Biography
1964
born in Munich; lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles
1987
Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Munich
1989
Staatliche Kunstakademie, Düsseldorf
1992
Cité des Arts, Paris
1993
Goldsmiths’ College, London
2011
Professor HFBK, Hamburg
2012
Hon. Doctor Royal College of Arts, London
2019
Hon. Doctor Accademia da Brera, Milano
Solo Exhibitions
2023
2022
2021
2020
2018
Thomas Demand,
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Thomas Demand,
Galleria Gentili, Florence
Archivmaterial/New Stop Motion,
Sprüth Magers, Berlin
2017
2016
Thomas Demand,
NMNM & UBS Art Collection, Monaco
Focus: Thomas Demand,
Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Fort Worth
2015
2014
Model Studies,
Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen
2013
2012
Model Studies,
Nottingham Contemporary, Nottingham
Model Studies,
Esther Schipper, Berlin
Thomas Demand,
Sprüth Magers, Berlin
2011
Thomas Demand,
PKM Gallery, Seoul
2010
Nationalgalerie,
Museum Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam
2009
2008
2007
2006
2005
Thomas Demand,
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
2004
2003
Thomas Demand,
Galeria Helga de Alvear, Madrid
Thomas Demand,
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
Thomas Demand,
Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee
2002
Thomas Demand,
Städtische Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München
Thomas Demand,
SITE, Santa Fe
Hof,
Schipper & Krome, Berlin
2001
Thomas Demand,
Art Pace, St. Antonio
Thomas Demand,
Aspen Art Museum, Aspen
Thomas Demand,
De Appel Foundation, Amsterdam
Report,
Sprengel Museum, Hanover
Thomas Demand,
303 Gallery, New York
2000
1999
Tunnel, Art Now 17,
Tate Gallery, London
1998
1997
Thomas Demand,
Galerie Monika Sprüth, Cologne
Thomas Demand,
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Thomas Demand,
Centre d’Art contemporain de Vassiviere en Limousin, Beaumont-du-Lac
1996
Thomas Demand,
Galerie Tanit, Munich
Thomas Demand,
Max Protetch Gallery, New York
1995
Thomas Demand,
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
1994
Thomas Demand,
Galerie Tanit, Cologne
1992
Thomas Demand,
Galerie Tanit, Munich
Thomas Demand,
Förderkoje, Art Cologne, Cologne
Group Exhibitions
2024
Expanded With,
Castello Di Rivoli / Museo D'Arte Contempporanea, Turin
Horizon and limit. Visions of landscape,
Caixa Forum, Barcelona
Impossible,
Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
2023
Horizon and limit. Visions of landscape,
CaixaForum, Madrid
A Theatre of Waiting,
The Cloud Collection, Nangjing
Out of the Box,
Schaulager, Basel
Touch. Politiken der Berührung,
Amtsalon, Berlin
2022
Deutscher Kavier - Die fotografische Sammlung,
Kunstmuseum, Bonn
something old, something new, something desired,
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg
2021
Photography!,
Saarlandmuseum – Moderne Galerie, Saarbrücken
Home Life,
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
Made Realities,
Sammlung Draiflessen, Mettingen
A Fire in my Belly,
Julia Stoschek Collection, Berlin
Les Citoyens,
Triennale di Milano, Milan
The Youngest Day,
Carlier Gebauer, Berlin
Flowers in Art,
ARKEN – Museum of Modern Art, Ishøj
2020
When You Touch About Me, I Think Myself,
SIGNS, Istanbul
Körper. Blicke. Macht. Eine Kulturgeschichte des Bades,
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
Terminal,
City Gallery, Wellington
Kleine Geschichte(n) der Fotografie (#2),
Sprengel Museum, Hanover
2019
Gio Ponti. Loving architecture,
MAXXI, Rome
Alexander Kluge – Die Macht der Musik / Die Oper – Der Tempel der Ernsthaftigkeit,
Museum Ulm, Ulm
Selection from the Marciano Collection,
Marciano Art Foundation, Los Angeles
Visual Art at The Reach,
The Kennedy Center, Washington
7th Thessaloniki Biennale of Contemporary Art,
Thessaloniki Biennale, Thessaloniki
Making Art Public: 50 Years of Kaldor Public Art Projects,
Art Gallery NSW, Sydney
Nachts – Zwischen Traum und Wirklichkeit. Sammlung Goetz im Haus der Kunst,
Haus der Kunst, Munich
Original Bauhaus,
Berlinische Galerie, Berlin
Lust der Täuschung – Von antiker Kunst bis Virtual Reality,
Ludwig Forum, Aachen
Survived!,
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
