Thomas Kohl
| 1960 | born in Düsseldorf |
| 1979 -1981 | studies of language and philosophy at Düsseldorf University |
| 1981 - 1988 | studies of sculpture and painting at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, masterstudent of Gerhard Richter |
| 1982 | masterstudent of the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf |
| 1990 - 1992 | scholarship of the city of Marseille, scholarship of the Villa Arson, Nizza Artiste en Résidence, Musée Villefranche Scholarship Deutsch-Französischer Kulturrat Stipendiary of Stiftung Künstlerhaus Boswil (CH) |
| 2000 - 2004 | Burgundy Scholarship, Dijon, travel scholarship of the State of NRW to Dordogne travel scholarship of the State Rheinland-Pfalz to Marokko |
| lives and works in Geilnau/Lahn und Düsseldorf |