Biography

Heidi Mortensen is a mixed media sculptor originally from Honolulu, Hawai’i and now residing in Western New York.  She investigates themes of loss, connection to place, and memory through work combining materials as varied as glass, metal, plaster, resin, fabric, thread, found and personal objects. 

Mortensen received a BFA in Sculpture from the University of Hawai’i and MFA in the Sculpture Dimensional Studies Program at Alfred University, New York. In between these two degrees she pursued atelier training in figure sculpting at the Barcelona Academy of Art to deepen her understanding of the architecture of the human body.  

Her work has been included in exhibitions including Artworks Northwest Biennial Exhibit at the Umpqua Valley Arts Association (Roseburg, OR), and Women Artists Making Their Mark at O’Hanlon Center for the Arts (Mill Valley, CA), and was awarded first place at Slice, A Juried Cross-Section of Regional Art by Pence Gallery (Davis CA). In 2024 she recieved a fellowship to the Cite Inernational des Arts residency in Paris. Mortensen has work in private collections in San Francisco, New York, and Honolulu.