Leonie Brandner
b. 1992
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Education
CAS Ethnobotany and Ethnomedicine, University Zurich, 2022
Master of Artistic Research (Distinction), Royal Academy of Fine Art, The Hague, 2019-2021
Bachelor Honours Fine Art (First), Chelsea College of Art, University of Arts London, 2013-2016
Art Foundation, Hochschule für Kunst und Design, Luzern, 2012-2013
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Solo Exhibitions
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2025
Moonhorn, Hotel Maria Kapel, Hoorn, Netherlands, 2025
Staub vergessener Monde (Dust of forgotten Moons), Jevouspropose, Zurich, Switzerland, 2025
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2024
I was born in the crystal era, Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau, Switzerland, 2024
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2023
Cosmology of Dogs, Keinraum, Lucerne, Switzerland, 2023
2022
Mossopera, Pro Argovia Experiment, Alte Bleichi, Wohlen, Switzerland, 2022
Wilting Moss and Nightdreaming Flower, Positions, Stroom, Den Haag, Netherlands, 2022
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2020
Gebrauchsanweisung für Felsen, ECK Raum für Kunst, Aarau, Switzerland, 2020
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2019
Liebling Wo Sind Die Fische?, Piano Lounge, Aarau, Switzerland, 2019
Marbellous Living, BcmA, Berlin, Germany, 2019
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2018
Fast Zuhaus, Vitrine01, Berlin, Germany, 2018
Die Kunst des Spaghetti-Machens, das Kaptial, Berlin, Germany, 2018
One To Three, Hom, Berlin, Germany, 2018
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2017
One More, das Giftraum, Berlin, Germany, 2017
Some Of These Places, im Leeren Raum, Berlin, Germany, 2017
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2016
Dinge Sind Dinge Für Dinge, Zimmermannhaus, Brugg, Switzerland, 2016
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2015
Empty Space Within Or Below, Kunstraum Aarau, Aarau, Switzerland, 2015
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Group Exhibitions
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2025
Art Düsseldorf, Düsseldorf, Germany, April, 2025
Between Belonging, Weltkunstzimmer, Düsseldorf, Germany, April, 2025
Test Case, EKWC, Oisterwijk, Netherlands, January, 2025
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2024
Kunstlokal Festival, Ritterhaus Bubikon, Bubikon, September, 2024
Staunen, ordnen und vergleichen, Haus zur Glocke, Steckborn, Switzerland, April 2024
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2023
Auswahl 23, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland, December 2023
Screening, Honden Museum Amsterdam, Netherlands, October, 2023
Big Art Fair, Amsterdam, Netherlands, September 2023
Springboard Art Fair, Utrecht, Netherlands, June 2023
Dog Tails and Rabbit Fur, Grafische Werkplaats, Den Haag, Netherlands, May, 2023
Next Generation, Trudelhaus, Baden, Switzerland, February, 2022
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2022
16. Jungkunst, Winterthur, Switzerland, October, 2022
Kunstlokal Festival, Nähmaschinen Museum, Dürnten, Switzerland, August 2022
Rizoom, online, April 2022
Nice Flaps, Trixie, Den Haag, Netherlands, April 2022
Woven in Vegetal Fabrics - On Becoming Plant, Casino Display, Luxembourg, Luxembourg, January 2022
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2021
Auswahl 21, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland, December 2021
Art The Hague, The Hague, Netherlands, September 2021
Löffel, Bäckerei Kult, Basel, Switzerland, September 2021
Sun Kissed // Fog Off, Quartair, Den Haag Netherlands, March 2021
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2020
Auswahl 20, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland, December 2020
The Ongoing Conversation, 1646, Den Haag, Netherlands, June 2020
Simple Fizz, Quartair, Den Haag, Netherlands, March 2020
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2019
Wavering Grounds, Pavillon Tribschenhorn, Lucern, Switzerland, October 2019
Petra von Kant, Performance Festival Berlin, May 2019
London 1938, Emerging Artist Opportunity - British Council Germany, Liebermann Villa, Berlin, Gemany, January 2019
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2018
