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Biography |
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1954 |
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Born in Geldern/Lower Rhein, Germany |
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1978 |
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Scholarship from the Academy of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany for P.S.1 Studios, Long Island City, New York, USA |
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1973 - 1980 |
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Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Düsseldorf, Germany |
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1993 - 1996 |
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Professor of Photography, Staatliche Hochschule für Gestaltung, Karlsruhe |
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1997 |
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Recipient, 'Spectrum' International Prize for Photography from Stiftung Niedersachsen |
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Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany |
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Exhibitions |
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2013 |
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1. Sommerausstellung, Stiftung zur Förderung zeitgenössischer Kunst in Weidingen, Weidungen, Germany (solo) |
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2012 |
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Thomas Struth (Europatournee), Museo Servales, Porto |
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2012 |
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Photography, Galleri K, Oslo, Norway (solo) |
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2011 |
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Thomas Struth (Europatournee), Kunstsammlung Nordrhein Westfalen, Dusseldorf |
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2011 |
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Thomas Struth (Europatournee), Whitechapel Gallery, London |
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2010 |
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Thomas Struth (Europatournee), Kunsthaus Zurich |
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2009 |
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The Making of Art, Schirn/Kunsthalle, Frankfurt |
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2009 |
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Horizons, Beyerle Foundation, Basel |
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2009 |
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Sechzig Jahre - Sechzig Werke, Kunst aus der Bundesrepublik Deutschland Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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2009 |
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Michelangelo - La pietà Rondanini e il Crocefisso ritrovato, Castello Sforzesco, Milano |
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2009 |
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Terra di nessuno, Museo Riso, Naples |
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2009 |
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Picturing New York: Photographs from the Museum of Modern Art, curated by Sarah Hermanson Meister, MOMA |
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2009 |
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Thomas Struth, Museum of Cycladic Art, Athen (solo) |
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2008 |
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Paradise, Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Zuoz (solo) |
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2008 |
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Familienleben, Rüdiger Schöttle Gallery, Munich (solo) |
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2008 |
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Family Portraits, Greta Meert Gallery, Brussels (solo) |
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2008 |
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Family Portraits, De Pont Foundation, Tilburg, NL (solo) |
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2008 |
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Museo MADRE, Naples. Curated by Mario Codognato (solo) |
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2008 |
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Familienleben, Die Photographische Sammlung, SK-Stiftung Kultur, Cologne (solo) |
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2008 |
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Family Portraits, Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam (solo) |
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2008 |
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Kavalierstart 1978-1982, Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen |
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2008 |
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Paradies und Zurüch, Schlob Dyck, Jüchen bei Neuss |
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2008 |
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Art for the Spirit_Works from the UBS Art Collection, Mori Art Museum, Tokyo |
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2008 |
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Dürer und...Künstler der Akademie, Akademie Galerie-Die Neue Sammlung |
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2008 |
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All-inclusive-A Tourist World, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt/Main |
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2008 |
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No Leftovers, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern |
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2008 |
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Die Tropen, Ansidhten von der Mitte der Weltkugel, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin |
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2008 |
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Troubled Waters. Zwölf Stilleben aus der Siemens Fotosammlung, Pinakothek der Moderne. Galerie Neue Meister del Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Sempergalerie im Zwinger, Dresden |
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2008 |
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Madonna meets Mao, in Kooperation mit der Yatego Foundation,China, Galerie Neue Meister der Staatlichen kunstsammlungen, Dresden, Dresden |
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2008 |
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Thyssen-Bornemisza Art Contemporary, Kunsthaus Graz, Graz |
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2008 |
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God & Goods, Villa Manin, Udine, Italia |
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2008 |
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Paradies und zurück, Schloss Dyck, Jüchen bei Neuss, Germany |
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2008 |
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Vertrautes Terrain, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany |
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2008 |
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REAL, Fotografien aus der Sammlung der DZ Bank, Das Städl, Frankfurt, Germany |
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2008 |
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The Museum as Medium, Marco de Vigo, Vigo, Spain |
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2008 |
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Die Tropen, Martin Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany |
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2008 |
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Troubled Water, Galerie Neue Meister der Staatlichen Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany |
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2008 |
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Objectivités, Musée de l'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France |
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2008 |
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20th Century Photography, Chiba City Museum of Art, Chiba, Japan |
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2008 |
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Museo MADRE, Naples |
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2008 |
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Familienleben, die photographische Sammlung, SK Stiftung Kultur, Cologne, Germany |
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2008 |
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Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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2007 |
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Making Time, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (solo) |
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2007 |
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Making Time, Museo del Prado, Madrid (cat., solo) |
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2007 |
