Thomas Demand
born 1964 in Munich, lives in Berlin
EDUCATION
-89 Akademie der bildenden Künste, Munich
-92 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
-94 M.F.A. Goldsmiths’ College, London
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
2007
Embassy/Processo grottesco, Fondazione Prada, Isola San Giorgio, Venice (c)
L'esprit d'escalier, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin (c)
2006
Serpentine Gallery, London (C)
Max Beckmann und Thomas Demand, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main (C)
Tunnel (Solo-Filmprogramm), Musée d’Art contemporain, Montreal
Galerie Esther Schipper, Berlin
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
2005
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Museum of Modern Art, New York
2004
German Representation, Sao Paulo Bienal, Sao Paulo
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz
303 Gallery, New York, NY
2003
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaek
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
2002
Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
SITE Santa Fe, New Mexico
“Hof, Schipper & Krome, Berlin
2001
De Appel, Amsterdam, Holland
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado
ArtPace, San Antonio, Texas
“Report, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
Thomas Demand con Caruso St.John architetti, Galleria d’arte moderna di Palazzo Pitti, Florence, Italy
303 Gallery, New York
2000
Fondation Cartier pour l’art Contemporain, Paris
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Monika Sprüth Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Peter Kilchmann, Zurich, Switzerland
1999
Tunnel, Art Now 17, Tate Gallery, London, U.K.
1998
Kunsthalle Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland
Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld, Germany
303 Gallery, New York, NY
Schipper & Krome, Berlin, Germany
Galeria Monica de Cardenas, Milan, Italy
Kunstverein Freiburg im Marienbad, Freiburg, Germany
1997
Monika Sprüth Gallery, Cologne, Germany
Centre d’art contemporain de Vassivière en Limousin, Limousin, France
Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
1996
Galerie de l’ancienne Poste, Le Channel, Calais, France
Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
Max Protetch Gallery, New York, NY
1995
Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Galerie Guy Ledune, Brussels, Belgium
1994
Galerie Tanit, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Blancpain-Stepcynski, Geneva, Switzerland
1992 Galerie Tanit, Munich, Germany
Förderkoje Art Cologne, Cologne, Germany
Galerie Guy Ledune, Brussels, Belgium
GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2006
Constructing new Berlin, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix/Arizona
Zwischen Wirklichkeit und Bild, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto / Osaka
2005
Monuments for the USA, Gallery White Columns, New York
Post Modellismus, Galerie Krinzinger, Wien
Zwischen Wirklichkeit und Bild, National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Thank you for the Music, Galerie Sprüth Magers, München
Landscape in the new Millenium, Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland
Nach Rokytnik. Die Sammlung der EVN, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien
Bidibidobidiboo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Very early pictures, Luckman Gallery, Cal State L.A.
Multiple Räume: Park, Kunsthalle Baden Baden
Das verlorene Paradies, Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim
Monuments for the USA, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
After the Fact, Tullie House, Carlisle
Kunst und Pressebild nach 1945, Kunstmuseum Basel
Paysages: Constructions & Simulations, Casino Luxembourg
Atlantic & Bukarest, Kunstmuseum Basel
2004
Skulptur. Prekärer Realismus zwischen Melancholie und Komik, Kunsthalle Wien
Love/Hate From Magritte to Cattelan, Masterpieces from the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, Villa Manin-Center of Contemporary Art, Passariano, Italy
The 10 Commandments, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Sculptural Sphere, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Die Zehn Gebote, Dresdner Hygienemuseum, Dresden
Berlin-Moskau/Moskau-Berlin, Staatliches Historisches Museum, Moscow
Memory and Landscape, La Casa Encendida, Madrid
2003
Berlin-Moskau/Moskau-Berlin, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin
The Office, The Photographers’ Gallery, London
Adorno, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt
Outlook, organized by the Cultural Olympiad, Hellenic Ministry of Culture, Athens, Greece
