Born 1937, Berlin, Germany
Lives and works in Frankfurt/Main, Germany
2023
Form Form Superform, Pinacoteca Agnelli, Torino, Italy
2022
Thomas Bayrle, Galerie Johann Widauer, Inssbruck, Germany
Faule Stellen, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
Durchscheinen ist alles, neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
Monotony in a Hurry, Gladstone Gallery, New York, USA
2019
Caravaggio our times / Caravaggio billion times, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, Rome, Italy
Haufen i.Fon’s, Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Bayrle, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
2018
Playtime, New Museum, New York, USA
Thomas Bayrle, Johann Widauer, Innsbruck, Austria
2017
Wenn etwas zu lang ist – mach es länger, MAK, Austrian Museum of Applied Arts / Contemporary Art, Vienna, Austria
Pieta for World War I, Tapisserie du Centenaire, Cité Internationale de la Tapisserie, Aubusson, France
Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
2016
Flying Home, Artissima, Torino, Italy (curated by Sarah Cosulich)
Thomas Bayrle, Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
One Day on Success Street, Thomas Bayrle, ICA Miami, USA
Thomas Bayrle, Air de Paris, Paris, France
Thomas Bayrle, Lenbachhaus, Munich, Germany
Seniorenfeier, Museum Wiesbaden, Wiesbaden, Germany
Complete films 1979 – 2007, Gavin Brown Enterprise, New York, USA
2015
Thomas Bayrle, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Gerani / Pavesi, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
Kreuzweg, Johann Widauer, Innsbruck, Austria
2014
Agnus Dei, St. Matthäus-Kirche, Berlin, Germany
Katholisch, Kunst-Station Sankt Peter, Cologne, Germany
Thomas Bayrle and Herald Pridgar, Michael Majerus Estate, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Bayrle: All-in-one (touring), Baltic Center for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
Institut d’art contemporain, Villeurbanne/Rhône-Alpes, France
2013
Thomas Bayrle: Chrysler Tapete, Front Room,Contemporary Art Museum St. Louis, USA
Espace Louis Vuitton, Tokyo, Japan
The Artist’s Institute, New York, USA
Thomas Bayrle: All-in-One,BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK
Thomas Bayrle: All-in-One, Museum Madre, Napoli, Italy
Artists Institute, New YorkThomas Bayrle: All-in-One, Wiels, Brussels, Belgium
2012
Thomas Bayrle, From Weft to Warp – and Back Again & Helke Bayrle, Portikus Under Constricution, Centre of Contemporary Art Znaki Czasu, Torun, Poland
Galerie Ute Parduhn, Düsseldorf, Germany
American Dream, High Line Billboard, New York, USA
Strippenzieher, Big Block, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, USA
Air de Paris, Paris, France
Thomas Bayrle. Berge, Johann Widauer, Innsbruck, Austria
2011
Thomas Bayrle, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Helke and Thomas Bayrle, Galerie Johann Widauer, Innsbruck, Austria
Thomas BAYRLE / Daniel KOHL, La Chaufferie, Strasbourg, France
2010
Gummibaum and materials, Base Progetti per l’arte, Florence, Italy
Alle Kamele sind ein Kamel (Schopenhauer), Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
2009
Rosenkranz, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria
Elastic. Thomas Bayrle, Ann Lislegaard, Raven Row, London, UK
I’ve A Feeling We’re Not in Kansas Anymore, Museu d’Art Contemporani, Barcelona, Spain
Produzione Bayrle, Cardi Black Box, Milano, Italy
Their Combination is Spectacular, Musée d’art Moderne et Contemporain, Geneva, Switzerland
2008
Looping, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Thomas Bayrle / Andreas Slominski, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
Cats & Cars (with Gerald Domenig), Etablissement d’en face, Brussels, Belgium
Wiener Arbeiterkammer Wien, Vienna, Austria
Stéphane Dafflon/Thomas Bayrle, Air de Paris, Paris, France
A Mustache is a Man’s Best Friend, Galerie Francesca Pia, Zurich, Switzerland
