HALEWIJN BULCKAEN RUNS AN ART STUDIO BASED IN KARLSKRONA, SWEDEN.
ALL WORK IS GROUNDED WITHIN A PASSION FOR NATURE, SCANDINAVIA, ARTS & CRAFTS AND INDIGENOUS CULTURES. ATELIER HALEWIJN IS A PLACE WHERE PERSONAL ARTWORK AND CAREFULLY SELECTED CLIENT WORK COMES TOGETHER.
SUSTAINABILITY, QUALITY OVER QUANTITY, VISIONARY ART AND EMPATHY ARE KEYWORDS WITHIN THE VISUAL WORLD.
THE PASSION FOR CREATIVITY AND EYE FOR AESTHETICS LEADS TO A WIDE RANGE OF PERSONAL & COMMISSIONED ART PROJECTS, ART COLLABORATIONS, CRAFTS WORKSHOPS, AND GRAPHIC ART PROJECTS & ASSIGNMENTS.
STUDY
2005 MASTER DEGREE DIPLOMA IN VISUAL ARTS // FASHION DESIGN
2003-2005 ROYAL ACADEMY OF FINE ARTS, GENT (BELGIUM)
2000-2003 ROYAL ACEDEMY OF FINE ARTS, ANTWERPEN (BELGIUM)
WORK
2014-2026 DESIGNER AT ATELIER HALEWIJN, KARLSKRONA (SWEDEN)
2017-2025 ART & CRAFTS TEACHER SALTÖSKOLAN, KARLSKRONA (SWEDEN)
2023-2024 ART TEACHER BLEKINGE FOLKHÖGSKOLA, BLEKINGE (SWEDEN)
2006-2013 FASHION- AND PRINT DESIGNER AT H&M, STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN)
2000-2005 RUNWAY SHOW ASSISTENT AT DRIES VAN NOTEN, PARIS (FRANCE)
SELECTED ART / COUTURE / DESIGN PROJECTS
2011-2026 COUTURE JEWELRY - couture creations / gemstone embroidery
2025 "ISLANDS" - product design / candle holders
2025 "THE EXPANDING MIND" - repurpose furniture design (for Slöjd I Blekinge)
2025 "FROM SCRATCHES TO PATCHES" - repurpose furniture design
2024 "DIANA & SPIRIT" - product design / tray & coasters (for s-p-o-k.se and Blekinge Museum)
2023 "GLOBAL MELTDOWN" - video art project (in collaboration with Niklas Croall)
2023 "GLOBAL MELTDOWN" - textile banner art project (for Blekinge Arkivet)
2021 "BIFROST" - reindeer antler and gemstone art
2020 "YGGDRASIL" - blekinge julträd/festträd / product design / video art (for Slöjd I Blekinge)
2019 "BETWEEN THESE FOLDED WALLS, UTOPIA" - Collab with photographers COOPER&GORFER
2019 "DEN RÖDE TRÅDEN" - exhibition-catalogue photography (for Slöjd I Blekinge)
2018 "I SEE HORSES IN THE SEA" - product design / textile hobby horses (for Blekinge Museum)
2014 "RED SPARROW" - couture photoshoot (collaboration with photographer MOCKNATION)
2014 "AUKRA" - stage outfits (for the concert tour by music band AUKRA)
2013-2017 "GARDEN OF EDEN" - couture collection
2012 "ELLE GALA DRESS 2012" - couture dress (for Carina Berg / host Elle Awards Gala)
2010 "ELLE GALA DRESS 2010" - couture dress (for Josephine Bornebusch / host Elle Awards Gala)
2008 "POPPY, THE ROYAL SWAN" - art exhibition installation (for Kronprinsessan Viktoria Barnfond)
2022 SWAROVSKI - crystal product design (collaboration with Swarovski Paris)
SELECTED ILLUSTRATION PROJECTS
2026 "UNSEALED EMOTIONS - WHERE STONE SPLIT" - 59 pen-drawing art illustrations
2025 "SÁPMI 2.5 - RAINBOW" - illustrated travel journal (aquarelle / mixed techniques)
2022-2024 "SÁPMI 2.4 - SPIRIT BEAR & THE HEART" - illustrated travel journal (pen drawings)
2019 "SÁPMI - AN ARCTIC JOURNEY TO HARMONY" - illustrated travel journal (pen drawings)
2015-2017 "KARLSKRONA KAMMARORKESTER" - concert posters (for Karlskrona Kammarorkester)
2013-2017 "MUSIC MASTERS" - concert posters & graphic design (for Music Masters)
2015 "FINNS DET VARGAR I SVERIGE?" - book-cover art (for author Monica Zak / Publisher Opal)
2011-2015 "VILDHÄXA" - 6 book-covers (for author Lene Kaaberböl / Publisher Rabén & Sjögren)
2007-2013 "MODEL TALK / FASHION FLASH" - fashion cartoon (200+ episodes, for blog + Elle Belgium)
2012 "CONTRAPPOSIZIONE" - 12 art illustrations (for the exhibition Contrapposizione)
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS / RUNWAY SHOWS
2026 "UNSEALED EMOTIONS - WHERE STONE SPLIT" - solo exhibition (Kulturcentrum Ronneby Konsthall, SE)
2025 "FÖRVANDLING" - group exhibition for Slöjd I Blekinge (Karlshamn, SE)
2018 "MINIATURE EXHIBITION" - group art exhibition (Irina´s Konstateljé, Karlskrona, SE)
