Thomas Codol is a self-taught artist from the California Bay Area who specialises in intuitive design and traditional geometry. He primarily works with paper due to its unmatched capacity as a communicative medium. His works are an inquiry into the origin of pattern languages, the structural capacity of pattern, and how texture shapes the human experience of the spaces we inhabit.

In 2011, Thomas received a Bachelor of Arts in Japanese Studies, summa cum laude, from The University of San Francisco (USF). During his undergraduate studies he also completed minor studies in architecture and community design. In 2024 Thomas was awarded a Master of Arts in Traditional Arts, with distinction, from the King’s Foundation School of Traditional Arts (KFSTA).

Thomas is a proponent of direct experience learning. In 2008, he attended a summer intensive immersion program with the Hokkaido International Foundation (北海道国際交流センター), followed by a year long exchange with Ritsumeikan University (立命館大学) in Kyoto from 2009-2010. After his Japanese studies, Thomas became interested in traditional Islamic geometry. He studied Islamic Art and Architecture History at SOAS from 2014-2015 and continues his research into Islamic Geometry with annual site visits to Spain, Morocco, Egypt, Italy and Turkey.

Prior to attending the School of Traditional Arts, Thomas worked for seven years as a Rural Mail Carrier for the United States Postal Service (USPS) in South Dakota. He is gardener, a kendo (剣道) practitioner, a dog lover, and world traveler.