Thomas Scheibitz

Thomas Scheibitz serves as Professor of Painting at the Düsseldorf Art Academy in Düsseldorf, Germany, where he leads a class dedicated to exploring artistic questions in painting and sculpture through experimental methodologies. His academic role emphasizes critical engagement with art historical conventions while fostering creative exploration of language, irony, chance, and personal cosmology within artistic practice.

His research interests focus on contemporary painting and sculpture through experimental frameworks that challenge traditional disciplinary boundaries. Scheibitz encourages rigorous theoretical examination alongside practical experimentation, investigating how regulatory elements like irony and chance operate within artistic creation. His approach bridges conceptual art practices with material exploration, emphasizing the tension between structured theory and lived experience in studio practice.

As an academic advisor, Scheibitz mentors emerging artists including Hidetoshi Mitsuzaki, whose work featured in the 2021 Graduate Exhibition. The output of his class regularly manifests in institutional exhibitions such as "Fog Cutter" (2021), "Marpat" (2020), "Three Percent Battle" (2019), and "Follow Me Nowhere" (2018), presented during the academy's annual tours and summer exhibitions in dedicated studio spaces.