HEIDI FORSMAN


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News







17.5. - 15.6.2025
Kuvan kevät MFA degree show,
Kuva/Tila, Helsinki





6/2026
Solo exhibition,
Gallery Huuto, Helsinki










Contact










︎ Inquiries:

heidiforsman.art@gmail.com

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Works available:


WWW Contemporary

Helsingin taidelainaamo



 







Photo: Joël Petzold

CV





Born 1993 in Savonlinna, Finland
Lives and works in Helsinki, Finland

heidiforsman.art@gmail.com







Education





2023 - (2025) Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki
Studies leading to the Master of Fine Arts degree

2020 - 2023 Academy of Fine Arts, University of the Arts Helsinki
Bachelor of Fine Arts, the Subject area of Painting

2018 - 2020 Vapaa Taidekoulu / Free Art School

The first and second year studies of Painting



2015 - 2017 Omnia Vocational Upper Secondary Education and Training

Qualification in Crafts and Design, Artisan, Competence area in Environmental Design and Construction



2009 - 2012 Savonlinna Senior Secondary School of Arts and Music

Finnish Matriculation Examination, the Visual Arts division







Memberships





        Finnish Painters' Union



        Helsinki Artists’ Association
       
        Artists' Association Yö


       
          
     


Solo Exhibitions





Upcoming 6/2026    Gallery Huuto, Helsinki



2022    Mindscapes, Gallery Kajava, Helsinki



2020    Human/Nature, Gallery Vaaga, Helsinki







Group Exhibitions





Upcoming 5/2025   Kuvan Kevät,  Kuva/Tila, Helsinki



2025    Habitats, Kuva/Tila, Helsinki


       

2024    VALO, Gallery Toinen silmä, Helsinki



2023    BFA Exhibition, Kuva/Tila, Helsinki



2023    Sateenkaaren alla, Taidelainaamo, Helsinki



2023    Olipa kerran..., Taidelainaamo, Helsinki



2022    To be continued, Gallery Eteinen, Savonlinna


       

2021    Väriä pimeyteen, Gallery Katariina, Helsinki


        

2021    Feel Helsinki, Helsinki Music Centre


       

2021    Three Artotheques Together, Gallery Aarni, Espoo


       

2020    Hämärän hetki, Taidelainaamo, Helsinki



2020    HELENE, Kulttuurihalli, Helsinki Central Railway Station



2020    Poikkeustila, Loukko Gallery , Helsinki



2019    Vapaan Ekat, Gallery Vaaga, Helsinki







Other




2025     Runar Andersson grant 

2025     featured in a book 'Behind the Canvas' by Joël Petzold about artists in Helsinki

2023     Nominated candidate for the Nordic & Baltic Young Artist Award Grand Prix

2023    Essay about the featured work in BFA Exhibition. Henttu, Sini. 2023. Horizon by Horizon, published in ”With – Writings and reflections of artistic processes”. Ed. Eero Karjalainen and Isa Lumme. Pages: 87 - 88.

        





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