Thomas Ruff 1958, Zell am Harmersbach, Germany

Thomas Ruff 1958, Zell am Harmersbach, Germany

Thomas Ruff
1958, Zell am Harmersbach, Germany
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
SELECTED SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2014
Ma.r.s and Negatives. Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
LichTen. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
LichTen. SNAK~Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Photograms And Negatives. Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills, USA
Thomas Ruff - New work, Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich, Switzerland
Lichten. SMAK~Stedelijk Museum vor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
2013
Thomas Ruff. Konrad Fischer Galerie - Düsseldorf, Dusseldorf, Germany
Photograms, Johnen Galerie, Berlin
ma.r.s. Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
photograms and ma.r.s. David Zwirner, New York
2012
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Thomas Ruff: nudes. David Zwirner, New York
Thomas Ruff: ma.r.s. Gagosian Gallery, London
2011
MCA DNA: Thomas Ruff. MCA~Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago, Chicago, USA
Thomas Ruff. Mai 36 Galerie, Zürich, Germany
Thomas Ruff. ma.r.s. CAC~Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga, Spain
Thomas Ruff. Stellar Landscapes. LWL~Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Münster, Germany
2010
Thomas Ruff. David Zwirner, New York
Thomas Ruff. Gow Langsford Gallery, Auckland, New Zealand
Thomas Ruff. Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Thomas Ruff. Palazzo Buonamici, Prato, Italy; Biblioteca Comunale Istituto Culturale e di Documentazione Lazzerini, Prato, Italy;
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Dryphoto arte contemporanea, Prato, Italy; Biblioteca Comunale Bartolomeo Della Fonte Villa Giamari, Montemurlo, Italy;
Spazio d'arte Alberto Moretti/Schema Polis, Carmignano, Italy
2009
Thomas Ruff. Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
Thomas Ruff. Schwarzwald. Landschaft. Museum für Neue Kunst, Freiburg, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Surfaces, Depths. Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
2008
Thomas Ruff: A Retrospective. Kunsthalle Mücsarnok, Budapest
Thomas Ruff, zycles + cassini. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
2007
Thomas Ruff. David Zwirner, New York
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Thomas Ruff: Jpegs. Moderna Museet, Stockholm
The Sprengel Project. Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
2006
Thomas Ruff. Arario Beijing, Beijing
Thomas Ruff. Ben Brown Fine Arts, London
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Nelson, Paris
Thomas Ruff: The Grammar of Photography. Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa, Venice, Italy
Thomas Ruff: Jpegs. Johnen Galerie, Berlin
2005
Thomas Ruff: Jpegs. David Zwirner, New York
Thomas Ruff: Jpegs. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
2004
Thomas Ruff. Arario Gallery, Chungnam, Korea
Thomas Ruff: Les Oeuvres de la Collection Pierre Huber. Musée d’Art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Thomas Ruff: Neue Arbeiten. CFA~Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Thomas Ruff: Neue Nudes, Neue Substrats, Neue Maschinen. Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
2003
Thomas Ruff. Galeria Lia Rumma, Milan, Italy
Thomas Ruff. Galeria Lia Rumma, Naples, Italy
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Nelson, Paris
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Pusan Metropolitan Art Museum, Pusan, South Korea
Thomas Ruff: Hans-Thoma-Preis 2003. Hans-Thoma-Museum, Bernau, Germany
Thomas Ruff: Machines. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
Thomas Ruff: New Work. David Zwirner, New York
Thomas Ruff: Nudes und Maschinen. Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany
2002
Identificaciones. Museo Rufino Tamayo, Mexico DF
Thomas Ruff. Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
2001
Thomas Ruff: Photographs 1979 to Present. Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany; Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo;
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Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany; IMMA~The Irish Museum of
Modern Art, Dublin; Artium~Centro Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporáneo, Vitoria, Spain; Fundação de Serralves, Porto,
Portugal; TATE Liverpool, Liverpool, UK; Centre for Contemporary Art Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw
Thomas Ruff. Chabot Museum, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Thomas Ruff. David Zwirner, New York
Thomas Ruff. Essor Gallery, London
Thomas Ruff. Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
Thomas Ruff. Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
Thomas Ruff. Malkasten, Düsseldorf, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Zwirner & Wirth, New York
2000
l.m.v.d.r.—Thomas Ruff. Kunstmuseen Krefeld, Krefeld, Germany; CFA~Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin; Galeria Estrany de la Mota,
Barcelona, Spain
New Works. Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt, Germany
Nudes. David Zwirner, New York; Galerie Nelson, Paris
Selected Photographs. Zwirner & Wirth, New York
Thomas Ruff. CFA~Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
1999
Thomas Ruff. Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Nelson, Paris
Thomas Ruff. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
1998
Thomas Ruff. 303 Gallery, New York
Thomas Ruff. CFA~Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
Thomas Ruff | Günther Förg. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
1997
Oeuvres 1979–97. Centre national de la photographie, Paris
Plakate. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Goethe Institut, Paris
Thomas Ruff—Kleine Porträts. Dryphoto arte contemporanea, Prato, Italy
Thomas Ruff. Galeria Estrany de la Mota, Barcelona, Spain
Thomas Ruff. Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
1996
Portraits, Houses, Stars, Night. Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Nelson, Paris
Thomas Ruff. Kunstverein Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Rooseum~konsthallen i Malmö, Malmö, Sweden
Thomas Ruff. Andere Porträts + 3D. 303 Gallery, New York
Über den Wolken—unter den Sternen. Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany
1995
Thomas Ruff. Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Hamburg, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
Thomas Ruff. Andere Porträts + 3D. German Pavilion, 46th Venice Biennale: German Pavillion, Venice, Italy
1994
Thomas Ruff. Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Thomas Ruff. White Cube, London
1993
Thomas Ruff. 303 Gallery, New York
Thomas Ruff. Deweer Art Gallery, Otegem, Belgium
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris
Thomas Ruff. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
1992
Thomas Ruff. Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Zeitungsphotos. Mai 36 Galerie, Lucerne, Switzerland; Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
1991
