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 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)
2023 ART TEACHER BLEKINGE FOLKHÖGSKOLA, BLEKINGE (SWEDEN)
2017-... ART & CRAFTS TEACHER SALTÖSKOLAN, KARLSKRONA (SWEDEN)
2006-2013 DESIGNER AT H&M, STOCKHOLM (SWEDEN)
2000-2005 BACKSTAGE ASSISTENT AT DRIES VAN NOTEN, PARIS (FRANCE)
SELECTED PROJECTS
2024 S-P-O-K (Cultural Heritage Design Blekinge) - “Diana & Spirit”
2022-2023 ART PROJECT "GLOBAL MELTDOWN//HARMONY" - banner design
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 (ILLUSTRATION + ARTS & CRAFTS)
- ELLE BELGIUM
- RABÉN & SJÖGREN
- REGION BLEKINGE
- BLEKINGE MUSEUM
- H&M
SELECTED AWARDS, ART RESIDENCES & ART GRANTS
- S-P-O-K art grant (Cultural Heritage Design Blekinge) - Region Blekinge, SE 2024
- BOOK ILLUSTRATION ART GRANT - Konst i Blekinge, SE 2022
- ARTS AND CRAFTS RESIDENCE "fanor & standard" - Slöjd i Blekinge, SE 2021
- ARTS AND CRAFTS RESIDENCE "blekinge julträd" - Slöjd i Blekinge, SE 2020
- ART GRANT "Art during pandemic" - Kultur och Fritidsförvaltningen, SE 2021
- SCHOLARSHIP ART GRANT - Region Blekinge, SE 2017
- ART GRANT "Garden of Eden" - Karlskrona Kommun, SE 2015
- ELLE GALA DRESS 2012 "Carina Berg" - H&M Design Competition, SE 2012
- ELLE GALA DRESS 2010 "Josephine Bornebusch" - H&M Design Competition, SE 2010
- LEGAAT FRANSISCUS PYCKE AWARD collection "Wounded Knee", BE 2005
- WEEKEND KNACK AWARD collection "Vent Sauvage", BE 2002
MEMBERSHIP
- KRO (KONSTNÄRERNAS RIKSORGANISATION - SWEDEN)
- KULTURSKAPARSAMRÅD BLEKINGE