Biography
Germany , 1961
Christopher Thomas, born in 1961 in Munich and a graduate from the Bayerische Staatslehranstalt für Photographie, has received a number of international awards as a commercial photographer. His photo reportages have appeared in magazines such as Vogue, Harper´s Bazaar, Elle, Cosmopolitan, Süddeutsche Zeitung Magazin, Geo, Stern and Merian, among others. As an artist, Thomas has established a reputation above all through his city portraits. The first was Münchner Elegien which as exhibited at the Münchner Stadtmuseum in 2005 (published by Schirmer / Mosel, 2005). This was followed by the series New York Sleeps that he worked on between 2001 and 2009. The companion publication, New York Sleeps was published by Prestel in 2009 (7th edition 2016) and was awarded the German Photobook Prize. Works by Christopher Thomas can be seen around the world in well-known photography galleries, as well as in major private and institutional collections such as the Francois Pinault Collection, the Sir Elton John Photography Collection and the German Bundestag Art Collection among many others.
Exhibitions:
2017
Lost in L.A., HIGHLIGHTS Art Fair Munich
Lost in L.A., Hamiltons Gallery, London
New York Sleeps, Venice in Solitude, Paris . City of Light, Engadin, Flo Peters Gallery, Hamburg
2016
Engadin, Art Genève, Geneva
Engadin, Bernheimer Fine Art, Lucerne
Passion, St. Matthäus Church, Berlin
Passion, Herrenclub, Munich
Vom Allmächtigen zum Leibhaftigen – Religous works from the SØR Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin, Kunsthaus Apolda Avantgarde
2015
Engadin, Evangelische Dorfkirche, St. Moritz
Wahrheiten (Truths) – Contemporary Art in Dialog with Old Masters, Works from the SØR Rusche Collection Oelde/Berlin, Museum Abtei Liesborn
Paris City of Light, Paris Photo Fair, Bernheimer Fine Art Photography, Munich
The Human Face: Christopher Thomas in the Company of Old Masters, Colnaghi Old Masters, London
Views of Paris, group exhibition including “Sacre Cœr III”, Kunstmuseum Picasso Münster
2014
Paris City of Light, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
Paris City of Light, Bernheimer Fine Art Photography, Munich
City portraits: Munich, New York, Venice, Paris, Bernheimer Fine Art, Lucerne
Passion, Museum Kirche zum Heiligen Kreuz, Zitta
2013
seelenblicke, KunstKulturKirche, Frankfurt
New York Sleeps, Photolux Festival, Lucca
Leitzachtal 2012, Tannerhof, Bayrischzell
City Portraits, Elipsis Gallery, Istanbul
Burnt Women, Bernheimer Fine Art Photography
Passion Inri, Sankt Rochus Church, Düsseldorf
2012
Venice, in Solitude, Hamiltons Gallery, London
Venice, in Solitude, Bernheimer Fine Art Photography, Munich
Venice, in Solitude, Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerp
Passion, Galerie Photo 12, Paris
New York Sleeps, Helsinki Photography Biennial
New York Sleeps, Museum im Kleihues-Bau, Stuttgart-Kornwestheim
Venice in Solitude, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
Passion, Bayerisches Nationalmuseum, Munich
New York Sleeps, The Wapping Project Bankside, London
2011
New York Sleeps, Fifty One Fine Art Photography, Antwerpen
Munich . New York . Photographs
2010
Bernheimer Fine Art Photography, Schloss Fuschl, Fuschl, Austria
New York Sleeps . Photographs by Christopher Thomas,
Bernheimer Fine Art Photography, Munich
2009
Christopher Thomas . New York Sleeps, Steven Kasher Gallery, New York
Munich inspires, Exhibition for the 850th city anniversary,
Literaturhaus München, Munich
2008
Places beyond Turbulence . Photographs by Olaf Otto Becker and
Christopher Thomas, Credit Suisse AG, Munich
2007
Munich Elegies . Photographs by Christopher Thomas, Fotomuseum München
Christopher Thomas . Munich Elegies. Photographs from 1999–2005
2006
Schirmer/Mosel Showroom, Munich
Museums and collections:
German Parliament (Deutscher Bundestag)
SOR Collection
Credit Suisse
Elton John Collection
Francois Pinault Collection
Nicola Erni Collection
Bayerisches Nationalmuseum (Bavarian National Museum)
Fotomuseum München ( Museum for photography Munich)
Agnelli Collection