Heidi Vogel was born in Auerbach/Vogtland (Saxony) in 1951. After studying physics, she studied at the Weissensee University of the Arts in East Berlin from 1973 to 1976 and at the Academy of Art in Dresden from 1976 to 1978. She completed her diploma in free graphics with Gerhard Kettner. From 1983 to 1985 she was a master student with him at the Academy of Arts of the GDR. Vogel lives and works in Berlin.