BESart. Banco Espírito Santo Collection.

Bridges. MAPFRE 75 years.

Pilar Citoler. Circa XX Collection. Languages of Paper. Catalog.

José Juan Barba. 'Hidden Spaces'. Metlocus 023 A013

Francisco Calvo Serraler. The Trees and the Forrest. Catalog Exhibition 'Hidden Space' 2008

Manuela Mena. Clarity and Desolation. Dicover the Art n°116. September 2008.

Carlos Garcia-Osuna. Hidden Spaces. La Vanguardia. 28 Sep 2008.

Natividad Pulido. Uninhabited Paintings. Madrid 360, n°472, of 26 September/2 October 2008.

Fietta Jarque, The Rebellion of the Landscape. El País 20 Sep 2008.

Julián Luzán. ¿and where are the people? El País Semanal. 14 Sep 2008.

Rafael Fernández Bermejo. The Hunter of Images. Interior Design, July 2008.

Eduardo Alaminos. Images for a Collection. Catalog Artist and Photographers. May 2008.

Ángela Molina. Arquitectures. Babelia, El País. 21 Mar 2008.

Ángeles Garcia. The Depopulated Dream of José Manuel Ballester. Babelia, El País, 15 Mar 2008.

Juan Manuel Bonet. Sao Paolothe Modernist. Courrier International. 13-19/03/2008.

Paco Roche. Marca combines Arts with Sports in the IVAM. Marca 06 Mar 2008.

Carlos Aimeur. IVAM sensualizes the impact of sports on the contemporary art in a sample . El País (Valencia). 06 Mar 2008.

Santiago Segurola. IVAM celebrates the new view of the art on sports. Marca, 05 Mar 2008.

Laura Revuelta. Catalog, PlusMarca Arts and Sports. 5 March/6 April 2008.

Pulse New York. March 2008.

Isabel Cortés. Artifcial Landscapes. The Photography. February, March 2008.

Ángeles Garcia. The Cathedral of Burgos viewed by Ballester. El País, 14 feb 2008.

Juan Manuel Bonet. Sao Paulo by Neimeyer. El País Semanal. 03 Feb 2008.

Fernando Castro. Catalog Arquitectures. Gallery Manel Mayoral. February 2008.

Agenda. El País 10 Jan 2008.

Lorena Muñoz-Alonso. The Interior Landscape. AD (Architectural Digest). January 2008.

The Other Side of China. Landscapes viewed from a train. n°207 January 2008.

Pilar Citoler. Circa XX Collection. Catalog, The Unlimited Energy of Landscapes. December 2007, March 2008

Agenda. El País 05 Dec 2007.

Jose Manuel Ballester. Hiperarquitecture and Hyperdesign, Madrid. AV Projects 021.
Year of Spain in China. Art & Investment 2007.

Future...no Future. Pascal Vanhoecke Photo Gallery, n°434.

Vicente Jarque. The Retained Time. Discover the Art n°97.

Fernando Castro Flórez. New York-Shanghai. Epicenters of the Diconcertment. Discover the Art n°101

José Juan Barba. China, Metalocus 022,22/005.08.

Architecture and Reality. Super Foto n°146.

J.M.Plaza. Ballester´s look at the Chinese Giant. Daily Newspaper El Mundo, 16 Dec 2007.

Natividad Pulido. The Chinese Dream. Madrid 360, ABC, 16-22 Nov 2007.

Andrés Fernández Rubio. Wine Cellars with the Eiffel Seal. The Voyager. El País, 3 Nov 2007.

Ángeles Garcia. Potraits of the Colossal China. El País, 2 Nov 2007.

José Manuel Ballester. The Awakening of el Prado. El País 27 Oct 2007.

Catalog Jano the two sidedness of photography. National Museum of Arts Reina Sofía. 9 October,   30 December 2007.
Enrique Juncosa. The Impassible Art. Salzillo Catalog 21. 26 Sep - 18 Nov 2007.

Javier Hernando. One and Two Cathedrals. El Cultural, 28 Jun 2007 to 4 Jul 2007.

Rafael Ruíz. China, the Galactic Revolution. El País Semanal, 10 Jun 2007.

The Ten Most Influential Artists Alive. Discover the Art n°100, June 2007.

Photograph May/ June 2007. Jose Manuel Ballester. Charles Cowles and Nicholas Metivier Galleries.

Laura Revuelta. Catalog Eyes of the Sea. 18 March, 8 July 2007.

Contact. Toronto Photography Festival. May. 1 – 31 / 2007.

Pilar Citoler. The Eye You See. Circa XX Collection. Catalog. February 2007.

Rocío de la Villa. Contemporary Landscapes. El Cultural, 15-21 February 2007.

Andy Grundberg. The Machine, The Body and The City. Modern Photographs, Miami Art Museum. 16 November 2006 , 15 April 2007.

Juan Manuel Bonet and Alfonso de la Torre. Imaginary Spaces, Showcases. Change of Context. Catalog. February 2006.

Rosa Olivares. 100 Spanish Photographers. Exit. 2005.

Espagne à l`honneur. El Cultural, 167- 23 Nov 2005.

Rafael Sierra. Fuentes. IVAM. Catalog, 20 Sep - 4 Dec 2005.

Mar Menéndez Reyes: From the picturesque Romanticism to the Photographs of the empty museums. A conversation with José Manuel Ballester. Text for the exhibition catalog “Museums”. Valencian Institute of Modern Art. Valencia.

