HALEWIJN BULCKAEN RUNS AN ART STUDIO BASED IN KARLSKRONA, SWEDEN.
HIS 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 HIS VISUAL WORLD.
HIS 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 DIPLOMA MASTER 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 PROJECTS
2023-2026 "EMOTIONS" - illustration project
2025 "ISLANDS" - product design
2025 "THE EXPANDING MIND" - furniture design
2025 "FROM SCRATCHES TO PATCHES" - furniture design
2025 "SÁPMI 2.5 - RAINBOW" - illustrated travel journal
2024 "DIANA & SPIRIT" - product design
2024 "SÁPMI 2.4 - SPIRIT BEAR" - illustrated travel journal
2023 "GLOBAL MELTDOWN" - video art project with Niklas Croall
2023 "GLOBAL MELTDOWN" - textile banner art project (Blekinge Arkivet)
2023 "MÖT MÄSTAREN" - art project with Saltöskolan + Slöjd i Blekinge
2023 "KUNGABESÖKET" - art project with Saltöskolan + Blekinge Museum
2023 "ÄLSKADE KORG" - art project with Saltöskolan + Slöjd I Blekinge
2022 "SÁPMI 2.2 - THE HEART" - illustrated travel journal
2022 "STORIES - FOR A BETTER DAY" - art project with Saltöskolan
2021 "BRIFROST" - reindeer antler art collection
2020 "YGGDRASIL" - blekinge julträd/festträd / product design /video art
2019 "SÁPMI 1.9 - THE WHALE" - illustration project
2019 Photography Collaboration with COOPER&GORFER - couture embroidery
2019 "DEN RÖDE TRÅDEN" - photography for Slöjd i Blekinge
2018 "SÁPMI - AN ARCTIC JOURNEY TO HARMONY" - illustration project
2015-2020 COUTURE EMBROIDERY JEWELRY @atelier HALEWIJN
2014 "RED SPARROW" - photoshoot with MOCKNATION
2014 "AUKRA" - stage outfits for music band AUKRA
2013-2017 "GARDEN OF EDEN" - couture collection
2012 "ELLE GALA DRESS 2012" - couture dress for Carina Berg
2010 "ELLE GALA DRESS 2010" - couture dress for Josephine Bornebusch
2007-2012 "Model Talk / Fashion Flash" - fashion cartoon
SELECTED EXHIBITIONS
2026 "EMOTIONS", solo-exhibition, Kulturcentrum Ronneby Konsthall (SE)
2025 "FÖRVANDLING", group exhibition, Architecture week, Karlshamn (SE)
2023 "KUNGABESÖKET" - art exhibition, Blekinge Museum, Karlskrona (SE)
2023 "ÄLSKADE KORG" - art exhibition, Kulturcentrum Ronneby Konsthall (SE)
2022 "STORIES" - art exhibition, Wachtmeister Gallerian, Karlskrona (SE)
2019 "VARV OCH HAV", Naval Museum, Karlskrona (SE)
2019 "VARV OCH STAD", Blekinge Museum, Karlskrona (SE)
2018. "ART KARLSKRONA PÅ KRONAN", Kronan, Karlskronas (SE)
2018 "KONSTRUNDAN I BLEKINGE", Kulturcentrum Ronneby Konsthall (SE)
2017 "PÄRLBRODERIER", solo-exhibition, Tyring Bibliotek (SE)
2017 "KONSTRUNDAN I BLEKINGE", Kulturcentrum Ronneby Konsthall (SE)
2016 "KONSTRUNDAN I BLEKINGE", Kulturcentrum Ronneby Konsthall (SE)
2016 "KONSTRUNDAN I BLEKINGE", solo-exhibition, Edestad Church (SE)
2012 "CONTRAPPOSIZIONE", Castle Alden Biezen (BE)
2008 KRONPRINSESSAN VICTORIAS FOND, Hovstallet, Stockholm (SE)
SELECTED CLIENTS (ILLUSTRATION + ARTS & CRAFTS)
- ELLE BELGIUM
- RABÉN & SJÖGREN
- REGION BLEKINGE
- BLEKINGE MUSEUM
- H&M
SELECTED AWARDS, ART RESIDENCES & ART GRANTS
2025 ART GRANT "Förvandling" - Slöjd i Blekinge, SE
2024 ART GRANT "S-P-O-K" (Cultural Heritage Design Blekinge) - Slöjd i Blekinge, SE
2022 BOOK ILLUSTRATION ART GRANT - Konst i Blekinge, SE
2021 ARTS AND CRAFTS RESIDENCE "fanor & standard" - Slöjd i Blekinge, SE
2021 ART GRANT "Art during pandemic" - Kultur och Fritidsförvaltningen Karlskrona, SE
2020 ARTS AND CRAFTS RESIDENCE "blekinge julträd" - Slöjd i Blekinge, SE
2017 SCHOLARSHIP ART GRANT - Region Blekinge, SE
2015 ART GRANT "Garden of Eden" - Kultur och Fritidsförvaltningen Karlskrona, SE
2012 WINNER Design Competition "An Pierlé" - Elle Belgium, BE
2012 WINNER Design Competition "Elle Gala Dress, Carina Berg" - H&M, SE
2010 WINNER Design Competition "Elle Gala Dress, Josephine Bornebusch" - H&M, SE
2005 LEGAAT FRANSISCUS PYCKE AWARD collection "Wounded Knee", BE
2002 WEEKEND KNACK AWARD collection "Vent Sauvage", BE
MEMBERSHIP
- KRO (KONSTNÄRERNAS RIKSORGANISATION - SWEDEN)
- KULTURSKAPARSAMRÅD BLEKINGE