2018 "VARV OCH HAV" - group exhibition / Int. Aquarelle Painting festival (Marin Museum, Karlskrona, SE)
2018 "VARV OCH STAD" - group exhibition / Int. Aquarelle Painting festival (Blekinge Museum, Karlskrona, SE)
2018 "ART KARLSKRONA PÅ KRONAN" - group exhibition (Modehuset Kronan, Karlskrona, SE)
2018 "KONSTRUNDAN I Blekinge" - solo & group exhibition (Kulturcentrum Ronneby Konsthall, SE)
2018 "NORDIC MAGIC" - runway show in collaboration with June&me (Skärgårdsfestivalen, Karlskrona, SE)
2017 "FEST & BRÖLLOP" - fashion fair + runway show (Blekinge Tekniska Högskolan, Karlskrona, SE)
2017 "PÄRLBRODERIER" - solo exhibition embroidery (Tyringe Konstförening / Tyringe Bibliotek, Tyringe, SE)
2017 "KONSTRUNDAN I Blekinge" - solo & group exhibition (Kulturcentrum Ronneby Konsthall, SE)
2016 "FASHION PÅ KONSERTHUSET" - runway show (Konserthuset, Karlskrona, SE)
2016 "KONSTRUNDAN I Blekinge" - solo & group exhibition (Kulturcentrum Ronneby Konsthall, SE)
2012 "CONTRAPPOSIZIONE" - group exhibition (Alden Biezen Castle, Alden Biezen, BE)
SELECTED ART PROJECTS WITH THE CHILDREN AT SALTÖSKOLAN
2023 "ÄLSKADE KORG" - basket craft project & exhibition (Kulturcentrum Ronneby Konsthall, SE)
2023 "MÖT MÄSTAREN" - lamp design project (in collaboration with Slöjd I Blekinge)
2023 "KUNGABESÖKET" - art exhibition + meeting with H.R.H. King Carl XVI Gustaf (Blekinge museum, SE)
2022 "STORIES - FOR A BETTER DAY" - art project + exhibition (Wachtmeister Gallerian, Karlskrona, SE)
2022 "BARN FÖDS INTE MED FÖRDOMAR" - award winning charity project (Karlskrona + Stockholm, SE)
2022 "ORDETS MAKT" - art project (Kulturcentrum Ronneby Konsthall + Karlskrona, SE)
2021 "FN DAGEN & BARNKONVENTIONEN" - art project + exhibition (Karlskrona Stadsbibliotek, SE)
2020 "SLÖJDA FÖR LIVET" - textile art project (for the exhibition by Slöjd I Blekinge)
2019 "DEN RÖDA DROTTNINGEN" - couture dress (for Slöjd I Blekinge + Blekinge Museum)
2019 "THE ARCTIC WIINTER QUEEN" - couture dress (for Slöjd I Blekinge + Blekinge Museum)
SELECTED AWARDS & ART GRANTS
2025 "FÖRVANDLING" - art grant (Slöjd i Blekinge, Karlshamn, SE)
2022 "CHILDREN'S ART BOOK" - art grant (Konst i Blekinge, Karlskrona, SE)
2021 "FANOR OCH STANDARD" - art grant (Slöjd i Blekinge + Blekinge Arkivet, Bräkne-Hoby, SE)
2021 "KULTURSKAPARENS BLIK UNDER SOCIAL ISOLERING"
art grant (Kultur- & Fritidsförvandlingen, Karlskrona, SE)
2020 "BLEKINGE JULTRÄD" - art grant (Slöjd i Blekinge, Karlshamn, SE)
2017 "REGION BLEKINGE KULTURSTIPENDIUM 2017" - art grant (Region Blekinge, Karlskrona, SE)
2014 "KARLSKRONA KOMMUN KULTURSTIPENDIUM 2014" - art grant (Karlskrona Kommun, Karlskrona, SE)
2013 "H&M BEST ENTREPRENEUR AWARD" - for design work at H&M Sport (Stockholm, SE)
2012 "AN PIERLÉ // ELLE BELGIUM DESIGN CONTEST" - finalist (Gent, BE)
2011 "ELLE GALA DRESS 2012 DESIGN CONTEST" - winner (Grand Hotel, Stockholm, SE)
2011 "H&M XMAS TREE DESIGN CONTEST" - winner (H&M design headquarter, Stockholm, SE)
2009 "ELLE GALA DRESS 2010 DESIGN CONTEST" - winner (Grand Hotel, Stockholm, SE)
2008 "ECOLOGICAL COTTON PRINT DESIGN CONTEST" - winner (H&M design headquarter, Stockholm, SE)
2005 "LEGAAT FRANSISCUS PYCKE DESIGN AWARD" - winner (KASK, Gent, BE)
2005 "HORLAIT DAPSENS DESIGN AWARD" - finalist (KASK, Gent, BE)
2002 "WEEKEND KNACK FASHION DESIGN AWARD" - winner (Antwerp Fashion Academy, Antwerpen, BE)
1992 "DOCTORS WITHOUT BORDERS DRAWING CONTEST" - winner (Brussel, BE)
1992 "MEIFOOR POSTER ART DRAWING CONTEST" - winner (Brugge, BE)
SELECTED CLIENTS (ILLUSTRATION // ARTS & CRAFTS)
- ELLE BELGIUM
- RABÉN & SJÖGREN
- REGION BLEKINGE / SLÖJD I BLEKINGE
- BLEKINGE MUSEUM
- H&M
MEMBERSHIP
2014-2026 KRO (KONSTNÄRERNAS RIKSORGANISATION - SWEDEN)
2019-2026 KULTURSKAPARSAMRÅD BLEKINGE (officially appointed representant for artisans in Blekinge)
2017-2018 KNA DESIGN MARKET (founder + member from the art collective KNA Design Market)