Leonie Burkhardt is a textile designer and artist based in Göteborg. She is passionate about exploring the craft of weaving and pushing its limits by using digital tools. She works at the boundary of textile and object and emphasizes textile qualities such as material compositions, rich textures, and vibrant colors. Her work process is playful and intuitive and derives from a place of curiosity.
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She graduated with her BA studies in textile design at HAW Hamburg (2016-2020) and did a semester abroad at KMITL in Bangkok in 2018/19. She continued pursuing a Master's degree at the renowned Swedish School of Textiles in Borås (2020-2022). During the Master's program, she absolved a six-month internship at Kvadrat in Hamburg. As a freelance designer, she worked for Lokaldesign and Jongeriuslab. Since 2024, she has continued her experimental design research as a PhD candidate at the Swedish School of Textiles.
Her work has been exhibited at Milan Design Week, Dutch Design Week, the TextielMuseum in Tilburg, Röhsska Museum, and the International Biennial of Crafts and Creation in Paris. She has been featured in magazines such as Schöner Wohnen, Color Hive, 1granary, and md Mag online. Leonie's graduate work was amongst others awarded with the 'One-And-Twenty Winner 2023', second place at the 'Color Prize 2023' by the Swedish Color Centrum, and the 'European Craft Prize for Applied Arts 2024'. In 2024, Leonie was the finalist in the category 'Textile and Fashion' at the German Design Award - Newcomer 2024.

GRANTS & AWARDS
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2024
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​BeCraft European Prize for Applied Arts 2024
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Travel Grant, Swedish Arts Grant Committee
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Culture Moves Europe, Travel Grant EU
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2023​
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2nd place, Color Prize 2023 (Prisad Färg 2023), Svensk Färg Centrum
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Winner, One&Twenty Design Newcomer Competition 2023
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2022
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Travel Grant, Swedish Arts Grant Committee
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Best Concept Award by Home of Textiles Scandinavia
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Textile Design Award 2022 by Kasthall
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Shortlisted for the ArtsThread Global Design Graduate Show 2022
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TEKO - Sveriges Textil- och Modeföretag Study Grant
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2021
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Erasmus+ Traineeship Grant
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2019- 2022
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Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation
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2018
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Best Artistic Development by Xounts

PROGRAMS & RESIDENCIES
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Residency Weaving, Textile Centre Haslach (AT)
10-day textile residency in Jacquard weaving 02/2024
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DES&DO, S-P-O-K Västra Götaland (SE)
collaboration between young makers and local manufacturers 06 - 12/2023
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Advanced Textile Program, TextielLab Tilburg (NL)
10-week program with other makers about the theme of sustainability 08 - 11/2022​
EDUCATION
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The Swedish School of Textiles, Sweden
PhD Textile Design 2024-now
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The Swedish School of Textiles, Sweden
MA Textile Design 2020-2022
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KMITL, Thailand
Semester Abroad Textile Design 2018-2019
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HAW Hamburg, Germany
BA Textile Design 2016-2020
Drew University, Madison NJ, USA
Audit Student "Art in the Late 20th Century" 2014
EXHIBITIONS
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2025
Upcoming: Jönköpings Läns Museum
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2024​
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BeCraft European Prize for Applied Arts Award 2024
Group Exhibition, Grand Hall of Anciens Abattoirs of Mons, Belgium 24 November 2024 - 16 February 2025
DES&DO!, Form/Design Center, Malmö (SE)
Group Exhibition, SPOK Västra Götaland 19 October - 1 December 2024
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DES&DO!, CØR Studio, Paris (FR)
Group Exhibition, SPOK Västra Götaland 5 - 10 September 2024
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Textile Week 2024, Design Zentrum Hamburg (GE)
Group Exhibition 13 - 21 June 2024
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DES&DO!, Röhsska Museet, Göteborg (SE)
Group Exhibition, SPOK Västra Götaland 30 May - 4 August 2024
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DES&DO, Stockholm Furniture Fair (SE)
Group Exhibition, SPOK Västra Götaland 6 - 10 February 2024
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German Design Award Show, Kap Europa Frankfurt (GE)
Newcomer Award Finalist Exhibition 25 - 27 January 2024
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2023
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Secrets of Making #3, TextielMuseum Tilburg (NL)
Interactive Group Exhibition 1 July 2023 - 26 May 2024
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Révélations, Grand Palais Éphémère Paris (FR)
International Biennial of Crafts and Creation 7 - 11 June 2023
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One-And-Twenty Winner Exhibition, Tortona Design (IT)
Group Exhibition at Milan Design Week 17 - 23 April 2023
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2022
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MK&G Messe 22 - Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (GE)
Young Talents invitation 23 - 27 November 2022
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Looking Forward, Design Perron (NL)
Graduation group exhibition at Dutch Design Week 22 - 30 October 2022
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Talente 2021 (postponed to 2022), HWK Munich (GE)
International Craft Fair 6 - 10 July 2022
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We Will Design, BASE Milano (IT)
Group exhibition at Milan Design Week 6 - 12 June 2022
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Looking Forward, Textielmuseet Borås (SE)
Graduation group exhibition 3 June - 28 August 2022
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Group pop-up exhibition 13 May 2022
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2018​
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Light&Day, Tendence Frankfurt (GE)
Group exhibition 30 June - 13 July 2018
Mentioned in:
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Bunte Magazin
Suboart Magazine
Color Hive
Schöner Wohnen ​
md Mag online
Magazin Stuttgarter Zeitung