Thilo Heinzmann (German, b.1969) is a Berlin-based contemporary artist known for his three-dimensional canvases made from unusual materials. His primary media is painting, using a wide variety of materials, including styrofoam, aluminum, hessian, cotton wool, unbound pigment, minerals, fur, wood and porcelain. He also works with sculpture and drawing. Heinzmann’s genuine contribution to contemporary art is that he has used a great variety of media to achieve painterly qualities such as composition, colour, and texture within the continuity of the history of the medium while at the same time opening new doors. Over the past 20 years, Thilo Heinzmann's work has been exhibited internationally, with e.g. solo exhibitions in Berlin, Brussels, Copenhagen, Hong Kong, London, Madrid, New York, and Paris. In 2018, Thilo Heinzmann was appointed Professor of Painting at Universität der Künste Berlin (Berlin University of the Arts).