Heidi Wirgentius

My art -and my life- is about connecting with nature.

I have the privilege of living in and with nature. Most of the year I live on a small island, where I can really strongly feel the sensation of wholeness and happiness, which comes from the connection with nature. We are part of nature and nature is so deeply in us, that even living in urban, modern world we can never really lose the connection. But can get weaker, leaving sense of lack and emptiness.

Science of life has always fascinated me. It's amazing how tiny electromagnetic fields can hold this universe in it's visible form, how the water cycle of the earth also circulates through every one of us, how particles we digest are rearranged to form this body. Everything is connected to make life possible and I endlessly wonder what is the point of that, and what does it mean to be part of this universe as a human being?

Art has been an important part of my life since childhood. I was a bit different child, spending all the time I could with animals and in nature. Drawing and painting was the easiest way to express myself and ever since I got my first set of oil paints I have loved them. I studied fine arts in my early twenties, but after developing a serious hypersens...

DVM, University of Helsinki VetMed, 2010

Private and group exhibitions

2020 DSWF Wildlife Artist of The Year finalist and highly commended

2019 Helsinki,Taidesalonki Piirto ”Kevättuulia”

2018-2019 Onkamo,Taidekeskus Onnela

2017 Helsinki, Taidesalonki Piirto, ”DOG -taidetta koirista”

2017 Helsinki, Taidekahvila Pikkurastas

2017-2018 Porvoo, myyntinäyttely OmaHammaslääkäri tiloissa

2016 Helsinki, Galleria Piirto ”Kymmenen kädenjälkeä”

2016 Loviisa, Strömforsin ruukki ”Kolme naista, kolme näkemystä- eläimistä ja elämästä”

2015 Helsinki, Galleria Piirto ”Luontoyhteys”

2015-2020 Porvoo, vaihtuva näyttely Porvoon Lemmikkilääkärien tiloissa