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biography

Thomas Ruff

lives and works in Düsseldorf



1958 born in Zell am Harmersbach, Germany

Education




1977–1985 studied photography at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf (Prof. Bernd Becher)

Teaching positions



2000-2006 Professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Düsseldorf


Awards




2016 Artist of the Year, American Friends of Museums (AFIM), New York
2011 PhotoEspaña 2011 Award, Madrid
2006 International Center of Photography Infinity Award, New York
2003 Hans-Thoma Preis, Hans-Thoma Museum, Bernau, Germany

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

may 09 - aug 16 2020Thomas RuffK21, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen
may 07 - sep 02 2019PHOTOPHILIAMARe/Museum of Recent Art,
Bucharest
sep 21 - dec 15 2018Thomas RuffGaleria OMR,
Mexico City
mar 22 - jun 22 2018Thomas RuffGalleria Lia Rumma,
Naples
feb 09 - apr 07 2018neg◊lapresmidiGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle,
Munich
oct 12 2017 - jan 14 2018Machine & EnergyMast Foundation,
Bologna
sep 27 2017 - jan 21 2018PortraitsNational Portrait Gallery,
London
sep 27 2017 - jan 21 2018Photographs 1979 - 2017Whitechapel Gallery,
London
jul 07 - aug 26 2017New WorksSprüth Magers Berlin
jun 10 - jul 29 2017Thomas Ruff: ++from the press++Mai 36 Galerie,
Zurich
dec 10 2016 - mar 12 2017Thomas Ruff21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art,
Kanazawa, Japan
nov 18 2016 - jan 05 2017New WorksDavid Zwirner,
London
aug 30 - nov 13 2016Thomas RuffThe National Museum of Modern Art,
Tokyo
jun 01 2016 - jul 01 2018SammlungspräsentationPhilara,
Düsseldorf
apr 28 - aug 01 2016Object RelationsArt Gallery of Ontario,
Toronto
mar 31 - apr 30 2016press++David Zwirner,
New York
aug 06 - sep 25 2015nature morteGagosian Gallery,
London
apr 17 - jun 06 2015Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle,
Munich
oct 04 - nov 15 2014ma.r.s. and negativesGallery Koyanagi,
Tokyo
oct 04 - nov 15 2014photogramsTOLOT7/heuristic SHINONOME,
Tokyo
sep 20 2014 - jan 11 2015LichtenKunsthalle Düsseldorf
jun 14 - jul 31 2014New WorkMai 36 Galerie,
Zurich
apr 19 - may 31 2014photograms and negativesGagosian Gallery,
Beverly Hills, L.A.
apr 04 - may 31 2014photogramsGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle,
Munich
nov 08 2013 - jan 25 2014PhotogramsJohnen Galerie,
Berlin
sep 06 - nov 02 2013New WorksKonrad Fischer Galerie,
Düsseldorf
may 09 - jun 29 2013ma.r.s.Galería Helga de Alvear,
Madrid
mar 28 - apr 27 2013photograms and ma.r.s.David Zwirner,
New York
- 2013SeriesSala Alcalá 31,
Madrid
- 2013j_m_s_s_zGalleria Lia Rumma,
Milan
sep 15 - nov 03 2012Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle,
Munich
mar 08 - apr 21 2012nudes and ma.r.s.Gagosian Gallery,
London
feb 17 - may 20 2012Thomas RuffHaus der Kunst,
Munich
oct 21 2011 - jan 29 2012Thomas RuffCentro de Arte Contemporáneo de Málaga,
Malaga
oct 09 2011 - jan 15 2012Photography Calling!Sprengel Museum Hannover, Hanover
sep 25 2011 - jan 08 2012Stellar LandscapesWestfälisches Landesmuseum,
Münster
apr 15 - jun 04 2011Thomas RuffMai 36 Galerie,
Zurich
feb 19 - jun 19 2011MCA DNAMuseum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
oct 16 - dec 11 2010Thomas RuffPalazzo Buonamici, Prato
may 07 - jun 26 2010Thomas RuffKonrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
mar 26 - apr 24 2010Thomas RuffGow Langsford Gallery,
Aukland
feb 11 - mar 13 2010Thomas RuffDavid Zwirner,
New York
sep 05 - oct 17 2009Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle,
Munich
jun 19 - sep 27 2009Schwarzwald. LandschaftMuseum für Moderne Kunst, Freiburg
may 21 - sep 13 2009Oberflächen, TiefenKunsthalle Wien,
Vienna
mar 18 - jun 21 2009Thomas RuffCastello di Rivoli,
Turin
- 2009Landscapes/TenerifeTEA Tenerife Espacio de las Artes, Santa Cruz de Tenerife
- 2009Cassini + ZyclesGallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
sep 12 - oct 18 2008zycles + cassiniMai 36 Galerie, Zurich
- 2008retrospektivKunsthalle Budapest, Budapest
nov 09 - dec 02 2007Thomas RuffDavid Zwirner,
New York
apr 13 - may 19 2007Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle,
Munich
mar 01 - may 02 2007jpegsModerna Museet,
Stockholm
jan 21 - apr 01 2007Das SprengelprojektSprengel Museum,
Hanover
jun 16 - oct 15 2006The Grammar of PhotographyFondazione Bevilacqua La Masa,
Venice
jun 03 - jul 29 2006jpegsJohnen Galerie, Berlin
may 26 - jun 30 2006Space 1Arario Gallery, Beijing
jan 07 - feb 17 2006new jpegsGalerie Nelson,
Paris
may 29 - jun 24 2005MaschinenKunstverein Heinsberg,
Heinsberg
mar 09 - apr 02 2005jpegsDavid Zwirner,
New York
- 2005Neue jpegsMai 36 Galerie, Zurich
may 28 - aug 22 2004Thomas RuffArario Gallery,
Chungnam, Korea
may 17 - jun 04 2004Neue Nudes - Neue Substrate - Neue MaschinenJohnen + Schöttle, Cologne
jan 23 - mar 06 2004Neue Arbeiten/New WorksContemporary Fine Arts,
Berlin
dec 05 2003 - feb 29 2004nudes und maschinenKestnergesellschaft,
Hanover
nov 22 2003 - jan 31 2004Thomas RuffGalerie Wilma Tolksdorf,
Frankfurt a. M.