Journey to Now: John Kaldor Art Projects and Collection, Art Gallery of South Australia, Australia
Cover Theory, Officina Della Luce, Piacenza, Italy
Interludes, 50th Venice Biennale, Giardini, Venice, Italy
Eden, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, Mexico
Imperfect Innocence, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, Maryland and Palm
Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida
Contemporary Collecting: New Art for Manchester, Manchester Art Gallery, England, UK
Archive and Simulation, Centro Cultural de Belem, Lisbon
horizonte, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland
Zeitgenossische Deutsche Fotografie, Museum Folkwang, Essen
La Photographie Allemande, Galerie Art & Public, Geneva
Re-Produktion, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna
2002
La natura della natura morta da Manet ai nostri giorni, Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna
Great Theatre of the World, 2002 Taipei Biennial, Taipei Fine Art Museum, Taipei
andere räume, other spaces, Kunstverein in Hamburg, Hamburg
Moving Pictures, The Guggenheim Museum, New York, NY
Screen Memories, Contemporary Art Center, Art Tower Mito, Japan
Trade, Nederlands Foto Institut, Rotterdam
In Szene gesetzt, Museum für Neue Kunst, ZKM Karlsruhe
Pictures, Greene Naftali, New York, NY
non-places, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany
Paarungen, Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
Balsam-Exhibition der Fussballseele, Helmhaus, Zurich
2001
Tele(visions)-Kunst, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
Mirror’s Edge, Tramway Glasgow, Scotland and Charlottenborg Exhibition
Hall, Copenhagen, Denmark
Und keiner hinkt Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
Ich bin mein Auto, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
Klasse Schwegler, Kleve Kunstmuseum, Germany
TRACKING, CCAC Logan Galleries, San Francisco
Public Offerings, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Big Nothing, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany
Biennale de Lyon, Lyon, France
Trade, Fotomuseum Winterthur
Inside House, Orleans Museum of Fine Arts
Tempted to Pretend, Kunsthalle Kaufbeuren
2000
Open Ends. 11 Exhibitions of Contemporary Art from 1960 to Now - Sets and Situations, Museum of Modern Art, New York
Les Rumeurs Urbaines/Urban Rumors, FriArt, Fribourg
La forma del mondo/la fine del mondo, Padiglione Arte Contemporanea, Milan, Italy
Vision and Reality, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humblebaek
Perfidy, Convent of La Tourette, l’Arbresle, France
Clip City/City Vision, Media City, Seoul, Korea
Die Scheinbaren Dinge, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
Négociations, CRAC-Centre Régional d’Art Contemporain, Sète
Deep Distance, Die Entfernung der Fotografie, Kunsthalle Basel
Cross-Roads. Artists in Berlin, Sala Plaza de España de la Comunidad, Madrid
Small World: Dioramas in Contemporary Art, curated by Toby Kamps, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego
Raw, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, UK
Supermodel, curated by Elizabeth Mangini, Museum of Contemporary Art, Massachussetts, North Adams, MA
Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American Culture, curated by
Francesco Bonami and Elizabeth Smith, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1999
fotografie und archiv. Gestern war heute, Stadthaus Ulm, Ulm
The Mirror’s Edge, curated by Okwui Enwezor, Bild Museet, Umea,
(Nov 21, 1999 - Feb 20, 2000); Vancouver Art Gallery (March 18, 2000-July 9, 2000); Catello Di Rivoli, Turin (Oct 5, 2000-Jan 21, 2001);
Tramway, Glosgow (March 2, 2001-April 15, 2001)
Carnegie International 1999/2000, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Can you hear me? 2nd Ars Baltica Triennial of Photographic Art,
Stadtgalerie im Sophienhof, Kiel (3 November-12 December),
Kunsthalle Rostock, (6 Feb-2 April, 2000)
Children of Berlin, PSI, New York
Grand Illusions- Demand, Gursky, Ruscha, The Museum of Contemporary Art, North Miami, FL and Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Objects in the rear view mirror may appear closer than they are, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germnay
Wohin kein Auge reicht, Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
Anarchitecture, De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Spaced Out: Late 1990s Works from the Vicki and Kent Logan Collection,
organized by Lawrence Rinder, California College of Arts and Crafts, San Francisco, CA
Reconstructing Space: Architecture in Recent German Photography, curated by Michael Mack, The Architectural Association, London, U.K.
