Exhibitions – The Ballery

Current and upcoming exhibitions

The Ballery in Schöneberg, Berlin is directed by Simon Williams and opened in 2014

Every Friday January 10th – March 28th
6-10pm
Everyone welcome

What brings people to work together? For The Ballery, it has been the impulse to form a collective of artists and performers who have stepped out of the main stream to follow their own personal path, and whose artistry comes from a keen observation of the world, as well as a strong and wide-ranged background.

Because all believe creation, whatever the medium, is deeply rooted in human experiences, the common wish is to lead the audience to actively live the performance more than merely watching a show.

Around director Simon Williams, The Ballery has gathered a group of artists coming from all parts of the world. Dance, music, visual arts or literature, each medium is an equally important part of a more global work.

Address:
The Ballery, Nollendorfstrasse 11-12, 10777 Berlin

Entrance 10€
Free entry 6-6:30pm

Past Exhibitions
Selected Artists

Detailed list

2025

Entrance 10€ to ensure performance artists are paid for their time.
Free entrance 6-6.30pm
Everyone is welcome.

2024

KÜNSTLER: Pierre et Gilles, Will McBride, David Wojnarowicz, Felix Gonzales Torres, Andy Warhol, Tom of Finland, Jürgen Wittdorf, Johnny Abbate, Rick Castro, Martin von Ostrowski, Daniel Schmude, Henning von Berg, Alberto de las Heras, Jürgen Baldiga, Rob Jurka, The Hun, Rosa von Praunheim, Alexandre Haefeli, Salustiano, Rüdiger Trautsch, Slava Mogutin, Greg Day, Ralf König, Etienne Zerah, Richard Kranzin, Jean Ulrick Désert, Martin E. Kautter, Ingo Taubhorn.

Anietie was born in Nigeria and lives in London, where he works as a doctor in a hospital. His expressive paintings process the range of feelings that many people with an ethnic, sexual or otherwise different identity carry with them, even if they have lived in a relatively tolerant European metropolis for years.

“When I’m drawing , I don’t try to give a meaning or make sense of what I’m creating in that moment . This is why also, I prefer not to give a title to my works. I think it gives the audience a chance to interpret my art the way they see and feel it. Preserving a bit of mystery these days is more then ever part of my goals”.

This year 2024, The Ballery celebrates its 10 year anniversary. Since opening in 2014, The Ballery has been the Berlin home of established artist Rinaldo Hopf.

Opening on 27th June The Ballery will show works from its archive by Rinaldo Hopf over a weekend which also coincides with Rinaldo’s 69th birthday.

Rinaldo Hopf was born in 1955 in Freiburg, Germany. In Germany Rinaldo’s contribution to gay culture is unparalleled. Primarily known as a master of watercolours, Rinaldo’s works have been presented in major exhibitions around the world.

The Ballery collection features works from 1990 which have been shown over the last 10 years plus new paintings from 2024.

2023

Rinaldo-Hopf-Retrospective Download

Curated by Amelia Jane Hunter

2022

Group show featuring artists whom have been an important part of The Ballery story over the last 8 years.
Opening 28 October 18-22hr
Closing 26 November 18hr

Interview with Chris Phillips & Simon Williams

2021

M.O.N.O – Mikey Woodbridge

2020

**Mathias Vef G-SPOT – Solo Exhibition**

**Pride & Prejudice**
Robert B, Mari Poller, Luna Nother, *Swen Marcel, Don Aretino, Ana Bathe, Rinaldo Hopf

**From Russians with Love**
*Oleg Dou, Katerina Belkina, Slava Mogutin, Fedya Ili, Igor Skaletsky, Kristina Okan, Sergej Ehses, Viktoria Tchibor