oct 30 - dec 20 2003Thomas RuffGalleria Lia Rumma,
Naples, Milan
may 22 - jun 21 2003Thomas RuffDavid Zwirner,
New York
jan 31 - mar 15 2003Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle,
Munich
- 2003Thomas ruffMai 36 Galerie, Zürich
- 2003Thomas ruffGalerie Nelson, Paris
apr 11 - aug 04 2002IdentificacionesMuseo Tamayo, Mexico
feb 23 - apr 06 2002l.m.v.d.r.Contemporary Fine Arts,
Berlin
feb 17 - apr 14 2002Interieurs – Porträts – HäuserMuseum Folkwang, Essen
- 2002SubstrateGallery Koyanagi, Tokyo
- 2002l.m.v.d.r.Emotional Site (Sagacho Shokuryo Building), Tokyo
nov 17 2001 - 2002Fotografien 1979 - heuteStaatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
sep 13 - oct 14 2001l.m.v.d.r.David Zwirner Gallery,
New York
sep 06 - nov 28 2001Thomas RuffEssor Gallery, London
may 16 - jun 16 2001Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle,
Munich
- 2001l.m.v.d.r.Chabot Museum, Rotterdam
- 2001Thomas RuffGalerie Mai 36, Zurich
- 2001Thomas ruffGalerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
- 2001Thomas ruffGalería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
- 2001Thomas ruffGalerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
may 28 - jul 08 2000NudesContemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
may 27 - jul 08 2000NudesContemporary Fine Arts,
Berlin
may 19 - jul 15 2000Thomas RuffGalerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt a. M.
apr 28 - may 27 2000NudesDavid Zwirner Gallery, New York
- 2000Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
- 2000l.m.v.d.r. Museum Haus Lange und Haus Esters, Krefeld
- 2000Thomas ruffGalerie Nelson, Paris
- 2000Selected PhotographsZwirner & Wirth, New York
dec 10 1999 - jan 29 2000Porträts+NudesGalerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne
- 1999Thomas ruffGalerie Mai 36, Zurich
- 1999Thomas ruffGalerie Nelson, Paris
jun 18 - jul 31 1998Thomas RuffGalerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt a. M.
feb 21 - mar 28 1998Plakate303 Gallery, New York
feb 06 - mar 21 1998FUCK CONTEMPORARY ARTContemporary Fine Arts, Berlin
- 1998Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
- 1998Portraits + HousesAtelier Gallery, Vancouver
- 1998Thomas ruffKoyanagi Gallery, Tokyo
- 1997Oeuvres 1979-97Centre national de la photographie, Paris
- 1997PlakateGalerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
- 1997PlakateGalerie Mai 36, Zurich
- 1997Junge LeuteGoethe Institut, Paris
- 1997Thomas RuffGalería Helga de Alvear, Madrid
- 1997Thomas Ruff - Kleine PorträtsDryphoto, Prato
dec 04 1996 - feb 23 1997Zuspiel Sprengel Museum, Hanover
oct 24 1996 - jan 05 1997Über den Wolken – unter den SternenKunsthaus Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren, Germany
apr 13 - jun 09 1996Thomas RuffRooseum Center for Contemporary Art, Malmö
feb - mar 1996Andere Porträts + 3D303 Gallery, New York
jan 18 - mar 02 1996Portraits, Houses, Stars, NightFraenkel Gallery, San Francisco
- 1996Thomas RuffKunstverein Oldenburg, Germany
- 1996Thomas RuffGalerie Nelson, Paris
jan 01 - dec 31 1995Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
- 1995Thomas RuffGalerie Mai 36, Zurich
- 1995Thomas RuffGalerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Hamburg
- 1995Thomas RuffGalerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
jan 01 - dec 31 1994Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
- 1994Thomas RuffGalerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
apr 29 - may 26 1993NuitsGalerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris
mar 27 - apr 24 1993Thomas Ruff303 Gallery, New York
mar 06 - apr 06 1993Thomas RuffDeweer Art Gallery, Ottegem, Belgium
- 1993Thomas RuffGalerie Mai 36, Zurich
- 1992Thomas RuffGalerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
- 1992Thomas RuffGalerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Hamburg
- 1992Thomas RuffGalerie Mai 36, Zurich
feb 07 - may 11 1991Thomas RuffGalerie Lia Rumma, Naples
- 1991Thomas RuffKunstverein Bonn; Kunstverein Arnsberg; Kunstverein Braunschweig; Galerie der Stadt Sindelfingen
- 1991Thomas RuffGalerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
oct 06 - oct 30 1990Stars & PortraitsStuart Regen Gallery, Los Angeles
sep 08 - oct 06 1990Thomas RuffGalerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris
may 10 - jun 24 1990Porträts, Häuser, SterneCentre National d'Art Contemporain, Le Magasin, Grenoble
apr 15 - may 06 1990Thomas Ruff303 Gallery, New York
- 1990Porträts, Häuser, SterneGalerie Sonne, Berlin
- 1990HäuserGalerie Mai 36, Luzern, Switzerland
nov 24 1989 - jan 08 1990Porträts, Häuser, SterneStedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
apr 15 - may 13 1989thomas ruff303 Gallery, New York
feb 25 - mar 25 1989thomas ruffDe Appel Fondation, Amsterdam
jan 01 - dec 31 1989thomas ruffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
- 1989HäuserKaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
- 1989thomas ruffGalerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
- 1989thomas ruffGalerie Philip Nelson, Lyon
- 1989PorträtsCornerhouse, Manchester
mar 13 - sep 17 1988PorträtsMuseum Schloss Hardenberg, Velbert
- 1988Thomas ruffYdessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto
- 1988Thomas ruffGalerie Mai 36, Luzern
nov 26 1987 - jan 06 1988Thomas ruffGalerie Crousel-Robelin, Paris
- 1987Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
- 1987Thomas RuffGalerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
- 1987Thomas RuffGalerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne
- 1986Thomas RuffGalerie Philip Nelson, Lyon
- 1985Künstlerische Photographie des 20. JahrhundertsUniversitätsmuseum, Marburg
- 1984Thomas RuffAusstellungsräume Brückenstrasse 7, Düsseldorf
- 1981Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

apr 24 - jul 19 2020Schall und Rauch: Die wilden ZwanzigerThomas RuffKunsthaus Zürich
apr 18 - aug 23 2020Black Album / White Cube. A Journey into Art and MusicThomas RuffKunsthal Rotterdam
mar 21 - jun 14 2020SUBJEKT und OBJEKT. Foto Rhein Ruhr A.o., Astrid Klein, Thomas RuffKunsthalle Düsseldorf
