Thomas Demand

1964 born in Munich; lives in Berlin1987-90 Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich1987-90 Kunstakademie Düsseldorf1993-94 Goldsmiths College, LondonSolo Exhibitions
2008
Presidency,Monika Sprüth Philomene Magers, LondonCamára, Fundación Telefónica, Madrid (C)Camera, Hamburger Kunsthalle, HamburgBlack Label, Center for Contemporary Art, Kitakyushu (C)2007
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo303 Gallery, New YorkSalzburger Festspiele, Haus für Mozart, SalzburgProcesso Grottesco / Yellowcake, Fondazione Prada, Isola di Giorgio Maggiore, 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, Musée d'Art contemporain, MontrealGalerie Esther Schipper, BerlinRegen Projects, Los Angeles2005
Victoria Miro Gallery, LondonMuseum of Modern Art, New York (C)2004
Phototrophy, Kunsthaus Bregenz (C)German Pavillion São Paolo Biennale, São Paolo (C)303 Gallery, New York2003
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk (C)Galeria Helga de Alvear, MadridTaka Ishii Gallery, TokyoDundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee (C)2002
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, Munich (C)Castello di Rivoli, Turin (C)SITE, Santa Fe, New Mexico (C)Hof, Schipper & Krome, Berlin2001
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen, Colorado (C)De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam (C)Thomas Demand and Caruso/StJohn, Pallazzo Pitti, Florence (C)Art Pace, St. Antonio, Texas (C)Report, Sprengel Museum, Hannover (C)303 Gallery, New York2000
Fondation Cartier, Paris (C)Victoria Miro Gallery, LondonGalerie Peter Kilchmann, ZurichGalerie Monika Sprüth, Cologne1999
Tunnel, Art Now 17, Tate Gallery, London1998
Kunsthalle Zurich (C)Kunsthalle Bielefeld (C)303 Gallery, New YorkGalerie Monica de Cardenas, MilanSchipper & Krome, Berlin1997
Galerie Monika Sprüth, CologneVictoria Miro Gallery, LondonCentre d'Art contemporain de Vassiviere en Limousin1996
Galerie de l'Ancienne Poste, Calais (C)Galerie Tanit, MunichMax Protetch Gallery, New York(C) Catalogue availableSelected Group Exhibitions
2009
Mark Wallinger's the Russian Linesman, London2008
Questioning History, The Past in the Present. Fotomuseum, Rotterdam, NederlandsReality Check, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York7th Gwangju Biennale, Gwangju, KoreaSpiegel Geheimer Wünsche, Kunsthalle HamburgDon't Let Me Be Misunderstood, World Class Boxing, MiamiWhat You See Is What You Get, CNA, Luxembourg Untitled (Vicarious) Photographing the Constructed Object, Gagosian, New YorkTroubled Waters, Sempergalerie am Zwinger, DresdenReal. Städel Museum, FrankfurtInterieur/ Exterieur, Wohnen in der Kunst, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg11th Biennale Architecture, Belgian Pavillion, VeniceWAR&ART, Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto2007
I can only see things when I move, Kupferstich-Kabinett, DresdenThe Office, Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New YorkIf Everybody Had an Ocean. Brian Wilson: An Art Exhibition, Tate St IvesBrian Wilson: une exposition artistique, Museé d'Art Contemporain, Bordeaux MUDAM Guest House 07, Musee D'Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, LuxembourgGuggenheim Collection, National Gallery, Victoria, AustraliaFLASHCUBE, Leeum Samsung Museum, SeoulReality Bites - Kunst nach dem Mauerfall, Stiftung Opelvillen, Rüsselsheimcross-border Fotografie und Videokunst, Kunstmuseum StuttgartFrom the Earth to the Moon: Metaphors for Travel (PartII),Castello di Rivoli, TurinAirs de Paris. Centre Pompidou, ParisRAUM. Orte der Kunst. Akademie der Künste, BerlinReality Bites. Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis Spectacular City. NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorfmondi possibili. Galerie Sprüth Magers, Köln.all hawaii eNtrées/luNar reGGae. IMMA, Dublin2006
