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 CLIENT PROJECTS, ART COLLABORATIONS, CRAFTS WORKSHOPS, AND GRAPHIC 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-... DESIGNER AT ATELIER HALEWIJN, KARLSKRONA (SWEDEN)
2016-... ART TEACHER AT VARIOUS SCHOOLS, BLEKINGE (SWEDEN)
2006-2013 DESIGNER AT H&M, STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN)
2000-2005 BACKSTAGE ASSISTENT AT DRIES VAN NOTEN, PARIS (FRANCE)
SELECTED PROJECTS
2020 ART PROJECT "YGGDRASIL" - blekinge julträd/festträd
2019-... ART PROJECT "SÁPMI - AN ARCTIC JOURNEY TO HARMONY"
2019 COLLABORATION WITH COOPER&GORFER
2013-2017 COUTURE EMBROIDERY COLLECTION "GARDEN OF EDEN"
2012 COUTURE DRESS FOR TV PERSONALITY CARINA BERG
2010 COUTURE DRESS FOR ACTRESS JOSEPHINE BORNEBUSCH
SELECTED GROUP EXHIBITIONS
2019 "VARV OCH HAV", NAVAL MUSEUM KARLKSRONA (SWEDEN)
2019 "VARV OCH STAD", BLEKINGE MUSEUM KARLKSRONA (SWEDEN)
2016-2018 "KONSTRUNDAN I BLEKINGE", RONNEBY KONSTHALL (SWEDEN)
2012 "CONTRAPPOSIZIONE", ALDEN BIEZEN (BELGIUM)
2008 KRONPRINSESSAN VICTORIAS FOND, STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN)
SELECTED CLIENTS
- ELLE BELGIUM
- RABÉN & SJÖGREN
- REGION BLEKINGE
- BLEKINGE MUSEUM
- H&M
SELECTED AWARDS
- BLEKINGE COUNTY ARTS AND CRAFTS RESIDENCE 2020
- BLEKINGE COUNTY ART GRANT 2017
- KARLSKRONA KOMMUN ART GRANT 2015
- LEGAAT FRANSISCUS PYCKE AWARD 2005
- WEEKEND KNACK AWARD 2002
MEMBERSHIP
- KRO (KONSTNÄRERNAS RIKSORGANISATION - SWEDEN)
- KULTURSKAPARSAMRÅD BLEKINGE