Herakut
{{Short description|Street Artist Duo (2002)}}
{{Infobox artist
| image = Lüneburg Wandfärberstraße Wandbild.jpg
| caption = A Herakut mural at the ARTotale in Lüneburg, Germany.
| name = Herakut
| birth_name = Jasmin Siddiqui
{{birth date and age|df=yes|1982|02|16}}
Frankfurt, West Germany
Falk Lehman
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| field = Graffiti
Street art
illustrated books
graphic novel
Social commentary
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Herakut is a street artist duo who began painting in 2002.{{Cite news|url=http://www.fnp.de/lokales/frankfurt/stadtgefluester/Jasmin-Siddiqui-malt-fuer-die-Naxoshalle;art51666,2099454|title=Street Art-Duo: Jasmin Siddiqui malt für die Naxoshalle {{!}} Frankfurter Neue Presse|last=Presse|first=Frankfurter Neue|access-date=2016-11-29}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.frankfurt-live.com/front_content.php?idcat=254&idart=72753|title=Frankfurt-Live - Das Gesellschaftsmagazin|last=Bauschmann|first=Bernd|website=www.frankfurt-live.com|access-date=2016-11-29}} Jasmin Siddiqui is known as Hera, and her partner Falk Lehmann, is known as Akut, hence their portmanteau combined name.{{Cite news|url=http://fudder.de/interview-mit-graffiti-duo-herakut-so-viele-waende-brauchen-liebe|title=Interview mit Graffiti-Duo Herakut: "So viele Wände brauchen Liebe" - Fotogalerien - Freiburg - fudder.de|last=Zeitung|first=Badische|access-date=2016-11-29}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.scmp.com/magazines/48hrs/article/1297220/graffiti-duo-herakut-make-art-message|title=Graffiti duo Herakut make art with a message|newspaper=South China Morning Post|access-date=2016-11-29}}
Siddiqui is of German-Pakistani origin, from Frankfurt.{{Cite news|url=http://www.laweekly.com/arts/a-german-street-art-duo-has-made-its-mark-on-culver-city-high-6738908|title=A German Street-Art Duo Has Made Its Mark on Culver City High|last=Moayeri|first=Lily|date=2016-03-23|newspaper=L.A. Weekly|access-date=2016-11-29}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.welt.de/regionales/frankfurt/article119374710/Internationale-Graffiti-Kunst-fuer-das-Zeil-Areal.html|title=Duo "Herakut": Internationale Graffiti-Kunst für das Zeil-Areal - WELT|website=DIE WELT|date=25 August 2013|access-date=2016-11-29|last1=Weber|first1=Christina}} She paired with Falk Lehmann in 2004.{{Cite news|url=https://www.faz.net/aktuell/rhein-main/kultur/graffiti-duo-herakut-mit-farbe-mut-machen-12994474.html|title=Graffitikünstler "Herakut": Mit Farbe Mut machen|last1=Schol|first1=Katharina|date=2014-06-17|last2=Frankfurt|newspaper=Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung|issn=0174-4909|access-date=2016-11-29}}