thomas lives and works in berlin

exhibitions

2021 20mask20, px3 prix de la photographie paris, espace beaurepaire, paris (group)

2019 nackt, photography unlimited berlin (group)

2018 nackt, silber&salz, berlin (solo)

2017 i see you learn, michael horbach stiftung, köln (group)

2016 i see you learn, galerie hiltawsky, berlin (solo)

2015 à  fleur de peau, galerie hiltawsky, berlin (solo)


2015 i see you see, maroccan ambassy, berlin (solo)


2014 à  fleur de peau, gallery bettina von arnim, paris (solo)


2013 gallery bettina von arnim, paris (group)


2010 behind, stageback gallery, shanghai (solo)


2009 homage to irving penn, galerie hiltawsky, berlin (group)


2008 play, galerie chappe, paris (group)


2002 die ästhetik der lüste, fotomuseum leipzig (group)

 

2002 icon, aplanat galerie, hamburg (solo)


2001 jolis momes, acte 2, paris (group)


2000 die ästhetik der lüste, fotomuseum leipzig (group)


1996 erotik in deutschland, museum für kunst und gewerbe, hamburg (group)


1995-2012 bildermode - modebilder. german fashion photography. curated by f.c. gundlach,

   stations in new york, milan, taipei, seoul, tokyo, bejing, honkong, singapur, lissabon, a.o. (group)


1995 die ecke, image-kastannus oy, helsinki (solo)


1994 zeitgeist becomes form, goetheinstitut, new york (group)


1993 paradise lost, kulturzentrum gasteig, munich (solo)


1993 alexandra s., deutsche fototage, frankfurt (group)


1992 internationaler salon für fotografie + design, köln (group)


1992 die ecke, galerie rahmel, 17 subway stations, köln (solo)


1992 paradise lost, pps galerie f.c. gundlach, sheila metzner + thomas rusch, hamburg


1992 paradise lost, museo ken damy, brescia, italy (solo)


1991 modewelten, museum für kunst und gewerbe, hamburg (group)


1990 paradise lost, museum house of painters, moscow (group)


1987 schleswig-holstein musik festival, grauwert galerie, hamburg (solo)

a.o.

publications

the opera. magazine for classic & contemporary nude photography volume xiii, 2020

the opera. magazine for classic & contemporary nude photography volume iv, 2015


blink. contemporary photography. no. 5, 2012


thomas rusch. the artificial face - mask and masquerade. eyemazing, no. 3, 2010


blink. contemporary photography. no. 1, 2010

all allure. 
klanten, hellige, ehmann (ed.). berlin, gestalten, 2006


icon. photographs by thomas rusch. hamburg, aplanat editions, 2002

surreality. localizer 1.2, 
klanten, peyerl (ed.). berlin, gestalten, 1997


bildermode-modebilder-deutsche modephotographien 1945-1995. stuttgart, institut für auslandsbeziehungen, 1995

deutschland erotisch. individuelle ansichten von photografinnen und photographen. 
marcel gebert (ed).

   museum für kunst und gewerbe, hamburg, red box, 1995


paradise lost. with text by shuhei takahashi. tokyo, treville, 1992

sinfonien in herrenhäusern und scheunen. das schleswig-holstein musik festival. 
schnibben, cord (ed.).

   hamburg, rasch und röhring verlag, 1988


a.o.

awards

px3 prix de la photographie paris, france

spd award, new york

fwa red dot award

4x art directors club, germany

art directors club of europe

canon profashional photo award

kodak portrait award

2x kodak european award

clients

audi, aok, aveda, bain, becks, brand eins, bündnis 90/die grünen, d2, der spiegel, fiat, elle, elle decor italia, e-plus, greenpeace magazin, geo, gq, häuser, ideat, le monde magazine, lufthansa magazin, marie-claire, madame, max, mercedes, national geographic, nars, philips, playboy, otto kern/parfum, ray ban, rtl, samsung, sanofi, sony, stern, süddeutsche magazin, symrise, thierry mugler/parfum, times magazine, ugc france, united nations, universal, vogue, warner, zdf, zeit magazin, a.o.