Thomas Ruff. Galeria Lia Rumma, Naples, Italy
Thomas Ruff. Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Paris
Thomas Ruff. Kunstverein Bonn, Bonn, Germany; Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany; Kunstverein Braunschweig,
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Braunschweig, Germany; Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen, Germany
Thomas Ruff—Portraits. The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA
1990
Häuser. Mai 36 Galerie, Lucerne, Switzerland
Thomas Ruff. 303 Gallery, New York
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Sonne, Berlin
Thomas Ruff: Stars. Stuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
1989
Junge Leute. Goethe Institut, Munich, Germany
Porträts, Häuser, Sterne. Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam; Le Magasin Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France;
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Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich
Thomas Ruff. 303 Gallery, New York
Thomas Ruff. Cornerhouse, Manchester, UK
Thomas Ruff. de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Bebert, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Thomas Ruff. Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Philip Nelson, Lyon, France
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Thomas Ruff. XPO Galerie, Hamburg, Germany
1988
Thomas Ruff. Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto, Canada
Thomas Ruff, Porträts. Mai 36 Galerie, Lucerne, Switzerland
Thomas Ruff, Porträts. Museum Schloß Hardenberg, Velbert, Germany; Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1987
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris
Thomas Ruff. Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Sonne, Berlin
1986
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Philip Nelson, Lyon, France
1984
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
1983
Thomas Ruff. Ausstellungsräume Brückenstraße, Düsseldorf, Germany
1981
Thomas Ruff. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2015
La piel traslúcida. Obras de la colección Iberdrola. CentroCentro Cibeles de Cultura y Ciudadanía, Madrid
Lichtbild und Datenbild. Spuren Konkreter Fotografie. Museum im Kulturspeicher, Würzburg, Germany
Cannibalism? On Appropriation in Art. Zacheta–National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
Snafu. Situation Normal All Fucked Up. Kunstraum 49 Shia Bender, Düsseldorf, Germany
Parra For Cuva Trashlagoon. Gerhardsen Gerner, Berlin
HE: The Hergott Shpeard Photography Collection. UMMA~The University of Michigan Museum of Art, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA
Landscape in my Mind. Bank Austria Kunstforum, Vienna
FACES NOW. European Portrait Photography since 1990. BOZAR–Palais des Beaux-Arts / Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels
American Scene Photography: Martin Z. Margulies Collection. Museum of Art Fort Lauderdale, Fort Lauderdale, Florida, USA
What is contemporary in contemporary art? Galeria Máriio Sequeira, Braga, Portugal
La guerra che verrà non è la prima. MART~Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy
Man in the Mirror. Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brussels
Jardins d’hiver – Jardin d’Edem. Galerie Alain Gutharc, Paris
Face It! Das Portrait In der Kunst des 19.-21 Jahrdunderts. WIMMERplus A GLOBAL NETWORK IN ART. Prien am Chiemsee,
Germany
2014
La piel traslúcida. Obras de la colección Iberdrola, Torre Iberdrola, Bilbao, Spain
Las lágrimas de las cosas. Centro de Artes Visuales Fundación Helga de Alvear, Cáceres, Spain
Intimität. Galerie der Stadt Remscheid, Remscheid, Germany
Muse und Modell. Galerie Ludorff, Dusseldorf, Germany
Propaganda für die Wirklichkeit. Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Temi & Variazioni. L'impero Della Luce. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venecia, Italy
Damage Control. MUDAM~Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg
Intractable and untamed documentary photography around 1979. Museum Ludwig, Colonia, Germany
Datascape. Laboral - Centro de Arte y Creación Industrial, Gijón, Spain
The Paths of German Art from 1949 to the present. Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
People in a river landscape. Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
(Mis)understanding Photography. Works and Manifestos. Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
The Other Portrait. MART~Museo d’Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, Rovereto, Italy
Im Fokus! Zeitgenössiche Fotografie und Videokunst aus der Sammlung. Kunsthalle Bremen, Germany
Urban. Rolla Foundation, Brucella, Switzerland
Love. Camera Work, Berlin
Bäume in der zeitgenössischen Kunst. ALTANA Kulturstifung im Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg, Germany
Damage Control. Art and Destruction since 1950. Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
Seitsame Wissenschaften. Stadtgalerie Sundern, Sundern, Germany
Art & Me. MUDAM~Musée d’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxemburg
Magnus scènes de l’maginaire automate. Villa Bernasconi, Lancy, Switzerland
La Gioia Through the eyes of three Italian art collectors. Maison Particulière, Brussels
Weltrise. Krasnoyarsk Museum Center, Krasnoyarsk, Russia
Cruce de Colecciones. CAAM~Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Der zweite Blick. Galerie Supper. Baden-Baden, Germany
de Marseillaise. Fifteen years of collecting. Huis Marseille stichting voor fotografie, Amsterdam
Clear. Gagosian Gallery, Beberly Hills, California, USA
Friendly Takeover. MARTa Herford, Herford, Germany
transgression. Philara–Sammlung zeitgenössischer Kunst, Düsseldorf, Germany
Inundumundumherum. Kunstverein Arnsberg, Arnsberg, Germany
Snafu. Situation Normal All Fucked Up. Kunstraum Dreieich, Dreieich-Dreieichenhain, Germany
From the Collection. SMAK~Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Group Show. Gagosian Gallery, Paris
The Paths of German Art from 1949 to the present. MMOMA~Moscow Museum of Modern Art, Moscow
Neon–Vom Leuchten der Kunst. Stadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken, Germany
PEOPLE IN A RIVER LANDSCAPE. Pinakothek der Moderne, Münich, Germany
La historia la escriben los vencedores. OTR Espacio de Arte, Madrid
Early Works. Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Propaganda für die Wirklichkeit. Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Temi & Variazioni. L’imperio della Luce. Peggy Guggenheim Collection, Venecia, Italy
1984? Mai 36 Galeire, Zürich
Reproductibilitat 1.1. Es Baluard Museu d’Art Modern, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
2013
Ausweitung der Kampfzone. Die Sammlung. 1968-2000. Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Photograms. Johnen Galerie, Berlin
Colección Helga de Alvear. El arte del presente. CentroCentro Cibeles de Cultura y Ciudadanía, Madrid
Visions—An Atmosphere of Change. Museum Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
Datascape. Boursan Contemporary, Istambul
Artists for Tichy–Tichy for Artists. GASK~Galerie Středočeského kraje, Kutná Hora, Czech Republic
Große Gefühle. Kunsthalle Krems, Krems, Austria
