Carnegie International” Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
1994	“Summer Group Show” Baumgartner Galleries, Washington D.C.  “Das Jahrhundertder Multiple” Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Germany  “Cultural Capital of Europe” Lisbon, Portugal  “Still Life” Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York, NY  “Ludwig's Lust: Die Sammlung Irene und Peter Ludwig” Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg, Germany  “Gegenbilder, Installation at Lamberti Kirche” Münster, Germany  “NL Dordrecht: 51° 48-04° 40°” Dordrecht Kalkhaven, The Netherlands  “Karl Schmidt-Rottluff Stipendium” Städtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
1992	“Doubletake” Hayward Gallery, London, UK [touring Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria]  “Die 29. Austellung” Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland  “Current Art in Public Spaces, Expo '92” Seville, Spain  “Tiere” Galerie Dörrie & Priess, Hamburg, Germany [touring Galerie Tröster& Schlüter Frankfurt, Germany]  “Double Identity” Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany  “Post Human” FAE Musée d'Art Contemporain, [touring Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy / Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens, Greece / Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany]   “Der gefrorene Leopard” Galerie Bernd Kluser, Munich, Germany  “Qui, Qui Ou?; Un regard sur l'art en Allemagne en 1992” Paris, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
1991	“Tio ars ing konst I Hamburg 80/90” Malmö, Konstmuseet Malmö Sweden  “Ansichten von Figur in der Moderne Heilbronn” Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Deutschhof, Germany  “Seven Women” Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York, NY “Karl August Burckhardt-Koechlin-Fonds: Zeichunungen des 20” Jahrhunderts, Kunstmuseum Basel, Germany  “Zeitgenössiche Kunst aus der Deutschen Bank: Skulptur, Zeichnug, Photographie” Erholungshaus der Bayer, AG, Leverkusen, Germany [touring Bozen Museum für Moderne Kunst and Hoechst, Galerie Jahrhunderthalle]  “Hamburg Abroad” European Visual Arts Centre, Ipswich, UK
1990	“A New Necessity” First Tyne International, Newcastle, UK  “Possible Worlds: Sculpture from Europe” ICA and Serpentine Gallery, London, UK  “Prospekt 89” Frankfurter Kunstverein und Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany  “4. Triennale der Kleinplastik” Fellbach, Germany  “Sei Artisti Tedeschi” Castello di Rivara, Turin, Italy   “Das goldene Zimmer” Nymphenburger Schlosspark, Munich, Germany  “Bremen Kunstpreis 1989” Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany   “Dorothea von Stetten-Kunstpreis” Stadtisches Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany  “Binationale: 'German Art of the Late 80s and American Art of the Late 80s'” Stâdtische Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany [toring MA; ICA, Boston / Museum of Fine Art Hamburg, Germany]
1987	“Skulptur Projekt in Münster” Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany “A Choice: Contemporary Art from Europe' Kunstrai 1987” Amsterdam, The Netherlands  “Et de la Sculpture” Park de la Pepiniere, Nancy, France  “Exotische Welten-Europäische Phantasien” Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany  “Stephan Balkenhol, Werner Kutz, Jan Vercrysse” Galerie Johnen & Schöttle Cologne, Germany  “Theatergarten-Bestiarium” Kunstlerwerkstatt Lothringerstrasse, Munich, Germany
1986	“Jenisch-Park Skulptur” Jenisch Park, Kulturbehörde Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany  “Momente-zum Thema Urbanitat” Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany  “Stephan Balkenhol, L.Gerdes, E.Karnauke” Kasseler Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany “Neue Deutsche Skulptur” Deweer Art Gallery and International Cultural Center, Otegem, Belgium  “Die Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff Stipendiaten” 15 junge Künstler, Darmstadt, Germany
1984	“Die Stipendatiaten der Karl-Schmidt-Rottluff Fürderrungsstiftung” Brucke-Museum, Berlin, Germany  Landesvertretung der freien und Hansestadt Hamburg, Germany “Jenis Park Skulptur” Jenish Park, Hamburg, Germany
1983	“Impulse I” Galerie Löhrl, Mönchengladbach, Germany

Selected Public Collections

Albright-Knox Art Gallery, USA
ARS AEVI, Museum Of Contemporary Art Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
Art Institute of Chicago, USA
Artothek, Germany
Attitudes, Switzerland
BAWAG Contemporary, Austria
Burger Collection, Germany
Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Spain
Diözesanmuseum Würzburg, Germany
Elipse Foundation Art Centre, Portugal
Hamburger Bahnhof, Germany
Hirshhorn Museum
Irish Museum of Modern Art, Ireland
JCCC Overland Park, USA
Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany
Kunstsammlung im Ständehaus, Germany
Los Angeles County Museum of Art, USA
Ludwig Forum für Internationale Kunst, Germany
MARCA Museum, Italy
Marta, Germany
Me Collectors Room, Germany
Musée Cantonal des Beaux Arts, Switzerland
Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg
Musée de Grenoble, France
Musée de Marseille, France
Musée Départemental de Rochechouart, F.R.A.C., Franche-Comté, France
Musée des Beaux Arts de Montréal, Canada
Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Switzerland
Museu Berardo, Portugal
Museum Africa, South Africa
Museum De Paviljoens, The Netherlands
Museum der Bildenden Künste, Germany
Museum Folkwang, Germany
Museum für Gegenwartskunst (Emanuel-Hoffmann-Stiftung), Switzerland
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Germany
Museum im Kulturspeicher, Germany
Museum Küppersmühle, Germany
Museum Kurhaus Kleve, Germany
Museum Ludwig, Germany
Museum Villa Haiss, Germany
Museum voor Hedendaagse Kunst (MUHKA), Belgium
Museum Würth, Germany
Nerman Museum, USA
Neue Nationalgalerie, SMPK, Germany
Neue Pinakothek, Germany
Neues Museum, Germany
Ordos Art Museum, China
Peggy Guggenheim, Italy
Sammlung Essl, Austria
Sammlung Ströher, Germany
Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Germany
Schaulager, Switzerland
Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Scotland
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Germany
Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, Germany
Stad Kortrijk, Belgium
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Germany
Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Germany
The Broad Art Foundation, USA
The National Museum of Art, Osaka
The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Wilhelm-Lehmbruck-Museum, Germany