Born in 1969 in Berlin, Germany
Lives and works in Berlin, Germany
Thilo Heinzmann, born in Berlin in 1969, attended Städelschule in Frankfurt from the early 1990s in the class of Thomas Bayrle. During that time he also assisted Martin Kippenberger. A significant voice in a generation of German painters scrutinizing the medium and its history, his inventive, precise works are driven by an inquiry into what painting can be today. Using chipboard, styrofoam, nail polish, resin, pigment, fur, cotton wool, porcelain, aluminum and hessian, Heinzmann has for the last twenty-five years worked on developing new paths and an unique visual language in his practice. He is interested in the presence that each work creates, which is further enhanced by his paintings’ powerful tactile qualities. It invites the viewer to notions on some essentials: composition, surface, form, color, light, texture, and time. In 2018 he was appointed professor of painting at Universität der Künste in Berlin.
education
1992–1997
- Staatliche Hochschule für Bildende Künste, Städelschule, Frankfurt am Main
solo shows
2023
- Thilo Heinzmann, Perrotin, Shanghai, China
2022
- playing slowies, Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
2021
- my time your time our time time, Perrotin Tokyo, Japan
- round the corner, Galeria Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
- citycorner - countryside, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
2019
- Voyage Visage Passage, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- Pantaloni, Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
2018
- Wabel in my Walk, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
- Bird of Prey Says No Grey, Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
2017
- We, Rivers & Mountains, Galerie Perrotin, Seoul, South Korea
- Softside & Softspot in the Garden, Charles Asprey, Tyers Street, London, United Kingdom
2016
- Morbidezza, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
- To Be And To Be, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, UK
2015
- Beauty takes care of its own, Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
- Détours, Hasards et Monsieur Heinzmann, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- When a Mule Runs away With the World, Andersen's, Copenhagen, Denmark
2014
- Cloud Clear Horizon, Galerie Perrotin, Hong Kong
- YOU IT & I, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
- Thilo Heinzmann, Bortolami Gallery, New York, United States
2013
- The Belle Show, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
- Touching Hands with Body, Galerìa Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
2012
- Tacmo, Andersen’s, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Porcelain Paintings, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
2011
- Would You Take the Ball from a Little Baby, Bortolami Gallery, New York, United States
- I’m Red, She’s Yellow, We’re Blue, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
- Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
2010
- Straight from the Cotton Fields. Naked. It’s Unbelievable, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
- Thilo Heinzmann/Martin Neumaier, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
- Thilo Heinzmann, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
2009
- Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
- Thilo Heinzmann, Andersen’s, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Thilo Heinzmann, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2008
- An Empty Stomach Is the Devil’s Playground, Bortolami Gallery, New York, United States
- Thilo Heinzmann, Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
- Thilo Heinzmann, Parisa Kind, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2007
- Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Denmark
- Thilo Heinzmann, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
2006
- Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
- Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Parisa Kind, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2005
- Zum Atmen und Wünschen, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Denmark
2004
- Schönheit, Pracht, Wollust und Gelassenheit, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Munich
- Alle Tage, Alle Jahre, Alle Jahre, Alle Tage, Galerie Christine Mayer, Munich, Munich
2003
- The Hand, the Heart, the Soul, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
2002
- When a Woman Loves a Man, Maschenmode, Berlin, Germany
- The Year and the Woman, Asprey Jacques, London, United Kingdom
2000
- Joy n Pain Sunshine n Rain, Galerie Michael Neff, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
1999
- 1. Diciembre 1999 – 29. Enero 2000 (with / mit Thomas Zipp), Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
1997
- Thilo Heinzmann, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
1995
- Thilo Heinzmann, Birgit Küng, Zurich, Switzerland
group shows
2023
- To Bend the Ear of the Outer World. Conversations on contemporary abstract painting, Gagosian, London, UK