feb 29 - apr 26 2020The Lives and Loves of Images. Yesterday's News TodayThomas Ruff Biennale für aktuelle Fotografie, Kunstverein Heidelberg
sep 06 2019 - jan 27 2020original bauhaus A.o., Thomas RuffBauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung at Berlinische Galerie,
Berlin
apr 11 - aug 25 2019Bauhaus and Photography A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum für Fotografie,
Berlin
mar 17 - jun 15 2019New Order: Art and Technology in the Twenty-First Century A.o., Thomas Ruff, Rosemarie TrockelMuseum of Modern Art,
NY
mar 01 - aug 11 2019HYPER! A JOURNEY INTO ART AND MUSIC A.o., Thea Djordjadze, Cyprien Gaillard, Andreas Gursky, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Scheibitz, Rosemarie TrockelDeichtorhallen,
Hamburg
jan 19 - mar 30 2019Un bout de chemin... A.o., Thomas RuffFRAC Bretagne
jan 19 - mar 24 2019L’invention d’un Monde. Photographies des Collections Robelin A.o., Thomas RuffFRAC Auvergne
nov 16 2018 - jan 20 2019PRIX PICTET: SPACE (TRAVELLING EXHIBITION) A.o., Thomas RuffGallery of Photography,
Dublin
nov 10 2018 - feb 10 2019Signal or Noise A.o., Louise Lawler, Thomas RuffS.M.A.K,
Ghent
nov 01 - nov 13 2018PRIX PICTET: SPACE (TRAVELLLING EXHIBITION) A.o., Thomas RuffFlowers Gallery,
New York
oct 12 - nov 27 2018Photography Spotlight A.o., Thomas RuffVictoria and Albert Museum,
UK
oct 04 2018 - jan 06 2019Black Hole. Art and Materiality from Informal to Invisible A.o., Thomas RuffGalleria d'Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Bergamo,
Bergamo, IT
sep 21 2018 - jan 13 2019No Two Alike: Karl Blossfeldt, Francis Bruguière, Thomas Ruff A.o., Thomas RuffContemporary Arts Center, Ohio,
Cincinnati, USA
sep 18 - oct 17 2018PRIX PICTET: SPACE (TRAVELLING EXHIBITION) A.o., Thomas RuffGlobal Art Center,
Istanbul
sep 10 - sep 30 2018Prix Pictet: Space (travelling exhibition) A.o., Thomas RuffEPFL ArtLab,
Lausanne
jun 13 - sep 02 2018Kleine Geschichte(n) der Fotografie A.o., Thomas RuffSprengel Museum,
Hannover
may 02 - oct 14 2018SHAPE OF LIGHT: 100 YEARS OF PHOTOGRAPHY AND ABSTRACT ART A.o., Thomas RuffTate Modern, London
mar 18 - jun 17 2018Image Building: How Photography Transforms Architecture A.o., Thomas RuffParrish Art Museum,
Southampton, New York
mar 02 - apr 22 2018Prix Pictet: Space (travelling exhibition) A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum of Modern Art,
Mexico City
feb 07 - may 20 2018Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today A.o., Thomas RuffThe Institute of Contemporary Art,
Boston
jun 03 - sep 03 2017Produktion. Made in Germany Drei A.o., Thomas RuffKestner Gesellschaft,
Kunstverein Hannover and Sprengel Museum, Hannover
may 05 - jun 30 2017THE COLLECTORS HOMEJenny Holzer, Thomas Ruff, Thomas Scheibitz AVLSKARL GALLERY,
COPENHAGEN
may 04 - may 28 2017Prix Pictet: Space (travelling exhibition) A.o., Thomas RuffVictoria and Albert Museum,
London
apr 29 - sep 03 2017Oracle A.o., Andreas Gursky, Jenny Holzer, Sterling Ruby, Thomas Ruff The Broad,
Los Angeles
apr 27 - aug 13 2017Photographs Become Pictures A.o., Thomas RuffStädel Museum,
Frankfurt
mar 30 - jul 09 2017You are Looking at Something That Never Occurred A.o., Thomas RuffZabludowicz Collection,
London
feb 08 - may 29 2017VARIABLE DIMENSIONS - ARTISTS AND ARCHITECTURE A.o., John Baldessari, Thomas Demand, Thomas Ruff, Ed RuschaMuseum of Art, Architecture and Technology,
Lisbon
oct 01 2016 - jan 15 2017Behold the Man A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum de Fundatie,
Zwolle
mar 25 - jul 17 2016Pandora’s Box – Jan Dibbets on Another Photography A.o., Thomas RuffMusée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
jan 29 - may 15 2016Electronic Superhighway A.o., Thomas RuffWhitechapel Gallery,
London
sep 11 2015 - jan 24 20162050.A brief history of the future A.o., Thomas RuffRoyal Museums of Fine Arts of Belgium, Brussels
jun 20 - nov 13 2015Perfect Likeness: Photography and Composition A.o., Thomas RuffHammer Museum, Los Angeles
jun 20 - nov 20 2015Under the Clouds: From Paranoia to the Digital Sublime A.o., Thomas RuffMuseu Serralves, Porto
jun 19 - oct 04 2015Sense (Un)Certainty: A Private Collection A.o., Thomas RuffKunsthaus Zürich, Zurich
jun 13 2015 - jan 31 2016Future Present: Emanuel Hoffmann Foundation A.o., Thomas RuffSchaulager, Basel
mar 20 - jun 21 2015FACES - between figures, portraits and masks A.o., Thomas RuffNeues Museum. Staatliches Museum für Kunst und Design in Nürnberg, Nuremberg
mar 14 - may 25 2015Digital Conditions A.o., Thomas RuffKunstverein Hannover,
Hanover
mar 08 - may 17 2015Eye to Eye: Looking Beyond Likeness A.o., Thomas RuffAlbright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
mar 05 - jun 07 2015Adam, Eve & the Devil A.o., Thomas RuffHouse for Contemporary Culture, Maastricht
mar 03 - may 30 2015Cannibalism? On Appropriation in Art A.o., Thomas RuffZacheta National Gallery of Art, Warsaw
feb 26 - apr 04 2015Souvenirs de Paris A.o., Thomas RuffPeter Freeman, Inc., New York
feb 20 - jun 07 2015Mijn Vlakke Land/ My Flat Country: On photography and landscape A.o., Thomas RuffFotoMuseum Provincie Antwerpen, Antwerp
feb 19 - apr 17 2015Parra for Cuva & Trashlagoon feat. Monica Bonvicini, Thomas Ruff, Elmgreen & Dragest A.o., Thomas RuffGerhardsen Gerner, Berlin
feb 06 - may 17 2015FACES NOW. European Portrait Photography since 1990 A.o., Thomas RuffPalais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
feb 05 - apr 05 2015The Way We Live Now, Modernist Ideologies at Work A.o., Thomas RuffCarpenter Center for the Visual Arts at Harvard University, Cambridge
jan 16 - mar 14 2015Beyond the Surface A.o., Thomas RuffKonrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf
dec 03 2014 - may 29 2015To Have and to Hold. 50 Years of Marriage and Collecting Contemporary Art A.o., George Condo, Reinhard Mucha, Michail Pirgelis, Richard Prince, Richard Prince, Sterling Ruby, Thomas Ruff, Cindy Sherman, Rosemarie TrockelRubell Family Collection,
Miami
nov 08 2014 - jan 04 2015Magnus - Scènes de l'imaginaire automate A.o., Thomas RuffVilla Bernasconi, Geneva
