Thomas Hirschhorn

♂ *1957 / Switzerland

Works

Solo exhibitions

LAST CHANCE

What can we learn from History of Art, for today’s understanding?

Galerie Chantal Crousel, Paris (FR)
23 Nov 2024 – 18 Jan 2025
M.E.S.S.S.Y.

Dvir Brussels, Brussels (BE)
8 Apr 2023 – 1 Jul 2023
DE-PIXELATION

Gladstone Gallery, New York (US)
28 Oct 2017 – 22 Dec 2017
THOMAS HIRSCHHORN

Fotogalleriet, Oslo (NO)
1 Sep 2017 – 22 Oct 2017
Pixel-Collage

Fotogalleriet, Oslo (NO)
1 Sep 2017 – 22 Oct 2017
Behind Facelessness

Alfonso Artiaco, Napoli (IT)
8 Apr 2017 – 22 May 2017
Pixel-Collage

Kunsthal Aarhus, Aarhus (DK)
20 Jan 2017 – 19 Mar 2017
It's Burning Everywhere

Dundee Contemporary Arts, Dundee (GB)
19 Sep 2009 – 29 Nov 2009
Ur-Collage

Galerie Susanna Kulli, Sankt Gallen (CH)
5 Dec 2008 – 19 Jan 2009
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Serralves Museum, Porto (PT)
4 Nov 2005 – 5 Mar 2006
Utopia = One World, One War, One Army, One Dress

ICA Institute Contemp Art, Boston (US)
22 Sep 2005 – 31 Dec 2005
Swiss-Swiss Democracy

Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris (FR)
4 Dec 2004 – 30 Jan 2005
24h Foucault

Palais de Tokyo, Paris (FR)
2 Oct 2004 – 3 Oct 2004

Group

BETWEEN THE EYES THE DESIRE

OLIVA ARAUNA COLLECTION

Centro de Arte Alcobendas, Alcobendas (ES)
1 Feb 2024 – 5 May 2024

with Antoni Abad, Ibon Aranberri, Per Barclay, Matthew Barney, Burt Barr, Gabriele Basilico, Botto & Bruno, Jota Castro, Tacita Dean, Willie Doherty, Ana Gallardo, Alfredo Jaar …
The last Image

Photography and Death

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
8 Dec 2018 – 9 Mar 2019

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Christian Boltanski, Larry Clark, Tacita Dean, Thomas Demand, Hans-Peter Feldmann, Jochen Gerz, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, Peter Hendricks, Damien Hirst, Peter Hujar …
The Liar's Cloth

GRIMM, Amsterdam (NL)
22 Feb 2018 – 7 Apr 2018

with Gwenneth Boelens, Dirk Braeckman, Liz Magic Laser, Ana Torfs, Jeff Wall
Affect Me

Social Media Images in Art

Kai 10, Düsseldorf (DE)
11 Nov 2017 – 10 Mar 2018

with Lara Baladi, Irene Chabr, Forensic Architecture, Lynn Hershman, Randa Maroufi, Rabih Mroue, Thomas Ruff, D. H. Saur
The Noise of Time

Dvir Gallery, Tel Aviv (IL)
16 Dec 2017 – 27 Jan 2018

with Adel Abdessemed, Latifa Echakhch, Dor Guez, Roni Horn, Pavel Wolberg
Eternal Youth

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
11 Mar 2017 – 23 Jul 2017

with Dawoud Bey, Larry Clark, Tim Gardner, Mona Hatoum, Harmony Korine, Jack Pierson, Melanie Schiff, Wolfgang Tillmans, Francesca Woodman
The Venice Biennale - 56th International Art Exhibition

All the World's Futures

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
9 May 2015 – 22 Nov 2015

with Jumana Emil Abboud, Adel Abdessemed, Mathieu Kleyebe Abonnenc, Abounaddara, Boris Achour, Chantal Akerman, John Akomfrah, Kutluğ Ataman, Maja Bajevic, Ernesto Ballesteros, Sammy Baloji, Rosa Barba …
[7P] - [7] Orte [7] Prekäre Felder: Gewalt und Zerstörung

6. Fotofestival Mannheim_Ludwigshafen_Heidelberg

Kunstverein Ludwigshafen, Ludwigshafen (DE)
18 Sep 2015 – 15 Nov 2015

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Edmund Clark, Keren Cytter, Boris Mikhailov, Suzanne Opton, Julika Rudelius, Jules Spinatsch, Juergen Teller
[7P] - [7] Places [7] Precarious Fields

