1980 Born in Leipzig
2003 Began studies in painting and graphic design at the Academy of Visual Arts Leipzig
2005 Study with Professor Sighard Gille
2006 Study with Professor Annette Schröter
Geyer lives and works in Leipzig
2008 "Artfair Utrecht," Collectie Harms Rolde, Utrecht, Netherlands
2009 "Contemporary Art Ruhr," Essen, Werft11 Gallery, Cologne
Thomas Geyer takes the motifs for his images from the countryside surrounding his home town of Leipzig. Saxony, as with East Germany in general, is a mostly low-density area dominated by nature. In Geyer’s pictures, forest dwellers- -acting as clandestine observers - appear frequently, humans only rarely. Looking at his works throws the beholder back to the world of fairytale and myth. His images, based on preliminary sketches, contain snippets of real and invented places.