Fernando Castro: The Luminous Presence of the Instant. Meditations about the pictorial and photographic work of José Manuel Ballester. Text for the exhibition catalog “Museums”. Valencian Institute of Modern Art. Valencia.

Enrique Juncosa: Red Desert. Text for the exhibition catalog “Habitacion 523”. Velazquez Palace. Madrid.

Pedro Azara: Room for a Stranger. Text for the exhibition catalog “Habtiacion 523. Velazquez Palace. Madrid.

Karsten Harries: Metaphors of a World Ruled by Artifice. Text for the exhibition catalog “Habitacion 523” Velazquez Palace. Madrid.

Doreen Gildroy: Night Watch. Text for the exhibition catalog “Habitacion 523”. Velazquez Palace. Madrid.

Ramiro Villapadierna. “Madrid-Berlín Roundtrip – The photographer and painter José Manuel Ballester discovers unexpected architectural bonds between Madrid and Berlin-“ DIARIO ABC. 9 December 2004, page 45

Fernando Rayón. The most important thing about the artwork is what people say. La Gaceta de los Negocios”. 20 September 2004, page 44.
Merche Martinez “The Ambiguity of José Manuel Ballester’s Photography. El Mundo. El Correo de Burgos. 17 September 2004, page 28.

I.L.H. Spaces of Life.. Diario de Burgos. 17 September 2004, page 21.

Fernando Huici: Intimate Space. Text for the inaugural exhibition catalog of the Trama Gallery in Madrid.

Francisco Calvo Serraller: The Emptiness and Drama of Light. Text for the exhibition catalog: Photoespaña 2000. Estiarte Gallery.

Pedro Azara: Traits of Architecture. and Between the Fingers Vanessa Fidalo. Traits D’Architecture Catalog. Clermont Ferrant. France.

Enrique Juncosa: The Unmoved Art. Catalog of Architectures. 1994-1999. Antonio de Barnola Gallery.

Javier Rodríguez Marcos: Artificial Paradises. Text for the exhibition catalog. José Manuel Ballester: Dead Natures. Zaragoza. (1998).

Rosa Queralt: The Utopia of capturing Reality. Conversation between José Manuel Ballester and Rosa Queralt. Text for the exhibition catalog. Dead Natures. In Zaragoza, 1998.

Jeffry Swartz: The state of Arquitecture and the Arts in Barcelona after 1992 ”The Exhibitionist, 
fall issue 1997.New York.

DIE WELT, Berlin: Pictures of the Fascination of the Monumentality of Construction Sites. Saturday, 1 November 1997.

Fernando Castro : The Essential View. Text for the exhibition catalog Almudi Palace, Murcia.

Anatxu Zabalbeascoa : José Manuel Ballester. Antonio de Barnola Gallery. International Art Forum, April 1995.

Alvaro Martínez Novillo: Catalog Presentation. 14 Spanish Realists. Almudi Palace, Murcia. 1994.

José Ramón Danvila: Between the Chronicle and the Sentiments. Madrid as an argument. Exhibition catalog. “Madrid seen by 8 painters”. City Museum. City Hall of Madrid. 1994.

Adoldo Castaño: New Spanish Realism. New Spanish Realism Catalog. Caja Murcia. Murcia.

Fernando Huici: The Credit of the Real. Catalog of Clave Gallery, Murcia, 1994.

Pedro Azara: The First Stone. Text for the exhibition in Torculo Gallery.

Pablo Jimenez: Beyond the Limits of Reality. Catalog of experiences of Hamburg.

Francisco Calvo Seraller: Encyclopaedia of the Spanish Art of the XX Century. Mondadori. 1991.

Theodor Fleming: José Manuel Ballester. Catalog presentation. Exhibition Levy Gallery. Madrid 1991.

Antonio Bonet Correa: Realisms in Japan. Diario ABC (newspaper), 03-10-91.

José A. Chacón: J. M. Ballester, a firm realistic proposal. Guide of Sevilla of ‘Diario 16’ (newspaper). November 90

José Manuel Costa: Yesterday is Today, Today is Yesterday. Catalog presentation. Capilla del Oidor (Chapel of the Hearer)

                            

                                                        Selected Bibliography

Terry Berne: Jose Manuel Ballester at the Palacio Velazquez, Art in
America, June-July 2005
Ramiro Villapadierna: Madrid-Berlin ida y vuelta – El fotografo y pintor
Jose Manuel Ballester encuentra insospechados lazos arquitectonicos entre
Madrid y Berlin. (Madrid-Berlin back and forth – The photographer
and painter Jose Manuel Ballester finds unsuspected architectural
links between Madrid and Berlin), Diario ABC, December 9, 2004
Francisco Calvo Serraller: La bisagra luminosa. Diario El País,
March 19, 2005
Jeffry Swartz: The State of Architecture and the Arts in Barcelona after
1992, The Exhibitionist, Fall 1997
Bilder von der Faszination der Monumentalitat der Baustellen, Die Welt,
Berlin, Samstag, November 1, 1997
Anatxu Zabalbeascoa: Jose Manuel Ballester, Galeria Antonio Barnola,
Artforum, April 1995
Antonio Bonet Correa: Realismos en Japon. Diario ABC, March 10, 1991
Marche Martinez: La Ambiguedad Fotografica de Jose Manuel Ballester
(The Photographic Ambiguity of Jose Manuel Ballester), El Mundo,
September 17, 2004
Jose A Chacon: J.M. Ballester, una firme propuesta realista (a firm
realist proposition). Guia de Sevilla de Diario 16, November, 1990