¡Reset! Palma Dotze Galeria d’art, Vilafranca del Penedés, Spain
Industrie. OstLicht~Galerie fúr Fotografie, Vienna
Though a Glass Darkly–Faces Past and Present. Ernst Múzeum, Budapest
Ein Drittel Weiß–Das zeitgenössische Interesse am Schwarz-Weiß. KIT~Kunst im Tunnel, Düsseldorf, Germany
[blv] 5, Finir En Beauté. Musée Nicéphore Niépce, Chalon sur Saône, France
Farbe Form Fotografie Fläche. Art Foyer der DZ Bank Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Une Affaire De Famille–La Photographie Dans Les Collections De Stephane, Rodolphe Et Sebastien Janssen. Museé de la
photographie, Charleroi, France
Sex, Money and Power. Maison Particulière Art Center, Brussels
CONCRETE Fotografie und Architektur. Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
2012
Language Games. An Introduction to the Art of Our Times. Centro de Artes Visuales Fundación Helga de Alvear, Cáceres, Spain
Nackten Männer. Leopold Museum, Vienna
Art and Press. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; ZKM~Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Der Mensch und seine Objekte. Fotografische Sammlung. Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Howling at the Moon. Dickinson Roundell Inc., New York
Stand still Like the Hummingbird. David Zwirner, New York
Starstuck: An International Exhibition of the Fine Arts of Astrophotography. Bates College Museum of Art, Maine, USA
(Un)folding Patterns. Dorsky Gallery, New York
De La Generosidad. Obras De La Colección Helga De Alvear. CGAC~Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de
Compostela, Spain
2011
20th Century Fox. Collection Vanmoerkerke, Ostend, Belgium
1000 Faces/0 Faces/1 Face. Alcalá 31, Madrid
Conversations: Photography from the Bank of America Collection. MFA~Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA; Museo Del Novecento,
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Milan, Italy; IMMA~The Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin
De-Natured: German Art from Joseph Beuys to Martin Kippenberger—Selections from the Jamie Keith Brown and Eric Diefenbach
Collection. The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill: Ackland Art Museum, Chapel Hill, USA
Envisioning Buildings: Reflecting Architecture in Contemporary Art Photography. MAK~Österreichisches Museum für angewandte
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Kunst, Vienna
The House Without the Door. David Zwirner, New York
Jeff Wall: The Crooked Path. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels; CGAC~Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de
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Compostela, Spain
The Life and Death of Buildings. Princeton University Art Museum, New Jersey, USA
The Medium and the Message. BYRDCLIFFE Kleinert / James Arts Center, Woodstock, USA
Now: obras de La Colección Jumex. Hospicio Cabañas, Guadalajara, Mexico
Photography Calling!. Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hannover, Germany
Process. Edwynn Houk Gallery, New York
Stories of Material Life. Centro de Artes Visuales Fundación Helga de Alvear, Cáceres, Spain
The Truth is Not in the Mirror—Photography and a Constructed Identity. Haggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee, USA
Undeniably Me. Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague
Weltraum. Die Kunst und ein Traum/Space. About a Dream. Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
2010
21st Century: Art in the First Decade. Queensland Art Gallery, Brisbane, Australia
Atlas. How to Carry the World on One’s Back? MNCARS~Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid; ZKM~Zentrum für
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Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany; Sammlung Falckenberg, Hamburg, Germany
Atopia—Art and the City in the 21st Century. CCCB~Centre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Exposed—Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera. TATE Modern, London; SFMOMA~San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San
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Francisco, USA; Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
In the Vernacular. The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
Just Love Me—Regard Sur Une Collection Privée. MUDAM~Musée d'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Playlist—Moderna Museet c/o Jönköpings Iäns Museum. Jönköpings Iäns Museum, Jönköping, Sweden
2009
Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures. Los Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles, USA; Germanisches Nationalmuseum,
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Nuremberg, Germany; Deutsches Historisches Museum, Berlin
AUSTERE. Selections from the SFMOMA Collection. SFMOMA~San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA;
Bad Habits. Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, USA
Beautiful Fictions: Photography at the AGO. Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Canada
Beg Borrow and Steal. The Rubell Family Collection | Contemporary Arts Foundation, Miami, USA
Holbein to Tillmans—Prominent Guests from the Kunstmuseum Basel. Schaulager, Basel, Switzerland
In-Finitum. MUVE~Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia & The Vervoordt Foundation Palazzo Fortuny, Venice, Italy
Les enfants terribles. Fundación/Colección Jumex, Ecapatec de Morelos, Mexico
Prune—Abstracting Reality. Foam, Amsterdam
Terror and the Sublime—Art in an Age of Anxiety. Crawford Art Gallery, Cork, Ireland
Visual Tactics. Optical Instruments in History and Contemporary Art. Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany
2008
Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art. International Center of Photography, New York
The Art of the Real. Collection Vanmoerkerke, Ostend, Belgium
Blown Away. University of Illinois at Urbana–Champaign: Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, Champaign, USA
Building Pictures. MoCP~Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, USA
CONTACT Toronto Photography Festival: Between Memory & History. MOCCA~Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto,
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Canada
Darkside: Photographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed. Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Diana and Actaeon—The Forbidden Sight of Nudity. Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf, Germany
Espèces d’espace. Le Magasin Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble, France
The Gallery. David Zwirner, New York
Listen Darling…The World Is Yours. Ellipse Foundation, Alcoitão, Portugal, Portugal
Objectivités: La photographie à Düsseldorf. ARC~Musée dArt moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
On the Human Being: International Photography. CAAC~Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain
Photo20esimo : Masters of 20th Century Photography. Museo d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium since 1960. MET~The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Real – Photographs from the Collection of the DZ Bank. Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
That Was Then…This Is Now. MoMA PS1, New York
Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary: Collection as Aleph. Kunsthaus Graz, Graz, Austria
The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
to:Night. Hunter College Art Galleries, New York
Visual Tactics: Optical Instruments in History and Contemporary Art. Museum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen, Germany;
Mücsarnok Kunsthalle, Budapest; CAAC~Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain
2007
25th Anniversary. Galerie Nelson, Paris
après la pluie. Musée Départemental d’Art Contemporain, Rochechouart, France
Artempo: Where Time Becomes Art. Fondazione Musei Civici di Venezia, Venice, Italy
As if nothing had been said. Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
Contemporary Outlook: German Photography. MFA~Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA
Cosmologies. James Cohan Gallery, New York
Depth of Field: Modern Photography at the Metropolitan. MET~The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Existencias. MUSAC~Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
Fast Forward: Collections for the Dallas Museum of Art. Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA
Flash Cube. Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul, Korea
Fotokunst aus 60 Jahren. Kunst aus NRW unterwegs. Galerie Münsterland, Emsdetten, Germany
Foto.Kunst: Contemporary Photography from the Essl Collection. Essl Museum, Vienna,
An Incomplete World. Works from the UBS Art Collection. Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; National Gallery of Victoria,
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Melbourne, Australia
Kopf an Kopf: Serielle Porträtfotografie. Kunsthalle Tübingen, Tubingen, Germany
L'Événement. Jeu de Paume, Paris
Mehr als das Auge fassen kann. Museo de Arte de Lima, Lima
Menschenbilder im Dialog. Große Kunstschau Worpswede, Worpswede, Germany
Nineteen Going on Twenty: Recent Acquisitions from the Collection. The Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, USA
Paint It Blue: ACT Art Collection Siegfried Loch. Weserburg Museum für Moderne Kunst, Bremen, Germany
Passion for Art: 35th Anniversary of the Essl Collection. Essl Museum, Vienna
R., B. & G. Wexford Arts Center, Wexford, Ireland
Spectacular City. NRW~Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Dusseldorf, Germany
Spectacular Space. Galerie Bob van Orsouw, Zurich
Stadt-Bild-Köln. Die Fotographische Sammlung/SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany
Street & Studio: An Urban History of Photography. TATE Modern, London; Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Unter Sternen. Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland
What Does the Jellyfish Want? Photographs from Man Ray to James Coleman. Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
Who’s Got the Big Picture? Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp, Belgium
Vertigo. Museo d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
Yäq. La Planta Arte Contemporáneo Omnilife, Guadalajara, Mexico
2006
75 Years of Collecting: Portrait of a Citizen. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
Abstract Art Now, Floating Forms. Wilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
All the Best: The Deutsche Bank Collection and Zaha Hadid. Singapore Art Museum, Singapore
Alterazioni: Le materie della fotografia tra analogico e digitale. Museo di Fotografia Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Artists for Tichý—Tichý for Artists. Museum of Applied Arts, Brno, Czech Republic; Museum Moderner Kunst Nürnberg, Nuremberg,
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Germany; Museum Moderner Kunst-Stiftung Wörlen, Passau, Germany
Beautiful Suffering—Photography and the Traffic in Pain. Williams College Museum of Art, Williamstown, USA
Click doubleclick: Das dokumentarische Moment. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; Centre for Fine Arts, Brussels, Belgium
The Unhomely: Phanton Scenes in Global Society. BIACS II~Bienal International Contemporary de Arte Contemporáneo de Sevilla,
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Seville, Spain
Die Liebe zum Licht. Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst, Germany
Ecotopia: The Second ICP Triennial of Photography and Video. International Center of Photography, New York
Étranges mécaniques. Fonds régional d'art contemporain d'Ile-de-France/Le Plateau, Paris
Eye to Eye. Rollins College: The George D. and Harriet W. Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Winter Park, USA
Faces à Faces. Musée des Beaux Arts, Chambéry, France
Face: The New Photographic Portrait. Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Flesh. Siamsa Tire Theatre, Tralee, Ireland
Fotokunst aus 60 Jahren. Flottmann-Hallen, Herne, Germany
Gregor Schneider: Totalschaden. Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Herzog & de Meuron. No 250. Eine Ausstellung. Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Immaginario Contemporaneo. Dal Giornalismo all’Arte. Bel Vedere Fotografia, Milan, Italy
Mulheres: 26 Anos - Encontros de Fotografia. CAV~Centro de Artes Visuais, Coimbra, Portugal
Out of Place. The New Art Gallery Walsall, Walsall, UK
Peepshow. The Prague Contemporary Art Festival: Veletrenzi Palace, Prague
PERMANENT 06: Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Essl. Sammlung Essl im Schömer-Haus, Klosterneuburg, Austria
Photos and Phantasy: Selections from the Frederick R. Weisman Art Foundation. Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art, Malibu,
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USA
The Prague Contemporary Art Festival. National Gallery of Prague, Prague
Spectacular City. Photographing the Future. Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Super Vision. ICA~Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
Tendenzen internationaler Fotografie. Städtische Galerie, Delmenhorst, Germany
Tokyo Blossoms: Deutsche Bank Collection Meets Zaha Hadid. Hara Museum of Contemporary Art, Tokyo
Was ist deutsch? Germanisches National Museum Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
Why Pictures Now: Fotografie, Film, Video Heute. Museum für moderne Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Zweite Präsentation. Akademie-Galerie: Die neue Sammlung, Düsseldorf, Germany
2005
Atlantic & Bucharest: Photography, Film, and Video: New Acquisitions. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Art and Its Space. Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Artbarn: Collection of Jerome and Ellen Stern. Private Residence, Quiogue, USA
Beauty and Waste in the Architecture of Herzog & de Meuron. Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Bidibidobidiboo: Works from the Sandretto Re Rebaudengo Collection. Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin, Italy
Bilanz in zwei Akten—Sammlung Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung. Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover, Germany
Collection 2005. K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Early Work. David Zwirner, New York
Erotica: os sentidos na arte. Centro Cultural Banco do Brasil, São Paulo, Brazil
The Experience of Art. 51th Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy
Fast Nichts: Minimal Artworks from the Friedrich Christian Flick Collection im Hamburger Bahnhof. Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für
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Gegenwart, Berlin
The Figurative Impulse. Museo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico
Flashback. Eine Revision der Kunst der 80er Jahre/Revisiting the Art of the 80s. Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Frontal 7. Photographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere, Finland
Himmelsbilder / Images of Heaven. Dommuseum zu Salzburg, Salzburg, Austria
iD: Portrait, an Exploration of Identity. Ferens Art Gallery, Kingston upon Hull, UK
Louise Bourgeois, Vija Celmins, Adam Fuss, Thomas Ruff, James Siena. Richard Levy Gallery, Albuquerque, USA
Photographies. Galerie Nelson, Paris
Porträt//Fotografie. Sammlung Niedersächsische Sparkassenstiftung. Vertretung des Landes Niedersachsen beim Bund, Berlin
Rückkehr ins All/Return to Space. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
SEX…in ART. Gallery SHO, Tokyo
Sujeto. MUSAC~Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
Surfaces. Paradise. Museum für Moderne Kunst, Arnhem, The Netherlands
Von neuen Sternen. Adam Elsheimers ‘Flucht nach Ägypten.’ Alte Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
Zur Vorstellung des Terrors: Die RAF-Ausstellung. Kunst-Werke Berlin e.V., Berlin; Neue Galerie Graz, Graz, Austria
2004
A Arañeira. 100 Artistas da Colección CGAC. CGAC~Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea, Santiago de Compostela, Spain
Architecture & Arts 1900/2000. Palazzo Ducale, Genoa, Italy
Brainstorming: Topographie de la morale. Centre National d’art et du Paysage, île de Vassivière, France
Climats, Cyclothymie des Paysages. Centre national d’art et du paysage Île de Vassivière, Beaumont-du-Lac, France
Close By. Time Space Architecture. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
Collection 002. Institut d'Art Contemporain Villeurbanne / Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France; Le Magasin Centre National d’Art
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Contemporain, Grenoble, France; Musée de Beaux-Arts, Nantes, France
Contemporary Visions—Photographs and Video from the Collection of Helga de Alvear. Wäinö Aaltonen Museum of Art, Turku,
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Finland; MEIAC~Museo Extremeño e Iberoamericano de Arte Contemporáneo, Badajoz, Spain
Die Zehn Gebote. Deutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden, Germany
Explosive Photography. Nassau County Museum of Art, New York
Faces, Places, Traces: New Acquisitions to the Photography Collection. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa
Friedrich Christian Flick Collection. Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
German Art Now. Städelsches Kunstinstitut und Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
L’ombre du temps. Documents et experimentations dans la photographie du XXe siécle. Jeu de Paume, Paris
Metamorph. Trajectories, 9th International Architecture Exhibition. 9th Biennale Architectura Venice, Venice, Italy
Multiple Räume (1). Seele—Konstruktionen des Innerlichen in der Kunst. Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
Paisaje y Memoria. Landscape and Memory. CAAM~Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Sammlung Plum. Museum Kurhaus, Kiev
Take Five! Huis Marseille Museum voor Fotografie, Amsterdam
Tour-Detours de Babel. Musée d’art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Wirklich Wahr! Realitätsversprechen von Fotografien. Ruhrlandmuseum, Essen, Germany
Yet Untitled: Die Sammlung Bernd F. Künne. Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremberg, Germany
ZBO-SdM052004. Subduktive Massnahmen. Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn, Germany
2003
2003 Beaufort. Triennale für zeitgenössische Kunst am Meer, Ostend, Belgium
Affinities… Now and Then. Kansas City Art Institute: H&R Block Artspace, Kansas City, USA
The Big Picture—Recent Acquisition from the Collection of Alison & Alan Schwartz. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British
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Columbia, Canada
Calmaga. CAC~Centro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga, Spain
Crosscurrents at Century’s End: Selections from the Neuberger Berman Art Collection. University of Washington: Henry Art Gallery,
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Seattle, USA; Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, USA; Tampa Museum of Art, Tampa, USA; Chicago Cultural
Center, Chicago, USA
Here and Now. Musuem Kurhaus, Kiev
Imago. 10 ans d’acquisitions du FRAC Franch-Comté. Musée des Beaux-Arts, Lons-le-Saunier, France
Imperfect Innocence: The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection. Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, USA; Palm Beach Institute of
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Contemporary Art, Palm Beach, USA
The Last Picture Show—Artists Using Photography, 1960–1982. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA
Moving Pictures: Contemporary Photography and Video from the Guggenheim Museum Collections. Solomon R. Guggenheim
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Museum, New York; Guggenheim Bilbao, Bilbao, Spain
Portraiture. Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Projektraum 3000. Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Selections from the LeWitt Collection. New Britain Museum of American Art, New Britain, USA
Sex. Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
S(how). University of Pensylvania: ICA~Institute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia, USA
Social Strategies: Redefining Social Realism. University of California: University Art Museum, Santa Barbara, USA; DePauw
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University: Richard E. Peeler Art Center, Greencastle, USA
Stranger in the Village. The Museum of Modern Art at Guild Hall, East Hampton, USA
Torn Between Two Lovers. Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Unreal Estate Opportunities. PKM Gallery, Seoul
Zehn Jahre. Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2002
About Face. Yancey Richardson Gallery, New York
Ahead of the 21st Century—The Pisces Collection. Fürstenberg Sammlungen, Donaueschingen, Germany
Art for Living Again. Galeria Estrany de la Mota, Barcelona, Spain
Bernhard Fuchs, Bernhard Prinz, Thomas Ruff, August Sander. Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York
The Citigroup Private Bank Photography Prize 2002. The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Divine the Grid. Vedanta Gallery, Chicago, USA
Erotika. Riva Gallery, New York, New York
Herzog & de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind. Canadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal, Canada
Limits of the Perception. Fundació Miró, Barcelona, Spain
Paises. 25th Bienal de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil
Startkapital. K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Untitled Photographie. Maxmilian Krips Galerie, Cologne, Germany
Vertigo. Leo Castelli, New York
