Born in 1968 in Aachen, Germany

1989–1994: Studied Biology and History at the University of Bonn
1994–1995: Studied Painting at the Kunstakademie Münster in the class of Prof. Udo Scheel
1995–2003: Studied Painting at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf under Professors Rissa, Siegfried Anzinger, Helmut Federle, and A. R. Penck
1996: Awarded a Travel Grant by the Kunstverein Düsseldorf
2002: Master Student (Meisterschüler) of Prof. A. R. Penck
2003: Akademiebrief, Kunstakademie Düsseldorf
2011: Special Prize, International Lucas Cranach Prize, City of Kronach
2015: Exhibited at the 56th Venice Biennale, National Pavilion of Mauritius, Venice, Italy
1998–2024: Collaboration with Nina Römer as the artist duo Römer + Römer

Torsten Derk Römer has lived and worked in Berlin since 2000.