1954 Born in Oldenburg, Germany
Lives and works in Düsseldorf, Germany
Selected Solo Exhibitions
2022
Thomas Schütte, Gallery of Contemporary Art and Architecutre- House of Art Art České Budějovice,Budweis, Czech Republic
Thomas Schütte, Frith Street Gallery, London
Thomas Schütte, Skulpturenhalle, Neuss, Germany
2021
Thomas Schütte, Georg Kolbe Museum, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Schütte, Skulpturenhalle, Neuss, Germany
Thomas Schütte, Peter Freeman, Inc. New York, NY
Thomas Schütte: Old Friends Revisited, Cahiers D’Art, Paris
Thomas Schütte Skizzen zum Projekt Großes Theater, Thomas Schütte Foundation Skulpturenhalle, Neuss, Germany
2020
Thomas Schütte, Kunstforum Baloise Park, Basel, Switzerland
ETWAS FEHLT, Krefeld Pavillon, Krefeld, Germany
Thomas Schütte. Keramik, Hetjens – Deutsches Keramikmuseum, Düsseldorf, Germany
Thomas Schütte: Heads, Skulpturenhalle, Neuss, Germany
2019
Kunsthaus Bregenz, Bregenz, Austria
Thomas Schütte: Trois Actes, Monnaie de Paris, Paris, France
Tucci Russo Chambres d’Art, Turin, Italy
Skulpturenhalle, Neuss, Germany
2018
Thomas Schütte: New Work, Peter Freeman, New York
Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
Skulpturenhalle, Neuss, Germany
2017
Frith Street Gallery, London
Galerie Pietro Spartà, Chagny, France
carlier | gebauer, Berlin, Germany
Skulpturenhalle, Neuss, Germany
2016
Thomas Schütte: Frauen, Skarstedt, New York
Thomas Schütte: United Enemies, Moderna Museet, Stockholm, Sweden
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Düsseldorf, Germany
2015
Bernier / Eliades, Athens, Greece
Peter Freeman, Inc., New York
2014
Galerie Pietro Spartà, Chagny, France
Cahiers d’Art, Paris, France
Kunsthalle Vogelmann, Heilbronn, Germany
2013
Thomas Schütte: Houses, Kunstmuseum Luzern, Luzern Switzerland
Thomas Schütte: Foundation Beyeler, Riehen/Basel, Switzerland
Thomas Schütte – Frauen, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Schone Grusse – Thomas Schütte, me Collectors Room/Stiftung Olbricht. Berlin Germany
Thomas Schütte – Frauen, Sara Hilden Art Museum, Tampere, Finland
2012
Thomas Schütte: New Works, Frith Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Thomas Schütte: Faces and Figures, Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Jarla Partilager, Berlin, Germany
Houses, NMNM, Monaco, Italy
Frauen, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Wattwanderung, K21 Ständehaus, Düsseldorf, Germany
Middelheim Museum Opening, Antwerp, Belgium
Alte Freunde, Carolina Nitsch Project Room, New York
New Work, Peter Freeman Gallery, New York
2010
Thomas Schütte: Hindsight, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain; Kunst- und
Ausstellungshalle der Bundesrepublik Deutschland, Bonn, Germany
Silent Revolution – A new presentation of the permanent collection, K20K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Donald Young Gallery, New York
2009
Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid, Spain
Galerie Pietro Sparta, Chagny, France
Thomas Schütte – Radierungen, Horst-Janssen-Museum Oldenburg, Oldenburg, Germany
2008
Early Work, Kunstmuseum Liechtenstein, Liechtenstein, Germany
2007
Fake/Function: Thomas Schütte Early Work, Henry Moore Institute traveling
to Kunstmuseum Lichtenstein Galerie Nelson, Paris, France
Last Casts, Some Etchings, New Watercolours, Frith Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom
New Sculpture, Galerie Nelson – Freeman, Paris, France
2006
Zeichnungen, Neues Museum, Nurnberg, Germany
Big Bang: Creation and Destruction in 20th Century Art, MART Roverto, Italy
Produzentengalerie Hamburg, Germany
Konrad Fischer Galerie, Dusseldorf, Germany
Krankenhaus, Kabinett fur aktuelle Kunst, Bremerhaven, Germany
Works on Paper, De Pont Museum of Contemporary Art, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
Rings, Faggionato Fine Art, London, United Kingdom
2005
One Man Houses, Marian Goodman, New York
Political Works, Museu de Arte Contemporanea, Serralves, Portugal
Thomas Schütte, Galerie Friedrich, Basel, Switzerland
2004
Galerie Nelson, Paris, France
Carlier/Gebauer, Berlin, Germany
K21, Düsseldorf, Germany
Quengelware II, Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
2003
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Switzerland
Musée de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
2002
Low Tide Wandering, Frith Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom
New Works,Tucci Russo Studio per l’Arte Contemporanea, Torino, Italy