2001
Art Editions 3. Editions Schellmann, New York
Double Vision: Photographs from the Strauss Collection. California State University: University Art Museum, Long Beach, USA;
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Museum of Photographic Arts, San Diego, USA
Close Up—Zur Inszenierung von Nahsicht und Oberfläche. Kunstverein Hannover, Hanover, Germany
I ♥ NY. David Zwirner, New York
The Inward Eye—Transcendence in Contemporary Art. Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, USA
Mies in Berlin. MoMA~The Museum of Modern Art, New York; Altes Staatliche Museen zu Berlin–Preußischer Kulturbesitz, Berlin;
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Caixa Forum, Barcelona, Spain; Whitechapel, London
Museum unserer Wuensche/Museum of Our Wishes. Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany
People (Stephan Balkenhol, Marlene Dumas, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth, Christopher Williams). Monica de Cardenas Gallery,
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Milan, Italy
Picturing Media: Modern Photographs from the Collection. MET~The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
2000
100 al 2000: il Secolo della Fotoarte. Villa Impero, Bologna, Italy
Ansicht Aussicht Einsicht—Architekturphotographie. Galerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig, Germany
Europeans; Summer 2000. Zwirner & Wirth, New York
Faces. Galerie Haas & Fuchs, Berlin
La arquitectura sin sombra. CAAC~Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain
L´Opera: Un chant d’Étoiles. Théâtre Royale de la Monnaie, Brussels
Thomas Ruff & Wolfgang Tillmans. Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
1999
Apposite Opposites: Photography from the MCA Collection. MCA~Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
Chronos & Kairos. Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Co-laboraciones Architectos/Artistas. Elba Benítez Galería, Madrid
Collezionismi. Palazzo delle Papesse, Siena, Italy
Cosmos: From Romanticism to the Avant-Garde. Museum of Fine Arts, Montreal, Quebec, Canada; CCCB~Centre de Cultura
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Contemporània de Barcelona, Spain; Palazzo Grassi, Venice, Italy
Das Versprechen der Fotografie. Die Sammlung der DG Bank. Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover, Germany
Das XX. Jahrhundert. Ein Jahrhundert Kunst in Deutschland. Altes Museum, Berlin; Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Hamburger
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Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
Digitale Photographie. Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Espace, modes d´emploi. Centre d´art Passerelle, Brest, France
Face to Face to Cyberspace. Fondation Beyeler, Basel, Switzerland
Flashes. CCB~Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
Le arti della fotografía. Villa Mirabella, Varese, Italy
Le corps èvanoui, les images subites. Musée de l’Elysée, Lausanne, Switzerland
Missing Link - Menschen-Bilder in der Fotografie. Kunstmuseum Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Reconstructing Space: Architecture in Recent German Photography. Architectural Association, London
Space Place 300499—180799. Kunsthalle Tirol, Tirol, Austria
Transmute. MCA~Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
Under/Exposed. Stockholm Underground, Stockholm
Visiones Urbaines. Galerie du TNB, Rennes, France
Von Beuys bis Cindy Sherman, Sammlung Lothar Schirmer. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Zoom. Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart, Germany; Galerie der Stadt Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; Württembergischer
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Kunstverein Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany; Galerien der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen, Germany
1998
3D. Galerie Michael Cosar, Düsseldorf, Germany
Anos 80. Culturgest, Lisbon
Arrêt sur image. Art & Public, Geneva, Switzerland
Arterias. Malmö Konsthall, Malmo, Sweden
Artificial: Figuracions Contemporànies. MACBA~Museu d’Arte Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
Artist’s Proof. Kaiser-Wilhelm-Museum Krefeld and Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Nuremburg, Germany
Auf der Spur. Kunst der 90er Jahre im Spiegel von Schweizer Sammlungen. Kunsthalle Zürich, Zurich
BLICKWECHSEL. ZKM~Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
Collection un autre Regard. Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Die Macht des Alters. Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin, Germany; Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Fast Forward—Body Check. Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
Fast Forward—Image. Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany
(ID)entiteit. Hessenhuis, Antwerp, Belgium
Inglenook. Feigen Contemporary, New York
Instant paysagers. La Galerie du petit Château, Sceaux, France
Landscape & Memory. Haines Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Love Boat—Collection. Musée d’Art Contemporain de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France
Photographie—Die Sammlung IV. Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
PhotoImage: Printmaking 60s to 90s. MFA~Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA; Des Moines Art Center, Des Moines, USA
Una Colección para los Fondos del CAAM. CAAM~Centro Atlántico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Vom Bild zur Welt. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
Wounds: Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art. Moderna Museet, Stockholm
1997
Another & another & another act of seeing (urban space). Desingel–International Arts Center, Antwerp, Belgium
Antlitz. Max-Gandolph-Bibliothek, Salzburg, Austria
Der klare Blick. Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Die Epoche der Moderne. Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Der gestirnte Himmel. Bahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen, Germany
:Engel, :Engel. Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
The European Face. Weesper Synagogue, Weesp, The Netherlands
Face à Face. Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac, Paris
Geschlossene Gesellschaft. Graphische Sammlung der ETH, Zurich
Histoire de voir. Château Lynch Bages, Pouillac, France
KUNST…ARBEIT. Südwest LB Forum, Stuttgart, Germany
Kunst der Gegenwart. ZKM~Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe, Germany
l’oeil alerte. Galerie du TNB, Rennes, France
Mehr Licht. Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan
New Acquisitions: Works on Paper. MCA~Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
Photographie d’une collection: 2/97. Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations, Paris, France
Positionen künstlerischer Photografie in Deutschland seit 1945. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Pro Lidice. České Muzeum, Prague, Czech Republic; Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Sammlung Ackermans. Museum Kurhaus, Kleve, Germany
Standort Deutschland. Schloß Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
