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Heikki Kastemaa, Kulttuurinavigaattori

I wrote my first Wikipedia article in December 2005. I mostly contribute to the Finnish language Wikipedia. By education I am an art teacher and have been teaching art and cultural subjects in many places, mostly colleges and universities. I have experience in education planning. My other job has been a freelance journalist. I am an art critic and have concentrated in cultural journalism and art criticism. I am a member of The Finnish Critics' Association and AICA. I was nominated to the board of association Wikimedia Suomi in 2015, which is the Wikimedia chapter in Finland. I have been the president of Wikimedia Finland between 2016-2018. I live in Helsinki, Finland. I am again on board of Wikimedia Finland and its vice-president from 2023. Many of my Wikipedia contributions have focused to different fields of art and culture, but in recent years I have edited articles in a wider scope.