Bir enstalasyon duvarkagıtları, otoyollar vs. üzerine, An Installation of Wallpapers, Motorways etc.Dirimart, Istanbul
2007
Monika Baer, Thomas Bayrle, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Bayrle, FRAC Limousin, Limoges, France
Thomas Bayrle, Office for Contemporary Art, Oslo, Norway
Jacke wie Hose, Galerie Johann Widauer, Innsbruck, Austria
2006
40 Jahre Chinese Rock ´N´Roll, Museum für Moderne Kunst Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Happy Days Are Here Again, Gavin Brown’s Enterprise, New York, USA
2005
Cubitt Gallery, London, UK
2004
Thomas Bayrle : Carlos, Oldenburger Kunstverein, Germany
2003
Autostrada, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
Eiserner Vorhang/Safety Curtain, A project of museum in progress in cooperation with the Vienna State Opera, Austria
2002
Thomas Bayrle, Grazer Kunstverein, Austria
Thomas Bayrle, Städelsches Kunstinstitut, Frankfurt, Germany
2001
Kartoffelzähler, Johann Widauer, Innsbruck, Austria
Bilder, Zeichnungen, Druckgrafik aus den Jahren 1967 bis 2001, Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt, Germany
Layout, CCA, Kitakyushu, Japan
2000
flying home…, museum in progress, Vienna, Austria
Philip Johnson, 1999 und Werke von 1967 – 2000, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
1998
Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt, Germany
Dolly Animation, Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzerland
1997
Koriyama City Art Museum, Koriyama, Japan
Academy of Art & Design, Beijing, China
TassenTassen, Museum Moderner Kunst, Frankfurt, Germany
1996
Kunsthalle St. Gallen, Switzerland
1995
Galerie Meyer-Ellinger, Frankfurt, Germany
1994
Film Video Materialien, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
1990
Autobahnkopf, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
1989
Pinsel durchgespielt, Kunstverein Freiburg, Germany
Thomas Bayrle 1983 – 88, Seed Hall, Tokyo, Japan
1988
Madonna Jaguar, Kunsthalle Innsbruck, Austria
1987
Thomas Bayrle 1967 und 1987, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany
1986
GOLF, Auto Museum, Wolfsburg, Germany
1984
Capsel, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
1983
Druckgrafik 1960-83, Städtische Galerie, Wolfsburg, Germany
1980
Rasterfahndung, Goethe-Institut, San Francisco, USA
Graphic Gathering, Stanford University, Palo Alto, USA
1977
Cities and Accumulations, WAKO, Tokyo, Japan
1972
Formation Serielle, La Pochade, Paris, France
Kiko Galleries, Houston, USA
1971
Studio S, Rome, Italy
1968
Mäntel – Tragbare Grafik, Art Intermedia, Cologne, Germany
produzione Bayrle, Galleria Apollinaire, Milan, Italy
1965
Galerie Buchholz, Munich, Germany
1964
Städtisches Museum, Göttingen, Germany
1963
DRUCK, Galerie Bergsträsser, Darmstadt, Germany
FNAC, Puteaux, France
Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Städelmuseum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Museum Ludwig, Köln, Germany
Kunstmuseum, Stuttgart, Germany
Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, USA
Fonds Regional d’Art Contemporain du Limousin, Limoges, France
Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA
2023
Dream Machines, Deste Foundation Project Space, Hydra, Greece
Plastic World, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
Assembly, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
2022
„A Private Collection“, Frankfurt – Die Sammlung Tyrown Vincent, Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim, Germany
Tommrow is the Question, Gladstone Gallery, Gallery Weekend Beijing, 798 Art District, Beijing, China
AMONG THE OTHERS: Thomas Bayrle, Michaela Eichwald, Konrad Klapheck, Albert Oehlen, Lucie Stahl, Galerie Jahn und Jahn, München, Germany
2021
Sign Language, MAK Museum, Vienna, Austria
Elle rit (She’s laughing!), Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France