**Marcel Nenninger – Transistoriness Solo Exhibition**

2019

**Andreas Fux – Witness – Solo Exhibition**

**Mein schwules Auge / My Gay Eye**
Curator: Rinaldo Hopf & Fedya Ili
Aaron Moth, Alexander von Agoston, Andreas Fux, Aron Neubert, Bruce LaBruce, Carsten Milbrett, Chris Phillips /PORNCEPTUAL, Christian Guhl, Daniel M. Schmude, Dirk Lang, EVA & ADELE, Fedya Ili, Florian Hetz, Hans van der Veen, Helmut Röttgen, Henning von Berg, Jürgen Baldiga, Jürgen Wittdorf, Kai Teichert, Lars Theuerkauff, Martin E. Kautter, Martin von Ostrowski, Matthias Bade, Murat Önen, Rainer Fetting, Rinaldo Hopf, Robert B., Rory Midhani, Slava Mogutin, Stefan Thiel, Suzanne Forbes, Yu-Liang Liu

**There Are No Homosexuals in Iran – Laurence Rasti**

**Naked Moscow – Fedya Ili – Solo Exhibition**

2018

**Artists in Resonance**
Tom of Finland, Rinaldo Hopf, Sadie Weis, Julja Goyd, Otto Oscar Hernandez, Alexandre Haefeli, Naomi Takaki, Hector Vargas, Nicolas Balcazar, Jan Q.Maschinski, Vacon Sartirani, Steven Kohlstock, Romulo, Ingo Raabe, Chris Phillips
Neonatal by Sadie Weis

**Geschmackssache – A Matter of Taste – WÄLDERHAUS Hamburg**
Joseph Marr, Monica Carvalho, Grigori Dor, Rachel Israela, Moritz Löwe, Jan Q. Maschinski, Benno Lehmann, Carsten Brügmann, Martin Hablesreiter & Sonja Stummerer.
*Artist: Jan Q. Maschinski

**Corpus Delicti**
Curator: Nadine Dinter
Sonia Szóstak, Steven Kohlstock, Simon Lohmeyer

**My Gay Eye – Tom of Finland Special**
Curator: Rinaldo Hopf
Tom of Finland, The Hun, Rick Castro, Johnny Alexandre Abbate, Yu-liang Liu, Sven Oliver Aries, Domino, Gorilla, Link, Minoru, Nigel Ken, Patrick Lee, Norman Deigan, Michael Kirwan, Palanca, Stuart Sandford, Greg Day, Florian Hetz, Henning von Berg, Rinaldo Hopf
*Untitled (P. 674) by Tom of Finland

**Funky Nature**
Curated by Simon Williams and Britta (Helbig) Adler
Anne Michaux, Ann Schomburg, Arno Bojak, GODsDOGs, Grigori Dor, Jan Quirin Maschinsko, Katrin Kampmann, Konstantin Dery, Miriam Lenk, Monica Carvalho, Richard Rabensaat
*Artist: Miriam Link

**Pop-Up Exhibition**
Florian Hetz, Grigori Dor, Ingo Raabe, Jillian May, Mariasole Nervegna, Monica Carvalho, Paul Burn, Rick Burger, Stefan Graef
*Artiist: Rick Burger

**ANNA KONDA – a portrait of a Berlin women’s fight club – Solo Exhibition**
Katarzyna Mazur

**I Book You**
Curator: Constanze Metzel
Beate Engl, Franka Kaßner, Hammann Von Mier, Hisashi Yamamoto, Ieva Jakušonoka, Ivo Rick, Katarzyna Mazur, Nicola Arthen, Nicolas Balcazar, Stefan Schilling

**Alana Richards – Morphium: Hallucinations of a Kabarett – Solo Exhibition**

Otto Oscar Hernandez, Thibaut Henz, Frauke Klinker, Holger Wilkens, Karl Gottfried König, Lisa Glauer, Moritz Löwe, Rachel Israela & Christian Starz

**Trash to Treasure – WÄLDERHAUS Hamburg**
Søren Drastrup, Naomi Takaki, Babette Woltemath, Olivia Descampe, Oscar Romulo Hernandez