6th Fotofestival Mannheim-Ludwigshafen-Heidelberg

Biennale aktuelle Fotografie, Mannheim (DE)
18 Sep 2015 – 15 Nov 2015

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Ilit Azoulay, Gaëlle Boucand, Edmund Clark, Sylvain Couzinet-Jacques, Melanie Gilligan, Mishka Henner, Trevor Paglen, Rico Scagliola &Michael Meier, Maya Rochat, Dayanita Singh, Jules Spinatsch …
Et In Libertalia Ego

a project by Mathieu Briand

La Maison Rouge, Paris (FR)
19 Feb 2015 – 10 May 2015

with Francis Alys, Pierre Huyghe, Koo Jeong-A, Gabriel Kuri, Gilles Mahé, Mike Nelson
LA BIENNALE DE MONTRÉAL

L'avenir (looking forward)

Musée d'art contemporain, Montréal (CA)
22 Oct 2014 – 4 Jan 2015

with Abbas Akhavan, Edgar Arceneaux, Nicolas Baier, Taysir Batniji, Amanda Beech, Ursula Biemann, Raymond Boisjoly, Andrea Bowers, Matthew Buckingham, Simon Denny, Charles Gaines, Ryan Gander …
Manifesto!

An Alternative History of Photography

Fotomuseum Winterthur, Winterthur (CH)
13 Sep 2014 – 23 Nov 2014

with Shahidul Alam, Nobuyoshi Araki, Keith Arnatt, Mel Bochner, Victor Burgin, Henri Cartier-Bresson, Louis Jacques Mandé Daguerre, Louis Darget, Peter Henry Emerson, William Henry Fox Talbot, Francis Frith, Luigi Ghirri …
A Different Kind of Order: The ICP Triennial

ICP Center of Photography, New York (US)
17 May 2013 – 22 Sep 2013

with Roy Arden, Huma Bhabha, Nayland Blake, A.K. Burns, Aleksandra Domanovic, Nir Evron, Sam Falls, Lucas Foglia, Jim Goldberg, Mishka Henner, Elliot Hundley, Oliver Laric …
Modernity? Perspectives from France and Turkey

Museum of Modern Art, Istanbul (TR)
16 Jan 2013 – 16 May 2013

with Nevin Aladag, Fikret Atay, Kader Attia, Ayse Erkmen, Cyprien Gaillard, Pierre Huyghe, Chris Marker, Hale Tenger, Nasan Tur
unheimlich vertraut

Bilder vom Terror

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
10 Sep 2011 – 4 Dec 2011

with Sarah Charlesworth, Natalie Czech, Raymond Depardon, Christoph Draeger, G.R.A.M., Johan Grimonprez, Thomas Hoepker, Michal Kosakowski, Coco Kühn, Fiorenza Menini, Simon Menner, Helmut Newton …
Every Day ...another artist/work/show

Salzburger Kunstverein, Salzburg (AT)
21 Sep 2006 – 26 Nov 2006

with Marina Abramovic, Uli Aigner, Pavel Braila, Josef Dabernig, Harun Farocki, Andrea Fraser, Ilse Haider, Daniel Herskowitz, Heidrun Holzfeind, Nabila Irshaid, Anna Jermolaewa, Amar Kanwar …
The Grand Promenade

The Grand Promenade, Athína (GR)
17 Jul 2006 – 29 Sep 2006

with Pawel Althamer, Ghada Amer, Janine Antoni, Kutluğ Ataman, Per Barclay, Michael Blum, Christian Boltanski, Fouad Elkoury, Gary Hill, Ilya & Emilia Kabakov, Guelsuen Karamustafa, Wolfgang Laib …
Video-Rassegna

Centre Culturel Français, Torino (IT)
14 Dec 2005 – 18 Dec 2005

with Sergio Ragalzi
Universal Experience: Art, Life and the Tourist's Eye

curated by Francesco Bonami

Hayward Gallery, London (GB)
6 Oct 2005 – 11 Dec 2005

with Doug Aitken, Darren Almond, Olivo Barbieri, Chris Burden, Maurizio Cattelan, Fischli & Weiss, Gabriel Orozco, Robert Smithson, Thomas Struth, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Zhan Wang, Andy Warhol
Material Time/Work Time/Life Time

Reykjavik Presents Its First Festival Dedicated to Contemporary Visual Arts

Reykjavik Arts Festival, Reykjavik (IS)
14 May 2005 – 15 Jun 2005

with Matthew Barney, John Bock, Jeremy Deller, Olafur Eliasson, Fischli & Weiss, Hreinn Fridfinnsson, Gabríela Fridriksdóttir, Dan Graham, Stefan Höller, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla, Jonathan Meese, Anri Sala …
Universal Experience: Art, Life, and the Tourist's Eye

curated by Francesco Bonami

MCA Museum Contemp Art, Chicago (US)
12 Feb 2005 – 5 Jun 2005

with Vito Acconci, Doug Aitken, Darren Almond, Andrea Robbins & Max Becher, Olivo Barbieri, Matthew Buckingham, Chris Burden, Fischli & Weiss, Matthias Mueller, Gabriel Orozco, Martin Parr, Simon Starling …
Swiss Video

