Kati Heck
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° 1979
Lives in Antwerp (), born in Düsseldorf ().
Kati Heck uses the great diversity of imagery provided by the history of art to express her personal world of experience and imagination. Heck's paintings often resemble collages, because she tends to combine different styles of painting on one and the same canvas. With Heck, hyperrealistic images blend in seamlessly with cartoonish sketches or stylistic references to the history of art. Kati Heck mostly creates large paintings with colourful assemblies of figures, objects and symbols, which together seem to narrate some complicated story. With references to comic books, films and pornography, Heck is clearly inspired by popular culture, but her own experiences are a point of reference for her as well - the figures she depicts are usually modelled after people she met in her own life. Heck doesn't want the stories of her images to be understood at once; most important is the imaginative power of the paintings. "The more I tell you, the more the eye of the viewer will be directed and the fewer he or she can see".
Media
>At the studio of Kati Heck. Click to watch the video.
>Kati Heck, 2007
>Kati Heck, Hopfen, Malz, Hermann erhalt’s, 2007.Installation, ast, bild, lampion, 187 x 105 x 68 cm.
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>Lode Geens, Guy Rombouts, Dennis Tyfus, Kati Heck, Timothy Segers, Philippe Van Wolputte, Danny Devos, Hans Theys, A4 (2) Multiple Magazine, 2008.Multiple, 34 x 23.9 x 3 cm.
>Kati Heck, Der Meinungsmacher, 2010.Painting, oil and fiter on canvas, 100 x 130 cm.
>Kati Heck, >>Bälck<<, 2011.Painting, oil on canvas, 180 x 260 cm.
>Kati Heck, Bompa in de oorlog – Opa im Krieg, 2011-2012.Painting, concrete, stainless steel, metal and grenade, oil, crystal, 215 x 79.5 x 120 cm.
>Kati Heck, Babydetektiv, 2011.Painting, watercolor pencil, ecoline, pencil, oil on paper, 71 x 52 cm.
>Kati Heck, Neue Freunde (Hot Hot Spatzi) [New Friends (Hot Hot Birdie)], 2011.Painting, photo, ink, oil, baryte paper, 2 x (126 x 86 cm), 1 x (196 x 136 cm).
>Kati Heck, Babydetektiv mit Sekretärin, 2012.Print, lamdaprint, 129 x 106 cm.
>Kati Heck, Du schon wieder!, 2012.Painting, oil, ink, cupholder, glass water/ wine bottle, letter on canvas, 210 x 210 cm.
>Kati Heck, Sturmtrio Teil Drei, 2012.Painting, oil on canvas, 140 x 120 cm.
>Kati Heck, BDC-Mentor mit Bierchen, 2012.Painting, oil on canvas, metal cupholder, papier-maché, beer can, wooden frame, 98,5 x 80,5 x 15 cm.
>Kati Heck, Aus dem Tagebuch eines Babydetektivs (Traum, Alptraum, Krieg, Detektive, Spinner, Tod), 2012.Painting, watercolor, oil and ink on paper, 6 x (29.5 x 42 cm).
>Kati Heck, Check, 2012.Painting, oil on canvas, 90 x 70 cm.
>Kati Heck, Babydetektivclubmanifest, 2012.Drawing, letraset letters and ink on glued paper, 1300 x 795 mm.
>Kati Heck, Tier mit Bier, 2012.Drawing, ecoline and ink on paper, 850 x 620 mm.
>Kati Heck, Zum Teufel, Positionen!, 2012.Painting, oil on canvas, 120 x 120 cm.
>Kati Heck, Der herrliche Selbstbetrug, 2012.Painting, oil, pencil on canvas, 230 x 145 cm.
>Kati Heck, Tresen, 2013.Installation, metal, wood, 4 bar chairs, 115 x 420 x 68 cm.
>Kati Heck, Babydetektivbüro, 2013.Installation, mixed media , 230 x 200 x 200 cm.
>Kati Heck, Piece, 2013.Sculpture, metal, wood, papier-mâché , 215 x 80 x 120 cm .
>Kati Heck, The Band, 2013.Installation, mixed media, 3 x (170 x 160 x 100 cm) 3 x (50 x 150 x 150 cm) .
>Kati Heck, Indiz (O Buni), 2013.Painting, oil on canvas, wood, artist frame, 128 x 122 cm.