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Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2007 |
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Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milano (solo) |
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2007 |
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Spectacular City, Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf |
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2007 |
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Kommando Friedrich Hölderlin Berlin, Galerie Max Hetzler/Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Osram-Höfe, Berlin, Germany |
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2007 |
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unter sternen. aus der sammlung willy michel. fotografie, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf, Switzerland |
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2006 - 2007 |
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Peintres de la vie Moderne, Centre Pompidou, Paris, France |
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2006 - 2007 |
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The 80s: A Topology, Museu Serralves, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Porto, Lisbon, Portugal |
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2006 |
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Click double Click, Haus der Kunst, Munich; Bozar Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brussels |
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2006 |
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Galerie Meert Rihoux, Brussels (solo) |
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2006 |
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Cinema Centre National d’Art Contemporain, Grenoble |
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2006 |
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More than meets the eye, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo (MARCO) Deutsche Bank Collection, Monterrey Mexico |
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2006 |
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Edward Steichen Photography Gallery, Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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2006 |
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Tiefenschärfe Kunsthalle Baden-Baden, Baden-Baden, Germany |
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2006 |
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Why Picture Now, Mumok Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna |
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2006 |
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Spectacular City, NAI, Netherlands Architecture Institute, Rotterdam |
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2006 |
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Museum Kunst Palast, Düsseldorf |
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2006 |
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Faste !Bigger! Better! Zentrum für Medientechnologie, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany |
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2006 |
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Carbonic Anhydride galerie Max Hetzler Temporary, Berlin |
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2006 |
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ArchiSkulptur, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg |
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2006 |
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Medium Fotografie, Stampa Galerie, Basel |
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2006 |
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Os Anos 80, Museo Serralves, Porto |
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2006 |
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Thomas Struth & Rinek Dijkstra, Galerie Xippas, Athens |
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2006 |
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Der Kontrakt des Fotografen Akademie der Künste, Berlin; Museum Schloss Morsbroich, Leverkusen |
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2006 |
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Der Himmel auf Erden. Der Blick des Künstlers auf den Garten vom Mittelalter bis Zur Gegenwart Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt am Main; Lenbach Haus Munich |
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2005 |
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Die Ordnung der Natur, O.K Centrum für Gegenwartskunst OÖ, Linz (part I) and Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau (part II) |
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2005 |
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Kreuz und Kruzifix. Zeichen und Bild, Diözesanmuseum Freising |
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2005 |
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25 Deutsche Bank, Zum Jubiläum der Deutsche Bank Sammlung, Deutsche Guggenheim, Berlin |
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2005 |
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Gerhard Richter - Ohne Farbe, Museum Franz Gertsch, Burgdorf (CH) |
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2005 |
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Some Trees, NAK –Neuer Aachener Kunstverein |
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2005 |
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Contemporary Voices – Works from the UBS Collection, The Museum of Modern Art, New York |
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2005 |
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Kontexte der Fotografie, Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen |
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2005 |
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Audience, Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (solo) |
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2005 |
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Thomas Struth Yosemite, Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich (solo) |
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2005 |
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Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam (solo) |
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2005 |
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Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin (solo) |
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2005 |
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Audience / 'Read this like seeing it for the first time', Marian Goodman Gallery, New York (solo) |
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2005 |
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Thomas Struth – Museum Photographs 1987 – 2004, Galleri K, Oslo (solo) |
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2004 |
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Pergamon Museum 1-6, Museum für Fotografie, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin (solo) |
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2004 |
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Thomas Struth – Une Heure (Video Portraits), CAPC Musée d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux (solo) |
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2004 |
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Stephen Shore – Thomas Struth, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich (solo) |
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2004 |
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Forme per il David: Baselitz, Fabro, Kounellis, Morris, Struth, Galleria dell’Accademia, Florence |
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2004 |
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Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin |
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2004 |
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Obdachlose fotografieren Passanten. Ein Projekt für fiftyfifty von Thomas Struth, fiftyfifty-Galerie, Düsseldorf |
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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, Städel, Frankfurt |
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2004 |
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26th Bienal de Sao Paulo |
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2003 |
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raum, zeit, architektur in der fotografie, Oldenburger Kunstverein/Landesmuseum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte im Augusteum, Oldenburg |
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2003 |
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Cruel and Tender, Tate Modern, London and Museum Ludwig, Cologne |
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2003 |
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Affinities ... Now And Then, Kansas City Art Institute, Kansas City |
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2003 |
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The Big Picture, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver |
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2003 |