Fiction and Fabrication,
MAAT, Lisbon
Palast der Republik,
Berliner Festspiele, Berlin
2018
Scripted Reality – The Life and Art of Television,
Fundacion Jumex, Mexico City
Das letzte Bild – Fotografie und Tod,
C/O Berlin, Berlin
I don’t like Fiction. I like History.,
Gagosian, Beverly Hills
Lust der Täuschung,
Kunsthalle München, Munich
A Gaze into Architecture,
Archi-Depot, Tokyo
Image Building. How Photography Transforms Architecture,
Frist Center for the Visual Arts, Nashville
[CONTROL] NO CONTROL. Triennale der Photographie Hamburg,
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg
LICHTEMPFINDLICH 2,
Schauwerk, Sindelfingen
Image Building,
Parrish Art Museum, Water Mill
Image Profile,
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main
Catastrophe and the Power of Art,
Mori Art Museum, Tokyo
Faithless Pictures,
The National Museum of Art, Oslo
Cut!,
The Getty Center, Los Angeles
Still Life,
The National Gallery, London
Thomas Demand, Tomoo Gokita, Annette Kelm, Maria Taniguchi,,
Taka Ishii Gallery, Tokyo
2017
The Upset Bucket,
Whitechapel Gallery, London
Perception is reality,
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
{AN-}SICHTEN,
DZ BANK Kunstsammlung, Frankfurt
Thomas Demand, Katherina Fritsch, Robert Gober, Brice Marden, Ken Price, Martin Puryear, Charles Ray, Paul Sietsema, Anne Truitt, Terry Winters,
Matthew Marks Gallery, Los Angeles
Make New History,
The 2017 Chicago Architecture Biennial, Chicago
NEVER ENOUGH,
MEWO Kunsthalle, Memmingen
Caruso St John – Constructions and References,
Architekturgalerie Berlin, Berlin
Alexander Kluge. Pluriversum,
Folkwang Museum, Essen
Une Brèche en toute chose/ A Crack in Everything,
Musée d’Art contemporain de Montréal, Montréal
Mentales Gelb. Sonnenhöchststand,
Sammlung Kico, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
Skulpturen aus Papier,
Städtische Museen Heilbronn, Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn
Variable Dimensions. Artists and Architecture,
MAAT, Lisbon
Dreamlands: Immersive Cinema and Art, 1905-2016,
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
Jardins,
Grand Palais, Paris
2016
Die Kerze,
Museum Frieder Burda, Baden-Baden
Behind the Curtain. Concealment and Revelation since the Renaissance,
Museum Kunstpalast, Düsseldorf
Photography Reinvented: The Collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker,
National Gallery of Washington, Washington
Concrete Inspirations,
Arup, London
Beton,
Kunsthalle Wien Museumsquartier, Vienna
TeleGen,
Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Vaduz
2015
WAR II, MOSTYN,
Llandudno, Wales
Model Behaviour,
The Holden Gallery, Manchester
Faszination Fotografie,
Essl Museum, Klosterneuburg
Thomas Demand, Carsten Höller, Philippe Parreno,
COD – Center for Openness and Dialogue, Tirana
Perfect Likeness,
Hammer Museum, Los Angeles
FUTURE PRESENT,
Schaulager, Basel
Mijn Vlakke Land,
Fotomuseum Antwerpen, Antwerpen
2014
Covert Operations: Investigating the Known Unknowns,
Scottsdale Museum of Contemporary Art, Scottsdale
Visual Deception: Into the Future,
Hyogo Prefectural Musem of Art, Kobe
Schwindel der Wirklichkeit,
Akademie der Künste, Berlin
One Million Years – System und Symptom,
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
Source Material,
Vitra Design Museum Gallery, Weil am Rhein
Sigmund Freud and the Play on the Burden of Representation,
21er Haus, Vienna
Unstable Places: New in Contemporary Art, ,
The Israel Museum, Jerusalem
The Tears of Things,
Fundación Helga de Alvear, Cáceres
Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950,
Kunsthaus Graz, Graz
Love Story – The Anne & Wolfgang Titze Collection,
21er Haus, Vienna
Stanze/Rooms. Works from the Sandretto Re Rebauengo Collection,
Me Collectors Room, Berlin
Unter der Erde. Von Kafka bis Kippenberger,
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, K21 Ständehaus, Düsseldorf
Now You See It. Photography and Concealment,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Room Service,
Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
Pixels of Paradise. Image of Belief,
BIP – 9th International Biennial of Photography and the Visual Arts, Liège
Paparazzi! Photographers, Stars and Artists,