2017

Sadie Weis, Rinaldo Hopf, Kiril Bikov, Nicolas Balcazar, Fedya Ili, Olivia Descampe, Andrea Galad, Otto Oscar Hernandez, Søren Drastrup, Lisa Glauer, Mischa Fanghaenel, Mirella Frangella, Valentina Bardazzi, Magpieartcollective, Naomi Takaki, Daniele Roccaro, Chris Phillips, Lena Ader, Jill Tegan Doherty, Kevin Gray, Johnny Abbate

**Gauchos – Mirella Frangella – Solo Exhibition**

**Trash to Treasure**
Magpie Art Collective, Søren Drastrup, Mark Reeder, Frauke Linker, Naomi Takaki, Chris Phillips, Olivia Descampe, Otto Oscar Hernández, Oscar Rómulo Hernández Cabrera

**Hector Vargas – Bismarck – Solo Exhibition**

**Urban human bearings**
Bjørn Ignatius Øckenholt, Anette Andersen

**Rinaldo Hopf – Postcards from L.A – Solo Exhibition**

**Giegling @The Ballery**
Curator: Otto Oscar Hernandez

**The Woman in Me – Vernissage**
Katarzyna Mazur, Ana Bathe, El Bocho, Lola Rossi, Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert, Nelson Santos, Lisa Glauer, Roman Lipski, Selin Davasse, Otto Oscar Hernandez Ruiz, Dragana Gavrilovic, Mikey Woodbridge
*Artist: El Bocho

**Roman Lipski – Landschaften aus dem Netz – Solo Exhibition**

2016

**Iris Schieferstein – Solo Exhibition**

**Alexandre Haefeli „The Company of Men“ – Solo Exhibition**

**Mexican artists Art exhibition “The Ballery goes Mexican”**
Alejandro Collignon, Almendra López, Arturo Tlapale, Bernardo Aldana, Bianca Monroy, Carlos Gutiérrez, Claudia García Peña, Dafne Jaramillo, Daniel Bravo, Erik Bachtold, Estela Jaime, Estela Uribe, Gabriel Hermida, Gabriela Naumann, Georgina Rodríguez, Guillermo Aguilar-Huerta, Jennifer Jennsel, Jorge Molgora, Liz Soto Rivas, Luis Alberto Sotelo, Maribel Avilés, Oscar Castillo, Oscar Bächtold, Palmira Ortiz, Rosaana Velasco, Rubén Santos, Silvia Bihouet, Silvia Juárez, Vanessa Farfán, Victor Mora, Willy Büssy, Xóchitl de Urban, Yanira Masich

**Rex Verboten – Erste deutsche Ausstellung einer Legende – Solo Exhibition**

Curator: Nadir Catalano
Taylor Bryn Hultquist, Federica Masini, Chipi, Juan Sanchez Porta, Rory Midhani, León Allez, Zid Visions, Milan Brinker, Sally Cellophane, Felix Abel, Jose Vigers, Michele Santomarco, Francesca Tambussi + Alexandra Ruppert, Dieu-Mi Hoang, Paco Ruiz + Casper Van Westhausen, Matteo Colombo, Vincenzo Arena, Silvia Asunis

Cuba / Kuba
Rinaldo Hopf, Otto Oscar Hernandez Ruiz, Andreas Fux, Oscar Rómulo Hernández*

**Georg Meyer-Wiel – The Life Studies – Solo Exhibition**

**SKIN**
Sadie Weis, Valentina Bardazzi, Beatriz Crespo, Lucy Schmidt, Georg Meyer Wiel, Ana Bathe, Katerina Belkina, Mari Uruta, Ruby McCoy, Brandt Parker, Nicolas Balcazar, Winston Torr, Cem Ulug, Roey Heifetz, Nathan French, Rinaldo Hopf, Sabatino Cersosimo, Tamboly, Grzegorz Bibro, Ivan Prieto, Sven Serkis, Chris Phillips, Lavender Wolf, Kiril Bikov, Vincenzo Laera, Dale Grant, Daniel Marcel Schmude, Sterling, Daniele Roccaro, Fedya Lli, Frank Lassak, Slava Mogutin, Khaled Haider, Juan Varela, Andrea Galad, Michal Andrysiak, Moran Sanderovich*

