Thomas Ruff ( 1954 -

1958 Born in Harmersbach, Switzerland 
Studies :
Studies at the Staatlichen Kunstakademie in Düsseldorf under
Bernd Becher
1977-1985 Studied at National Academy of the Arts Düsseldorf 
Exhibitions :
2004 Social Strategies: Redefining Social Realism, DePauw University Art Gallery, Greencastle, IN 
2003 Sex, Karen Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles
The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore, MD
Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal 
Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Münich, Germany
H & R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute, MO
In Your Face, Frahm Ltd., London
Philip Nelson, Paris
Unreal Estate Opportunities, PKM Gallery, Seoul, Korea
Tate Liverpool, England
New Work, David Zwirner, New York
Hoje, Museu Serralves, Porto 
Galerie Rudiger Schšttle, Munich 
Galerie Nelson, Paris 
Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz 
Galerie Nelson, Paris 
In your face, Frahm ltd, Londres 
2002 Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Galeria Estrany De La Mota, Barcelona, Spain
Museet for Samtidskunst, Oslo, Norway
Stadtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Museo Tamayo, Mexico
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo, Japan
Artium Centro Museo Vasco de Arte Contemporaneo, Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain
Essor Gallery, London 
Galerie Baronian_Francey, Bruxelles 
Musee departemental d'Art Contemporain, Rochechouart 
Galeria Estrany-Angels de la Mota, Barcelone 
Museum Folkwang, Essen 
Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin 
Galeria Estrany - de la Mota, Barcelone 
Lenbachhaus, Munich 
Museo Tamayo, Mexico 
(Sagacho Shokuryo Building), Tokyo 
Gallery Koyanagi, Tokyo 
2001 Chabot Museum, Rotterdam 
Galerie RŸdiger Schšttle, Munich 
Essor Gallery, Londres 
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden 
Villa du Parc, Annemasse 
Milchhof, Nürnberg 
Galeria Estrany-de la Mota, Barcelone 
Kunstverein, Hannovre 
2000 Galerie Schöttle München, Germany 
Contemporary Fine Arts Berlin, Germany 
Museum Haus Lange und Haus Esters Krefeld (Kat.) 
The Anagrammatical Body, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany 
La Arquitectura sin Sombra, Centro Andaluz de Arte ContemporÀneo Sevilla 
Villa Impero Bologna 
Théatre royal de la monnaie Brussels 
Architekturphotographie, Museum Bochum 
1999 Galerie Zürich, Germany 
Galerie Nelson Paris, France 
1998 Gallery New York, USA 
Fundación Caja Vital Kutxa Vitoria, Spain 
1997 Galería Helga de Alvear Madrid, Spain 
Centre national de la photographie, Paris
Martin-Gropius-Bau,Berlin
Kunsthalle, Wien 
1996 Center for Contemporary Art Malmö, Sweeden 
Centre for Contemporary Art Rethymnon, Greece
The Rethymon Center for Contemporary Art, Crete
Sprengel Museum, Hannover
1995 Nouveau Musée, Institut d'Art Contemp. Villeurbane Lyon, France 
The National Museum of Contemporary Art Seoul, Korea 
ICA, London
Deutscher Pavillon, Biennale di Venezia
Kunsthalle, Bremen
1994 White Cube London, England 
Wiener Secession, Wien
1993 Sprengel Museum, Hannover
Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin
Ausstellungshalle Uluv, Praga
Nationalmuseum, Krakau
1992 "Documenta IX", Kassel
Musée d'art moderne de la Ville de Paris
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Dallas Museum of Art; Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth
The Saint Louis Art Museum
Guggenheim Museum Soho, New York
The Lannan Foundation, Los Angeles
Museum Ludwig, Köln
Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Basel
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebaeck
1991 Museum, Newport Beach, Akron Art Museum, the Corcoran Art Gallery, Washington DC
1990 Magasin, Centre national d'art contemporain, Grenoble
Verein Kunsthalle, Zürich
Galerie Lia Rumma, Napoli
San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco
Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
1989 Galerie Bébert, Rotterdam
Cornerhouse, Manchester
Galerie Philip Nelson, Lyon
303 Gallery, New York
XPO Galerie, Hamburg
Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Köln
De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam
Galerie Schöttle, München
1988 Museum Schloss Hardenberg
Padiglione d'Arte Contemporanea, Milano
APAC Centre d'Art Contemporain, Nevers
Barbara Gladstone Gallery, New York
Biennale di Venezia
Kunstverein, Kunsthalle & Kunstsammlung, Düsseldorf; Museum of Fine Art & ICA, Boston
Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld
1987 Photographers Gallery, York
Museum Folkwang, Essen
Orchard Gallery, Derry
Villa Dessauer, Bamberg
Kunstverein München
Grundkreditbank, Berlin
1985 Universitätsmuseum, Marburg
1984 Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, München
Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf
1982 Art Galaxy, New York
Künstlerwerkstätten Lothringer Strasse, München
Represented :
Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago
Cleveland Museum of Art
Hirshhorn Museum
Smithsonian Institute,  Washington, DC.
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Museum of Contemporary Art/ Ludwig Museum Budapest
Museum of Modern Art, New York
National Gallery of Art,  Washington, DC.
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Walker Art Centre
Whitnet Museum of American Art, New York
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond
The Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Louisiana Museum, Humlebaek, Denmark

 
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