Thomas Demand (Munich, Germany, 1964)
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Lives and works between Berlin and Los Angeles. Between 1987 and 1992, he attended both the Academy of Fine Arts Munich and the Düsseldorf Art Academy; in 1994, he earned a Master of Fine Arts degree from Goldsmiths College, London. He initially devoted himself to sculpture, using photography to document his reconstructions in paper and cardboard. In 1990, the photograph became the work of art. His interest in architecture and models led him to undertake various collaborations with the architectural firms Caruso St. John, David Chipperfield, Rem Koolhaas and SANAA.

Demand has exhibited at major museums and galleries around the world. His solo exhibitions include shows at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (2016), DHC Art Center, Montreal (2013), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2012), Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (2012), Kaldor Public Arts Project #25, Sydney (2012), Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2010), Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2009), MUMOK, Vienna (2009), Fondazione Prada, Venice (2007), Serpentine Gallery, London (2006), Museum of Modern Art, New York (2005), Kunsthaus Bregenz (2004), and a survey at the Fondation Cartier in Paris (2001). He represented Germany at the 26th São Paulo Biennial (2004). His most recent project was the acclaimed exhibition “The Boat is Leaking. The Captain Lied”, with Alexander Kluge and Anna Viebrock at Fondazione Prada in Venice. His work was also included in 4 editions of the Venice Architecture Biennale and was recently presented at the 2nd Chicago Architecture Biennial. He has also curated several exhibitions, including “L'image Volée” at Fondazione Prada, Milan (2016); “Model Studies” at the Graham Foundation, Chicago (2013); “La carte d'après nature” at the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (2010) and a contribution to the 13th Venice Architecture Biennale, Common Ground (2012). His work is held in numerous museums and collections, including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, the Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Los Angeles County Museum of Art (LACMA), Los Angeles, the Centre Pompidou in Paris and Tate Modern in London. Lives and works in Berlin and Los Angeles.

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