Der Blaue Reiter im 21. Jahrhundert, Lenbachhaus Munich6th Shanghai Biennale, Hyper Design, ShanghaiSpectacular City, Netherlands Architecture Insitute, RotterdamOut of Place, The New Art Gallery, WalsallWrong, Galerie Klosterfelde, BerlinArchiSculpture, Kunstmuseum WolfsburgEmanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Werkgruppen und Installationen, Kunstmuseum Basel Werke aus der Sammlung Olbricht, Neues Museum Weserburg, BremenSurprise, Surprise, Institute of Contemporary Arts, LondonThe Studio, The Hugh Lane Gallery, DublinConstructing new Berlin, Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix/ArizonaZwischen Wirklichkeit und Bild, National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto / Osaka2005
Post Modellismus, Galerie Krinzinger, ViennaZwischen Wirklichkeit und Bild, National Museum of Modern Art, TokyoThank you for the Music, Galerie Sprüth Magers, MunichLandscape in the new Millenium, Museum of Contemporary Art, ClevelandNach Rokytnik. Die Sammlung der EVN, Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, ViennaBidibidobidiboo, Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, TurinVery early pictures, Luckman Gallery, Cal State L.A.Multiple Räume: Park, Kunsthalle Baden BadenDas verlorene Paradies, Opelvillen, RüsselsheimMonuments for the USA, Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts San FranciscoMonuments for the USA, Gallery White Columns, New YorkAfter the Fact, Tullie House, CarlisleKunst und Pressebild nach 1945, Kunstmuseum BaselPaysages: Constructions & Simulations, Casino LuxembourgAtlantic & Bukarest, Kunstmuseum Basel2004
Prekärer Realismus zwischen Melancholie und Komik, Kunsthalle Wien, ViennaDie Zehn Gebote, Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, DresdenARCHIsculpture, Fondation Beyeler, BaselBerlin/Moskau - Moskau/Berlin, Staatliches Historisches Museum, MoscowMemory and Landscape, La Casa Encendida, MadridJede Fotografie ein Bild, Pinakothek der Moderne, MunichSculptural Sphere, Sammlung Goetz, Munich2003
The Office, Photographers Gallery, LondonOutlook, AthensAdorno, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main Berlin/Moskau - Moskau/Berlin, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin50. Biennale di Venezia, VeniceArchive and Simulation, Centro Cultural de Bélem, LisbonZeitgenössische Deutsche Fotografie, Museum Folkwang, EssenHorizonte, museum franz gertsch, Burgdorf/BernLa Photographie Allemande, Galerie Art & Public, GenevaImperfect Innocence. The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Contemporary Museum, Baltimore and Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth, Florida Edén, Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, MexicoRe-Produktion 2, Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna2002 3rd Taipei Biennale, Great Theatre of the World, Taipei Fine Arts Museum, TaipeiAndere Räume, Kunstverein HamburgScreen Memories, Contemporary Art Center; Art Tower, MitoBalsam-Exhibition der Fussballseele, Helmhaus, Zurichnon-places, Frankfurter KunstvereinPictures, Greene Naftali Gallery, New YorkTrade, Nederlands Foto Institut, RotterdamIn Szene gesetzt, Museum für Neue Kunst, ZKM - Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe2001