jun 14 - aug 17 2014(Mis)Understanding Photography: Works and Manifestos A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Folkwang, Essen
apr 04 - jun 22 2014Neon - Vom Leuchten der Kunst A.o., Thomas RuffStadtgalerie Saarbrücken, Saarbrücken
mar 21 - apr 27 2014Aspects of the Self: Portraits of Our Times A.o., Thomas RuffCenter for the Arts, Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State U
feb 02 - may 04 2014Propaganda für die Wirklichkeit A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Morsbroich, Leverkusen
- 2014Intimität/ Intimacy A.o., Thomas RuffGalerie der Stadt Remscheid, Remscheid
oct 24 2013 - may 26 2014Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950 A.o., Thomas RuffHirshhorn Mus
oct 12 2013 - apr 06 2014Somos Libres A.o., Thomas RuffAsociación Mario Testino (MATE), Lima
oct 05 2013 - feb 09 2014L'OEil photographique A.o., Thomas RuffFonds régional d'art contemporain Auvergne, Clermont-Ferrand
sep 05 - oct 05 201313th Le Mois de la Photo à Montréal, Drone: The Automated Image A.o., Thomas RuffDarling FOundry, Montreal
may 25 - sep 08 2013Visionen. Atmosphären der Veränderung A.o., Thomas RuffMARTa Herford, Herford
may 18 - nov 10 2013‘Think First, Shoot Later: Photography from the MCA Collection’Andreas Gursky, Pamela Rosenkranz, Thomas Ruff, Cindy ShermanMuseum of Contemporary Art,
Chicago
feb 22 - may 20 2013Ein drittel Weiß A.o., Thomas RuffKunst im Tunnel, DÜsseldorf
jan 24 - apr 07 2013Through a Glass Darkly: Faces Past and Present A.o., Thomas RuffErnst Museum, Budapest
- 2013Starig Back A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum of National Taipei University of Education, Taipei
sep 25 2012 - may 27 2013After Photoshop: Manipulated Photography in the Digital Age A.o., Thomas RuffThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
mar 23 - jun 24 2012Art and Press - Kunst. Wahrheit. Wirklichkeit. A.o., Thomas RuffMartin-Gropius-Bau,Berlin
dec 07 2011 - apr 22 2012Envisioning Buildings: Reflecting Architecture in Contemporary Art Photography A.o., Thomas RuffMAK Exhibition Hall, Vienna
may 31 - jun 24 20111000 Faces/ 0 Faces/ 1 Face A.o., Thomas RuffAlcalá 31, Madrid
may 27 - sep 11 2011Jeff Wall: The Crooked Path A.o., Thomas RuffPalais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
may 27 - sep 11 2011Jeff Wall: The Crooked Path A.o., Thomas RuffPalais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels
apr 01 - aug 15 2011Weltraum. Die Kunst und ein Traum/Space. About a Dream A.o., Thomas RuffKunsthalle Wien, Vienna
jan 19 - may 22 2011The Truth is Not in the Mirror: Photography and a Constructed Identity A.o., Thomas RuffHaggerty Museum of Art, Milwaukee
dec 18 2010 - apr 26 201121st Century: Art in the first Decade A.o., Thomas RuffQueensland Art Gallery, Brisbane
nov 26 2010 - mar 28 2011Atlas. How to Carry the World on One's Back? A.o., Thomas RuffMuseo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid
jul 18 - nov 07 2010Lebenslust und Totentanz A.o., Thomas RuffKunsthalle Krems, Krems
jun 01 - aug 15 2010Nude Visions. 150 Jahre Körperbilder in der Fotografie A.o., Thomas RuffVon der Heydt Museum, Wuppertal
may 28 - oct 03 2010Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera A.o., Thomas RuffTate Modern, London
feb 25 - may 25 2010Atopia: Art and the City in the 21st Century A.o., Thomas RuffCentre de Cultura Contemporània de Barcelona, Barcelona
feb 06 - may 31 2010In The Vernacular A.o., Thomas RuffThe Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
dec 10 2009 - mar 07 2010Süsser Vogel Jugend A.o., Thomas RuffPinakothek der Moderne, Munich
dec 05 2009 - apr 10 2010Just What is it...Thomas Demand, Andreas Gursky, Joseph Kosuth, Reinhard Mucha, Thomas Ruff, Frank Stella, Rosemarie TrockelZKM | Zentrum üür Kunst und Medientechnologie Karlsruhe,
Karlsruhe
dec 04 2009 - apr 11 2010just what is it ... A.o., Thomas RuffZKM, Karlsruhe
nov 20 2009 - feb 27 2010Terror and the Sublime: Art in an Age of Anxiety A.o., Thomas RuffCrawford Art Gallery, Cork
oct 24 2009 - jan 10 2010Es werde Dunkel!Nachtdarstellungen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst A.o., Thomas RuffStädtische Galerie Bietigheim-Bissingen, Bietigheim-Bissingen
oct 12 - jan 04 2009Espèces d'espace A.o., Thomas RuffLe Magasin - Centre National d'art Contemporain, Grenoble
sep 18 - dec 09 2009Prune: Abstracting Reality A.o., Thomas RuffFoam_fotografiemuseum, Amsterdam
sep 05 2009 - feb 14 2010DIE KUNST IST SUPER! A.o., Thomas RuffHamburger Bahnhof. Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin
jul 10 - oct 04 2009Bad Habits A.o., Thomas RuffAlbright-Know Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York
jan 25 - apr 19 2009Art of Two Germanys/ Cold War Cultures A.o., Thomas RuffLos Angeles County Museum of Art, Los Angeles
- 2009Das Porträt. Fotografie als Bühne A.o., Thomas RuffKunsthalle Wien, Vienna
oct 05 2008 - jan 11 2009Photo20esimo: MAsters of 20th Century Photography A.o., Thomas RuffMuseo d'Arte, Lugano
oct 04 2008 - jan 04 2009Musée d'art moderne de la ville de Paris/ARC, Paris A.o., Thomas RuffObjectivités: La photographie à Düsseldorf
sep 27 2008 - feb 15 2009Diana and Actaeon: The Forbidden Sight of Nudity A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
sep 06 - nov 16 2008Darkside: Photographic Desire and Sexuality Photographed A.o., Thomas RuffFotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
jun 22 - oct 05 2008That Was Then... This is Now A.o., Thomas RuffP.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City
may 22 - aug 31 2008Street and Studio: An Urban History of Photography A.o., Thomas RuffTate Modern, London
may 01 - jun 01 2008Between Memory & History A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto
apr 08 - oct 19 2008Photography on Photography: Reflections on the Medium since 1960 A.o., Thomas RuffThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
apr 04 2008 - may 31 2009Building Pictures A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum of Contemporary Photography, Columbia College, Chicago