On Hannah Arendt: The Modern Age, Richard Saltoun Gallery, London, UK
2019
Bethlehem Hospital, Gavin Brown’s enterprise, New York, USA
Der montierte Mensch, Museum Folkwang, Essen, Belgium
2018
2050, A Brief History of the Future, National Taiwan Museum of Fine Arts, Taiwan, China
A Matter Of Printing (For SMC), Supportico Lopez, Berlin, Germany
2017
The Policeman’s Beard is Half Constructed: Art in the Age of Artificial Intelligence, Bonner Kunstverein, Bonn, Germany
Le Grand Balcon, Montréal Biennial, Montréal, Canada
The Promise of Total Automation, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
History of Nothing, White Cube, Bermondsey, London, UK
Infected Food, Greene Naftali, New York, USA
CONDO, Maureen Paley Hosting dépendance, Maureen Paley, London, UK
2016
History of Nothing, White Cube, Bermondsey, London, UK
2015
The EY Exhibition: The World Goes Pop, Tate Modern, London, UK
The Great Mother, Trussardi Foundation, Milan, Italy
Individual Stories. Collecting as Portrait and Methodology, Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, Austria
1989, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
2014
Arche Noah – Über Tier und Mensch in der Kunst, Museum Ostwall im Dortmunder U, Dortmund, Germany
German Pop, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Frankfurt, Germany
Thomas Bayrle / Harald Pridgar: Indian cucumbers dedicated to Michel Majerus, Majerus Estate, Berlin, Germany
In These Great Times, Kunstnernes Hus, Oslo, Norway
The Hawker, dépendance at Carlos/Ishikawa, London, UK
Josefine meets Sunah, Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria
2013
Da Muster, das verbindet, Kunsthalle Lingen, Germany
Xerography, Firstsite, Colchester, UK
Textiles: Open Letter, Museum Abteitberg, Mönchengladbach, Germany
The Universal Addressability of Dumb Things, (curated by Mark Leckey) (touring), Nottingham
Contemporary, Nottingham, UK
De la Warr Pavilion, Bexhill-on-sea, UK
Nouvelles Impressions de Raymond Roussel, Palais de Tokyo, Paris, France (curated by Francois Piron)
The Society Without Qualities, Tensta konsthall, Stockholm
The Vertical Club, Bortolami Gallery, Milan, Italy (curated by Will Benedict)
2012
Arnold Bode Prize, Kassel, Germany
Bischoff Projects, Frankfurt am Main Busan Biennale, Busan Museum of Art, Busan, South Korea
Parque Industrial, Luisa Strina, São Paulo, Brazil
Ghost in the Machine, New Museum of Contemporary Art, New York, USA
documenta 14, Kassel Art, Genève, Switzerland
Thomas Bayrle Peter Kogler, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria
TEXT TEXTILE TEXTURE, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
Towards a Warm Math, On Stellar Rays, New York, USA
Objekt Atlas, Feldforschung im Museum, Weltkulturen Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Himmel und Erde, Galerie Ute Parduhn, Düsseldorf, Germany
Kunst-Stoff. Textilien in der Kunst seit 1960, Städtische Galerie Karlsruhe, Karlsruhe, Germany
Der geteilte Himmel. 1945-1968. Die Sammlung, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Bayrle kuratiert (ungern) Schrippenkönig mit p?, Galerie Mezzanin, Wien, Austria
2011
Kistefos Museet, Oslo, Norway
Echoes, Centre Culturel Suisse, Paris, France
Der geteilte Himmel. 1945-1968, Die Sammlung, Neue Nationalgalerie, Berlin, Germany
Thomas Bayrle, Alfons Dick, Rolf Glasmeier, Manfred Kuttner, Charlotte Posenenske, Galerie Johann König, Berlin, Germany
2010
SENT BY MAIL, Galerie Barbara Weiss, Berlin, Germany
Covering the wall. Contemporary wallpaper, mudac and Musée de Pully, Lausanne, Switzerland
Gesehen & Geliebt Nr. 5. Es geht um Zeit., Aus Kasper Königs privaten Besitz, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Milk Drop Coronet, Camera Austria, Kunsthaus Graz, Austria
Gwagnju Biennale 2010 (cur. by Massimiliano Gioni), South Korea
Larger Than Life – Stranger Than Fiction, 11. Triennale Kleinplastik 2010, Fellbach, Germany
