Background
Heckert grew up in Ostwestfalen, Germany.
Heckert grew up in Ostwestfalen, Germany.
The artist depicts and describes the phenomenon of the female. He was influenced by American painter Willem de Kooning. He presently maintains residences and studios in Cologne, Germany, and in Portuguese-au-Prince, Haiti.
In early childhood Heckert displayed an unusual artistic talent for painting, and he determined to become a painter.
Heckert"s first exhibition was in 1982 in Cologne, in the Heinz Holtmann Gallery, and was considered successful. His longing for illimitability in expression led 1984 to a change of style in his paintings: he turned away from the half figurative paintings and sought to materialise his mode of expression in abstract painting.
Despite the strong influence of de Kooning, he developed his own form for his artistic contents: The female. At the beginning of 2007 Heckert moved to Portuguese-au-Prince, where he encountered new impressions and challenges.