La Natura della Natura Morta, Galleria d'Arte Moderna, BolognaTelevisions, Kunsthalle Wien, ViennaUnd keiner hinkt, Kurhaus KleveUnd keiner hinkt, Kunsthalle DüsseldorfIch bin mein Auto, Kunsthalle Baden-BadenConnivence - 8. Biennale de Lyon, LyonTrade, Fotomuseum WinterthurMirror's Edge, Tramway, GlasgowMirror's Edge, Exhibition Hall, CharlottenborgInside House, Musée d'Art Moderne, Orléans Public Offerings, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los AngelesUnd keiner hinkt, Kurhaus KleveTempted to Pretend, Kunsthalle KaufbeurenTracking, CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San FranciscoBig nothing, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden2000
Les rumeurs urbaines / Urban Rumours, FriArt, FribourgVision and Reality, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, HumlebækPerfidy, La Tourette, L'Arbresle Mirror's Edge, Vancouver Art Gallery, VancouverMirror's Edge, Castello di Rivoli, TurinClip City / City Vision - Media City Seoul, SeoulDie scheinbaren Dinge, Haus der Kunst, MunichNégociations, CRAC - Centre Regional d'Art Contemporain, Sète Deep Distance, Kunsthalle Basel, BaselCruce de Caminos/Crossroads, Communidad de Madrid, Madrid Supermodel, MoCA - Museum of Modern Art, North Adams, MassachusettsLa forma del mondo/la fine del mondo, Padiglione d`Arte Contemporaneo, MilanAge of Influence, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago1999
Grosse Illusionen - Demand, Gursky, Ruscha, Kunstmuseum BonnMirror's Edge, BildMuseet, Umeå, Sweden Wohin kein Auge reicht, Deichtorhallen, HamburgReconstructing Space, Architectural Assiocation, LondonAnarchitecture, De Appel Stichting, AmsterdamContemplating Pollock, Victoria Miro Gallery, LondonObjects in the Rear Mirror..., Galerie Max Hetzler, BerlinKraftwerk Berlin, Aarhus Kunstmuseum, AarhusChildren of Berlin, P.S.1, New YorkGrand Illusions - Demand, Gursky, Ruscha, Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami53rd Carnegie International 1999/2000, Carnegie Museum of Art, PittsburghCan you hear me? 2nd Ars Baltica Triennal of Photography, Kiel and other1998
The End is The Beginning, Bricks & Kicks, ViennaHeaven, P.S.1, New YorkView One (Neville Wakefield), Mary Boone Gallery, New Yorkexterminating Angel (curated by Joshua Decter), Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, ParisArtificial, Museu d´Art Contemporani, BarcelonaVollkommen gewöhnlich, Kunstverein FreiburgCity Bank Photography Prize 97/98, Photographers Gallery, London 11th Biennale of Sydney, Every Day, SydneyBerlin/Berlin,1. Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst, BerlinSite Construction, South London Gallery, LondonDG Bank-Preis für künstlerische Fotografie, Kunstverein Frankfurt1997
Elswhere, Carnegie Museum of Art, PittsburghStills: emerging photography in the 90's, Walker Art Center, MinneapolisPositionen künstlerischer Photographie in Deutschland seit 1945, Berlinische Galerie im Martin-Gropius-Bau, BerlinKunstpreis Bremen und Kunstpreis Böttcherstraße, Bremen Demand/Ketter, Galerie Peter Kilchmannn, ZurichTransit, Ensba - École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, ParisUne Minute Scenario (par Jerome Sans), Le Printemps de Cahors/Fondation Cartier, CahorsThe Set-Up: Demand, Crewdson, Morimura, Galerie Barbara Farber, AmsterdamDefamiliar, Regen Projects, Los AngelesMaking it real, ICI / The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield, ConnecticutBroken Home, Greene-Naftali Gallery, New YorkThe Spiral Village, Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht1996
New Photography, Museum of Modern Art, New YorkCampo 6: The Spiral Village, Galleria Civica d'arte contemporaneo, TurinRaumbilder - Bildräume, Museum Folkwang, Essen Passion privée, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de ParisProspect 96, Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt am MainRitratti di interno, Studio la Citta, VeronaFotografia nell'arte tedesca contemporanea, Galleria Gian Ferrari, MilanRadical Images, Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz