Heli Heikkinen

HELI SINIKKA HEIKKINEN
Painter, born in 1956
in Helsinki, lives in Helsinki, Finland.





With a brush I try to fathom the sky and touch the edge of a cloud. As a subject the sky is charged with a huge amount of symbolic meaning, but it is also something you can process by vision. It is air on the skin as well. When one takes the process of painting the skyline seriously, it is difficult to ignore the fact that the sky is also part of one's cultural scenery, and that even the weather is partly due to man's actions.

The sky - heaven - also represents infinity, the sacred, something that I believe is as essential to us as air itself.

Education:The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Helsinki 1981-85
The Free Art School, Helsinki 1980-81
The Orivesi Polytechnic of Arts 1979-80
Bachelor of Science (physics, mathematics, theoretical physics and theoretical philosophy) University of Helsinki, 1978
Solo Exhibitions:
Museum of Finnish Contemporary Art Willa Mac,Tampere,Finland 2008
Galleria Rantakasarmi, Helsinki, Finland 2006
Galleria Saskia, Tampere, Finland 2005
Galleria Johan S., Helsinki, Finland 2004
Galleria Katariina, Helsinki, Finland 2003
Kuopio Museum, Kuopio, Finland 2003
Galleria di City Bank Milano, Milan, Italy 1992
NuovoAleph. Studio D'Arte, Milan, Italy 1991
Kultturelli Gallery, Joensuu, Finland 1986
Galleria Strindberg, Helsinki, Finland 1986
Teaching
Critical Academy Art School, Head teacher, 2003-
Planning of the "Katseen filosofia" ("Philosophy of Sight") lecture series in association with the Critical Academy and Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, 2003-
Creative Activities for the Disabled Association, Head teacher of drawing and painting, 1998-2003
The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Head of Department of General Studies, 1994-96
The Finnish Academy of Fine Arts, Lecturer for drawing and pain...