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Warum!, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin |
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2003 |
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Schachtelhalm und Löwenzahn. Vom Herbarisieren und Fokussieren, Landesmuseum Johanneum, Graz |
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2003 |
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Thomas Struth – 1977-2002, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York & MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago (solo) |
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2003 |
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Thomas Struth - Cities, Galerie Marian Goodman, Paris; Pergamon Museum, Galleria Monica de Cardenas, Milano (solo) |
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2003 |
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Strassen, Galleri K, Oslo (solo) |
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2002 |
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Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle, Munich (solo) |
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2002 |
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The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York & MCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington D.C.; Galerie Rüdiger Schöttle |
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2002 |
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New Pictures from Paradise, Centro de Fotografia, Univesidad de Salamanca & Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden, Germany |
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2002 |
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Thomas Struth 1977-2002, DMA, Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas & MOCA, Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, Germany |
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2002 |
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Heute bis jetzt. Zeitgenössische Fotografie aus Düsseldorf, Kunstpalast Düsseldorf, Germany |
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2002 |
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Sammlungspräsentation, Kunstsammlung NRW, Germany |
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2002 |
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Wallflower, Kunsthaus Zürich, Austria |
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2002 |
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Open City: Aspects of Street Photpography 1950-2000, Museo de Bellas Artes, Bilbao |
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2002 |
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Zwischen Schönheit und Sachlichkeit, Kunsthalle Emden, Germany |
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2002 |
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AUGENBLICK: Foto/Kunst, Sammlung Essl, Vienna, Austria |
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2002 |
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The viewer as participant, Astrup Fearnley Museum of Modern Art, Oslo |
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2001 |
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City, Museo Pecci, Prato (cat.) |
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2001 |
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Museum für Gegenwartskunst, Siegen, Germany |
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2001 |
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Pictures from Dandelion Room, Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, München, Germany |
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2001 |
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En plein terre, Kunstsammlung Basel |
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2001 |
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Ex(o)dus, Haifa Museum of Art, Israel |
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2001 |
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En plein terre, Kunstsammlung Basel |
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2001 |
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Museum of Desires, Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany |
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2000 |
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Milano senza confini, Spazio Oberdan, Milano (cat.) |
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2000 |
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Quotidiana, Castello di Rivoli (cat.) |
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2000 |
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Thomas Struth: My Portrait, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and The National Museum of Modern Art, Kyoto, Japan |
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1999 |
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Galleria Monica De Cardenas, Milano |
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1999 |
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Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, USA |
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1999 |
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Marian Goodman Gallery, Paris, France |
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1998 |
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Biennale of Sidney, Sidney, Australia |
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1998 |
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Still, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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1997 |
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Positionen künsterlicher Photographie in Deutchland nach 1945, Berlinische Galerie im Martin Gropius Bau Berlin, Germany |
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1997 |
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Museum Studies-Eleven Photographer's Views, High Museum of Art Atlanta, GA |
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1997 |
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Thomas Struth: Portraits, Spengel Museum Hannover, Germany |
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1997 |
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Contemporary Photography Absolute Landscape - Between Illusion & Reality, , Museum of Art Yokohama, Japan |
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1996 |
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Nobuyoshi Araki, Larry Clark, Thomas Struth, Christopher Williams, Kunsthalle Basel, Switzerland |
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1995 |
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Streets: Photography 1976 to 1995, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Germany |
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1994 |
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Strangers and Friends, Institute of Contemporary Arts London, England |
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1994 |
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The Epic and the Everyday, The Hayward Gallery London, England |
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1994 |
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Institute of Contemporary Arts Boston, MA |
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1993 |
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Kunsthalle Hamburg, Germany |
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1992 |
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Museum Haus Lange Krefeld, Germany |
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1992 |
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Aus der Distanz, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen Düsseldorf, Germany |
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1992 |
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Hirschhorn Museum at The Smithsonian Institution Washington, DC |
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1992 |
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Documenta IX, Kassel |
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1991 |
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The Carnegie International 1991, Carnegie Museum of Modern Art Pittsburgh, PA |
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1990 |
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Aperto OE 90, Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy |
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1990 |
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The Renaissance Society Chicago, IL |
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1988 |
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Another Objectivity, Institute of Contemporary Arts London, England |
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1987 |
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Skulptur Projekte Münster OE 87, Westfälisches Landesmuseum Münster |
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1987 |
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Unconscious Places, The Fruitmarket Gallery Edinburgh, Scotland |
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1978 |
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Streets of New York City, PS1 New York |
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