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Thomas Ruff Biography
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1958 |
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Born in Harmersbach, Germany
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1977 - 1982 |
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Studied at National Academy of the Arts, Düsseldorf
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Lives and works in Duesseldorf
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| Selected Exhibitions |
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2008
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Between Memory and History: From the Epic to the Everyday, mocca - Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, Toronto, ON
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2008
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Building Pictures, MoCP - The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago, IL
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2008
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Auktion 26, Lehr - Auktionshaus und Galerie, Berlin
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2007
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Das Sprengelprojekt, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
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2007
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Spectacular City - Architekturfotografie, NRW - Forum Kultur und Wirtschaft, Düsseldorf, Germany
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2007
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Die Liebe zum Licht, Kunstmuseum Bochum, Germany
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2007
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What does the jellyfish want? Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
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2006
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Ecotopia, International Center of Photography, New York, USA
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2006
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Liebe zum Licht, Kunstmuseum Celle / Städtische Galerie Delmenhorst / Kunstmuseum, Bochum, Germany
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2006
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Abstract Art Now - Floating Forms, Wilhelm Hack Museum, Ludwigshafen, Germany
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2006
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50 JPG, Centre de la Photographie, Geneva, Switzerland
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2006
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Körper, Gesicht und Seele, Leopold Museum, Vienna, Austria
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2006
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Nature Attitudes, Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Vienna, Austria
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2006
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Click/Doubleclick – das dokumentarische Moment, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
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2006
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BOZAR Palais des Beaux-Arts/Paleis voor Schone Kunsten, Brussels, Belgium
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2006
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Bibliotheca Insomnia – Das Digitale Bauhaus II. Meisterwerke der Medienkunst aus der Sammlung des ZKM Karlsruhe, Bauhaus Universität, Weimar, Germany
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2006
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Thomas Ruff – The Grammar of Photography, Fondazione Bevilacqua La Masa (Galleria in Piazza San Marco und Palazzetto Tito), Venice
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2006
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Helga de Alvear – Conceitos para uma colecção, CCB Centro Cultural de Belém, Lisbon
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2005
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L’esperienza dell’arte, 51. Biennale di Venezia, Padiglione Italia - Giardini, Venice
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2005
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Atlantic & Bucharest: Photography, Film and Video: New Acquisitions, Kunstmuseum Basel, Switzerland
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2005
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Regarding Terror: The RAF Exhibition, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
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2005
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Rückkehr ins All, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
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2005
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PILLish: Harsh Realities and Gorgeous Destinations, Museum of Contemporary Art, Denver, USA
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2005
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Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin, Germany
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2005
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Surfaces/Paradise, Museum voor Moderne Kunst Arnhem, Arnheim, The Netherlands
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2005
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New Work, David Zwirner Gallery, New York, USA
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2004
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Thomas Ruff, Arario Gallery, Chungham, Korea
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2004
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Telefonica's Contemporary Photography Collection, Fundacion Telefonica, Madrid, Spain
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2004
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Thomas Ruff. Les oeuvres de la collection Pierre Huber (Tour - De ´tours de Babel), Musée d'Art moderne et contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
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2004
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Contemporary Fine Arts, Berlin, Germany
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2004
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German Art. Deutsche Kunst aus amerikanischer Sicht, Werke aus der Sammlung des Saint Louis Art Museum. Städelsches Kunstinstitut and Städtische Galerie, Frankfurt, Germany (cat.)
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2004
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Relating to Photography, Fotografie Forum International, Frankfurt, Germany
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2004
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Yet Untitled - Photographs from the B. Künne Collection, Det Nationale Fotomuseum Copenhagen (cat.)
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2004
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Multiple Räume (1): Seele - Kunstruktion des Innerlichen in der Kunst, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Germany (cat.)
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2004
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Der neue Blick in die Stadt, Architecture Biennale, Venice, Italy
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2004
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Wirklich wahr! Realitätsversprechen von Fotografien, Ruhrlandmuseum, Essen, Germany (cat.)
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2003
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Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt, Germany
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2003
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Hans-Thoma-Museum, Bernau, Germany (cat.)
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2003
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Pusan Metropolitan Museum Pusan, Korea
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2003
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nudes und maschinen, Kestner Gesellschaft, Hannover, Germany (cat.)
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2003
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Centre Ujazdowski Castle, Warsaw,Poland (cat.)
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2003
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Thomas Ruff 1979 to the Present, Tate Liverpool, UK (cat.)
