Heidi Mortensen is a mixed-media sculptor and installation artist. Her detailed work involves casting in glass, resin, metal, and plaster, and incorporates clay, wood, thread, fabrics, ash, salvaged and personal objects. Mortensen received an MFA in the Sculpture Dimensional Studies program at Alfred University, New York and BFA in Sculpture from the University of Hawai’i. In between these two degrees she pursued 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 numerous exhibitions, including Artworks Northwest Biennial Exhibit (OR), Women Artists Making Their Mark (CA), and was awarded first place at Slice, A Juried Cross-Section of Regional Art by Pence Gallery (CA). In 2024, she received a fellowship to the Cite Internationale des Arts Residency in Paris, France and in 2025 she has a solo exhibition at Urban Glass Window Gallery, Brooklyn, NY.