mar - sep 2008The Tree: From the Sublime to the Social A.o., Thomas RuffVancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
jan 18 - may 04 2008Archive Fever: Uses of the Document in Contemporary Art A.o., Thomas RuffInternational Center of Photography, New York
- 2008On the Human Being: International Photography A.o., Thomas RuffCentro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville
- 2008Visual Tactics: Optical Instruments in History and Contemporary Art A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum für Gegenwartskunst Siegen, Siegen
sep 24 2007 - mar 22 2008Depth of Field: Modern Photography at the Metropolitan A.o., Thomas RuffThe Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
sep 15 - nov 25 2007Kopf an Kopf: Serielle Porträtfotografie A.o., Thomas RuffKunsthalle Tübingen, Tübingen
jul 08 2007 - jan 27 2008As if nothing had been said A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Hans Lange, Krefeld
jul 05 - sep 30 2007Flash Cube A.o., Thomas RuffLeeum, Samsung Museum of Art, Seoul
jul 02 2007 - jan 27 2008Contemporary Outlook: German Photography A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
jun 09 - nov 05 2007Artempo: Where Time Becomes Art A.o., Thomas RuffPalazzo Fortuny, Musei Civici Veneziani, Venice
mar 31 - jun 24 2007What Does the Jellyfish Want? Photographs from Man Ray to James Coleman A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Ludwig, Cologne
mar 05 - nov 04 2007Vertigo A.o., Thomas RuffMuseo d'Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna
mar 01 - jun 10 2007après la pluie A.o., Thomas RuffMusée Départemental d'Art, Rochechouart
feb 24 - jun 24 2007Unter Sternen. Aus der Sammlung Willy Michel A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Franz Gertsch, Burgsdorf
jan 20 - mar 20 2007Mehr als das Auge fassen kann A.o., Thomas RuffMueso de Arte de Lima, Lima
jan 16 - apr 01 2007L'événement A.o., Thomas RuffJeu de Paume, Paris
- 2007Existencias A.o., Thomas RuffMuseo de Arte Contemporáneo de Castilla y León, León
- 2007R., B. & G. A.o., Thomas RuffWexford Arts Center, Wexford
- may 06 2007Spectacular City A.o., Thomas RuffNRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf
- 2007Who's Got the Big Picture? A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen, Antwerp
dec 28 - apr 30 2006Beautiful Suffering: Photography and the Traffic in Pain A.o., Thomas RuffWilliams College Museum of Art, Williamstown
sep 17 - dec 31 2006Super Vision A.o., Thomas RuffInstitute of Contemporary Art, Boston
sep 14 2006 - jan 07 2007Ectopia: The Second ICP Triennial of Photography and Video A.o., Thomas RuffInternational Center of Photography, New York
jul 19 - sep 27 2006Die Liebe zum Licht A.o., Thomas RuffStädtische Galerie Delmenhorst, Delmenhorst
may 23 - jul 16 2006Abstract art now - Floating forms (Teil 1/Part 1) A.o., Thomas RuffWilhelm-Hack-Museum, Ludwigshafen
may 12 - jul 30 2006Herzog & de Meuron A.o., Thomas RuffHaus der Kunst, Munich
feb 08 - apr 23 2006Click Doublecklick: das dokumentarische Moment A.o., Thomas RuffHaus der Kunst, Munich
- 2006Alterazioni: Le materie della fotografia tra analogico e digitale A.o., Thomas RuffMuseo Fotografia Contemporanea, Milan
- 2006The Unhomely: Phantom Scenes in Global Society A.o., Thomas RuffBiennale von Sevilla, Sevilla
oct 29 2005 - feb 11 2006Flashback. Eine Revision der Kunst der 80er Jahre A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel
oct 13 2005 - jan 08 2006Erotica: os sentidos na arte A.o., Thomas RuffCentro Cultural Banco do Brasil, Sao Paulo
sep 24 2005 - jan 08 2006The Figurative Impulse A.o., Thomas RuffMuseo de Arte de Puerto Rico, San Juan
sep 23 2005 - feb 12 2006Rückkehr ins All A.o., Thomas RuffHamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
may 12 - oct 30 2005Himmelsbilder / Images of Heaven A.o., Thomas RuffDommuseum zu Salzburg, Salzburg
may 12 - oct 30 2005Himmelsbilder / Images of Heaven A.o., Thomas RuffDommuseum zu Salzburg, Salzburg
jan 30 - may 16 2005Zur Vorstellung des Terrors: Die RAF-Ausstellung A.o., Thomas RuffKunst-Werke, Berlin
jan 22 - may 08 2005Beauty and Waste in the ARchitecture of Herzog & de Meuron A.o., Thomas RuffNetherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam
- 2005Von neuen Sternen. Adam Elsheimer: Flucht nach Ägypten A.o., Thomas RuffAlte Pinakothek, Munich
- 2005Surfaces Paradise A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum voor moderne Kunst, Arnhem
- 2005Frontal 7 A.o., Thomas RuffPhotographic Centre Nykyaika, Tampere
- 2005Veus Intérieurs A.o., Thomas RuffPasserelle - Scène Nationale de Saint-Brieuc, Saint-Brieuc
oct 02 2004 - feb 13 2005Architecture&Arts 1900/2000 A.o., Thomas RuffPalazzo Ducale, Genoa
sep 28 - nov 28 2004L’ombre du temps. Documents et experimentations dans la photographie du XXe siécle, A.o., Thomas RuffJeu de paume, Paris
jun 19 2004 - jan 02 2005Die Zehn Gebote A.o., Thomas RuffDeutsches Hygiene Museum, Dresden
jun 14 - oct 29 2004Stadträume A.o., Thomas RuffKunstforum Baloise, Basel
jun 14 - oct 29 2004Enthüllt. Exposed. Das Aktbild in der Fotokunst des 20. Jahrhunderts A.o., Thomas RuffStädtisches Museum Heilbronn, Heilbronn
jun 06 - sep 26 2004Wirklich Wahr! Realitätsversprechen von Fotografien A.o., Thomas RuffRuhrlandmuseum, ESsen
may 14 - may 16 2004ZBO-SdM052004 A.o., Thomas RuffKunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD, Bonn
mar 20 - jun 27 2004Brainstorming: Topopgraphie de la morale A.o., Thomas RuffCentre International d’art et du Paysage, île de Vassivière
feb 14 - apr 18 2004Multiple Räume (1): Seele - Konstruktion des Innerlichen in der Kunst A.o., Thomas RuffKunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
- 2004Explosive Photography A.o., Thomas RuffNassau Country Museum of Art, Roslyn Harbor
- 2004Metamorph. Trajectories A.o., Thomas Ruff9th International Architecture Exhibition, Venice Biennale, Venice
- 2004Paisaje y Memoria. Landscape and Memory A.o., Thomas RuffCentro Atlantico de Arte Moderne, Las Palmas
- 2004Take Five! A.o., Thomas RuffHuis Marseille, Amsterdam
