Ausstellungen (Auswahl)
2017, Man in the Mirror, Vanhaerents Art Collection, Brüssel; Photography Reinvented: The Collection of Robert E. Meyerhoff and Rheda Becker, National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C.; Thomas Ruff, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa/Japan
2016, Thomas Ruff, The National Museum of Modern Art, Tokio; Pandora’s Box - Another photography by Jan Dibbets, Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris; Object Relations, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; Emanations: The Art of Cameraless Photography, Govett-Brewster Art Gallery, New Plymouth/ Neuseeland
2015, FACES NOW. European Portrait Photography since 1990, Palais des Beaux-Arts, Brüssel; Damage Control: Art and Destruction Since 1950, Universalmuseum Joanneum/Kunsthaus Graz
2014, Thomas Ruff, Kunsthalle Düsseldorf; Thomas Ruff, Lichten, S.M.A.K., Gent; Photograms and Negatives, Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills
2013, Thomas Ruff, photograms and ma.r.s.. David Zwirner, New York
2012, Thomas Ruff, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany; Thomas Ruff, Nudes, Gagosian Gallery, London; Malerei in Fotografie, Städel Museum, Frankfurt
2009, Art of Two Germanys/Cold War Cultures, Los Angeles County Museum of
Art, Los Angeles
2007, Thomas Ruff: Jpegs. Moderna Museet, Stockholm; Sprengel Museum, Hannover; What does the jellyfish want? Museum Ludwig, Köln
2006, Bibliotheca Insomnia – Das Digitale Bauhaus II. Meisterwerke der Medienkunst aus der Sammlung des ZKM Karlsruhe
2005, Venedig Biennale ; Friedrich Christian Flick Collection, Hamburger Bahnhof, Berlin
2003, Thomas Ruff, Busan Metropolitan Art Museum, Busan, South Korea, Tate Liverpool; Kestner Gesellschaft; Hannover; Stranger in the Village, MOMA curates in Guild Hall, East Hampton, New York
2002, Museum Folkwang, Essen; Städt. Galerie im Lenbachhaus, München; Startkapital, K21 Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen, Düsseldorf
2001, Chabot Museum, Rotterdam, Niederlande; Kunsthalle Baden-Baden; Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York; Mies in Berlin, Museum of Modern Art, New York
2000, Picturing Media: Modern Photographs from Permanent Collection, The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York
1999, Das Versprechen der Fotografie, Kestner Gesellschaft Hannover, PS 1 New York: Museum of Contemporary Art Chicago
1995, Thomas Ruff, Andere Porträts und 3D, Deutscher Pavillon, Biennale Venedig; Szenenwechsel VIII, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
1992, Documenta IX, Kassel; Thomas Ruff, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
1991, Thomas Ruff, Portraits, The Museum of Contemporary Photography, Chicago; Metropolis, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin; 7 Women, Andrea Rosen Gallery, New York
1989, Porträts, Häuser, Sterne, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
1988, Schloss Hardenberg; Portikus, Frankfurt