BUNKIER SZTUKI, Kraków (PL)
23 Apr 2005 – 22 May 2005

with Emmanuelle Antille, Olaf Breuning, Christoph Draeger, Fischli & Weiss, Sylvie Fleury, Urs Luethi, Christian Marclay, Gianni Motti, Shahryar Nashat, Daniel Pflumm, Marco Poloni, Pipilotti Rist …
Monuments for the USA

Wattis Institute for Contemporary Art, San Francisco (US)
7 Apr 2005 – 21 May 2005

with Edgar Arceneaux, Michel Blazy, Monica Bonvicini, Andrea Bowers, Adam Chodzko, Martin Creed, Jeremy Deller, Sam Durant, Shannon Ebner, Susan Hiller, ZHANG Huan, Jennifer Allora & Guillermo Calzadilla …
Dionysiac

Centre Pompidou, Paris (FR)
16 Feb 2005 – 9 May 2005

with John Bock, Gelitin, Fabrice Hyber, Martin Kersels, Jonathan Meese, Keith Tyson
Ten Year Anniversary Exhibition

Stephen Friedman Gallery, London (GB)
29 Mar 2005 – 23 Apr 2005

with Tom Friedman, Dryden Goodwin, Donald Moffett, Catherine Opie
Central Station

The Harald Falckenberg Collection

La Maison Rouge, Paris (FR)
22 Oct 2004 – 23 Jan 2005

with Jonathan Meese, Anna Oppermann, Nam June Paik, Martin Parr, Wolfgang Tillmans, Peter Welz
33e Festival d'Automne à Paris

Festival d'Autonme à Paris, Paris (FR)
13 Sep 2004 – 19 Dec 2004

with Darren Almond, Nan Goldin, Douglas Gordon, Herve Guibert
Uses of the Image: Photography, Film and Video in The Jumex Collection

Malba Museum, Buenos Aires (AR)
29 Sep 2004 – 22 Nov 2004

with Francis Alys, Xinema Cuevas, Thomas Demand, Rineke Dijkstra, Olafur Eliasson, Tom Friedman, Rodney Graham, Dan Graham, Andreas Gursky, Mike Kelley, Louise Lawler, Sharon Lockhart …
Swiss Video Lobby

Curator: Simon Lamuniere

Contemporary Art Centre (CAC) , Vilnius (LT)
7 May 2004 – 13 Jun 2004

with Peter Aerschmann, Stefan Altenburger, Emmanuelle Antille, Balkan TV, Stefan Banz, Ursula Biemann, Olaf Breuning, collectif_fact, Com & Com, Decosterd & Rahm, Mark Divo, Christoph Draeger …
50th International Venice Biennale

The Venice Biennale, Venezia (IT)
15 Jun 2003 – 2 Nov 2003

with Adel Abdessemed, Carlos Amorales, Emmanuelle Antille, Kader Attia, Maja Bajevic, John Baldessari, Matthew Barney, Zarina Bhimji, Dara Birnbaum, Sergey Bratkov, Jean-Marc Bustamante, Boris Cvjetanovic …

Events

Copenhagen Photo Festival 2025

Copenhagen Photo Festival, Copenhagen (DK)
12 Jun 2025 – 22 Jun 2025

with Per Morten Abrahamsen, Vito Acconci, Pia Arke, Kader Attia, Jacob Aue Sobol, Richard Avedon, Jette Bang, Salih Basheer, Trisha Brown, Guenter Brus, Daniel Buren, Arvida Bystroem …
PHOTO 2020

a major new international festival of photography

PHOTO Melbourne, Melbourne (AU)
23 Apr 2020 – 10 May 2020

with Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Hoda Afshar, Brook Andrew, Emmanuelle Andrianjafy, Mathieu Asselin, Atong Atem, Ophelia Bakowski, Paola Balla, Anthea Behm, Jesse Boyd-Reid, Pat Brassington, Gabi Briggs …
unheimlich vertraut. Bilder vom Terror

C/O Berlin, Berlin (DE)
27 Nov 2011
Brighton Photo Biennial - Memory of Fire

The War of Images and Images of War

Brighton Photo Biennal, Brighton (GB)
3 Oct 2008 – 16 Nov 2008

with Ghaith Abdul-Ahad, Adam Broomberg & Oliver Chanarin, Kael Alford, Larry Burrows , Julian Germain, Ashley Gilbertson, Philip Jones Griffiths, Frank Hurley, Don McCullin, Susan Meiselas, Jonathan Moller, Simon Norfolk …