Heta-Linnea Kovanen (b.1990)
Helsinki, Finland
EDUCATION
2022 Full-stack Web Developer Bootcamp, Academic Work Academy
2021 Producer of Visual Expression, Pekka Halonen Academy of Arts
2017 Bachelor in Business Administration BBA, Jyväskylä University of Applied Sciences
2009 Secondary High School graduate, Vesanto
CULTURE, ART AND DESIGN COURSES
2022 Psychology of Interaction Design, Pluralsight
2022 Prototyping Techniques for UX Design, Pluralsight
2022 User Experience: The Big Picture, Pluralsight
2022 Usability Testing Approaches for UX Design, Pluralsight
2022 Introduction to Service Design, Open University of Lapland Art & Design
2022 UX Research: Going Guerilla, LinkedIn Learning
2022 Miro for UX: Brainstorming & Collaboration, LinkedIn Learning
2022 Illustrator’s Business Models, Online Lecture by Kuvittajat ry
2021 Ceramic Course by Kirsi Kivivirta, Helsinki
2021 Picture & Book: Illustrations and Picture Storytelling in Children’s Literature -seminar, Kuvittajat ry
2021 Botanical Illustration with Watercolors, Online Course by Creative Director Paulina Maciel, Domestika
2021 Introduction to Children’s Illustration, Online Course by Adolfo Serra, Domestika
2020 Printmaking Workshop by Erica Jacobson, Kuvittajat ry
2020 Art Graphics & Etching, Helsinki Community College
2017 Art Graphics, Jyväskylä Community College
2015 individual art courses in Snellman Academy Helsinki
2013 Aquarelle Painting, Helsinki Community College
2013 Project Management in Creative Industries, UNIarts/ Sibelius Academy, Helsinki
2013 Entrepreneurship in Creative Industries, UNIarts / Sibelius Academy, Helsinki
2012 Life Drawing Course, Jyväskylä Community College
2009 Art Diploma, Upper Secondary High School, Vesanto
GRANTS
2024 Grafia, Educational Grant
2023 The Finnish Illustration Association Kuvittajat Grant for Expenses
2022 The Finnish Illustration Association Kuvittajat, Grant for Expenses
2022 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Working Grant
2021 The Finnish Illustration Association Kuvittajat ry, Grant for Expenses
2021 Freelance Graafikot, Grant for Expenses
2021 Grafia, Grant for Expenses
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Working Grant
2021 JOKES, Working Grant
2021 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Working Grant
2021 Summer of the Arts by Kulta ry & Finnish Cultural Foundation, Working Grant
2021 Pekka Halonen Academy of Arts, Scholarship
2020 The Finnish Illustration Association Kuvittajat, Working Grant
2020 Arts Promotion Centre Finland, Working Grant
ART RESIDENCIES
6/2021 AIR Frosterus Online Artist Residency, Artist of the Month
MEMBERSHIPS
THE FINNISH ILLUSTRATION ASSOCIATION KUVITTAJAT
LITERARY AND CULTURAL ASSOCIATION SÄRÖ RY
WORKS IN COLLECTIONS
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY EMOTIONS
Private Collections
ART TEACHING AND CURATING, PERFORMANCES
2023 Illustration Course Teacher, Comics Center Helsinki
2021 Illustration Course Teacher, Hertsikan Pumppu Helsinki
2018-2020 Founder and Curator at Luova Art Gallery (Luova Records), online
2012-2014 Curating Assistan at Om’Pu Gallery, Helsinki
2017 Performace Artists, International Poetry Festival Eskisehir, Turkey W/ AURA KAJANIEMI
2008 Museum Guide at Vesanto Croft Museum
EXHIBITIONS
2023 Luonnos Gallery Group Exhibition: Muotoja Luonnosta, Helsinki
2022 Romu & Random, Tampere , w/ Juho Luukkainen
2021 Mesta CoWorking Herttoniemi, Helsinki
2021 AIR Frosterus Online Gallery
2021 Cable Factory, Group Exhibition, Helsinki
2021 Gallery Pato, Group Exhibition, Kouvola
2020 Central Library OODI, Helsinki
2020 Cafe Talo W/ Eemi Kettunen, Helsinki
2019 Entresse Library, Espoo
2018 Luova Art Gallery, Artist of the Month 9/2018
2018 Om’Pu Gallery, Helsinki
2018 Järvenpää Library
2018 Hoppa Gallery, Kaleidoskooppi Festival, Jyväskylä
2017 Uusi Tampere Music Festival, Tampere
2017 Bar Vakiopaine w/ Aura Kajaniemi, Jyväskylä
2014 Vesanto Library
2014 Om’Pu Gallery, Helsinki
2014 Om’Pu Gallery Group Exhibition, Helsinki
2014 Window Gallery w/Panu Kivi, Helsinki
2013 Kallio Kipinöi, Helsinki
2013 Cafe Lounge, Jyväskylä
2013 Kallio Kipinöi, Helsinki
2013 Lungberg, Helsinki
FILM / ANIMATION SCREENINGS
2022 Screener Short Films, Hackney, London
2021 BALKAN CAN-KINO, Athens, Greece
2021 LINEA D’OMBRA FESTIVAL, Salerno, Italy
2021 The Unprecedented Cinema - International Festival of Short Film, Tallinn, Estonia
2021 Savonlinna International Film Festival, Video art Screenings, SAVONLINNA, FINLAND
2021 huhtamo International Film Festival, Huhtamo, Finland
2021 Mister Vorky Animation Festival, Official One-minute Film Competition, Ruma, Serbia
2021 T-Short online Animation Festival, Out of Competition Experimental
PUBLIC ARTWORKS
2021 Electric utility Box Art, Arabia Street Festival, HELSINKI, FINLAND
2017 Electric utility Box Art, Yläkaupungin Yö & Jyväskylän Energia, JYVÄSKYLÄ, FINLAND
2018 Electric utility Box Art, YLÄKAUPUNGIN YÖ RY & JYVÄSKYLÄN ENERGIA, JYVÄSKYLÄ, FINLAND
2012 Electric utility Box Art, Arabia Street Festival, HELSINKI