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Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen (b. 1974) is a multidisciplinary artist and disability activist whose work spans from sculpture and video to performance and activism within disability politics and policy. Her works deal with structural violence, discrimination framed as kindness and issues related to women with disabilities. In April 2024 she is one of three artists in the Pavillion of Finland at the 60th Venice Biennial.
Wallinheimo-Heimonen has facilitated social art workshops in Finland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia and China and participated in exhibitions in Finland and abroad, including at HAM Helsinki Art Museum; IntegrART Festival, Switzerland; Dora Stern Gallery, US; Tallinn Kunsthalle, Estonia; and Nunnery Gallery, London. In 2022, Wallinheimo-Heimonen worked in the Harbourfront Centre Toronto artist residency as part of the Nordic Bridges programme; and participated in the 8th Biennial of Contemporary Art Fundación ONCE in Madrid. Wallinheimo-Heimonen received the Finnish State Prize for Multidisciplinary Art in 2019. She holds a BA from Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture in Helsinki. She has osteogenesis imperfecta as piquant characteristic.
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Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen
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