- 2004Tour-Detours de Babel A.o., Thomas RuffMusée d'art Moderne et Contemporaine, Geneva
oct 12 - jan 04 2003The Last Picture Show: Artists Using Photography, 1960-1982 A.o., Thomas RuffWalker Art Center, Minneapolis
aug - oct 27 2003Stranger in the Village A.o., Thomas RuffThe Museum of Modern art At Guild Hall, East Hampton
jun - sep 28 20032003 Beaufort, Triennale für zeitgenössische Kunst am Meer A.o., Thomas RuffOstend
may 03 - jul 27 2003S(HOW) A.o., Thomas RuffInstitute of Contemporary Art, Philadelphia
feb 01 - mar 26 2003Affinities... Now and Then A.o., Thomas RuffH&R Block ARtspace at the Kansas City ARt Insitute, Kansas City
jan 19 - mar 30 2003Here and Now A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Kurhaus, Kleve
- 2003Calmaga A.o., Thomas RuffCentro de Arte Contemporáneo, Málaga
- 2003Social Strategies: Redefining Social Realism A.o., Thomas RuffUniversity Art Museum, University of California at Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara
oct 23 2002 - apr 06 2003Herzog & de Meuron: Archaeology of the Mind A.o., Thomas RuffCanadian Centre for Architecture, Montreal
sep 18 - nov 03 2002Limits of the Perception A.o., Thomas RuffFundació Miró, Barcelona
may 08 - aug 11 2002Das zweite Gesicht. Metamorphose des fotografischen Porträts A.o., Thomas RuffDeutsches Museum, Munich
feb 15 2002formal social A.o., Thomas RuffWestfälischer Kunstverein, Münster
feb 09 - apr 01 2002In Szene gesetzt / Architektur in der Fotografie der Gegenwart A.o., Thomas RuffMusem für neue Kunst / ZMK, Karlsruhe
jan 26 - apr 21 2002Zwischen Schönheit und Sachlichkeit A.o., Thomas RuffKunsthalle in Emden, Emden
- 2002Heute bis jetzt / Zeitgenössische Fotografie aus Düsseldorf A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf
- 2002Iconografias Metropolitanas A.o., Thomas RuffBiennale von Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo
dec 08 2001 - feb 17 2002The Inward Eye: Transcendence in Contemporary Art A.o., Thomas RuffContemporary Ars Museum, Houston
jun 21 - sep 11 2001Mies in Berlin A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum of Modern Art, New York
jan 20 - mar 11 2001Close Up - Zur Inszenierung von Nahsicht und Oberfläche A.o., Thomas RuffKunstverein Hannover, Hanover
sep 19 - dec 10 2000La arquitectura sin sombra A.o., Thomas RuffCentro Andaluz de Arte Contemporàneo, Seville
may 14 - aug 06 2000How you look at it. Fotografien des 20. Jahrhunderts A.o., Thomas RuffSprengel Museum, Hanover
jan 30 - apr 29 2000100 al 2000: il Secolo della Fotoarte A.o., Thomas RuffVilla Impero, Bologna
jan 29 - mar 12 2000Ansicht Aussicht Einsicht A.o., Thomas RuffGalerie für Zeitgenössische Kunst, Leipzig
jan 16 - jul 02 2000L´Opera: Un chant d’Étoiles A.o., Thomas RuffThéâtre Royale de la Monnaie, Brussels
- 2000Ex(o)Dus A.o., Thomas RuffHaifa Museum of Art, Haifa
dec 19 1999 - mar 05 2000Collezionismi: la collezione della Fondation Cartier pour l'art contemporain A.o., Thomas RuffPalazzo delle Papesse, Siena
nov 19 1999 - jan 23 2000Le corps èvanoui, les images subites A.o., Thomas RuffMusée de l'Elysée, Lausanne
sep 05 - nov 07 1999Chronos & Kairos A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Fridericianum, Kassel
sep 04 1999 - jan 09 2000Das XX. Jahrhundert. Ein Jahrhundert Kunst in Deutschland A.o., Thomas RuffAltes Museum, Berlin
sep 03 - nov 07 1999Missing Link - Menschen-Bilder in der Fotografie A.o., Thomas RuffKunstmuseum Bern, Bern
jul 24 - sep 19 1999Transmute A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
jun 17 - oct 17 1999Cosmos: From Romanticism to the Avant-Garde A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum of Fine Arts, Montreal
may 30 - sep 12 1999Face to Face to Cyberspace A.o., Thomas RuffFondation Beyeler, Basle
apr 30 - jul 18 1999Space Place 300499 - 180799 A.o., Thomas RuffKunsthalle Tirol, Tirol
apr 19 - may 22 1999Reconstructing Space: Architecture in Recent German Photography A.o., Thomas RuffArchitectural Association, London
mar 27 - may 24 1999Das Versprechen der Fotografie. Die Sammlung der DG Bank A.o., Thomas RuffKestner Gesellschaft, Hanover
- 1999Digitale Photographie A.o., Thomas RuffDeichtorhalle Hamburg, Hamburg
- 1999Espace, modes d'emploi A.o., Thomas RuffCentre d'art Passerelle, Brest
- 1999Flashes A.o., Thomas RuffCentro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
- 1999Le arti della fotografia A.o., Thomas RuffVilla Mirabella. Varese
- 1999Visiones Urbaines A.o., Thomas RuffGalerie du TNB, Rennes
- 1999Zoom A.o., Thomas RuffLandesbank Baden-Württemberg, Stuttgart
dec 22 1998 - jan 04 1999Under/Exposed A.o., Thomas RuffStockholm Underground, Stockholm
oct 31 - dec 27 1998Auf der Spur. Kunst der 90er Jahre im Spiegel von Schweizer Sammlungen A.o., Thomas RuffKunsthalle Zürich, Zurich
sep 06 - nov 01 1998Artist’s Proof A.o., Thomas RuffKaiser-Wilhelm-Museum, Krefeld
sep 04 - nov 01 1998Die Macht des Alters A.o., Thomas RuffKronprinzenpalais, Berlin
jul 07 1998 - sep 27 1990PhotoImage: Printmaking 60s to 90s A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum of Fine Arts, Boston
jun 27 - sep 13 1998(ID)entiteit A.o., Thomas RuffHessenhuis, Antwerp
apr 25 - jun 07 1998Arterias A.o., Thomas RuffKonsthall Malmö, Malmö
feb 14 - apr 19 1998Wounds: Between Democracy and Redemption in Contemporary Art A.o., Thomas RuffModerna Museet, Stockholm
jan 21 - mar 15 1998Artificial: Figuracions Contemporànies A.o., Thomas RuffMuseu d’Art Contemporani de Barcelona, Barcelona
- 1998Anos 80 A.o., Thomas RuffCulturgest, Galerias do Edificio Sede da Caixa Geral de Depósitos, Lisbon
- 1998BLICKWECHSEL A.o., Thomas RuffZKM / Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
oct 01 1997 - feb 07 1999Kunst der Gegenwart A.o., Thomas RuffZKM Karlsruhe und Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe
sep 07 1997 - jan 11 1998Positionen künstlerischer Photografie in Deutschland seit 1945 A.o., Thomas RuffMartin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
sep 07 1997 - jan 11 1998Positionen künstlerischer Photografie in Deutschland seit 1945 A.o., Thomas RuffMartin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