Centre Pompidou Metz, Metz
2013
Museum of Modern Art and Western Antiquities
Department of Light Recordings
Section IV: Lens Drawings,
Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris
STILL.,
RLB Kunstbrücke, Innsbruck
Contemporary German Art: Selcetions from the Permanent Collection,
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis
Stadt in Sicht – Von Feininger bis Gursky. Werke aus der Sammlung Deutsche Bank,
Museum Ostwall, Dortmund
Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950,
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington DC
der schein,
Kestner Gesellschaft, Hanover
Lifelike,
The Blanton Museum of Art, Austin
Collection Sandretto Re Rebaudengo: Have you seen me before?,
Whitechapel Gallery, London
Realität und Fiktion,
Villa Schöningen, Potsdam
Tea with Nefertiti: The making of an artwork by the artist, the museum and the public,
Institut du Monde Arabe, Paris
Mis-en-scène,
Leeum Samsung Museum of Modern Art, Seoul
More Real ? The Art in the Age of Truthiness,
Minneapolis Institute of Arts, Minneapolis
HEIMsuchung: Unsichere Räume in der Kunst der Gegenwart,
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
Re:emerge: Towards a New Cultural Cartography,
Sharjah Biennial 11, Sharjah
Island,
Dairy Art Centre, London
Finding Deities in a tree / a plant,
Iwami Art Museum, Masuda
L’oeil photographique,
FRAC, Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain Auvergne, Clermont Ferrand
Té con Nefertiti,
IVAM, Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencià
Madame Wu and the Mill from Hell,
The British School at Rome, Rome
Nayland Blake, Thomas Demand, Trisha Donnelly, Vincent Fecteau, Wade Guyton,
Matthew Marks Gallery, Los Angeles
SILENT,
Avlskarl Gallery, Copenhagen
Des Images comme des Oiseaux,
CNAP, La Friche La Belle de Mai, Tour Panorama, Marseille
A Sense of Place,
Pier 24 Photography, San Francisco
2012
Utopia/Dystopia: Construction and Destruction of Photography and Collage,
The Museum of Fine Arts, Glasgow
Tales of the City,
Gallery of Modern Art, Glasgow
Common Ground,
13th International Architecture Exhibition,, Venice
Primer Acto,
Museo Tamayo de Arte Contemporáneo, Mexico City
German Photography 1960 - 2012: A Survey,
Ben Brown Fine Arts, Hongkong
Lost Places,
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg
Atelier + Küche = Labore der Sinne,
Marta Herford, Herford
Making History,
RAY 2012, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
An Orchestrated Vision,
St. Louis Art Museum, St. Louis
Lifelike,
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Ashes and Gold. A World’s Journey,
Marta Herford, Herford
2011
Now: obras de La Colección Jumex,
Colección Jumex, Mexico City
Photography Calling,
Sprengel Museum, Hanover
Die Erfindung der Wirklichkeit,
Gallery of the Academy of Art, Düsseldorf
Kunst macht Schule,
Kunsthalle Darmstadt, Darmstadt
September 11,
MoMA PS1, New York
Precarious Worlds: Contemporary Photography from Germany,
Mildered Kemper Lane Art Museum, St. Louis
No substitute,
Glenstone, Potomac
Photosensitive: Contemporary Photography from the Schaufler Schaufler Collection,
Schauwerk Sindelfingen, Sindelfingen
Two Collectors: Thomas Olbricht und Harald Falckenberg,
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
20 Years of Presence, MMK 1991-2011,
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
New Contemporary Galleries Featuring the John Kaldor Family Collection,
Art Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney
Fondazione Prada_Ca’ Corner della Regina,
Fondazione Prada_Ca’ Corner della Regina, Venice
Deutsche Börse Photography Prize,
Ambika P3, London
Contemporary Magic: A Tarot Deck Art Project,
Andy Warhol Museum, Pittsburgh
Things are Queer, Highlights der Sammlung UniCredit,
Marta Herford, Hertford
Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera,
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera,
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Exposed: Voyeurism, Surveillance and the Camera,
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
2010
The Walls are Talking: Wallpaper, Art and Culture,
The Whitworth Art Gallery, Manchester
Täuschend Echt. Die Kunst des Trompe l’Oeuil,
Bucerius Kunstforum, Hamburg