Art in Speed, The Ulrich Museum of Art, Wichita State University, Wichita, USA
Unto this Last, Raven Row, London, UK
2009
Athens Biennial, Athens, Greece
ganz kleines Kino, Galerie Ute Parduhn, Düsseldorf, Germany
53. Esposizione Internazionale d’Arte. Biennale di Venezia, Venice, Italy
La Recherche, Liam Gillick, Trisha Donnely, Leonor Antunes, Thomas Bayrle, Philippe Parreno, Air de Paris, Paris, France
Heidi au pays de Martin Kippenberger, FRAC Fonds Régional d’Art Contemporain, Bordeaux, France
Grandfather Clock, Thomas Bayrle / Will Benedict / Andrei Kochscmieder, Neue Alte Brücke, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Notation. Kalkül und Form in den Künsten, ZKM Karlsruhe, Germany
1968. Die große Unschuld, Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Germany
Tracer. Thomas Bayrle, Martin Feldbauer, Daniel Kohl, Harald Pridgar, After the Butcher, Berlin, Germany
2008
Konstellationen IV. Material / Form / Mensch / Stadt, Städel Museum, Frankfurt, Germany
What Ever Happened to Sex in Scandinavia, Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Oslo, Norway
Biennale of Sydney, Sydney, Australia
Brussels Biennial, Brussels, Belgium
Experiment Marathon Reykjavík (Reykjavik Arts Festival 2008), Listasafn Reykjavíkur Hafnarhús, Reykjavik, Iceland
Stéphane Dafflon/Thomas Bayrle, Air de Paris, Paris, France
God and Goods, Villa Manin Centro d’arte contemporanea, Codroipo, Italy
Tempo, Tempo! Das Phänomen der Geschwindigkeit im Film, Opelvillen Rüsselsheim, Germany
Europop, Kunsthaus Zurich, Switzerland
2007
The Kitakyushu Biennial ´07, Moji-Ko Kitakyushu, Japan
Brussels Biennial, Brussels, Belgium
Stéphane Dafflon/Thomas Bayrle, Air de Paris, Paris, France
Tbilisi 4: Everyday is Saturday, Tbilisi, USA
Body Politicx, Witte de With, Center for Contemporary Art, Rotterdam, Netherlands
Small Is Beautiful, Ursula Blickle Stiftung, Kraichtal-Unterröwisheim, Germany
Imagery Play, PKM Gallery, Beijing, China
Das Kapital-Blue Chips und Masterpieces, Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt/M, Germany
What does the jellyfish want?, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
Lyon Biennial, France
Whenever It Starts It Is the Right Time, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany
Thomas Bayrle, screening of Sunbeam, Superstars, Autobahn-Kopf, Office for Contemporary Art Norway, Oslo, Norway
Screening of Sunbeam, Autobahnkopf, Select: A Night with Rosalind Nashashibi, Tate Modern, London, UK
Imagery Play, PKM Gallery, Beijing, China
2006
Piktogramme – die Einsamkeit der Zeichen, Kunstmuseum Stuttgart, Germany
Dark Places, Santa Monica Museum of Art, Santa Monica, USA
Summer in Love, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany
Informal City, Beijing Case, Zero-Field, ZKM, Museum für Neue Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
Armleder, Baldessari, Bayrle, Mullican, Oehlen, Sturtevant, Weiner, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria
OF Mice and Men, 4. Berlin Biennale für zeitgenössische Kunst, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
The 6th Gwangju Biennale, South Korea
totalstadt.beijing case, ZKM Museum für Moderne Kunst, Karlsruhe, Germany
Choosing My Religion, Kunstmuseum Thun, Thun, Switzerland
The Expanded Eye, Kunsthaus Zürich, Zurich, Switzerland
2005
Archive in motion 50 years Documenta, Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
Automobilisé, Galerie Ilka Bree, Bordeaux, France
Zur Vorstellung des Terrors: Die RAF, Graz, Germany
Ausstellung, Kunst-Werke, Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
Summer in love, Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt, Germany
2004
Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000, Staatliche Tretjakow-Galerie, Moskow, Russia
Pop Cars. Amerika-Europa, Wilhelm Lehmbruck Museum, Duisburg, Germany