Contemplating Pollock: Thomas Demand, Peter Doig, Andreas Gursky, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, U.K.
Photography. An Expanded View. Recent Acquisitions, Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York
Kraftwerk Berlin, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Denmark
Inside Out. Landschaft und Interieur als Themen zeitgenossischer Photographie,
Kunstraum Innsbruck (20 Feb-8 May),
Kunsthaus Hamburg, Phototriennale Hamburg (27 July-5 September),
Kunsthaus Baselland (9 October-21 November)
1998
The End is the Beginning, Bricks & Kicks, Vienna
Site Construction, South London Gallery, London
Berlin/Berlin, Berlin Biennale, Berlin-Mitte, Germany
Sydney Biennial, Sydney, Australia
être nature, Fondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris, France
Vollkommen gewöhnlich, Kunstverein Freiburg im Marienbad;
Germanisches Nationalmuseum Nürnberg; Kunstverein Braunschweig;
Kunsthalle zu Kiel; and Kunstsammlung Gera, Germany
Citibank Private Bank Photography Prize 1998, The Photographers’ Gallery, London, UK
Exterminating Angel, curated by Joshua Decter, Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris, France
Artificial, MACBA, Barcelona, Spain
View 1, curated by Neville Wakefield, Mary Boone Gallery, New York, NY
Guarane arte 98 + Zone, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo per l’arte, Palazzo Re Rebaudengo, Italy
situacionismo, un grupo de fotografias, Galeria OMR, Mexico City
every day. The 11th Biennale of Sydney, Museum of Contemporary Art and other venues, Sydney
1997
Stills: Emerging Photography in the 1990’s, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, MN
Elsewhere, Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh, PA
Demand/Ketter, Peter Kilchmann, Zürich, Switzerland
Making It Real, The Reykjavic Municipal Museum, Iceland, and ICI/The
Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, CT,
The Set-Up: Demand, Crewdson, Morimura, Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Broken Home, Greene Naftali Gallery, New York, NY
Defamiliar, Regen Projects, Los Angeles, CA
Campo 6: The Spiral Village, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht
Positionen kunstlerischer Photographie in Deutschland seit 1945, Berlinische Galerie, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, Germany
Strange Days, Gian Ferrari, Milan, Italy
Transit, Centre national des arts plastiques/EnsbA, Paris, France
1 minute scenario, Le printemps de Cahors, Cahors, France
Kunstpreis Bottcherstrasse, Kunstverein, Bonn
1996
New Photography 12, Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Campo 6: The Spiral Village, Galleria civica d’arte contemporaneo, Turin, Italy
Raumbilder-Bildräume, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
PassionsProspect 96, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Ritratti di interno, Studio la Citta, Verona, Italy
Fotografia nell’arte tedesca contemporanea, Galleria Gian Ferrari, Milan, Italy
Radical Images, Johanneum, Steir, Landesmusum, Graz, Austria
1995
Le paysage retrouvé, Galerie Renos Xippas, Paris, France
Frühe Werke, Galerie Tanit, Cologne, Germany
Temples, Victoria Miro Gallery, London, U.K.
Ars Viva 1995: Thomas Demand, Wolfgang Tillmanns, Barbara Probst und
Jochen Lempert, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Herbert Hamak, Thomas Demand et Stephan Dean, Galerie Renos Xippas, Paris, France
Ulrich Meister und Thomas Demand, Galerie Christian Gögger, Munich, Germany
Morceaux Choisis, Le Magasin, Grenoble, France
1994
Scharf im Schauen, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
1993
Het Intelectuele Geweeten van de Kunst, Galerie D’Eendt, Amsterdam
1991
Quellen und Ergänzungen, Galerie der Künstler, Munich
1990
Gezweigt in sieben Mosigwellen, Galerie Lohrl, Monchengladbach
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