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1982 - 1977 National Academy of the Arts, Düsseldorf

SELECTED EXHIBITIONS

2008        Between Memory and History: From the Epic to the Everyday, mocca - Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON

               Building Pictures, MoCP - The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL

               Auktion 26, Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin

2007        Das Sprengelprojekt, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany

               Spectacular City - Architekturfotografie, NRW - Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany

               Die Liebe zum Licht, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany

               What does the jellyfish want? Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany

2006        Ecotopia, International Center of Photography, New York, USA

                Liebe zum Licht, Kunstmuseum Celle / Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst / Kunstmuseum, Bochum, Germany

                Abstract Art Now - Floating Forms, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany

                50 JPG, Centre de la Photographie, Geneva, Switzerland

                Körper, Gesicht und Seele, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria

                Nature Attitudes, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria

                Click/Doubleclick – das dokumentarische Moment, Haus der Kunst, Munich, German  

                BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium

                Bibliotheca Insomnia – Das Digitale Bauhaus II. Meisterwerke der Medienkunst aus der Sammlung des ZKM Karlsruhe, Bauhaus Universität, Weimar, Germany

                Thomas Ruff – The Grammar of Photography, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (Galleria in Piazza San Marco und Palazzetto Tito), Venice

                Helga de Alvear – Conceitos para uma colecção, CCB Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon

2005        L’esperienza dell’arte, 51. Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Italia - Giardini, Venice

               Atlantic & Bucharest: Photography, Film and Video: New Acquisitions, Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland

                Regarding Terror: The RAF Exhibition, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany

                Rückkehr ins All, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany

                PILLish: Harsh Realities and Gorgeous Destinations, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, U

                Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany

                Surfaces/Paradise, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnheim, The Netherlands

                New Work, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, USA

2004        Thomas Ruff, Arario Gallery, Chungham, Korea

                Telefonica's Contemporary Photography Collection, Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid, Spa

                Thomas Ruff. Les oeuvres de la collection Pierre Huber (Tour - De ´tours de Babel), Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland

                Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany

                 German Art. Deutsche Kunst aus amerikanischer Sicht, Werke aus der Sammlung des Saint Louis Art Museum. Städelsches Kunstinstitut and Städtische

                Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany (cat.)    

                 Relating to Photography, Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany

                Yet Untitled - Photographs from the B. Künne Collection, Det Nationale Fotomuseum Copenhagen (cat.)

                Multiple Räume (1): Seele - Kunstruktion des Innerlichen in der Kunst, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany (cat.)

                Der neue Blick in die Stadt, Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy

                Wirklich wahr! Realitätsversprechen von Fotografien, Ruhrlandmuseum, Essen, Germany (cat.)

2003        Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt, Germany

                Hans-Thoma-Museum, Bernau, Germany (cat.)

                Pusan Metropolitan Museum Pusan, Korea

                3nudes und maschinen, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (cat.)

                Centre Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw,Poland (cat.)

                Thomas Ruff 1979 to the Present, Tate Liverpool, UK (cat.)

                Imperfect Innocence: The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Contemporary Museum Baltimore, USA

                Stranger in the Village, MOMA curates in Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York, USA

                Projektraum 3000, Kunst-&Ausstellungshalle Deutschland, Bonn, Germany

                Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal

                Sex, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA

                Moving Pictures, Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain

2002        Thomas Ruff, Photographs: 1979 to present. Irish Museum Of Moder Art, Dublin, Ireland

                Identificaciones, Museo Tamayo, Mexico (solo)

                Mies Van Der Rohe 1907-1938, CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain (solo)

2001        The Anagrammatical Body. ZKM. Karlsruhe, Germany (solo)

                100 al 2000: il Secolo della Fotoarte, Photology, Bologna, Italy (solo)

                Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain (solo)

                Mies in Berlin, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA

                Enmanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland

2000        How you look at it. Fotografien des 20. Jahrhunderts, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany

                Deutsche Kunst in Moskau, Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia

                LMVDR, Haus Lange – Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany

               Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt, Germany

                La Arquitectura sin Sombra. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain

                l. m. v. d. r. 2 , Fördererkreis Krefelder Kunstmuseen, Germany

“Portrait”, 1987, Color photograph, 15.2 x 12.4”