Heidi Wikar
Biography
Costume designer Heidi Wikar studied at the Helsinki School of Art and Design and the Royal College of Arts in London, from which she graduated in 2009. She has designed costumes for the Wasa Teater production of Pojken och Stjärnan (2013), Scenkost Sörmland’s Flickor & Pojkar and Viirus Theatre’s play Ett drömspel. In 2011 she designed costumes for the Quantum Circus production in Turku’s Logomo, and in 2010 the set and the costumes for Pinocchio. In 2008 she designed costumes for the Röster för Östersjön concert. Her costumes have been exhibited at Finland’s Sports Museum, the Oulu Art Museum Ornamo’s 100-year exhibition and at London’s Alternative Fashion Week. In 012 she participated in an exhibition Colours of Life on Finnish design in Shanghai. Heidi Wikar was chosen Young Designer of the Year in 2004.