Auswahl 18, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland, December 2018
Archipiélago, Old British Embassy to Madrid, Madrid, Spain, September 2018
Biopsie, Artburst, R. – Raum für drastische Massnahmen, Berlin, Germany, September 2018
Trigger, Bar Babette, Berlin, Germany, July 2018
Perception Change, Studio Baustelle, Berlin, Germany, June 2018
Slow Moves, Stützpunkt Teufelsberg, Institut für Alles Mögliche, Teufelsberg, Berlin, Germany, June 2018
Flashback Displacement, Voodoo 55, Berlin, Germany, May 2018
Nature Morte, Fringe Arts Festival Bath, Bath, Great Britain, May 2018
Deep Maps, Dada Post, Berlin, Germany, April 2018
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2017
Dazwischen, Glogauair, Berlin, Germany, September 2017
Growing Pains - a Rooftop Rennaisance, Greenhouse, Berlin, Germany, June 2017
Thoughts Become Art, das Baumhaus, Berlin, Germany, June 2017
Das Atelier, Rathaus Aarau, Switzerland, May 2017
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2016
Auswahl 16, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland, December 2016
In the Woods Festival, Staplehurst, Great Britain, September 2016
This Was The Future, Young Visual Arts Group Barbican, Barbican, London, Great Britain, May 2016
Park 16, Cannizaro Park, London, Great Britain, April 2016
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2015
youandme, Harts Lane Studios, London, Great Britain, October 2015
Slippers 2, Safehouse, London, Great Britain, June 2015
You Are Already Dead, Camden People Theatre, London, Great Britain, May 2015
Kino Open Studios, Spike Island, Bristol, Great Britain, May 2015
0 – 27.352575 - 0, Erfrischungsraum, Luzern, Switzerland, April 2015
It's coming. It's just not here yet, Harts Lane Studios, London, Great Britain, March 2015
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2014
Auswahl 14, Aargauer Kunsthaus, Aarau, Switzerland, December, 2014
Brick Cloud, Two Queens, Leicester Festival 2014, UK Young Artist, Leicester, Great Britain, November 2014
Dennis Hopper: The Lost Album, RA Late, Royal Academy of Arts, London, Great Britain, October 2014
Slippers 1, Hoxton Basement, London, Great Britain, June 2014
In-Between, Til Gallery, London, Great Britain, May 2014
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Funding, Awards and Prizes
Stroom Den Haag, Spot exhibition grant, Den Haag, 2025
het Cultuurfonds, project grant, Amsterdam, 2024
Irene Foudnation, project grant, Zurich, 2024
Anne-Marie Schindler Foundation, project grant, Ennenda, 2024
Jaap Harten Fonds, publication grant, Amsterdam 2024
Stichting Stokroos, Seed Grant, Utrecht, 2024
Patronagefonds für junge Schweizer Künstler*innen, project grant, Basel 2024
Stroom Den Haag, Pro Kunstprojecten, Den Haag, 2024
Wali Dad Foundation, project contribution, Hünenberg, 2024
Niarchos Foundation for Young Artists, project contribution, St. Moritz, 2024
EKWC Grant, Oisterwijk, 2024
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Elisabeth Weber Stiftung, project contribution, Zurich, 2023
Godi Hertig Stiftung, publication grant, Aarau, 2023
Aargauer Kuratorium, Förderbeitrag (prize for young artists), Aarau, 2023
Aargauer Kuratorium, project contribution, Aarau, 2023
Gwärtler Grant, Gwärtler Stiftung, Basel, 2023
Godi Hertig Stiftung, Big Art Fair contribution, Aarau, 2023
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City Council Den Haag, Makersregeling Grant, Den Haag, 2022
Ruth und Edith Suter Stiftung, project contribution, Aarau, 2022
Godi Hertig Stiftung, project contribution, Aarau, 2022
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Pro Argovia Experiment, Aarau, 2021
Stroom Den Haag, Pro Invest, Den Haag, 2021
Nominee for Royal Academy Masters Studio Award, Den Haag, 2021
Winner of the Master Artistic Research Department Thesis Award, Den Haag, 2021
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Stadt Aarau, Coronafond for Artists, Aarau, 2020
NAB Kulturförderstelle, project contribution, Gebrauchsanweisung für Felsen, Aarau, 2020
Stadt Aarau, project contribution, Gebrauchsanweisung für Felsen, Aarau, 2020
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Aargauer Kuratorium, project contribution, Aarau, 2019
Hans und Lina Blattnerstiftung, project contribution, Aarau, 2019
Kulturgesellschaft Bezirk Aarau, project contribution, Aarau, 2019
Emerging Artist Opportunity , British Council Germany, Berlin, DE, 2018 - 2019
