Thomas Woll
lives and works in Düsseldorf

1971
Born in Baden-Baden

1990–94
Training as an industrial mechanic

1997–99
Mechanical engineering at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences

1999–00
Studied fine art at the Nürtingen Academy of Fine Arts

2000–01
Studied fine art at the Karlsruhe Academy of Fine Arts

2002–08
Studied fine art at the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts

2006
Master student certificate

2008
Academy certificate from the Düsseldorf Academy of Fine Arts

Grants

2023
Residency scholarship, F. Viktor-Rolff Foundation, Burg Gladbach, North Rhine-Westphalia

2022
Neustart Kultur scholarship, Kunstfonds Bonn Foundation

2020
Neustart Kultur scholarship, Kunstfonds Bonn Foundation

2018
Working Scholarship, Kunstfonds Bonn Foundation

2017
Nominated for the VONOVIA Open Art Sculpture Experience, Knorr Quarter, Frankfurt am Main

2014
Artist in Residence, Vienna

2013
Project funding by the Cultural Foundation of the City of Düsseldorf, PARKHAUS PUDELPARK

2012
Project funding, Bonn Art Foundation, Stein mit Vollausstattung, Kunstverein Dortmund
Project funding by the Cultural Foundation of the City of Düsseldorf
Nominated for the Bergischer Kunstpreis, Kunstmuseum Solingen
Funding by the Kunstmuseum Solingen, Orbital Modul I, from the 66th Bergische Kunstausstellung, extended until February 2013

2011
Nominated for the Space Art Award, Kunstförderpreis, Düsseldorf

2010
Funding for young artists by the Kunststiftung NRW

2009
Project grant from the Kunststiftung NRW (Art Foundation of North Rhine-Westphalia)
The installation INTERSTELLAR is named Work of the Year, Künstlerhaus Dortmund

Solo exhibitions

2023/24
Our Trace in Time, Walzwerk Null – Space for Photography and Video Art, Düsseldorf

2022/23
Stratify, Galerie vorn und oben, Benjamin Fleig, Eupen (Be)

2021
Krypto_C_ Modul, GlückHaania – Gelände, Haan

2018
Vorraumschleuse, Aus gegebenem Anlass, Raum fuer Raum, Düsseldorf

2017
PARKHAUS – PUDELPARk, Curated by Karl Heinz Rummeny, Pepper & Woll, Parkhaus Malkasten, Düsseldorf
ECHO _ O _ KAMMER, Curated by Rainer Junghanns, RAUM fuer Kunst, Düsseldorf
CHECKPOINT, 10qm Kunst im öffentlichen Raum, Kuenstrasse Cologne
ECHO S , Curated by Rainer Junghanns, Raum fuer Kunst, Düsseldorf

2016/17
ORBIT, TZR Galerie Kai Brückner, Düsseldorf

2014
INSIDEOUT 3.0 von der Möglichkeit einer Lücke ins Ungewisse……, Boutique am Ebertplatz, Cologne
Structangle X., TZR Galerie Kai Brückner, Düsseldorf

2013
PARKHAUS – PUDELPARK, Pepper & Woll, Parkhausdeck Charlottenstrasse, Düsseldorf
300, Pepper & Woll, St. Petri Church, Lübeck

2011
Orbitale Hülle, TZR Galerie Kai Brückner, Düsseldorf
300, Pepper & Woll, Kölnberg Kunstverein, Cologne

2010
IGNIS – ortungsraum / systeme, Kunstverein Duisburg
Raum Follows Funktion, Pepper & Woll, project series of the Open Foundation / Foyer, Düsseldorf

2008
Twisted Space, in collaboration with Simon Halfmeyer, BAUSTELLE SCHAUSTELLE, Essen

2007
Cou Cook’s Eye, in collaboration with Martin Denker, Galerie Hafenrichter & Flügel, Nuremberg
Toutes Directions, in collaboration with Simon Halfmeyer, Cluster Produzentengalerie, Osram Höfe Berlin

Group exhibitions (selection)

2025
EU UA- in Solidarity with Ukraine, Charity –Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf

2024
Das große Format, BBK Bonn- AHRTkomm, Alte Druckerei, Sinzig
URWeltFunde, in collaboration with Harald Hofmann, KunstBüdchen Ratingen
FLAUSENRAUSCH, 25 Years of plan.d. Produzentengalerie e.v, Düsseldorf

2023
Jahresgaben exhibition, Leopol Hoesch Museum, Düren
TRAFIK – First Project, Brühl
BBK open, BBK Bonn, Rhein-Sieg, Bonn

2018
Jahresgaben, Adlandsvik/ Müller, Pepper/ Woll- Stein mit Vollausstattung II, Kunstverein Dortmund
Photo – BauSchau Projects 2007 – 2018, Baustelle Schaustelle Düsseldorf

