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Jenni-Juulia Wallinheimo-Heimonen (b. 1974) is a multidisciplinary artist and disability activist who works with textile art, installation, film and performance. In 2024 she was one of three artists selected to the Pavilion of Finland at the 60th International Art Exhibition – La Biennale di Venezia. In 2019 Wallinheimo-Heimonen received the Finnish State Prize for Multidisciplinary Art and in 2018 her short film about care robotics (Reflector of Living Will which comes to 1646) won the Best Screenplay at Pisa Robotic Film Festival. Wallinheimo-Heimonen´s work spans from sculpture and film to performance and activism within disability politics and policy. She has facilitated workshops in Finland, Bosnia-Herzegovina, Estonia and China and participated in exhibitions in Finland and abroad. In 2022, Wallinheimo-Heimonen worked in the Harbourfront Centre Toronto artist residency as part of the Nordic Bridges programme and participated in the 8th Biennial of Contemporary Art Fundación ONCE in Madrid. She holds a BA from Aalto University, School of Arts, Design and Architecture in Helsinki. She has osteogenesis imperfecta as a piquant characteristic.