thomas ruff
Thomas Ruff (born 1958 in Zell am Harmersbach) studied from 1977-1985 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Bernd and Hilla Becher. From 2000-2006 he headed the photography class there as a professor.
He gained his first international attention with his first major solo exhibition, which took place in 1989/1990 at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Magasin in Grenoble and the Kunsthalle Zurich. In 1992 he participated in Documenta IX and exhibited in the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1995. Since the late 1980s, he has exhibited worldwide in countless solo and group shows.
The first retrospective solo exhibition took place in 2001 at the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and traveled to many European venues until 2004. Other important solo exhibitions followed at Haus der Kunst, Munich (2012), National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art (2016), Whitechapel Gallery in London (2017), K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf (2020) and most recently at Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Ètienne Métropole (2022). Thomas Ruff lives and works in Düsseldorf.
thomas ruff
Thomas Ruff (born 1958 in Zell am Harmersbach) studied from 1977-1985 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Bernd and Hilla Becher. From 2000-2006 he headed the photography class there as a professor.
He gained his first international attention with his first major solo exhibition, which took place in 1989/1990 at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Magasin in Grenoble and the Kunsthalle Zurich. In 1992 he participated in Documenta IX and exhibited in the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1995. Since the late 1980s, he has exhibited worldwide in countless solo and group shows.
The first retrospective solo exhibition took place in 2001 at the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and traveled to many European venues until 2004. Other important solo exhibitions followed at Haus der Kunst, Munich (2012), National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art (2016), Whitechapel Gallery in London (2017), K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf (2020) and most recently at Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Ètienne Métropole (2022). Thomas Ruff lives and works in Düsseldorf.
Thomas Ruff
Thomas Ruff (born 1958 in Zell am Harmersbach) studied from 1977-1985 at the Düsseldorf Art Academy under Bernd and Hilla Becher. From 2000-2006 he headed the photography class there as a professor.
He gained his first international attention with his first major solo exhibition, which took place in 1989/1990 at the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, the Magasin in Grenoble and the Kunsthalle Zurich. In 1992 he participated in Documenta IX and exhibited in the German Pavilion at the Venice Biennale in 1995. Since the late 1980s, he has exhibited worldwide in countless solo and group shows.
The first retrospective solo exhibition took place in 2001 at the Kunsthalle Baden-Baden and traveled to many European venues until 2004. Other important solo exhibitions followed at Haus der Kunst, Munich (2012), National Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo and 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art (2016), Whitechapel Gallery in London (2017), K20, Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen in Düsseldorf (2020) and most recently at Musée d’art moderne et contemporain de Saint-Ètienne Métropole (2022). Thomas Ruff lives and works in Düsseldorf.
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