Veronica’s Revenge. Centre d’art contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Wolfgang Laib et Thomas Ruff. Lieu d’art contemporain, Sigean, France
Young German Artists 2. The Saatchi Gallery, London
1996
by night. Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
Colorealism. Galleria Photology, Milan, Italy
Consomnation/Contemplation. Le Carré Musée Bonnat, Bayonne, France
Desert. John Hansard Gallery, Southampton, UK; South London Gallery, London; Ikon Gallery, Birmingham, UK
Die Klasse. Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich
Distanz und Nähe. Kawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki, Japan; Ministerium für Bundesund Europaangelegenheiten des Landes
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NRW, Bonn, Germany
Eternal Dialogue. Tower of David Museum, Jerusalem
Fondo, Figura Y Lluvia. Galeria Antoni Estrany, Barcelona, Spain
Fotografia nell’arte tedesca contemporánea. Gian Ferrari, Milano, Italy
Helden. Kunstverein Eislingen, Eislingen, Germany
Ich Phoenix. Gasometer Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
Jurassic Technologies Revenant. 10th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
Modena per la Fotografia. Galleria Civica, Modena, Italy
Project 8. TOTAL Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
Ronald Jones, Nakis Panayotideis, Thomas Ruff. The Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art, Crete, Greece
Silent & Violent. MAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles, USA
Spaced Out. Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
Stadt & Land. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Zuspiel. Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
Thomas Ruff & Herzog & de Meuron. TN Probe Gallery, Tokyo
Über den Wolken—unter den Sternen (Thomas Ruff & Thomas Emde). Kunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany
1995
45° Nord & Longitude 0. Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Arquitectures plurals. Centre de Cultura, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
Artistes/Architectes. Institut d'Art Contemporain Villeurbanne / Rhône-Alpes, Villeurbanne, France
Collezione No. II. Castello di Rivara, Rivara, Italy
Die große Galerie. Kunsthalle Bremen, Bremen, Germany
The European Face. Talbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh, UK
The Institute of Cultural Anxiety. ICA~Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Kunst in Deutschland—Sammlung des Bundes. Kunst und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn, Germany
L’homme photographié. Abbaye Saint-André Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac, France
People. Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy
RAM—Realität, Anspruch, Medium. Kunstverein Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany; Bundespostministerium und Kunstverein, Bonn,
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Germany; Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen, Germany; Lindenau-Museum, Altenburg, Germany; Museum Wiesbaden,
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Wiesbaden, Germany
Redefining Convention: German Art Now. Haines Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Szenenwechsel VIII. Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Thomas Ruff and Jörg Sasse. Mai 36 Galerie, Zurich
Vendanges. Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris
Virtual Reality. National Gallery of Australia, Canberra
Westchor—Ostportal. Galerie im Marstall, Berlin, Germany; Kunsthalle Dresden, Dresden, Germany; Rheinisches Landesmuseum,
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Bonn, Germany
Zimmerdenkmäler. Blumenstrasse, Bochum, Germany
Andere Porträts + 3D (Thomas Ruff, Katharina Fritsch & Martin Honert). 46th Venice Biennale: German Pavilion, Venice, Italy
1994
1m = c.299 792 458 -1 s. Arteluku, San Sebastian, Spain
The Act of Seeing [urban space]. Fondation pour l’Architecture, Brussels
The Architecture of Herzog & de Meuron. Blumarts, New York
Aura. Wiener Secession, Vienna
Beeld. Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
Bilder–Aspekte deutscher Fotografie nach 45. Fotogalerie Wien, Vienna; The Brno House of Art, Brno, Czech Republic; Fotoforum
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West, Axams, Austria
Collection. Musée Départemental de Rochechouart, Rochechouart, France
Da-Zwischen/ENTRE-DEUX. Konferenzzentrum Albert Borschette, Brussels; Haus am Waldsee, Berlin
Facts and Figures. Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, USA
Fondation Cartier: A Collection. The National Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
Junge deutsche Kunst der 90er Jahre aus NRW. Sonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju, Korea; Pao Galleries Hong Kong
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Arts Centre, Hong Kong; Taipei Fine Arts Centre, Taipei; International Art Gallery, Bejing; National Museum of Modern Art,
Osaka, Japan
Le corps en scène. Institut Français de Madrid, Madrid
Revendo Brasilia neu gesehen. Teatro Nacional de Brasília, Brasilia; Museu de Imagem, São Paulo, Brazil; Palácio Gustavo
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Capanema, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
Who’s Looking at the Family? Barbican Art Centre, London
1993
Altro e Arte. Palazzo Falconieri, Rome
Die Arena des Privaten. Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
Distanz und Nähe. Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin; Úl’uv Exhibition Hall, Prague; National Museum, Krakow, Poland; Gallery for
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Modern Art, Ljubljana
Gesture and Nuance—The Photographic Portrait. Rena Bransten Gallery, San Francisco, USA
Image First: Eight Photographers for the ‘90s. Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, USA
Konstruktion Zitat—Kollektive Bilder in der Fotografie. Sprengel Museum, Hanover, Germany
Kunst aus Wintermärchen—Deutschland. Tochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan
Landscape / Myth vs. Reality. Barbara Mathes Gallery, New York
L’angoisse de n’être qu’un homme. Centre Culturel Paul Dumail, Tonneins, France
Photographs from the Real World. Lillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer, Norway; Bergen Kunstforening, Bergen, Norway; Museet
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for Fotokunst, Odense, Denmark
Romaeuropa. Palazzo Ruspoli, Rome
Vancouver Collects. Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, Canada
1992
Collection d’oeuvres photographiques—Vers une attitude photographique. Groupe Caisse des Dépôts, Paris
Documenta IX. Documenta, Kassel, Germany
Double identity. Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Einsamkeit: Un sentimiento alemán. Monasterio de Verula, Tarazona, Spain; Fundación La Caixa, Madrid; Sala Catalunya,
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Barcelona, Spain; Casal Solleric, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
More Than One Photography. MoMA~The Museum of Modern Art, New York
oh! cet echo!. Centre culturel suisse, Paris
Parallelaktion. Städtische Galerie Schloss Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
