TEXTILE | DESIGN | RESEARCH
Leonie Burkhardt
Leonie Burkhardt is a textile designer/artist based in Gothenburg, Sweden. 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.
Leonie specialized in the craft of weaving early on and enjoys working in the field of practice-based design research.
+49 (0) 1577 3549832 | leonieaburkhardt@gmail.com
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
GRANTS & AWARDS
2023
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2nd prize, 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
2022
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TEKO - Sveriges Textil- och Modeföretag Study Grant
2019- 2022
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Scholarship of the German Academic Scholarship Foundation
2018
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Best Artistic Development by Xounts
EXHIBITIONS
2023
Secrets of Making #3, TextielMuseum Tilburg (NL) (upcoming)
Révélations, Grand Palais Éphémère Paris (FR) (upcoming)
International Biennial of Crafts and Creation 7 - 11 June 2023
One-And-Twenty Winner Exhibition, Tortona Design (IT) (upcoming)
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 (SW)
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
