Heidi Specker

Heidi Specker (born 1962, Damme, Germany) is an artist based in Berlin. Her photographic, conceptual practice explores various photographic genres, using them to examine the medium of photography itself. In 1995 she created the Speckergruppen series, followed by Im Garten in 2003. From 2008 onwards, she began linking places with historical figures and artistic positions: Landhaus Lemke with Mies van der Rohe, Termini in 2010 with Giorgio de Chirico and Carlo Mollino, and Re-prise in 2016 with Moi Wer. In 2020 and 2022, she produced the biographical work DAMME. This was followed in 2026 by Damenzimmer, focusing on Aenne Biermann. Specker publishes her works in book form or presents them exclusively in exhibition settings, such as Help me I am blind in collaboration with Theo Deutinger, 3 Women with Anna Viebrock, and Le pigment de la lumière with Olaf Nicolai. Specker has held solo exhibitions at venues including the Sprengel Museum Hannover, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Berlinische Galerie in Berlin, and Camera Austria in Graz.