HEIDI BURTON ILLUSTRATION
ABOUT ME
Hello! I'm Heidi Burton, a British-Finnish illustrator based in Cambridge, UK.
I studied BA (Hons) in Illustration at KIAD and an MA in Children’s Book Illustration at Cambridge School of Art.
My most recent book projects - A Friend at Fable Hill and The Neurodivergent Diaries stem from my lived experience of autism and ADHD.
Interests
Found objects, overheard conversation snippets, bird-nerding, riding in trains in the rain, spying on wildlife, night sky gazing, Rilke’s musings, banjo twangers, hand drawn type, folktales, wilderness, Victorian literature, vintage children’s books, Haiku writing.
Disinterests
Mint chocolate, burglars, things that reduce in size whilst increasing in price, unpredictable flying matter (pigeons, I’m looking at you), eating meat, not having tea, my ineptitude at plant mothering.
CONTACT
Email: heidi.burton[at]gmail.com.
See my recent updates via Instagram.
For book writing/illustration enquiries, please contact my agent Millie Van Grutten at RCW Literary Agency: millie@rcwlitagency.com
Exhibitions & Events
Moleskine Book Fair, London – photo courtesy of Sam Martin aka howaboutno
2024 - Pathfinder @ Alliance Française, Bologna, Italy
2024 - Cambridge School of Art @ Bologna Children’s Book Fair, Bologna, Italy
2024 – MA Children’s Book Illustration graduate show @ Ruskin Gallery, Cambridge, UK
2024 – MA Children’s Book Illustration graduate show @ Candid Arts Trust, London, UK
2023 – The Wrong Biennale, Pavilion: Following a Path @ online
2018 – 6×6 Show @ The Why Gallery, Frome, UK
2011 – Show Something @ Haringey, London, UK
2009 – Bold Atlanta @ Horizon’s School, Atlanta, USA
2009 – Colouring Outside The Lines @ University of Bradford, UK
2008 – Nautical But Nice @ Cambridge Museum of Technology, UK
2008 – Moleskine at Isot @ Tokyo Big Sight, Japan
2008 – Moleskine at Interior Lifestyle @ Tokyo Big Sight, Japan
2008 – Moleskine at London Book Fair @ Earls Court, London
2007 – Scrawlington @ The Air Gallery, London