Heidi Strand

* Heidi utilizes textiles, skin of seal, sheep and fish, felted wool, and textile colors. She uses quilt, application and patchwork techniques.
* Heidi has taught drawing and handicrafts in schools, on courses and at different institutions in Iceland, Norway, and Denmark.
* Heidi has nine works in public collections in Iceland, Norway and Finland and is a member of the The Association of Icelandic Visual Artists (SÍM), and The Icelandic Textile Guild.

Education
1986-87  Ingiberg Magnússon / Reykjavík Art School.
               Courses with e.g. Endurmenntunardeild HÍ, Marti Mitchell and Kaffe Fassett.
1976-78  Art studies at Elen Ofstad Art School in Trondheim, Norway

Miscellaneous
2007   Artist in residence in Gammel have, Fyen, Denmark (July)
2006  Arranged The Hungarian Blue Print Exhibition with Anna Dolanýi from Debrecen, Hungary.   
2004  Presentation for groups of students in Vesterålen, Norway.
1998  The covers of a book of poems by Anna S. Björnsdóttir, „Hægur söngur í dalnum”
1997  The l’A.P.P.E.L. culture festival in Gondrin, France - A prize for textile works
1996  Four presentations on the wall hangings and Heidis art for students and others in and around Vaasa, Finland
1991  A prize in a textile competition arranged by "KK",  - a Norwegian magazine
1979-80 Member of “Tusind sind“, a collective boutique in Copenhagen, DK
1978  First prize in a textile competition arranged by "Det Nye" magazine, Norway

Heidi's art studio is at Seljavegur 32, Reykjavik.

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