Grosse Geister, Museum Folkwang Essen, Essen, Germany
2001
Thomas Schutte, Sammlung Goetz, Munich, Germany
Galerie Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Frith Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2000
Kabinet Overholland, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
5 Frauen, Schlosspark Wendlinghausen, Gemeinde Doerentrup, Germany
1999
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Bernier/Eliades, Athens, Greece
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Gloria in Memoria, DIA Center for the Arts II, New York
In Media Res, DIA Center for the Arts III, New York
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Wako Works of Art, Tokyo, Japan
1998
Whitechapel Art Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Fundacao Serralves, Oporto, Portugal
De Pont Foundation, Tilburg, The Netherlands
Scenewright, DIA Center for the Arts I, New York
1997
Marian Goodman, New York
Neue Arbeiten, Bei Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
1996
Marian Goodman, New York
Gebauer und Günther, Berlin, Germany
Fucking Flowers, Galerie Nelson, Paris, France
Skizzen und Geschichten 1990–1995, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren, Germany
1995
Jean Bernier Gallery, Athens, Greece
Lisson Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Tucci Russo, Turin Museum of Modern Art, Copenhagen, Denmark
Die Fremden, Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Lübeck, Germany
Neue Plastiken und Aquarelle, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Oldenburg, Germany
Skizzenblöcke 1990–1995, Kunstraum München e.V., Munich, Germany
1994
Philip Nelson, Lyon, Paris, France
Kunsthalle, Hamburg Württembergischer Kunstverein, Stuttgart, Germany
Musée d’Art contemporain, Nimes, France
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
1993
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Marian Goodman, New York
1992
Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Requiem, Jean Bernier, Athens, Greece
Tucci Russo, Turin Frederica Inghilleri, Milan, Italy
Vereeniging voor het Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Gent, Belgium
Tomatensalat, Raum für Kunst, Hamburg, Germany
1991
Philip Nelson, Lyon, Paris, France
Kunstverein, Kassel, Germany
1990
Marian Goodman, New York
Kunsthalle, Bern, Switzerland
ARC, Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, France
Stedelijk Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
1989
Marian Goodman, New York
Pietro Sparta, Chagney Musée de Calmecy, Calmecy, France
Big Buildings, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
1988
Philip Nelson, Lyon, Paris, France
Tucci Russo, Turin, Italy, Italy
Christian Stein, Milan
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
1987
Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Jean Bernier, Athens, Greece
Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Belgium
Lichthof im Westfälischen Landesmuseum, Münster, Germany
Museum Overholland, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1986
Rudiger Schöttle, Munich, Germany
Philip Nelson, Lyon, France
Paris Crousel-Hussenot, Paris, France
Tucci Russo, Turin, Italy
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
1985
Konrad Fischer, Düsseldorf, Germany
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Hamburg
Philip Nelson, Lyon, Paris, France
Micheline Szwajcer, Antwerp, Germany
1984
Produzentengalerie, Hamburg, Germany
Philip Nelson, Lyon, Paris, France
Johnen & Schöttle, Cologne, Germany
Jean Bernier, Athens, Greece
Selected Group Exhibitions
2020
Wände I Walls, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Stuttgart, Germany
Au rendez-vous des amis. Klassische Moderne im Dialog mit Gegenwartskunst aus der Sammlung Goetz, Pinakothek der Moderne, Munich, Germany
2019
A Cool Breeze, Galerie Rudolfinum, Prague, Czech Republic
2018
Nashashibi/Skaer: Thinking Through Other Artists, Tate St. Ives, Saint Ives, United Kingdom
Debout! The Exhibition of the Pinault Collection in Rennes, Couvent des Jacobins & Musée des Beaux-Arts, Rennes, France
L’Almanach 2018, Le Consortium, Dijon, France
2017
Skulptur Projeckte Münster 2017, Münster, Germany
2016
Portraits, Skarstedt, New York
Winter Group Show, Skarstedt, London, United Kingdom
Sculpture, Skarstedt, Chelsea, New York
Wolke & Kristall. Die Sammlung Dorothee und Konrad Fischer, K20, Düsseldorf, Germany
Geliebte Feinde – Symbolismus heute, Clemens Sels Museum Neuss, Neuss, Germany