Périls et Colères. Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Photography in Contemporary German Art: 1960 to the Present. Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, USA; Dallas Museum of Art,
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Dallas, USA; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth, USA; The Saint Louis Art Museum, Saint Louis, USA;
Guggenheim Museum SoHo, New York; The Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles, USA; Ludwig Museum, Cologne, Germany;
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel, Switzerland; Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek, Denmark
Post Human. FAE~Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland; Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino,
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Italy; Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, Athens; Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany; The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
Première Photo. Galerie du Jour agnès b., Paris
Qui, quoi, où. ARC~Musée dArt moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Une seconde pensée du paysage. Centre d’Art Contemporain du Domaine de Kerguéhennec, Bignan, France
1991
7 women. Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
Anni 90. Galleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
Aus der Distanz. K21 Kunstsammlungen Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Elegia de la mirada. Sala de Arte La Recova, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
Entre terre et ciel. Hôtel Ephémère, Paris
Histoires d’Oeil. Espace Lyonnais d’Art Contemporain, Lyon, France; Nouveau Musée de Villeurbanne, Villeurbanne, France
In anderen Räumen. Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
Interieurs. Galerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris
La revanche de l’image. Galerie Pierre Huber, Geneva, Switzerland
The Legacy of Karl Blossfeldt. Jan Turner Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Metropolis. Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Sguardo di Medusa. Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
Solaris. Mai 36 Galerie, Luzern, Switzerland
Typologies: Nine Contemporary Photographers. Newport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California; Akron Art Museum, Akron,
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USA; The Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, DC
1990
Dan Graham, Rodney Graham, James Welling, Thomas Ruff. Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Dorothea von Stetten-Kunstpreis 1990. Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Hacia el paisaje. CAAM~Centro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Las Palmas de Gran Canaria, Spain
Häuser. Mai 36 Galerie, Luzern, Switzerland
Je est un autre. Part I. Galeria Cómicos, Lisbon
La guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu. Chateau d’Orion, Orion, France
Le Diaphane. Musée des Beaux-Arts and Ersep-École d’Art, Tourcoing, France
Ligne de mire. Douze artists de la collection. Fondation Cartier, Jouy-en-Josas, France
New Work: A New Generation. SFMOMA~San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, USA
Perspectives on Place. University of San Diego: Art Gallery, San Diego, USA
Portrait d’une Collection d’Art Contemporain. Palais des Beaux-Arts, Charleroi, Belgium
Thomas Ruff & Katharina Frisch. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
To be or not to be. CASM~Centre d’Art de Santa Mònica, Barcelona, Spain
Weitersehen. Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
1989
32 Portraits, Photography in Art. KunstRAI, Amsterdam
Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth. Margo Leavin Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
Contemporary European Art. First Bank Skyway Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
Das Portrait in der zeitgenössischen Photographie. Galerie Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria
For 20 Years: Editions Schellmann. MoMA~The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Jahresgaben. Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Katharina Fritsch/Martin Honert/Thomas Ruff. de Appel arts centre, Amsterdam
Mit dem Fernrohr durch die Kunstgeschichte. Kunsthalle Basel, Basel, Switzerland
Selections from the Ann & Marshall Webb Collection, 1989. York University: The Art Gallery, North York, Canada
Tenir l’image à distance. Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal, Quebec, Canada
1988
The Place of the Artist. 43th Venice Biennale: Aperto 88, Venice, Italy
Bilder—Denda, van Ofen, Ruff. Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
BiNationale. Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany;
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Kunstsammlungen Nordrheim-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany; MFA~Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, USA; ICA~Institute
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Contemporary Art, Boston, USA
Fotografen. APAC~Centre d’art Contemporain, Nevers, France
L’inventaire. Manufrance, Saint-Étienne, France
Photographie Allemande. Auditorium, Quimper, France
Presi X Incantamento—La Nuova Fotografia Internazionale. Padiglione d’Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Robert Mapplethorpe, Richard Prince, Thomas Ruff, Jeff Wall. Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
1987
Foto/Realismen. Villa Dessauer, Bamberg, Germany; Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany; Grundkreditbank, Berlin
1986
Foto Cliché. Victoria Miro, London; Orchard Gallery, Derry, Ireland
Reste des Authentischen. Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany; Photographers’ Gallery, London
1985
Das Auge des Künstlers—das Auge der Kamera. Pinacoteca Ravenna, Ravenna, Italy; Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt an Main,
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Germany
Künstlerische Fotografie des 20. Jahrhunderts. Universitätsmuseum Marburg, Marburg, Germany
1984
Thomas Ruff & Katharina Fritsch. Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
1983
Laputa. Gutenbergstraße 62 e.V., Stuttgart, Germany
1982
Ausstellung B. Künstlerwerkstätten Lothringerstraße, Munich, Germany
Work by young german photographers. Art Galaxy, New York
SELECTED COLLECTIONS
Colección Helga de Alvear, Madrid/Cáceres, Spain
Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, USA
Essl Museum–Kunst der Gegenwart, Vienna
Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
MACBA~Museu d’Arte Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona, Spain
MET~The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
MoMA~The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Moderna Museet, Stockholm
MUSAC~Museo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León, Spain
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne, Australia
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, USA
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Stedelijk Museum voor Actuele Kunst, Ghent, Belgium
TATE Collection, London
The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago, USA
The National Museum of Photography, Copenhagen