Mirosław Bałka was born in 1958 in Warsaw, Poland, where he currently lives and works. He has exhibited widely both nationally and internationally. The artist participated in Documenta IX in 1992 and the Venice Biennial in 1993 and 2005. Selected solo exhibitions include: Staatliche Kunsthalle Karlsruhe (2010), White Cube, London (2009), Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh (2008); Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin and Museu de Arte de Sao Paulo/Museu de Arte Moderna Rio de Janeiro (2007); K21, Düsseldorf (2006); Museum of Contemporary Art, Strasbourg (2004); The Zacheta Gallery of Contemporary Art, Warsaw and SMAK, Ghent (2001); National Museum of Art, Osaka (2000); Museu Serralves, Porto (1998); Tate Gallery, London (1995); Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven (1994); Museum Haus Lange Krefeld and Renaissance Society at the University of Chicago (both 1992). In 2009, the artist was awarded with the prestigious Unilever comission for the Turbine Hall at the Tate Modern, London, where he presented the installation "How it is." Mirosław Bałka has been exhibiting with Galerie Nordenhake since 1990.