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2003
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Imperfect Innocence: The Debra and Dennis Scholl Collection, Contemporary Museum Baltimore, USA
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2003
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Stranger in the Village, MOMA curates in Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York, USA
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2003
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Projektraum 3000, Kunst-&Ausstellungshalle Deutschland, Bonn, Germany
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2003
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Museu de Arte Contemporanea de Serralves, Porto, Portugal
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2003
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Sex, Karyn Lovegrove Gallery, Los Angeles, USA
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2003
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Moving Pictures, Guggenheim Bilbao, Spain
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2002
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Thomas Ruff, Photographs: 1979 to present. Irish Museum Of Moder Art, Dublin, Ireland
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2002
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Identificaciones, Museo Tamayo, Mexico (solo)
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2002
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Mies Van Der Rohe 1907-1938, CaixaForum, Barcelona, Spain (solo)
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2001
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The Anagrammatical Body. ZKM. Karlsruhe, Germany (solo)
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2001
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100 al 2000: il Secolo della Fotoarte, Photology, Bologna, Italy (solo)
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2001
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Galería Helga de Alvear, Madrid, Spain (solo)
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2001
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Galeria Helga de Alverar, Madrid, Spain
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2001
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Mies in Berlin, Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
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2001
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Enmanuel Hoffmann-Stiftung, Basel, Switzerland
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2000
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How you look at it. Fotografien des 20. Jahrhunderts, Sprengel Museum, Hannover, Germany
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2000
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Deutsche Kunst in Moskau, Central House of Artist, Moscow, Russia
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2000
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LMVDR, Haus Lange – Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
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2000
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Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt, Germany
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2000
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La Arquitectura sin Sombra. Centro Andaluz de Arte Contemporáneo, Seville, Spain
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2000
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l. m. v. d. r. 2 , Fördererkreis Krefelder Kunstmuseen, Germany
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1999
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Transmute, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago, USA
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1999
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Cosmos. Del Romanticismo a la Vanguardia, 1801-2001. Centro de Cultura Contemporánea, Barcelona, Spain
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1998
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Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation, Toronto, Canada
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1998
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Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Frankfurt, Germany
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1997
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Oeuvres 1979-97, Centre national de la photographie, Paris, France
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1997
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Galeria Estrany – de la Mola, Barcelona, Spain
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1996
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Portraits, Houses, Stars, Night, Fraenkel Gallery, San Francisco, USA
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1996
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JURASSIC technologies - revenant, 10th Biennale of Sydney, Australia
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1996
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Distanz und Nähe, Kawasaki City Museum, Japan
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1995
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Arquitectures plurals, Centre de Cultura, Palma de Mallorca, Spain
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1995
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Bremen; Lindenaumuseum in Altenburg; Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
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1995
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Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Hamburg, Germany
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1994
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Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
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1994
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White Cube, London, UK
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1994
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The Act of Seeing (urban space), Fondation pour l'Architecture, Brussels, Belgium
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1993
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Image First: Eight Photographers for the '90s, Laura Carpenter Fine Art, Santa Fe, USA
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1992
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Einsamkeit. Un sentimiento alemán, Fundacion Caja de Pensiones, Madrid and Barcelona, Spain
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1992
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Galerie Johnen + Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
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1992
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Galerie Mai 36, Zurich, ´Switzerland
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1992
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Galerie Wilma Tolksdorf, Hamburg, Germany (cat.)
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1991
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Kunstverein Braunschweig, Galerie d. Stadt Sindelfingen
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1991
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7 Women, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
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1991
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Typologies: Nine Contemporary Photographers, Newport Harbor Art
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1990
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La guerre de Troie n'aura pas lieu, Chateau d'Oiron, Oiron, France
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1990
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Museum of Modern Art, Berkley, USA
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1990
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Porträts, Häuser, Sterne, Centre National d'Art Contemporain -
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1989
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Galerie Philip Nelson, Lyon, France
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1989
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Contemporary European Art, First Bank Skyway Gallery, Minneapolis, USA
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1989
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Mediated Knot, Robin Lockett Gallery, Chicago, USA
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1988
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Bilder - Denda, van Ofen, Ruff, Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
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1988
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Fotografen, APAC - Centre d'art Contemporain, Nevers, France
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1987
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Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
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1987
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Galerie Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
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1986
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Galerie Philip Nelson, Lyon, France
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1985
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Künstlerische Photographie des 20. Jahrhunderts, Universitätsmuseum, Marburg, Germany
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1984
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Galerie Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
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1983
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Laputa, Gutenbergstrasse 62 e. V., Stuttgart, Germany
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