**Saints & Sinners – Curated by Suzy Royal**
Michal Andrysiak, Kiril Bikov, Thodoros Brouskomatis, Andrea Galad, Hector de Gregorio, Stanka Koleva, Aaron McElroy, Lucio Palmieri, Leonardo Julian Rossi, Eni Steinhausen

**Rinaldo Hopf – Films of my youth Solo Exhibition**

**Eric Lee Johnson – Inhabiting H E I R S P A C E – Solo Exhibition**

2015

**My Gay Eye / Mein Schwules Auge**
Slava Mogutin, Robert W Richards, Andreas Fux, Stefan Thiel, Affricanezz, Andrea Galad, Ben Montaser, Chris Phillips, Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert, David Trullo, Dirk Lang, Etienne Zerah, Fedya Ili, Giovanbattista Brambilla, Ismael DeLarge, Jaap DeJonge, Jack Balas, Jan Simurda, Jens Schommer, Johnny Abbate, Karl Lakolak, Kiril Bikov, Luca Jacob Cogas, Marcel Steger, Martin Walter, Mon Graffitto, Nigel Grimmer, Rinaldo Hopf, Rob Jurka, Spunk Seipel, Stefan Merkt, Tony Whitfield, Vittorio Zambardi
Artist: Affricanezz*

**Berlin Artists Exhibition at The Ballery**
Cem Ulug, Dominik Fraßmann, Androniki Chila, Sadie Weis, Valentina Bardazzi, Nicolas Balcazar, Ana Bathe, Andreas Fux, Jon Mármol, Khaled Haider, Emma Jacobs, Rosario Salerno*

**New Artists Exhibition**
Roey Heifetz, Stefan Merkt, Fatih Alasalvaroglu, Khaled Haider, Paride Mirabilio
Neal James, Guille Chipironet, Jon Mármol

**Beatriz Crespo Solo Exhibition – Ubiquity, Transformation Adaptation**

**Equinox – The astronomical fall 23rd September**
Brandt Parker, Sadie Weis, Margarita Morales, Patrick Henne, Jill Tegan Doherty, Valentina Bardazzi, Sabatino Cersosimo, Dale Grant, Julija Goyd, Ana Bathe, Annalu, Winston Torr, Stefano Bosis, Rosario Salerno

**MACROCOSMI @The Ballery**
Veronica Montanino, Annalù, Omar Ludo, Tiziana Cera Rosco

Andreas Fux, Mischa Badasyan, Joe Kake, *Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert, Manuel Moncayo, Ivo Hofsté, Ben Montaser, Rosario Salerno, Philipp von Ostau

**ADORNISM**
Anto Christ, Rubbish Fairy, Daria Marchik, Holly-Anne Buck, Nathan French, Hellza Haus, Atlas Mapps, Frau Feeger, Jose Vigers, Casio Ono, Ana Bathe, Winston Torr, Lena Braun, Ivan Prieto