Global Design,
Museum für Gestaltung, Zurich
Haunted: Contemporary Photography/Video/Performance,
Guggenheim, New York
Julia Stoschek Collection: I want to see how you see,
Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg
Voyeurism, Surveillance, and the Camera since 1870,
Tate Modern London, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, Walker Art Center, London, San Francisco, Minneapolis
Zu(m) Tisch. Meisterwerke aus der Sammlung Ludwig von der Antike bis Picasso, von Dürer bis Demand,
Galerie Ludwig Schloß Oberhausen, Oberhausen
SITE Santa Fe Eight International Biennial,
SITE, Santa Fe
A Moving Plan B, Chapter One,
Drawing Room, London
People meet in Architecture,
Architecture Biennale, Venice
Viaggio in Italia,
Palazzo Fabroni, Pistoia
Pleated Blinds,
Petach Tikva Museum, Israel
2009
Extended. Collection Landesbank Baden-Württemberg,
ZKM Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe
The Vague Terrain: Analogues of Places in Contemporary Photography,
The FLAG Art Foundation, New York
The DLA Piper Series: This is Sculpture,
Tate Liverpool, Liverpool
Incidental Affairs,
Suntory Museum, Osaka
Von Holbein bis Tillmans,
Schaulager Basel, Basel
Yellow and Green,
MMK Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
2° Bienal del fin del mundo,
Ushuaia, Argentina
Waiting for Video: Works from the 1960s to Today,
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
The Russian Linesman,
The Hayward Gallery, London
Manipulating Reality,
Fondazione Palazzo Strozzi, Florence
Event Horizon,
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Slash: Paper Under the Knife,
MAD Museum, New York
MOCA’S First 30 Years,
MOCA, Los Angeles
Industrial. Light. Magic,
Goethe Institut, New York
The Reach of Realism,
MOCA, North Miami
2008
Questioning History, The Past in the Present,
Nederlands Fotomuseum, Rotterdam
Reality Check,
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
Don’t Let Me Be Misunderstood,
World Class Boxing, Miami
What You See Is What You Get,
Centre national de l’audiovisuel, Luxembourg
Untitled (Vicarious)Photographing the Constructed Object,
Gagosian, New York
11th Biennale Architecture,
Belgian Pavillion, Venice
Interieur/ Exterieur,
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
7th Gwangju Biennale,
Gwangju, Korea
Troubled Waters,
Sempergalerie am Zwinger, Dresden
Real.Fotografien aus der Sammlung der DZ Bank,
Städel Museum Frankfurt, Frankfurt
Spiegel Geheimer Wünsche,
Kunsthalle Hamburg, Hamburg
WAR&ART,
Kyoto University of Art and Design, Kyoto
The Same River Twice: Part 1,
Institute of Modern Art, Brisbane
2007
I can only see things when I move,
Kupferstich-Kabinett, Dresden
The Office,
Tanya Bonakdar Gallery, New York
If Everybody Had an Ocean Brian Wilson: An Art Exhibition,
Tate St Ives, St Ives
Brian Wilson: une exposition artistique,
Museé d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux
MUDAM Guest House 07,
Musee D’Art Moderne Grand-Duc Jean, Luxembourg
Guggenheim Collection,
National Gallery, Victoria
FLASHCUBE,
Leeum Samsung Museum, Seoul
Reality Bites - Kunst nach dem Mauerfall,
Stiftung Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim
cross-border Fotografie und Videokunst,
Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart
From the Earth to the Moon:Metaphors for Travel (PartII),
Castello di Rivoli, Turin
Airs de Paris,
Centre Pompidou, Paris
RAUM. Orte der Kunst.,
Akademie der Künste, Berlin
Reality Bites,
Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, St. Louis
Spectacular City,
NRW-Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf
mondi possibili,
Galerie Sprüth Magers, Cologne
.all hawaii eNtrées/luNar reGGae.,
IMMA, Dublin
2006
Der Blaue Reiter im 21. Jahrhundert,
Lenbachhaus Munich, Munich
Hyper Design,
6th Shanghai Biennale, Shanghai
Spectacular City,
Netherlands Architecture Insitute, Rotterdam
Out of Place,
The New Art Gallery, Walsall
Wrong,
Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin
ArchiSculpture,
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg
Emanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Werkgruppen und Installationen,
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
Werke aus der Sammlung Olbricht,