>Kati Heck, Danke, das wär dann alles, 2013.Painting, oil and charcoal on canvas , 210 x 280 cm.
>Kati Heck, Frau Heck, jetzt mal in Ernst, 2013.Painting, oil and charcoal on canvas, 130 x 100 cm.
>Kati Heck, Muse kommt flöten... (saftiger Freund Pegasus), 2013.Painting, oil on canvas, 260 x 400 cm.
>Kati Heck, O Wir, 2014.Painting, oil, pencil on stitched canvas, 64 x 50.5 cm.
>Kati Heck, O Leon, 2014.Painting, oil , collage, crayon on stitched canvas, 160 x 160 cm.
>Kati Heck, O Rik, 2014.Painting, oil, acrylic, ink, pencil, papier-maché on canvas, 105 x 83 x 18 cm.
>Kati Heck, O Tina, 2014.Painting, oil on canvas, 104 x 104 x 20 cm.
>Kati Heck, Mass?, 2014.Painting, ink, gouache, watercolour, letterset letters on paper, artist frame, 78.5 x 62 cm .
>Kati Heck, Futterbewegungszwiespalt, 2014.Painting, ink, collage, gouache, oilstick, pencil on paper, artist frame, 54 x 37 cm .
>Kati Heck, Zu Befehl, 2014.Painting, ink, gouache, watercolour, pencil, letterset letters on paper, artist frame, 54 x 37 cm .
>Kati Heck, O Romain, 2014.Painting, oil, pencil on canvas, 104.5 x 81.5 x 10 cm.
>Kati Heck, Classic I, 2014.Painting, oil on canvas , 180 x 230 cm.
>Kati Heck, Gipfeltreff auf der Schamkette, 2014.Article, ink, watercolour, letterset letters on paper, 54 x 37 cm .
>Kati Heck, Keine Antwort unter dieser Nummer, 2014.Mixed Media, ink, pencil, watercolour, letterset letters on paper, 54 x 37 cm .
>Kati Heck, Fuge eins, 2015.Painting, oil on stitched canvas, 206 x 304 cm.
>Kati Heck, Fig. 5 – Pfuiti Bergauf, 2015.Painting, cater color pencil, ecoline, gouache, pencil, newspaper, collage on stitched paper, artist frame, 86.5 x 98 cm .
>Vaast Colson, Kati Heck, Show me yours & I'll show you mine - Vaast Colson (Still some cream on the screen) & Kati Heck (Holy Hauruck), 2016.Book, ink, paper, 26.4 x 20.1 cm, language : English, Dutch, publisher : Museum van Hedendaagse Kunst, Antwerpen, ISBN : 9789072828545.
>Kati Heck, Holy Hauruck - Der Maler und ihre Muse, 2016.Installation, isomo, stof, metaal, hout, plasticrete, tv, plastic, lamp, stro, haar, hazelnootschnaps, variable dimensions.
>Kati Heck, Dobbelpunkt, 2018.Painting.
Exhibitions & Ensembles
> Exhibition: EXTRA MUROS: Visite Diest. 27 November 2014 - 21 December 2014.
> Exhibition: Holy Hauruck. 19 February 2016 - 29 May 2016.
> Exhibition: Let's Play Museum. 10 June 2023 - 17 September 2023.
> Exhibition: Middle Gate Geel '13. 29 September 2013 - 19 January 2014.
> Exhibition: Museum E!: Dreams. 11 April 2018 - 11 October 2018.
> Exhibition: Salon de Peinture. 17 January 2019 - 31 March 2019.
> Exhibition: Show me yours & I'll show you mine – Vaast Colson: Still some cream on the screen & Kati Heck: Holy Hauruck. 19 February 2016 - 29 May 2016.
> Exhibition: The collection XXXIII – The Collection as a Character. 07 June 2013 - 22 September 2013.
> Ensemble: Aanwinsten 2016 [Acquisitions 2016].
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> Ensemble: An Architecture for Art - Guy Rombouts.
> Ensemble: humor & tragedie [humour & tragedy].
> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_PUBLICATIONS.
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> Ensemble: M HKA_DEFAULT_WORKS.
> Ensemble: Middle Gate.
> Ensemble: NUCLEUS.
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> Ensemble: Portraits of Myself.