2015
A Few Free Years, Hamburger Bahnof, Berlin, Germany
Model, Galerie Rudolfinium, Prague, Czech Republic
Plasters: Casts and Copies, The Hepworth Wakefield, Wakefield, United Kingdom
(im)possible! Artists and Architects, Marta Herford, Herford, Germany
Low Tide Wandering, The Whitworth, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom
Faces Between Figures, Portraits and Masks, Neues Museum, State Museum of Art and Design in Nuremberg, Germany
Ceramix, Bonnefanten Museum, Maastricht, The Netherlands
Meeting Architecture Part II, British School at Rome, Rome, Italy
ARTZUID 2015, Stichtung Art Zuid, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Ruhe vor dem Sturm, Postmoderne Kunst aus dem Rheinland, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
2014
Cast From Life, Skarstedt, New York
The Human Factor, Hayward Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Body & Void: Echoes of Moore in Contemporary Art, The Henry Moore Foundation, Perry Green, United Kingdom
Bad Thoughts, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
To Have and to Hold, The Rubell Family Collection, Miami, Florida
2013
From Figuration, Skarstedt, London, United Kingdom
2011
Heinz und Marianne Ebers-Stiftung-Eine Sammlung von Format, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
Architektonika, Nationalgalerie im Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin, Germany
Mit Feuer und Flamme-Keramik in der Gegenwartskunst, Museum Villa Rot, Burgrieden-Rot, Germany; Große Geister, Kunstplatz Graben-Kunst Im Öffentlichen Raum Wien, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
In Praise of Doubt, Punta della Dogana – Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice, Italy
“KölnSkultur #6, Skulpturenpark Köln, Cologne, Germany
The World Belongs to You, Palazzo Grassi – Francois Pinault Foundation, Venice, Italy
Ostalgia, New Museum, New York
2010
The West Ablaze, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Collection / Porto : Museu Serralves, Domaine de Kerguéhennec – Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bignan, France
2009
Listen Darling…The World is Yours, Ellipse Foundation, Cascais, Portugal
Interieur/Exterieur. Wohnen in der Kunst, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
The Puppet Show, Contemporary Arts Museum, Houston, Texas; The Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington
Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures, Los Angeles County Museum of Art
(LACMA), Los Angeles, California
2008
Life on Mars: The 55th Carnegie International, Carnegie Museum of Art,
Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania
After Nature, New Museum, New York
2007
Skulptur Projekte, Munster, Germany
2006
The 80’s: A Topology of Sense, Museu Serralves, Porto, Portugal
2005
Yes, Yes, Yes, Yes, Museum Morsbroich, Leverkusen, Germany
2003
A Sculpture Show, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York
Grotesque! Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
2002
Startkapital (from the Ackermans Collection), K21 Kkunstsammlung
Nordrhein-Westfalen, Dusseldorf, Germany
Royal Academy Galleries Show, London, United Kingdom
2001
Dialogue Ininterrompu, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Nantes, Nantes, France
Many Colored Objects Placed Side by Side to Form a Row of Many Colored
Objects: Works from the Collection of Annick and Anton Herbert, Casino
Luxembourg-Forum d’art contemporain, Luxembourg
2000
Haus am Waldsee, Berlin, Germany
Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, Germany
Deichtorhallen, Hamburg, Germany
1999
Dream City, Kunstverein München, Munich, Germany
Zeitwenden, Kunstmuseum Bonn, Bonn, Germany
am horizont, Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
1998
Breaking Ground, Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
Jardin d’artiste: de mémoire d’arbre, Musée Zadkine, Paris, France
Kunsthalle Kiel, Kiel, Germany
1997
Zuspiel. Thomas Schütte, Henrik Wolff, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und
Westfalen, Düsseldorf, Germany
Skulptur. Projekte in Münster ’97, Münster, Germany
Documenta 10, Kassel, Germany
Veronica’s Revenge (Oeuvres photographiques de la Lambert Art Collection), Centre d’Art Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
1996
Quo Vadis, Museum Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Distemper, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.