Around The World In 30 Days
Stainer Chindebvu, Younousse Tamekloe, Beatriz Crespo, Luis Alhama, Iván Prieto, Pilar Alonso, Fátima Montero, Taher Mhamdi, Ameni Fahket, David Benforado, Grigoris Myrgiotis, Remy Uno, Matthijs Holland, Dale Grant, Mirella Frangella., Anna Redko, Maria Redko, Dmitry Buldakov, Mirovlad Palachich, Shapavalau Dzmitry, Vadim Sidorchyk, Volha Pushkarova, Shcharbach Yauhen, Kiril Bikov, Stanka Koleva, Moran Sanderovich, Alhan Jeries Ashqar, Klaudia Krynicka, Chandra Shekhar Karki, Aishu Mathema, Deepak Tolange, Daniel Lavoie, Vitaly Medvedovsky, Catherine Genest, Erik Nieminen, Ana Bathe, Sadie Weis, Winston Torr, Daniel Carrillo Garcia, Guillermo Aguilar, Monica Levy, Andreas Tesch, On Lui, Guilherme Galarraga, Jae-hong Ahn, Yasuhiro Cúze, Kelly Jang, Chanmin Jeong, Geunjeong Kim, Luli Lee, Yoh Nagao, Jung-ah Oh, ÜRIKMÄD (Yurika Yamada), Snowy Chan Suet Yi, KUNSTMAL (Jeonguk Kim, Kyooseok Lee)

**The Ballery in Heat**
Stefanie Schneider*, Rinaldo Hopf, Lars Theuerkauff, Yoh Nagao, Sadie Weis, Matthijs Holland, Manuel Moncayo, Valentina Bardazzi, Rosario Salerno, Chris Phillips, Kiril Bikov, Sabatino Cersosimo, Nicolas Balcazar, Stefano Bosis, Winston Torr, Uzzo Lino

**Russian Contemporary Art Week @The Ballery**
Curator: Julia Tet

**Nicolas Balcazar Retrospective – Solo Exhibition**

**Valentina Bardazzi & Moran Sanderovich – Parallel Sensations**

**Fading Spirits**
Curator: Nina Braunsteiner
Rebecca Brodskis, Stanka Koleva

Irene Cruz – What Dreams Are Made Of

NUDE
Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert, Martina Minette Dreier, Sabatino Cersosimo, Moran Sanderovich*, Dina Schweiger, Valentina Bardazzi, Manuel Moncayo, Lars Theuerkauff, Nicolas Balcazar, Andrea Tavolaro, Johnny Abbate, Mirco Magnani, Stefano Bosis, Juan Arteaga, Chris Phillips, Winston Torr, Julija Goyd, Nicholé Velásquez, Kiril Bikov.

2014

**The Ballery Winter Art Fair**
Frank Lassak, Rinaldo Hopf, Kiril Bikov, Moran Sanderovich, Ana Bathe, Stefano Bosis, Sadie Weis, Jade MacEwan, Rosario Salerno, Valentina Bardazzi, Keith Telfeyan, Uruta Mari, Manuel Moncayo, Nicolas Balcazar, Winston Torr, Daniele Roccaro, Lena Braun, Beatriz Crespo, Johnny Alexandre Abbate, Kjello Torgård

**Chris Phillips – Berlin Tales Solo Exhibition**

**New Artists November @The Ballery**
Rinaldo Hopf, Lena Braun, Johnny Alexandre Abbate, Manuel Moncayo, Adar Aviam, Stephan White aka Artboydancing, Beatriz Crespo, Joseph Wolfgang Ohlert, Nicholé Velásquez, Vincenzo Guarnera, Matteo Avanzi, Daniel Marcel Schmude-Sterling

**Suzy Royal Guest Curator**
Valentina Bardazzi, Kiril Bikov, Amit Elan, Guilherme Galarraga, Dan Kane, Marcus Roessler, Eni Steinhausen

**Daniele Roccaro Solo Show @The Ballery**

Asian Art Week @The Ballery
Yoh Nagao, Satoshi Hoshi, Keiichiro Nakao, ÜRIKMÄD, Michiyasu Furutani, Isaac Chong, Laura Fong Prosper, Aya Imamura, Yasuhiro Cúze, Kyoung Yeon Jang, Winston Torr, Zandong Li, Suet Yi Chan, Uruta Mari, Zubin Zainal, Bon Parinya Wongwannawat, Toshihiro Kozuma
*Artist: Zandong Li