CV — Sofia Heinonen
Born 1987 Eskilstuna, Sweden · Raised in Jönköping · Based in Stockholm.
Email: sofia.e.heinonen.info@gmail.com
EDUCATION
2020–2022 Master’s Programme in Fine Arts, Konstfack University of Arts, Crafts and Design, Stockholm
2014–2017 Bachelor’s Programme in Fine Arts, University of Bergen, Norway
2013–2014 Gerlesborgsskolan åk. 2, Stockholm
2012–2013 Ölands konstskola åk. 1
SOLO EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2023 Gummifabriken, Värnamo
2023 Restaurant Riche, Stockholm
2022 Moist, still, cradle, Master’s degree exhibition, Galleri Konstfack, Stockholm
2020 Konstnärshuset Svavel, Jönköping
GROUP EXHIBITIONS (selected)
2025 Wanderings, Kummelholmen, Skärholmen
2025 går utom / too, duo exhibition with Sara Elggren, SKF/Konstnärshuset, Stockholm
2024 Crum Heaven: Give up the Goods, Stockholm
2023 DEN FÖRSTA TROPEN, Galleri Trop, Stockholm
2022 Spring Exhibition (Master’s Degree Show), Konstfack, Stockholm
2021 Gaze, Galleri Thomassen, Gothenburg
2021 Hjorten Sculpture Park, Ahlsellparken, Hjorthagen
2020 SEART, No Picnic Studio, Stockholm
2020–2021 Vestlandsutstillingen, Stavanger Art Museum; Jugendstilsenteret & KUBE, Ålesund; Kunsthuset Kabuso; Kunstgarasjen, Bergen; Sogn og Fjordane Art Museum, Førde
2019 Charlottenborg Spring Exhibition, Kunsthal Charlottenborg, Copenhagen
2019 GIFC / Velvet Ropes, Galleri Golsa, Oslo; Gallery Steinsland Berliner, Stockholm
2015 Galleri s.e, Bergen (in collaboration with Thomas Pihl)
GRANTS AND AWARDS
2025 One-Year Working Grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2025 Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation
2025 Studio Grant, City of Stockholm
2023 One-Year Working Grant, The Swedish Arts Grants Committee
2023 Martha Larsson Rome Scholarship, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts
2022 Eva and Hugo Bergman Foundation, The Royal Academy of Fine Arts
2022 Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation
2020 Helge Ax:son Johnson Foundation
2019 Cultural Grant, Municipality of Jönköping
ARTIST-IN-RESIDENCIES (AIR)
2025 The Grez-sur-Loing Foundation, France (AIR)
2024 Villa San Michele, Capri, Italy – Scholarship and Residency
2023 Kunstnerhuset Lofoten, North Norwegian Art Centre, Norway (AIR)
PUBLIC COLLECTIONS
2025 Region Kronoberg, Regionhuset, Växjö
2024 Statens Konstråd, Public Art Agency Sweden, Riksarkivet
2024 Region Stockholm, Karolinska University Hospital, Emergency Department, Huddinge
2023 Region Jönköping County, Ryhov Hospital, Emergency Department
2023 Municipality of Värnamo, Stadshuset
2023 Municipality of Östersund
2022 Municipality of Jönköping
2020 Region Kronoberg
2019 Municipality of Norrköping
2019 Municipality of Linköping
LECTURES / CURATORIAL WORK
2025 Co-curator, part of the curating group, Wanderings, Kummelholmen
2025 Artist talk with Sara Elggren, moderated by Ashik Zaman, SKF/Konstnärshuset
2024 Panel discussion Networks & History, Konstnärshuset – Lecture: Painting Women – the 19th Century (with Sara Mirceta)
2024 Artist talk, Villa San Michele, Capri
2024 Artist talk, Kyrkeruds folkhögskola
2020, 2023 Artist talk, Konstnärshuset Svavel, Jönköping
REVIEWS (selected)
2022 Omkonst – review by Susanna Slöör (Konstfack Master’s Degree Exhibition)
2022 C-print Journal
2022 Daily Lazy – Sofia Heinonen at Galleri Konstfack I, Stockholm
2020 Bergens Tidende – review by Renate Rivedal
2020 Jönköpings-Posten – review by Ulla Strängberg
TEACHING / WORKSHOPS
Guest Lecturer: Öland School of Art, Wiks Folkhögskola, Region Uppsala
Kyrkerud Folkhögskola, Konst & Kulturakademien, Folkuniversitetet, Stockholm
Educator / Guide:
Nationalmuseum, Marabouparken (Sundbyberg), Sven-Harry’s Art Museum,
Kristinehamn Art Museum
PRESS AND PUBLICATIONS
2025 AVART art zine #6: NATUREN! Launch at Korvfabriken, Stockholm. AVART is a risoprinted art zine produced by Olga Krüssenberg and Linnea Lindberg.
2025 Interview with Sofia Heinonen and Sara Elggren, SKF/Konstnärshuset
https://konstnarshuset.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/10/Intervju-Sofia-Heinonen-Sara-Elggren.pdf
2024 LOCUM – Art at the new adult emergency department, Huddinge Hospital
https://www.locum.se/husen/huddinge-sjukhusomrade/hander-i-huset/nyheter/konsten-pa-nya-vuxenakuten/
2022 Remembering and repeating: An essay based on painting as an artistic practice, Diva / Konstnärshuset Talks: Networks & History
https://konstnarshuset.org/samtalsserie-natverk-historia/
2023 Martha Larsson Rome Scholarship, Royal Academy of Fine Arts
https://konstakademien.se/konstakademiens-priser-beloningar-och-stipendier-2023/
2023 Konstfack – Sofia and Sofia receive scholarships from the Royal Academy of Fine Arts
https://www.konstfack.se/.../Konstfacksalumner-far-stipendier-fran-Konstakademien/
2023 Jönköpings-Posten – The King awarded an art scholarship to Sofia
https://www.jp.se/artikel/kungen-gav-konststipendium-till-sofia/
2022 C-print Journal
https://www.c-print.se/post/degree-exhibitions-season-konstfack
2023 Restaurant Riche, Stockholm – Fuktig, stilla, vagga / Moist, still, cradle
https://riche.se/events/fuktig-stilla-vagga-sofia-heinonen-pa-riche/