aug 22 - oct 19 1997Der gestirnte Himmel A.o., Thomas RuffBahnhof Rolandseck, Remagen
may 06 - jul 27 1997Die Epoche der Moderne. Kunst im 20. Jahrhundert A.o., Thomas RuffMartin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
mar 19 - aug 31 1997Silent & Violent A.o., Thomas RuffMAK Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles
mar 19 - aug 31 1997Silent + Violent A.o., Thomas RuffMAK – Center for Art and Architecture, Los Angeles
mar 09 - apr 06 1997Pro Lidice A.o., Thomas RuffČeské Muzeum, Prague
feb 28 - may 11 1997Veronica’s Revenge A.o., Thomas RuffCentre d’art contemporain, Geneva
- 1997Another & another & another act of seeing (urban space) A.o., Thomas RuffDesingel - International Arts, Antwerp
- 1997Antlitz A.o., Thomas RuffMax-Gandolph-Bibliothek, Salzburg
- 1997Der klare Blick A.o., Thomas RuffHamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
- 1997:Engel, :Engel A.o., Thomas RuffKunsthalle Wien, Vienna
- 1997The European Face A.o., Thomas RuffWeesper Synagogue, Weesp
- 1997Histoire de voir A.o., Thomas RuffChâteau Lynch Bages, Pouillac
- 1997Mehr Licht A.o., Thomas RuffTochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi
- 1997Standort Deutschland A.o., Thomas RuffSchloß Morsbroich, Leverkusen
- 1997Young German Artists 2 A.o., Thomas RuffThe Saatchi Gallery, London
- 1997by night A.o., Thomas RuffFondation Cartier pour l’art contemporain, Paris
- 1997Colorealism A.o., Thomas RuffGalleria Photology, Milan
- 1997Eternal Dialogue A.o., Thomas RuffTower of David Museum, Jerusalem
nov 22 1996 - jan 09 1997Herzog & De Meuron A.o., Thomas RuffTN Probe Gallery, Tokyo
nov 09 1996 - jan 06 1997En helvetes förvandling A.o., Thomas RuffKulturhuset, Stockholm
sep 11 - oct 27 1996Die Klasse A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum für Gestaltung, Zurich
jul 27 - sep 22 1996Jurassic technologies revenant A.o., Thomas Ruff10th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
apr 04 - may 19 1996Spaced Out A.o., Thomas RuffKunstverein München, Munich
- 1996Comsommation/Contemplation A.o., Thomas RuffLe Carré - Musée Bonnat, Bayonne
- 1996Desert A.o., Thomas RuffJohn Hansard Gallery, Southampton
- 1996Distanz und Nähe A.o., Thomas RuffKawasaki City Museum, Kawasaki
- 1996Helden? A.o., Thomas RuffKunstverein Eislingen, Eislingen
- 1996Ich Phoenix A.o., Thomas RuffGasometer Oberhausen, Oberhausen
- 1996Modena per la Fotografia A.o., Thomas RuffGalleria Civica, Modena
- 1996Project 8 A.o., Thomas RuffTOTAL Museum of Contemporary Art, Seoul
- 1996Ronald Jones, Nakis Panayotideis, Thomas Ruff A.o., Thomas RuffThe Rethymnon Centre for Contemporary Art,
Crete
oct 07 1995 - feb 24 1996Artistes/Architectes A.o., Thomas RuffLe Nouveau Musée - Institut d’art Contemporain
oct 07 - nov 12 1995The Act of Seeing (urban space) A.o., Thomas RuffFondation pour l’Architecture, Brussels
jul 08 - oct 29 1995L’homme photographié A.o., Thomas RuffAbbaye Saint-André, Centre d’art contemporain, Meymac
jul 08 - oct 29 1995RAM - Realität, Anspruch, Medium A.o., Thomas RuffKunstverein Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe
jun 24 - sep 10 199545° Nord & Longitude 0 A.o., Thomas RuffMusée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux
jun 20 - jul 29 1995Redefining Convention: German Art Now A.o., Thomas RuffHaines Gallery, San Francisco
apr 01 - may 07 1995Westchor - Ostportal A.o., Thomas RuffGalerie im Marstall, Berlin
- 1995Arquitectures plurals A.o., Thomas RuffCentre de Cultura, Palma de Mallorca
- 1995Die große Galerie A.o., Thomas RuffKunsthalle Bremen, Bremen
- 1995The European Face A.o., Thomas RuffTalbot Rice Gallery, Edinburgh
- 1995The Institute of Cultural Anxiety A.o., Thomas RuffInstitute of Contemporary Arts
- 1995Virtual Reality A.o., Thomas RuffNational Gallery of Australia, Canberra
- 1995Zimmerdenkmäler A.o., Thomas RuffBlummenstrasse, Bochum
- 1995Kunst in Deutschland A.o., Thomas RuffKunst- und Ausstellungshalle der BRD in Bonn, Bonn
oct 22 1994 - feb 26 1995Facts and Figures A.o., Thomas RuffLannan Foundation, Los Angeles
sep 02 - oct 16 1994Aura. Die Realität des Kunstwerks zwischen Autonomie, Reproduktion und Kontext A.o., Thomas RuffWiener Secession, Vienna
sep 01 - sep 25 1994Revendo Brasilia neu gesehen A.o., Thomas RuffTeatro Nacional de Brasília, Brazil
may 26 - sep 04 1994Who’s Looking at the Family? A.o., Thomas RuffBarbican Art Gallery, London
- 19941m = c.299 792 458 -1 s, A.o., Thomas RuffArteluku, Donostia-San Sebastian, San Sebastian
- 1994Beeld A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Ghent
- 1994Bilder - Aspekte deutscher Fotografie nach 45, A.o., Thomas RuffFotogalerie Wien, Vienna
1994Le corps en scène A.o., Thomas RuffInstitut Français de Madrid
1994Junge deutsche Kunst der 90er Jahre aus NRW A.o., Thomas RuffSonje Museum of Contemporary Art, Kyongju
1994Da-Zwischen/ENTRE-DEUX A.o., Thomas RuffKonferenzzentrum Albert Borschette, Brussels
dec 12 1993 - feb 06 1994Kunst aus Wintermärchen - Deutschland A.o., Thomas RuffTochigi Prefectural Museum of Fine Arts, Tochigi, Japan
nov 13 1993Photographs from the Real World A.o., Thomas RuffLillehammer Art Museum, Lillehammer, Norway
aug 29 - oct 31 1993Konstruktion Zitat - Kollektive Bilder in der Fotografie A.o., Thomas RuffSprengel Museum, Hanover
mar 25 - may 08 1993Die Arena des Privaten A.o., Thomas RuffKunstverein München, Munich
- 1993Photographie in der deutschen Gegenwartskunst A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Ludwig, Köln
- 1993Romaeuropa A.o., Thomas RuffPalazzo Ruspoli, Rome
1993L’angoisse de n’être qu’un homme A.o., Thomas RuffCentre Culturel Paul Dumail, Tonneins, France
- 1993Distanz und Nähe A.o., Thomas RuffNeue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
- 1993Altro e Arte A.o., Thomas RuffPalazzo Falconieri, Rome
dec 19 1992 - jan 24 1993Parallelaktion A.o., Thomas RuffStädtische Galerie Schloss Oberhausen, Oberhausen, Germany
sep 19 - dec 01 1992oh! cet echo! A.o., Thomas RuffCentre culturel suisse, Paris
jun 13 - sep 20 1992Documenta IX A.o., Thomas RuffDocumenta IX, Kassel, Germany