Neues Museum Weserburg, Bremen
Surprise, Surprise,
Institute of Contemporary Arts, London
Constructing new Berlin,
Phoenix Art Museum, Phoenix
Zwischen Wirklichkeit und Bild,
National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto
2005
Post Modellismus,
Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna
Zwischen Wirklichkeit und Bild,
National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo
Thank you for the Music,
Galerie Sprüth Magers, Munich
Landscape in the new Millenium,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Cleveland
Nach Rokytnik. Die Sammlung der EVN,
Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna
Bidibidobidiboo,
Fondazione Sandretto Re Rebaudengo, Turin
Very early pictures,
Luckman Gallery, Los Angeles
Multiple Räume: Park,
Kunsthalle Baden Baden, Baden-Baden
Das verlorene Paradies,
Opelvillen, Rüsselsheim
Monuments for the USA,
Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts San Francisco, San Francisco
Monuments for the USA,
Gallery White Columns, New York
After the Fact,
Tullie House, Carlisle
Kunst und Pressebild nach 1945,
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
Paysages: Constructions & Simulations,
Casino Luxembourg, Luxembourg
Atlantic & Bukarest,
Kunstmuseum Basel, Basel
2004
Prekärer Realismus zwischen Melancholie und Komik,
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Die Zehn Gebote,
Deutsches Hygiene-Museum, Dresden
ARCHIsculpture,
Fondation Beyeler, Basel
Berlin/Moskau – Moskau/Berlin,
Staatliches Historisches Museum, Moscow
Memory and Landscape,
La Casa Encendida, Madrid
Jede Fotografie ein Bild,
Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich
Sculptural Sphere,
Sammlung Goetz, Munich
2003
The Office,
Photographers Gallery, London
Outlook
, Athens
Adorno,
Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt
Berlin/Moskau – Moskau/Berlin,
Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
50. Biennale di Venezia,
50. Biennale di Venezia, Venice
Archive and Simulation,
Centro Cultural de Bélem, Lisbon
Zeitgenössische Deutsche Fotografie,
Museum Folkwang, Essen
Horizonte,
museum franz gertsch, Burgdorf/Bern
La Photographie Allemande,
Galerie Art & Public, Geneva
Imperfect Innocence,
The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Contemporary Museum Baltimore and Palm Beach Institute of Contemporary Art, Lake Worth , Baltimore, Palm Beach, Lake Worth
Edén,
Antiguo Colegio de San Ildefonso, San Ildefonso
Re-Produktion 2,
Galerie Georg Kargl, Vienna
2002
3rd Taipei Biennale, Great Theatre of the World,
Taipei Fine Arts Museum, Taipei
Andere Räume,
Kunstverein Hamburg, Hamburg
Screen Memories,
Contemporary Art Center; Art Tower, Mito
Balsam-Exhibition der Fussballseele,
Helmhaus, Zurich
non-places,
Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
Pictures,
Greene Naftali Gallery, New York
Trade,
Nederlands Foto Institut, Rotterdam
In Szene gesetzt,
Museum für Neue Kunst, ZKM – Zentrum für Kunst und Medientechnologie, Karlsruhe
2001
La Natura della Natura Morta,
Galleria d’Arte Moderna, Bologna
Televisions,
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna
Und keiner hinkt,
Kurhaus Kleve, Kleve
Und keiner hinkt,
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf
Ich bin mein Auto,
Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
Connivence,
8. Biennale de Lyon, Lyon
Trade,
Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur
Mirror’s Edge,
Tramway, Glasgow
Mirror’s Edge,
Exhibition Hall, Charlottenborg
Inside House,
Musée d’Art Moderne, Orléans
Public Offerings,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles
Tempted to Pretend,
Kunsthalle Kaufbeuren, Kaufbeuren
Tracking,
CCA Wattis Institute for Contemporary Arts, San Francisco
Big nothing,
Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden
2000
Les rumeurs urbaines / Urban Rumours,
FriArt, Fribourg
Vision and Reality,
Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, Humlebæk
Perfidy,
La Tourette, L’Arbresle
Mirror’s Edge,
Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Mirror’s Edge,
Castello di Rivoli, Turin
Clip City / City Vision,
Media City Seoul, Seoul
Die scheinbaren Dinge,
Haus der Kunst, Munich
Négociations,
CRAC – Centre Regional d’Art Contemporain, Sète
