Editing Helena Hietanen

{{short description|Finnish artist (born 1963)}}
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'''Helena Hietanen''' (born 1963) is a [[Finland|Finnish]] artist who lives and works in [[Helsinki]]. Her work often uses [[optical fiber]] in the construction of textiles.<ref>Textile Designers At The Cutting Edge by Bradley Quinn</ref> 

She studied at the [[University of Art and Design Helsinki]] (now Aalto University School of Arts, Design and Architecture). She is married to fellow artist Jaakko Niemelä, with whom she has repeatedly exhibited.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Helena Hietanen|url=http://www.helenahietanen.com/page_1178812354146.html|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160327182540/http://www.helenahietanen.com/page_1178812354146.html|archive-date=2016-03-27|access-date=2021-07-15}}</ref>

== Exhibitions ==
# Galerie Anhava, Helsinki, Finland 1996
# Illuminazione, The Venice Biennale, Venice, Italy 1997
# Helsinki – Arsenal, Kunsthalle, Riga, Latvia 1997
# Ume.Se, Umeå, Sweden 1998
# The Czech Museum of Fine Arts, Prague, Czech Republic 1999
# Les Champs de la Sculpture 2000, Paris, France 1999
# Internationale Kunstmesse, Berlin, Germany 2000

==References==
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==External links==
* [http://www.anhava.com/?http://www.anhava.com/exhibitions/hietanen/ Technolace exhibition]

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[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:20th-century Finnish sculptors]]
[[Category:20th-century Finnish women artists]]
[[Category:21st-century Finnish sculptors]]
[[Category:21st-century Finnish women artists]]

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