Thilo Heinzmann

Thilo Heinzmann (born 1969) is a German painter. After a guest professorship of painting at the Hochschule für bildende Künste Hamburg in Hamburg,^[1] he was appointed professor of painting at Universität der Künste in Berlin.^[2]

Life

From 1992 to 1997, Heinzmann studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, under Thomas Bayrle.^[3] Between 1993 and 1995 he was an assistant in Martin Kippenberger's studio in Sankt Georgen im Schwarzwald.^[4] Between 1997 and 2000 he was a co-founder of various independent exhibition spaces in Berlin, such as Andersen's Wohnung, Montparnasse, Wandel and Pazifik.^[5]

His work is held by Tate Modern in London,^[6][7] and in the Bundeskunstsammlung.^[8] The Icelandic composer Jóhann Jóhannsson wrote a string quartet based on "12 Conversations with Thilo Heinzmann", which was held over four years.^[9][10][11]