9. Triennale Kleinplastik Fellbach, Alte Kelter, Fellbach, Germany
Deutschland sucht, Kölnischer Kunstverein, Germany
Grey Goo, Flaca, London, UK
Cupcup and the happy Medium, Dowse-Museum, Wellington, New Zealand
Utopia Station, Haus der Kunst, Munich, Germany
2003
Bayrle, Greenfort, Zybach, Germany
Galerie Francesca Pia, Bern, Switzerland
Nation, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany
50. Biennale di Venezia, Italy
Berlin-Moskau / Moskau-Berlin 1950-2000, Germany
Martin-Gropius Bau, Berlin, Germany
Klosterfelde Invite #8, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
2002
Europaweit – Kunst der 60er Jahre, Städtische Galerie, Karlsruhe, Germany
2001
Frankfurter Kreuz. Transformationen des Alltäglichen in der zeitgenössischen Kunst, Schirn Kunsthalle, Frankfurt, Germany
DC: Thomas Bayrle/ Bodys Isek Kingelez, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
2000
Floating Cities. Die europäische Stadt in Bewegung
conference (06-22 – 06-25-2000), Guardini Stiftung e.V. im Haus der Kulturen der Welt, Berlin, Germany
out of space, Schnitt Ausstellungsraum zu Gast im Kölnischen Kunstverein, Cologne, Germany
1999
Serien/ Konzepte in Foto/ Video, Museum Ludwig, Cologne, Germany
1998
Technoculture FRI ART, Centre Contemporaine, Friburg, Germany
Life Style, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
Anticipation, Centre pour l’image Contemporaine, Geneva, Switzerland
... mit Studenten, Shift, Berlin, Germany
Die Macht des Alters, Deutsches Historisches Museum, Kronprinzenpalais, Berlin, Germany
1997
Urban Space, de Singel, Antwerp, Netherlands
KünstlerInnen, Museum in Progress, Kunsthaus Bregenz, Austria
1996
Grafik, Galerie Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
L’Art de Plastique, Ecole de Beaux Arts, Paris, France
1995
Elastic Lights, Sidney Gallery, Australia
Prix Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
1993
Neue Kunst in Hamburg, Kunstverein Hamburg, Germany
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
Compkuenstlerg, Künstlerwerkstatt Lothringer Straße, Munich, Germany
1989
On Kawara – Wieder und Wieder, Portikus, Frankfurt, Germany
Ars Electronica, Linz, Austria
1985
IBA, Berlin, Milan
Deutsche Graphiker, Gummersons, Stockholm, Sweden
1984
Orwell, Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, Austria
1983
Utopian Visions in Modern Art, Hirshhorn Museum , Washington, USA
1977
documenta 6, Kassel, Germany
1975
Der Einzelne und die Masse, Kunsthalle Recklinghausen, Germany
1971
Graphik der Welt, Kunsthalle Nürnberg, Germany
Contemporary Graphic, Oxford Gallery, London, UK
Kunst und Politik, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Germany
1970
Konzepte einer neuen Kunst, Göttinger Kunstverein, Germany
Sammlung Feelisch, Museum am Ostwall, Dortmund, Germany
Kunst und Politik, Badischer Kunstverein, Karlsruhe, Germany
1969
Industrie und Technik in der deutschen Malerei, Lehmbruck-Museum, Duisburg, Germany
1968
British International Print Biennial, Bradford, UK
Kunst-Stoffe, Art Intermedia, Cologne, Germany
1967
Serielle Formationen, Studio Galerie, Universität Frankfurt, Germany
1966
EXTRA, Museum Wiesbaden, Germany
1965
Between poetry and painting, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, UK
1964
documenta 3, Kassel, Germany
1963
Schrift und Bild, Kunsthalle Baden-Baden und Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Netherlands
Thomas Bayrle: Playtime. New York: Phaidon, 2018
Monuments of Traffic. Exhibition by Thomas Bayrle, 2013, exh. cat., Espace Louis Vuitton Tokyo
All-in-One, 2013, WIELS Contemporary Art Centre, Brussels; Museo d´Arte Contemporanea Donnaregina, Madre Napoli
Thomas Bayrle. 40 Years of Chinese Rock’n’Roll, 2006, Daniel Birnbaum, Udo Kittelmann, Hans-Ulrich Obrist (ed.), exh. cat. Museum für Moderne Kunst, Frankfurt
Thomas Bayrle. Grafik 1967–1972/animierte Grafik 1979–1994, 1995
Bayrle Big Book, 1992, Verlag der Buchhandlung