Heather Golinko (HEGO) is an ink artist and sculptor living in Nashville, TN. HEGO obtained her Master’s of Physician Assistant Studies from the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences in 2018. After leaving her job as a PA working at Vanderbilt Children’s Hospital assisting to repair pediatric congenital heart defects, HEGO returned to her roots as an artist. HEGO’s passion for medicine inspires her focus as an artist: biology and looking beyond the surface.

HEGO meticulously drips and paints ink onto synthetic paper creating artworks that flow organically of their own volition. She then melts them out with a soldering iron - manipulating them into sophisticated, collaged sculptures. The works are finished on hand soldered backgrounds comprised of hundreds of intricate holes. HEGO's work aims to represent the evolutionary complex world of cellular structure and its grounded, earthy femininity.