| Dates: | born 1966
| | Biography: | b. 1966 Finland
HK 119 is a product created by Heidi
Kilpelainen. She is the art
director, lyricist, composer, costume
designer, stylist, set
designer, singer and performer behind
HK 119.
Heidi Kilpelainen was born and grew up
in Finland, where she got
into art, music and acting from an
early age (female lead Ursula
dir. J. Pyhala 1985). She came to
London in 1987 and joined the
Foundation course at the former City
of London Polytechnic. Then,
she went on to complete a BA at
Central St Martins. Previous
projects include, for example, a sound
work entitled Hoovering Lover
(Survival Gear), which was Pick-of-the-
Week in Radio 4's art
programme in 1999. More recently, HK
119 has been performing live at
various venues around London and
abroad. Heidi Kilpelainen is
currently on an MA course at Central
St Martins, graduating in
September 2004.
| | | Source: | "Bloomberg New Contemporaries 2004", exhibition catalogue | | | Date of source: | 2004 |
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| | Gender: | Female | | Type: | person |
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