From 1982 to 1991 Thorsten Goldberg studied sculpture at the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart in the class of Inge Mahn.
In 1991 he won the first prize of the Forum of Young Art for his photographic work, "Class of 97" with exhibition stations at Kunsthalle Kiel, Kunstverein Mannheim, Kunstmuseum Wolfsburg, Württembergischer Kunstverein Stuttgart and Staatliche Kunsthalle Baden-Baden.
Along with the screenwriter Wieland Bauder he created the fictional character Thomas Bauer for joint artistic performances.
He realized numerous projects in public space throughout Germany, in Poland, Norway and Canada and taught at various academies.
As a member of different committees and advisory boards he is involved in the election and organisation of competitions for art in public.