exhibitions

2021 20mask20, px3 prix de la photographie paris, espace beaurepaire, paris (group)

2019 nackt, photography unlimited berlin (group)

2018 nackt, silber&salz, berlin (solo)

2017 i see you learn, michael horbach stiftung, köln (group)

2016 i see you learn, galerie hiltawsky, berlin (solo)

2015 à  fleur de peau, galerie hiltawsky, berlin (solo)


2015 i see you see, maroccan ambassy, berlin (solo)


2014 à  fleur de peau, gallery bettina von arnim, paris (solo)


2013 gallery bettina von arnim, paris (group)


2010 behind, stageback gallery, shanghai (solo)


2009 homage to irving penn, galerie hiltawsky, berlin (group)


2008 play, galerie chappe, paris (group)


2002 die ästhetik der lüste, fotomuseum leipzig (group)

 

2002 icon, aplanat galerie, hamburg (solo)


2001 jolis momes, acte 2, paris (group)


2000 die ästhetik der lüste, fotomuseum leipzig (group)


1996 erotik in deutschland, museum für kunst und gewerbe, hamburg (group)


1995-2012 bildermode - modebilder. german fashion photography. curated by f.c. gundlach,

   stations in new york, milan, taipei, seoul, tokyo, bejing, honkong, singapur, lissabon, a.o. (group)


1995 die ecke, image-kastannus oy, helsinki (solo)


1994 zeitgeist becomes form, goetheinstitut, new york (group)


1993 paradise lost, kulturzentrum gasteig, munich (solo)


1993 alexandra s., deutsche fototage, frankfurt (group)


1992 internationaler salon für fotografie + design, köln (group)


1992 die ecke, galerie rahmel, 17 subway stations, köln (solo)


1992 paradise lost, pps galerie f.c. gundlach, sheila metzner + thomas rusch, hamburg


1992 paradise lost, museo ken damy, brescia, italy (solo)


1991 modewelten, museum für kunst und gewerbe, hamburg (group)


1990 paradise lost, museum house of painters, moscow (group)


1987 schleswig-holstein musik festival, grauwert galerie, hamburg (solo)

a.o.

publications

the opera. magazine for classic & contemporary nude photography volume xiii, 2020

the opera. magazine for classic & contemporary nude photography volume iv, 2015


blink. contemporary photography. no. 5, 2012


thomas rusch. the artificial face - mask and masquerade. eyemazing, no. 3, 2010


blink. contemporary photography. no. 1, 2010

all allure. 
klanten, hellige, ehmann (ed.). berlin, gestalten, 2006


icon. photographs by thomas rusch. hamburg, aplanat editions, 2002

surreality. localizer 1.2, 
klanten, peyerl (ed.). berlin, gestalten, 1997


bildermode-modebilder-deutsche modephotographien 1945-1995. stuttgart, institut für auslandsbeziehungen, 1995

deutschland erotisch. individuelle ansichten von photografinnen und photographen. 
marcel gebert (ed).

   museum für kunst und gewerbe, hamburg, red box, 1995


paradise lost. with text by shuhei takahashi. tokyo, treville, 1992

sinfonien in herrenhäusern und scheunen. das schleswig-holstein musik festival. 
schnibben, cord (ed.).

   hamburg, rasch und röhring verlag, 1988


a.o.

awards

px3 prix de la photographie paris, france

spd award, new york

fwa red dot award

4x art directors club, germany

art directors club of europe

canon profashional photo award

kodak portrait award

2x kodak european award

clients

audi, aok, aveda, bain, becks, brand eins, bündnis 90/die grünen, d2, der spiegel, fiat, elle, elle decor italia, e-plus, greenpeace magazin, geo, gq, häuser, ideat, le monde magazine, lufthansa magazin, marie-claire, madame, max, mercedes, national geographic, nars, philips, playboy, otto kern/parfum, ray ban, rtl, samsung, sanofi, sony, stern, süddeutsche magazin, symrise, thierry mugler/parfum, times magazine, ugc france, united nations, universal, vogue, warner, zdf, zeit magazin, a.o.