Thomas Demand

Thomas Demand is known for his large-scale photographs exploring the gap between reality and its representation. In constructing life-sized models out of paper and cardboard of locations often based on mass-media images, and by photographing the constructed scene, Demand plays with the viewer’s notions of the real and the fictional.

Born in Munich, Demand studied at the Academy of Arts in Dusseldorf and Goldsmith‘s College in London. His solo exhibitions include shows at the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth (2016), National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne (2012), the Museum of Modern Art, Tokyo (2012), Boijmans van Beuningen, Rotterdam (2010), Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin (2009), MUMOK, Vienna (2009), the Fondazione Prada, Venice (2007), the Serpentine Gallery, London (2006), the Museum of Modern Art, New York (2005), Kunsthaus Bregenz (2004), and he represented Germany at the 26th Sao Paulo Biennale (2004).

Shows curated by the artist include ‘L’Image Volée’ at the Fondazione Prada, Milan (2016), 'La carte d'après nature' at the Nouveau Musée National de Monaco (2010) which travelled to Matthew Marks Gallery (2011), Fondazione Prada Ca' Corner della Regina (2011) and his latest contribution to the 13th Architecture Biennale 'Common Ground' (2012).

Demand's work is represented in numerous museums and collections including the Museum of Modern Art, New York, The Guggenheim Museum, New York, the Centre Pompidou, Paris and the Tate Modern, London. He lives and works in Los Angeles and Berlin and teaches sculpture at the HFBK in Hamburg.

The Graduate Art Seminar lecture series is a forum for graduate students, members of the ArtCenter community and the general public to enter into dialog with internationally recognized artists, critics, and art historians. The Seminar—coordinated during the Spring term by faculty member Jack Bankowsky—is a core component of ArtCenter’s Graduate Art program.