Leonie Burkhardt
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.
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 to do 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.
+49 (0) 1577 3549832 | leonieaburkhardt@gmail.com
GRANTS & AWARDS
2024
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Travel Grant, Swedish Arts Grant Committee
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Culture Moves Europe, Travel Grant EU
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
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
2021
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Erasmus+ Traineeship Grant
2019- 2022
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Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation
2018
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Best Artistic Development by Xounts
PROGRAMS & RESIDENCIES
Residency Weaving, Textile Centre Haslach (AT)
10-day textile residency in Jacquard weaving 02/2024
DES&DO, S-P-O-K Västra Götaland (SE)
collaboration between young makers and local manufacturers 06 - 12/2023
Advanced Textile Program, TextielLab Tilburg (NL)
10-week program with other makers about the theme of sustainability 08 - 11/2022
EDUCATION
The Swedish School of Textiles, Sweden
MA Textile Design 2020-2022
KMITL, Thailand
Semester Abroad Textile Design 2018-2019
HAW Hamburg, Germany
BA Textile Design 2016-2020
Drew University, Madison NJ, USA
Audit Student "Art in the late 20th Century" 2014
EXHIBITIONS
2024
Upcoming:
Southern Swedish Design Days, Malmö (SE)
23 - 26 May 2024
Upcoming:
Röhsska Museet, Göteborg (SE)
30 May - August 2024
Upcoming:
Textilmuseet, Borås (SE)
Fall 2024
DES&DO, Stockholm Furniture Fair (SE)
Group Exhibition, SPOK Västra Götaland 6 - 10 February 2024
German Design Award Show, Kap Europa Frankfurt (GE)
Newcomer Award Finalist Exhibition 25 - 27 January 2024
2023
Secrets of Making #3, TextielMuseum Tilburg (NL)
Interactive Group Exhibition 1 July 2023 - 26 May 2024
Révélations, Grand Palais Éphémère Paris (FR)
International Biennial of Crafts and Creation 7 - 11 June 2023
One-And-Twenty Winner Exhibition, Tortona Design (IT)
Group Exhibition at Milan Design Week 17 - 23 April 2023
2022
MK&G Messe 22 - Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe Hamburg (GE)
Young Talents invitation 23 - 27 November 2022
Looking Forward, Design Perron (NL)
Graduation group exhibition at Dutch Design Week 22 - 30 October 2022
Talente 2021 (postponed to 2022), HWK Munich (GE)
International Craft Fair 6 - 10 July 2022
We Will Design, BASE Milano (IT)
Group exhibition at Milan Design Week 6 - 12 June 2022
Looking Forward, Textielmuseet Borås (SE)
Graduation group exhibition 3 June - 28 August 2022
Group pop-up exhibition 13 May 2022
2018
Light&Day, Tendence Frankfurt (GE)
Group exhibition 30 June - 13 July 2018
Mentioned in:
Suboart Magazine
DECO Home
Color Hive
Schöner Wohnen
md Mag online
Magazin Stuttgarter Zeitung