- A Tie to All the Earth, Teagan Art Space, Beijing, China
- The Power and Pleasure of Books and Possessions, Neugerriemschneider, Berlin, Germany
2022
- Die Schönheit von Combray, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
2021
- In Abeyance. A Dialogue between Contemporary Art and Electronic Music, Gewölbe, Cologne, Germany
- Wherehouse, FTZART, Shanghai, China
- Body and Soul, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
2020
- The floating world, Perrotin Hong Kong
- Messenger, Perrotin Shanghai, China
- June, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
- Intermezzo II, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
2019
- Alley-Oop, Nagel Draxler Gallery, Cologne, Germany
- Too much is not enough! The Donation "Artelier Collection", Neue Galerie Graz, Austria
2017
- Andersen Contemporary, Copenhagen, Denmark
- Condo 2017: Maureen Paley hosting dépendance, Maureen Paley, London, United Kingdom
- Per Amor a l'Art Collection. Ornament = Crime ?, BombasGens, Valencia, Spain
2016
- Paris Bruwelles, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
2015
- Turn of a Century - André Butzer, Björn Dahlem, Thilo Heinzmann, Thomas Helbig, Andy Hope 1930, Erwin Kneihsl, Markus Selg, Thomas Zipp, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
- Andersen's Anniversary Show, Andersen’s, Copenhagen, Denmark
- March, dépendance, Brussels, Belgium
- Blue Pink Black, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2014
- 2014BERLIN1109, Jochum Rodgers, Berlin, Germany
- The Hawker, dépendance at Carlos/Ishikawa, London, United Kingdom
- Sein und Zeit, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
2013
- Painting Forever! Keilrahmen, KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, Germany
- Galerie Perrotin/ 25 ans, Tripostal, Lille, France
- „Il faut être peintre ...” (Eugène Leroy), Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
- Group Show, Galerie Perrotin, Paris, France
- Heinzmann Johnson Zipp, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
2012
- Post-War and Contemporary Art Collection, Oklahoma City Museum of Art, Oklahoma, United States
- Exploring Never Stops, Kunsthandel Wolfgang Werner, Berlin, Germany
2011
- Masterpieces of Painting in the Collection of the IVAM: Past, Present and Future, IVAM - Institut Valencià d’Art Modern, Valencia, Spain
- Thomas Bayrle kuratiert (ungern) Schrippenkönig mit p?, Galerie Mezzanin, Vienna, Austria
- Fruchtbaresland, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, United Kingdom
- True Faith, Andersen’s, Copenhagen, Denmark
2010
- Re-Dressing, Bortolami Gallery, New York, United States
- Seated Man, Carl Freedman Gallery, London, United Kingdom
2009
- Amor fati, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
- 5 Years for Friends, Galerie Bernd Kugler, Innsbruck, Austria
- Berlin 2000, PaceWildenstein, New York, United States
2008
- That’s The Way It Is, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
- Untitled, 6 x 2, 2008, M.1 Arthur Boskamp-Stiftung, Hohenlockstedt, Germany
- Hotel Marienbad 002: Sammlung Rausch, KW Berlin, Berlin, Germany
- Das Grosse Nichts, Gebert Stiftung, Rapperswil-Jona, Switzerland
- Andersens Wohnung revisited 1996–1999, Andersen’s, Berlin, Germany
2007
- Thilo Heinzmann, Antonni Lena, Bojan Sarcevic, Bortolami Gallery, New York, United States
- Kommando Friedrich Hölderlin, Galerie Max Hetzler, Berlin, Germany
- Substance & Surface, Bortolami Gallery, New York, United States
- Return to Forever, Forever and a day Büro, Berlin, Germany
- Optik Schröder, Kunstverein Braunschweig, Braunschweig, Germany
2006
- Ketzer & Co, Haus der Kunst, Brno, Czech Republic
2005
- Papier, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
- 36 x 27 x 10, Volkspalast, Berlin, Germany
2004
- Guido W. Baudach, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin, Germany
- Invite #8, Klosterfelde, Berlin, Germany
2003
- Deutschemalereizweitausenddrei, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
2002
- Friede, Freiheit, Freude, Maschenmode, Berlin, Germany
- Christian Flamm, Thilo Heinzmann, Michel Majerus, Antje Majewski, Nader, Asprey Jacques, London, United Kingdom
2001
- Musterkarte – Modelos de Pintura Alemana, Galería Heinrich Ehrhardt, Madrid, Spain
- Viva November, Städtische Galerie Wolfsburg, Wolfsburg, Germany
- Montana Sacra, Circles 5, ZKM, Karlsruhe, Germany
2000
- Death Race 2000, Thread Waxing Space, New York, United States
- Berlin – Binnendifferenz, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, Austria
1999
- Malerei, Init Kunsthalle, Berlin, Germany
- Offencia Europa, Galleria d’Arte Moderna di Bologna, Bologna, Italy
1998
- Junge Szene, Secession, Vienna, Austria
1997
- Ex-Centrics, Vordingborg, Denmark
- To Show You What’s NEU, Galerie Neu, Berlin, Germany
1993
- Männerkunst, Frauenkunst, Kunstverein, Germany
- Kippenberger at / im Fridericianum, Kassel, Germany
public collections
M+ Museum, West Kowloon, Hong Kong, China
Tate Modern, London, United Kingdom