Deep Distance,
Kunsthalle Basel, Basel
Cruce de Caminos/Crossroads,
Communidad de Madrid, Madrid
Supermodel,
MoCA – Museum of Modern Art, North Adams, Massachusetts
La forma del mondo/la fine del mondo,
Padiglione d`Arte Contemporaneo, Milan
Age of Influence,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago
1999
Grosse Illusionen – Demand, Gursky, Ruscha,
Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn
Mirror’s Edge,
BildMuseet, Umeå
Wohin kein Auge reicht,
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg
Reconstructing Space,
Architectural Assiocation, London
Anarchitecture,
De Appel Stichting, Amsterdam
Contemplating Pollock,
Victoria Miro Gallery, London
Objects in the Rear Mirror...,
Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin
Kraftwerk Berlin,
Aarhus Kunstmuseum, Aarhus
Children of Berlin,
P.S.1, New York
Grand Illusions – Demand, Gursky, Ruscha,
Museum of Contemporary Art, Miami
53rd Carnegie International 1999/2000,
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Can you hear me? 2nd Ars Baltica Triennal of Photography,
2nd Ars Baltica Triennal of Photography, Kiel and other
1998
The End is The Beginning,
Bricks & Kicks, Vienna
Heaven,
P.S.1, New York
View One (Neville Wakefield),
Mary Boone Gallery, New York
exterminating Angel (curated by Joshua Decter),
Galerie Ghislaine Hussenot, Paris
Artificial,
Museu d´Art Contemporani, Barcelona
Vollkommen gewöhnlich,
Kunstverein Freiburg, Fribourg
City Bank Photography Prize 97/98,
Photographers Gallery, London
Every Day,
11th Biennale of Sydney, Sydney
Berlin/Berlin,
1. Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst, Berlin
Site Construction,
South London Gallery, London
DG Bank-Preis für künstlerische Fotografie,
Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt
1997
Elswhere,
Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh
Stills: emerging photography in the 90’s,
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis
Positionen künstlerischer Photographie in Deutschland seit 1945,
Berlinische Galerie im Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin
Kunstpreis Bremen und Kunstpreis Böttcherstraße
, Bremen
Demand/Ketter,
Galerie Peter Kilchmannn, Zurich
Transit,
Ensba – École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts, Paris
Une Minute Scenario (par Jerome Sans),
Le Printemps de Cahors/Fondation Cartier, Cahors
The Set-Up: Demand, Crewdson, Morimura,
Galerie Barbara Farber, Amsterdam
Defamiliar,
Regen Projects, Los Angeles
Making it real,
ICI / The Aldrich Museum of Contemporary Art, Ridgefield
Broken Home,
Greene-Naftali Gallery, New York
The Spiral Village,
Bonnefantenmuseum, Maastricht
1996
New Photography,
Museum of Modern Art, New York
Campo 6: The Spiral Village,
Galleria Civica d’arte contemporaneo, Turin
Raumbilder – Bildräume,
Museum Folkwang, Essen
Passion privée,
Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris
Prospect 96,
Kunstverein Frankfurt, Frankfurt
Ritratti di interno,
Studio la Citta, Verona
Fotografia nell’arte tedesca contemporanea,
Galleria Gian Ferrari, Milan
Radical Images,
Steiermärkisches Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
1995
le paysage retrouvé,
Galerie Renos Xippas, Paris
Ars Viva 1995 – Thomas Demand, Wolfgang Tillmanns, Barbara Probst und Jochen Lempert,
Kunstverein Frankfurt, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Anhaltinische Gemäldegalerie Dessau, Frankfurt, Nürnberg, Dessau
Herbert Hamak, Thomas Demand et Stephen Dean,
Galerie Renos Xippas, Paris
Ulrich Meister und Thomas Demand,
Galerie Christian Gögger, Munich
Morceaux Choisis,
Magasin-Centre National d´Art Contemporain de Grenoble, Grenoble
le paysage retrouvé,
Galerie Renos Xippas, Paris
1994
Scharf im Schauen,
Haus der Kunst, Munich
1990
Curated
2020
local talent,
Sprüth Magers, Berlin
2016
2013
When Attitudes Become Form: Bern 1969/Venice 2013,
Fondazione Prada at Ca’ Corner della Regina, Venice
Curated by curated by Germano Celant in dialogue with Thomas Demand and Rem Koolhaas
2011
La carte d’après nature,
Matthew Marks Gallery, New York
2010
Selected Permanent Installations
2013
2012
2011
Saal,
Städel Museum, Frankfurt
2005
Clearing,
The Modern. MoMA Café & Restaurant, New York