Thomas Wrede

1963 born in Iserlohn (Germany)

1985 since 1991 Academy of Fine Arts, Münster

1991 student of Dieter Appelt, Berlin and Salzburg

1991 masterdegree at the Academy of Fine Arts, Münster

1997 until 2005 teaching assignment for photography at the Academy of Fine Arts, Münster

2015 since 2015 professor for photography and media at the University of Fine Arts Essen (HBK)  

2020 Belvévèdere. The snow was white: Wagner + Partner, Berlin

2019 Sceneries: Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Düssledorf
Duesseldorf Photo Weekend

2018 Sceneries: Von-der-Heydt art gallery, Wuppertal

2017 Model Landscape: Museum Sinclair-Haus, Bad Homburg

2016 The luminous Screen: Mike Karstens Galerie, Münster
Wagner + Partner, Berlin (2017)

2015 Real Landscapes: ParaPhoto Festival, Turin

Photography: Anja Jensen & Thomas Wrede, Neue Galerie Gladbeck

2014 Between longing and debacle - Real Landscapes: Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf

2013 Manhattan Picture Worlds: Eurpean Month of Photography Luxembourg, open-air installation in Clervaux

Disasters and idylls: Wagner + Partner, Berlin

Staging and Reality: Dr. Hanns Simon Foundation, Beda House, Bitburg

2012 The promised Land: Gallery Beck & Eggeling contemporary, Duesseldorf

Real Landscapes Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles

Idylls and Other DisastersMike Karstens Gallery, Muenster

2011 Anywhere: Gallery Wagner + Partner, Berlin

2010 Panorama: Galleria Civicia G. Segantini, Arco / MAG Progetto Museo Alto Gardo

Manhattan Picture Wolds & Domestic Landscapes: Kunsthalle Bielefeld

Anywhere: Museum Art of the West Coast, Alkersum / FöhrFoundation art: raum sylt quelle, Rantum / Sylt

2009 Real Landscapes: Wagner + Partner, BerlinGalerie f 5,6, Munichphoto & contemporary, Turin

Manhattan / Picture Worlds: Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf

2008 Real Landscapes Galeria espacio marte, Mexico City

Real Landscapes: Gallery Mike Karstens, Münster

2007 Hotel California, Desiree Dolron & Thomas Wrede: Wallraf-Richartz-Museum, Cologne

2006 Strange Paradise: Galerie Münsterland eV, Emsdetten

Strange Paradise: Galerie Beck & Eggeling, Düsseldorf

Seascapes / At the sea: Goethe Institute London and Helsinki

New Shores: James Nicholson Gallery, New York

2005 Strange Paradise: Municipal Gallery Iserlohn

Adrift: James Nicholson Gallery San Francisco

2003 Strange Paradise: James Nicholson Gallery, San Francisco

Landschaftsbilderf: 5,6 Gallery for Photographic Art, Munich

2002 Mondes mystiques - paysages domestiquies: Goethe-Institut Paris

2001 Domestics Landescapes: Cristinerose Gallery, New York

Animal: photo gallery Vienna

1999 Magic Worlds - Magic Feelings: Cristinerose Gallery, New York (USA)

1998 In the Rush of the Moment: Karl Hofer Prize 1997 Berlin University of the Arts  (now UdK)

1996 Samsö: Stadtmuseum Münster

1994 The birds stand in the air and scream: photo installation in the Wewerka Pavilion, Münster

1992 Cadavre exquis: Photo gallery Image, Aarhus (DK)