Dialogues/Diyaloglar, Atatürk Cultural Centre, Istanbul, Turkey; Kunstpalast
Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
1995
Artisti Tedeschi – Castello di Rivara Collection No. 11, Casetllo di Rivara, Turin, Italy
Le domaine du diaphane, Le Domaine de Kerguehennec, Centre d’Art Contemporain, Bignan, France
France Architecture(s), CAPC Musée d’art contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Artistes/Architects, Nouveau Musée/Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
Everything that’s interesting is new, Deste Foundation, Athens, Greece
Le Nouveau Musée/Institut d’Art Contemporain, Villeurbanne, France
Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
American Center, Paris, France
Israel Museum, Jerusalem, Israel
The National Gallery of Osaka, Japan; National Gallery, Bangkok, Thailand
1994
Marlene Dumas, Juan Munoz, Thomas Schütte, Frith Street Gallery, London, United Kingdom
1993
Nieuwe Beelden, Middelheim Park, Antwerp, Belgium
Viaggo verso Citera, Casino Municipale, Venice, Italy
The Sublime Void. On The Memory of the Imagination, Koninklijk Museum voor Schone Kunsten, Antwerp, Belgium
1992
Tisina Silence, Moderna Galerija, Ljubljana, Slovenia
Documenta IX, Friedrichsplatz, Kassel, Germany
El Mundo Imaginado, Casa del Monte, Madrid, Spain
1991
Espacio Mental, IVAM Centre del Carme, Valencia, Spain
In anderen Räumen, Museum Haus Lange and Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
Inscapes, Stichting/Foundation De Appel, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
1990
Possible Worlds, ICA and Serpentine Gallery, London, United Kingdom
Weitersehen 1980-1990, Museum Haus Lange and Musem Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
Le Diaphane, Musée des Beaux Arts, Tourcoing, France
1989
Grosse Oper, Kunstverein Bonn, Bonn, Germany
Bühnenstücke, Kunstverein, Munich, Germany
Periodi di Marmo, Palazzo di Città, Acireale, Italy
Skulpturen für Krefeld, Museum Haus Esters, Krefeld, Germany
Zeitzeichen, Museum für Bildende Künste, Leipzig, Germany
Blickpunkte, Musée d’Art Contemporain, Montreal, Quebec
Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
1988
Marian Goodman Gallery, New York, New York
Schlaf der Vernunft, Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Europe Now, Museo d’Arte Contemporain, Prato, Italy
L’inventaire, Manufrance, St-Etienne, France
4×8, Kunstraum, Neuss, Germany
Vision sur l’Art Contemporain, U.C.L., Louvain, Belgium
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Baden-Baden, Germany
1987
Hacen Lo que Quieren, Museo de Arte Contemporaneo, Seville, Spain
TEKENEN ’87, Kunststichting, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
METROPOLIS, Spedale degli Innocenti, Florence, Italy
Im Auftrag, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Bildhauerzeichnungen, Kunstverein, Graz, Austria
Das andere Medium, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
Musée St. Pierre, Kunstverein, Frankfurt, Germany
Juxtapositions, MoMA PS1, Long Island City, New York
L’Epoque, la mode, la morale, la passion, Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris,
France
Documenta 8, Kassel, Germany
Skulptur. Projekte in Münster, Münster, Germany
Raumbilder, Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid, Spain
1986
7 Skulpturen, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
Origins and Beyond, Sixth Biennial, Sydney, Australia
Kleinplastik, Triennale, Fellbach, Germany
Correspondentie Europa, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Aus den Anfängen, Kunstfonds/Kunstraum, Bonn, Germany
Sonsbeek 86, Arnhem, The Netherlands
IL CANGIANTE, Padiglione d’Arte Contemporain, Milan, Italy
Wechselströme, Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Jenisch Park, Hamburg, Germany
1985
The European Iceberg, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto, Ontario
Nouvelle Biennale de Paris, Paris, France
