family snapshots during the mid-1980s, producing a ser-
ies of black-and-white and color portraits of families and
individuals. Developed an interest in Renaissance paint-
ing, which resulted in theMuseum Photographs, begin-
ning in 1988. Began association with Galerie Max
Hetzler, Cologne, 1987; Marian Goodman Gallery,
New York, 1990. Appointed professor of photography
at the Staatliche Hochschule fu ̈r Gestaltung, Karlsruhe,
Germany, 1990. Awarded the ‘‘Spectrum’’ International
Prize for Photography, Stiftung Niedersachsen, Ger-
many in 1977. Living in Du ̈sseldorf, Germany.Individual Exhibitions
1978 Thomas Struth: Streets of New York City; P.S. 1/
Institute for Art and Urban Resources; Long Island
City, New York
1987–1988Thomas Struth: Unbewusste Orte/Unconscious
Places; Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland; and traveled
to Fruit Market Gallery, Edinburgh United Kingdom;
Westfa ̈lien Landesmuseum, Mu ̈nster, Germany; and
Portikus, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1984 Thomas Struth Photographs; The Renaissance Society
at The University of Chicago;Chicago, Illinois
1992 Thomas Struth; Museum Haus Lange; Krefeld, Ger-
many
1993 Thomas Struth: Museum Photographs; Hamburger
Kunsthalle; Hamburg, Germany
1994–1995Thomas Struth: Strangers and Friends; The Insti-
tute of Contemporary Art, Boston, Massachusetts and
traveled to Institute of Contemporary Arts, London,
England; Art Gallery of Ontario, Canada
1995 Thomas Struth Streets: Photography 1976 to 1995;
Kunstmuseum; Bonn, Germany
1997 Thomas Struth: Portraits; Spengel Museum; Hann-
over, Germany
1998–1999Thomas Struth STILL; an exhibition co-pro-
duced by Carre ́ d’art a Nimes, France; Stedelijk
Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands; and Centre
Nationale de la Photographie, Paris, France
2000–2001Thomas Struth: My Portrait; National Museum
of Modern Art; Tokyo, Japan and traveled to National
Museum of Art; Kyoto, Japan
2001 Thomas Struth, Bilder aus dem Lo ̈wenzahnzimmer;
Schirmer/Mosel Showroom; Munich, Germany
2002 Thomas Struth; Dallas Museum of Art, Dallas, Texas
and traveled to Museum of Contemporary Art, Los
Angeles, California; the Metropolitan Museum of Art,
New York; and the Museum of Contemporary Art,
Chicago, Illinois.
Group Exhibitions
1987 Sculptur Projekte Mu ̈nster ’87; Westfa ̈lisches Land-
esmuseum; Mu ̈nster, Germany
1988–1989Un’altra obiettivita`/Another Objectivity; Centre
Nationale Des Arts Plastiques; Paris, France; Centro per
l’arte Contemporaneo Luigi Pecci; Prato, Italy; Institute
of Contemporary Art, London, England
1990 Aperto ‘99; Biennale di Venezia; Venice, Italy
1990 Spiel der Spur; Shedhalle; Zu ̈rich, Switzerland
1991 Aus der Distanz: Photographien von Bernd und Hilla
Becher, Andreas Gursky, Candida Ho ̈fer, Axel Hu ̈tte,
Thomas Ruff, Thomas Struth, Petra Wunderlich; Kunst-
sammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen; Du ̈sseldorf, Germany
1990 Carnegie International; Carnegie Museum of Art;
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
1992 Photography in Contemporary German Art: 1960 to the
Present; Walker Art Center; Minneapolis, Minnesota
and traveling
1992 Documenta IX; Kassel, Germany
1994 The Epic in the Everyday; The Hayward Gallery; Lon-
don, England
1996 Albert Renger Patzsch—Thomas Struth Fotografien
von Mu ̈nster; Stadtmuseum; Mu ̈nster, Germany
1996 Nobuyoshi Araki, Larry Clark, Thomas Struth, Chris-
topher Williams; Kunsthalle Basel; Switzerland
1997 Contemporary Photography Absolute Landscape—
Between Illusion and Reality; Yokohama Museum of
Art; Japan
1997 Positionen Ku ̈nstlerischer Photographie in Deutschland
nach 1945; Berlinische Galerie im Martin Gropius Bau;
Berlin, Germany
1997 Museum Studies—Eleven Photographers’ Views; High
Museum of Art; Atlanta, Georgia
1998 Biennale of Sidney; Sidney, Australia
1999 The Museum as Muse: Artists Reflect; The Museum of
Modern Art; New York, New York
1999 Reconstructing Space: Architecture in Recent German
Photography; Architectural Association; London, En-
gland.
1999 Seeing Time: Selections from the Pamela and Richard
Kramlich Collection of Media Art; San Francisco
Museum of Modern Art; San Francisco, California
2000 Open Ends: Architecure Hot and Cold; The Museum of
Modern Art; New York, New York
20005 thLyon Biennale; Lyon, France
2000 Age of Influence: Reflections in the Mirror of American
Culture; Museum of Contemporary Art; Chicago, Illi-
nois
2000 The Continuity of the Everyday in 20th-Century Art;
Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea; Turin,
ItalyThomas Struth, Shinju-Ku (The Skyscrapers), Tokyo, 1986,
Gelatin silver print, 16^5 = 8 2300 , Anonymous Purchase
Fund.
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