may 22 - sep 06 1992Périls et Colères A.o., Thomas RuffMusée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
feb 09 1992Photography in Contemporary German Art: 1960 to the Present A.o., Thomas RuffWalker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
- 1992Surgence - Deutsche Fotobilder 1984-1991 A.o., Thomas RuffAltes Rathaus Potsdam, Germany
- 1992Qui, quoi, où A.o., Thomas RuffMusée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris
- 1992Post Human A.o., Thomas RuffFAE Musée d’Art Contemporain, Lausanne, Switzerland;
- 1992Einsamkeit: Un sentimiento aleman A.o., Thomas RuffMonasterio de Verula, Tarazona, Spain
jul 05 - sep 27 1991Sguardo di Medusa A.o., Thomas RuffCastello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
apr 20 - jul 21 1991Metropolis A.o., Thomas RuffMartin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
- 1991Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung 1980-1990 A.o., Thomas RuffKunstmuseum Basel - Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel
- 1991Typologies: Nine Contemporary Photographers A.o., Thomas RuffNewport Harbor Art Museum, Newport Beach, California
- 1991Sguardo di Medusa A.o., Thomas RuffCastello di Rivoli, Turin
- 1991In anderen Räumen A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Haus Esters, Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
- 1991 Entre terre et ciel A.o., Thomas RuffHôtel Ephémère, Paris
- 1991 Elegia de la mirada A.o., Thomas RuffSala de Arte La Recova, Santa Cruz de Tenerife, Spain
- 1991 Aus der Distanz A.o., Thomas RuffKunstsammlungen Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
- 1991Architektur von Herzog & de Meuron A.o., Thomas Ruff5th International Exhibition of Architecture, Venice, Italy
- 1991Anni 90 A.o., Thomas RuffGalleria Comunale d’Arte Moderna, Bologna, Italy
- 1991Une seconde pensée du paysage A.o., Thomas RuffCentre d’Art Contemporain du Domaine de Kerguéhennec,
Bignan, France
- 1990Weitersehen A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Haus Esters, Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
- 1990To be or not to be A.o., Thomas RuffCentre d’Art de Santa Mònica, Barcelona
- 1990Perspectives on Place A.o., Thomas RuffUniversity Art Gallery of San Diego, California
- 1990New Work: A New Generation A.o., Thomas RuffSan Francisco Museum of Modern Art
- 1990Le Diaphane A.o., Thomas RuffMusée des Beaux-Arts and Ersep-École d’Art, Tourcoing, France
- 1990La guerre de Troie n’aura pas lieu A.o., Thomas RuffChateau d’Orion, Orion, France
- 1990Je est un autre. Part I A.o., Thomas RuffGaleria Cómicos, Lisbon
- 1990 Hacia el paisaje A.o., Thomas RuffCentro Atlantico de Arte Moderno, Spain
feb 11 - mar 04 1989Hilla & Bernd Becher, Fischli & Weiss, Thomas Ruff A.o., Thomas Ruff303 Gallery, New York
feb 11 - mar 04 1989Kopf an Kopf A.o., Thomas RuffKaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld
- 1989Tenir l'image à distance A.o., Thomas RuffMusée d'art contemporain de Montréal
- 1989Katharina Fritsch, Martin Honert, Thomas Ruff A.o., Thomas RuffDe Appel Foundation, Amsterdam
- 1989photo Kunst A.o., Thomas RuffStaatsgalerie Stuttgart, Germany
- 1989Mit dem Fernrohr durch die Kunstgeschichte. Von Galilei zu den Gebrüdern Montgolfier A.o., Thomas RuffKunsthalle Basel, Basel
- 1989Melancolia A.o., Thomas RuffGalerie Grita Isam, Vienna
- 1989Das Portrait in der zeitgenössischen Photographie A.o., Thomas RuffGalerie Fotohof, Salzburg, Austria
- 198932 Portraits – Photography in Art A.o., Thomas RuffSDU and Contemporary Art Foundation, Kunstrai 89, Amsterdam
- 19891st Internationale Foto-Triennale Esslingen A.o., Thomas RuffGalerie der Stadt Esslingen, Esslingen
nov 20 - dec 18 1988Bilder - Denda, van Ofen, Ruff A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Haus Esters, Krefeld
jun 21 - jul 31 1988 L’inventaire A.o., Thomas RuffManufrance, Saint-Étienne
- 1988Mapplethorpe/Ruff A.o., Thomas RuffMai 36 Galerie, Luzern
- 1988Mapplethorpe, Prince, Ruff, Wall A.o., Thomas RuffBarbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
- 1988Impronte e Tendenze Nella Fotografia Tedesca Contempranea A.o., Thomas RuffGoethe Institut, Turin
- 1988Presi X Incantamento: La Nuova Fotografia Internazionale A.o., Thomas RuffPadiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milan
- 1988BiNationale. Deutsche Kunst der späten 80er Jahre A.o., Thomas RuffKunstverein, Kunsthalle and Kunstsammlung NRW, Dusseldorf
- 1988Aperto 88 A.o., Thomas RuffVenice Biennale, Venice
- 1987Gerdes, Jung, Klingelhöller, Luy, Mucha, Perrodin, Ruff, Schütte A.o., Thomas RuffGalerie Nelson, Villeurban
- 1987Gerdes, Jung, Klingelhöller, Luy, Mucha, Perrodin, Ruff, Schütte A.o., Thomas RuffGalerie Nelson, Villeurban
- 1987German Photography of the 80s: Remnants of Authenticity A.o., Thomas RuffInternational Center of Photography, New York
- 1987Foto/Realismen A.o., Thomas RuffVilla Dessauer in Bamberg, Bamberg
- 1986Foto-Cliché, Gallery Victoria Miro, London A.o., Thomas RuffOrchard Gallery, Derry
- 19867 Fotografen A.o., Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
- 1986Museum Folkwang Essen A.o., Thomas RuffMuseum Folkwang Essen, Essen
- 1986Das Auge des Künstlers - Das Auge der Kamera A.o., Thomas RuffPinakothek Ravenna, Ravenna
- 1985Katharina Fritsch, Bernd Jünger, Thomas Ruff A.o., Thomas RuffGalerie Schneider, Konstanz
- 1985Studenten der Staalichen Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, Jürgen Ponto Stiftung A.o., Thomas RuffFrankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
- 1984Thomas RuffKatharina Fritsch, Thomas RuffGalerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich
- 19844 Ausstellungen: Hütte, Jacquemerd, Ruff, Wegman A.o., Thomas RuffGalerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
- 1983Laputa A.o., Thomas RuffGutenbergstrasse 62 e. V., Stuttgart
- 1982Ausstellung B A.o., Thomas RuffAusstellung B, Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringerstraße, Munich
- 1982Work by Young German Photographers A.o., Thomas RuffArt Galaxy, New York