30 Jahre durch die Kunst, Museum Haus Lange, Krefeld, Germany
Doch Doch, Arenberg Institut, Louvain, Belgium
Eeu keuze, Kunst RAI, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
Grand Halle de la Vilette, Paris, France
Rheingold, Palazzo della Societa Promotrice delle Bella Arti, Turin, Italy
Kunst nach 1945, Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Siméon et les flamants roses, Centre Culturel, Albi, France
Dispositif-Sculpture, ARC/Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris, Paris, France
Sculpture from Germany (organized by Independent Curators Inc.), San Francisco Museum of Modern Art, San Francisco, California; Sarah Campbell
Blaffer Gallery, University of Houston, Houston, Texas; The Winnipeg Art
Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba; Art Gallery of Hamilton, Hamilton, Ontario; Archer M. Huntington Gallery, University of Texas, Austin, Texas; Queens Museum, Queens, New York
1984
Der Versiegelte Brunnen, Rotterdamse Kunststichting, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
IDEA, Stuttgart, Germany
Im Mittelpunkt: Kunst, Halle Münsterland, Münster, Germany
Ouverture, Castello di Rivoli, Turin, Italy
Octobre des Arts, Musée St.- Pierre, Lyons, France
Kunstsichtung, Rotterdam, The Netherlands
Kunstlandschaft Bundesprepublik, ARGE Deutscher Kunstverein Freiburg, Freiburg, Germany
Gewad, Ghent, Belgium
c/o Haus Ester, Museum Haus Ester, Krefeld, Germany
Von Hier Aus, Zwei Monate Neue Deutsche Kunst in Düsseldorf, Messegelände Halle 13, Düsseldorf, Germany
1983
Thomas Schütte and Gerhard Merz, Konrad Fischer, Zurich, Switzerland
Standort Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
any; Städtische Gallerie, Regensburg, Germany
Für Solidarnošc, Kunstpalast Ehrenhof, Düsseldorf, Germany
Konstruierte Orte, Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Switzerland
Rekonstruktion, Städtische Gallerie, Regensburg, Germany
Kunst mit Photographie, Sammlung Kraus, Cologne, Germany
1982
(0211), Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany
A Pierre et Marie, Eglise Rue d’Ulm, Paris, France
Ausstellung B, Lothringer Strasse, Munich, Germany
Halle 6, Kampnagel-Fabrik, Hamburg, Germany
1981
Art Allemagne Aujourd’hui, ARC/Musée d’Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris,
Paris, France
Westkunst-Heute, Cologne, Germany
1980
Jürgen Ponto Stiftung, Karmerliterkloster, Frankfurt, Germany
1979
Schlaglichter, Rheinisches Landesmuseum, Bonn, Germany
Perspektiven, Kunstverein für die Rheinlande und Westfalen, Düsseldorf,
Germany
Works in Public Collections (Selection)
ARC Musèe d’Art Moderne, Paris, France
ARCO Foundation Collection, Madrid, Spain
Bundeskunstsammlung, Berlin, Germany
Castello di Rivoli, Torino, Italy
Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris, France
De Pont Foundation for Contemporary Art, Tilburg, The Netherlands
DIA Center for the Arts, New York
Friedrich Christian Flicl Collection, Berlin, Germany
Hamburger Kunsthalle, Hamburg, Germany
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Gardens, Washington, D.C.
K21 Kunstsammlung Im Standehaus, Dusseldorf, Germany
Kaiser Wilhelm Museum, Krefeld, Germany
Kunsthalle Bern, Bern, Germany
Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Winterthur, Switzerland
Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
MAXXI, Rome, Italy
Musèe de Grenoble, Grenoble, France
Musèe de Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France
Museo Cantonale d’Arte, Lugano, Switzerland
Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
Neues Museum Weimar, Weimar, Germany
Niedersachsische Sparkassenstiftung, Hannover, Germany
Sammlung A +A.Herbert, Ghent, Belgium
Staatliche Kunsthalle, Bielefeld, Germany
Stedelijk van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, The Netherlands
Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, Minnesota
Ydessa Hendeles, Toronto, Canada