Thomas Kohl (painter)

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Thomas Kohl, 2014

Thomas Kohl (* 1960 in Düsseldorf ) is a German painter whose works move on the borderline between landscape painting and abstraction . After two years of language and philosophy studies at the University of Düsseldorf , Kohl studied at the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1981 to 1988 . He is a master student of Gerhard Richter . In addition to oil paintings, watercolors and drawings, Thomas Kohl has also created works on glass since 2009, including various large-format installations for public spaces. He lives and works in Düsseldorf and Geilnau (Lahn).

Solo exhibitions (selection)

Works in public collections

The following public collections have works by Thomas Kohl, among others: German Reichstag / German Bundestag Berlin, Kunstmuseum Bonn , Kupferstichkabinett Dresden , Hamburger Kunsthalle , MAMCO Geneva, Museum Ludwig Cologne, Lenbachhaus Munich, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart and Von der Heydt-Museum Wuppertal.

Scholarships

Work grant from the city of Marseille; Villa Arson , Nice; Artiste en Résidence, Musée Villefranche; Franco-German Cultural Council; Künstlerhaus Boswil Foundation (Switzerland); Burgundy Scholarship, Dijon; Travel grant from the state of North Rhine-Westphalia, Dordogne; Travel grant from the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Morocco

Literature (selection)

  • Thomas Kohl - water colors . Exhibition catalog (with a text by Andreas Strobl), Cologne (Hubertus Melsheimer Kunsthandel) 2010
  • Thomas Kohl: How color becomes landscape . Catalog for the exhibition of the same name in the art collections of the Ruhr University Bochum, ed. from the Art History Institute of the Ruhr University Bochum, Bochum 2007
  • Thomas Kohl - Wolken , Wuppertal (Verlag der Galerie Epikur) 2005
  • Thomas Kohl - across the plain. Works 1993-2004 , with texts by Evelyn Weiss , Christoph Braendle and Andrea Firmenich , Heidelberg (Kehrer Verlag) 2004
  • Thomas Kohl - The Blue Hour . With texts by Marianne Wackernagel and Jörg Probst, Wuppertal (Galerie Epikur) 2002
  • Field. Thomas Kohl . With a text by Martin Stather , Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim 2000
  • Thomas Kohl: Landscapes . With a text by Armin Zwei , Kunstverein Museum Schloß Morsbroich and Neuer Sächsischer Kunstverein, Leverkusen and Dresden 1996

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personal data
SURNAME Kohl, Thomas
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1960
PLACE OF BIRTH Dusseldorf