2017
New Friends Best of Three, Kunstverein Duisburg
Nothingness in the Art of Zen Buddhism, Pepper & Woll, Transfirmation Guts Haus Landsdorf, Triebsees OT Landsdorf
Einsvonelf, TZR Galerie Kai Brückner, Düsseldorf
DAS GROSSE FRESSEN _ HEIMAT _ AUF WIEDERSEHEN, Curated by Rainer Junghanns, Raum fuer Kunst, Düsseldorf

2016
QUVADIS Kunst & Denker Contemporary, Düsseldorf

2015
Auction in cooperation with Sothebys, Semperdepot Vienna

2014
Stone with Full Equipment, (Inauguration) Pepper & Woll, Stian Adlandsvik, and Lutz-Rainer Müller,
Kunstverein Dortmund

2013
SUPER, 10 sqm Part II, Pepper & Woll, art project in public space, Cologne
Fast Shoot, Pepper & Woll, Strom Festival, Kunsthaus Rhenania, Cologne

2012
Stone with Full Equipment/City with Full Equipment, Pepper & Woll, Stian Adlandsvik, and Lutz-Rainer Müller, Kunstverein Dortmund
ART MEETS DESIGN, Pepper & Woll, Kunstverein Schloss Plön
66th International Bergisch Art Exhibition, Kunstmuseum Solingen
5 Years BAUSTELLE SCHAUSTELLE, Essen
SUPER ONE DAY, 10sqm Part I, Pepper & Woll, art project in public space, Cologne

2011
Art Amsterdam, TZR Galerie Kai Brückner, Düsseldorf
SPACE ART AWARD, Nominees, The New Yorker, Cologne-Mühlheim
UNTERWELT, Maximiliansforum, Munich

2010
Container Transit, a project for Ruhr 2010, Kunstverein Duisburg
Container Transit, PITTSTOWE ARTSPACE, Roermond (NL)
Container Transit, DE VASIM, Nijmegen (NL)
Container Transit, KUNSTRAFFINADERIJ, Nijmegen (NL)
Ferndiagnose, Fritz – Schramma – Halle, Cologne
STR Space of Total Retreat, with Georg Winter, Hacking the City/ Museum Folkwang, Essen
La grande Dimension , at WW0 & Philara, Atelierhaus Walzwerkstraße, Düsseldorf
Container Transit, Showroom, Arnhem (NL)

2009
Negasphäre 00-9, Düsseldorf Art Academy
KUBATUREN, Künstlerhaus Dortmund
HEADROOM, OPEN, Ackerstraße 5, Düsseldorf
INTERSPACE, Galerie p13, Heidelberg

2008
Nepix – Laundromat, Kulturinsel Nepix – Kull, Moers

2007
Sculpture project in public space, Klasse Kamp, Am Seewerk, Moers
Be One Get Three, Cluster Produzentengalerie, Osram Höfe Berlin

2006
Grünfeldklasse, Städtische Galerie Kaarst
EXILE 2 – Positions of Referential Art, ESTEMPORARY, Düsseldorf
Klasse Kamp 1974 – 2006 Kunstakademie / Kunsthalle Düsseldorf
Bretter, die die Welt bedeuten, ACAPULCO, Düsseldorf
21st CENTURY HIPPIE STUFF, VDR, Liesegangstrasse, Düsseldorf

2005
Project Fehlstelle, Leerstelle: Revolte Teil 2, Prenzlauer Berg Berlin

2004
Nero lässt grüssen, Theatermuseum Düsseldorf
Project Fehlstelle, Leerstelle: Revolte Teil 1, Prenzlauer Berg Berlin

Projects in public space (realized)

2023
The Twist into the Space, TRAVIK Projects, Brühl

2017
Checkpoint, 10 square meters, Kuenstrasse, Cologne
Superpalermo, Pepper & Woll, Kunstverein Duisburg

2014
Stein mit Vollausstattung (Stone with Full Equipment), in collaboration with Mark Pepper, Lutz-Reiner Müller, and Stian Adlansvik, Kunstverein Dortmund
2013

SUPER, 10qm Teil II (SUPER, 10 sqm Part II), Pepper & Woll Kuenstrasse, Cologne
PARKHAUS PUDELPARK (PUDELPARK Parking Garage), Pepper & Woll, Charlottenstrasse parking garage deck, Düsseldorf

2012
SUPER, 10qm Teil II (SUPER, 10 sqm Part II), Pepper & Woll Kuenstrasse, Cologne

2012
SUPER ONE DAY, 10qm Part I, Pepper & Woll, Kuenstrasse, Cologne

2009
Zwischenlandung, Galerie p 13, Heidelberg

2008
Nepix – Laundromat, Kulturinsel Nepix – Kull, Moers

2007
Horchstation B-22, Am Seewerk in Moers

Projects in public spaces (not realized)

2018
LUNA – LAN, VONOVIA Open Art Sculpture Experience, Knorr Quarter, Frankfurt am Main

2014
Schneider-Essleben – Square at Mörsenbroicher Ei in Düsseldorf, square design in collaboration with
the architectural firm Drei Hausfrauen, Cologne

2013
Aufprall, Pepper & Woll on the recommendation of Sabine Maria Schmidt, Junge Kunst at Moltkeplatz in Essen