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Shortlisted 6th international short story contest, Eyelands GR, 2016
Barbican Young Visual Arts Group, Barbican, London, UK, 2015 - 2016
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Residencies
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Hotel Maria Kapel, Horn, October - December 2025
EKWC, Ceramic Residency, Oisterwijk, November 2024 - February 2025
Sea Foundation, Tilburg, October 2024
Borderland Residencies, Kranenburg, September - November 2024
Residenz Residenz, Forum Schlossplatz, Aarau, March 2024
Archipiélago, Old British Embassy to Madrid, Madrid, Spain, September 2018
SketchUp Online Residency, Online, October 2018
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Written Work
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Three Becomes Two Becomes One Becomes None (Book), published with Onomatopee, Nr. 253, September 2024
Van Stuk Tot Museumstuk (feature article printed), Metropolis M, Issue 5, October 2021
Dreaming in the Museum - Potted Plants as Indicators of Trauma in Museological Settings, Master Thesis, Den Haag, 2021
The Lost and Found in the Here and Now, Bachelor Thesis, Chelsea College of Art, London, April 2016
In Search of the Elusive Blue (short story, printed), Athens, Greece, December 2016
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Workshops and Masterclasses
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Loose Ends and Frail Beginnings, Masterclass, Master Fine Art Programme, KASK Ghent, 2024
Children's Holiday Art Day, Casino Luxembourg, 2022
Poetry Workshop, Teenager, Casino Display Luxembourg, 2022
Colour Workshop for Children, Im Leeren Raum, Germany, 2017
Reading Workshop, Sene Casita, home for the elderly, Schweiz, 2016
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Conferences and Research Presentations​
Moonhorns #24 Leonie Brandner, Acheology-Heritage-Art Research Network, London, 2025
Research Presentation Mandragora, Research Group UvA, Amsterdam, 2025
Book presentation, Book lunch, Huis van het Boek, Den Haag 2025
Cosmopoiesis of Mandragora, Joint Research Day KABK and KONCON, Den Haag, 2024
Three Becomes Two Becomes One Becomes None, book launch, Page Not Found, Den Haag, 2024
Three Becomes A Tree, joint book launch, Zabriskie Buchladen, Berlin, 2024
Three Becomes One, Research Presentation, Botanical Garden Zurich, 2023
Library Session, Research Presentation, Stroom Library, Den Haag, Netherlands, December 2022
Woven in Vegetal Fabrics - On Plant Becoming, Conference Presentation, Casino Luxembourg, January 2022
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Curatorial Work
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Co-Founder of Reading Group More Sparkling Than Crystal with Sam Godfrey, 2021-ongoing
Program Director and Curator of Donaugang, Berlin, DE, October 2018 - 2019
The Act Of Homemaking - Claiming Space, Dada Space, Berlin, Germany, August, 2018
Summer Solstice - Some Of These Places, im Leeren Raum, Berlin, Germany, June 2017
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Publications and Reviews
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​Half-plant, half-human - tales of the mysterious mandrake (Interview), Europeana, 7. January 2025
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Von Dingen und Geschichten (Interview), AKKU Kunstmagazing, August 2024
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Six Questions for Leonie Brandner. (Interview) Tique, 18. June 2023
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Stroom Invest Interview / artist Leonie Brandner. (Interview) Jegens & Tevens, 12. Mai 2022
My Ears Are My Eyes (work documentation), Posthumanist, London, 2022
Woven in Vegetal Fabrics - On Plant Becoming (exhibition catalogue), Casino Display, Luxembourg, March 2022
My Ears Are My Eyes (work documentation), Hooops Magazine, Berlin, 2022
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Die Aargauerkunst treibt frische Blüten, (exhibition review), Aargauer Zeitung, 12. November 2021
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Kunst ist wie Spaghetti mit Tomatensauce, Künstlerinnen-Portrait (artist portrait), Neujahrsblätter Aarau, Dezember 2020
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Marbellous Living (photo documentation), Contemporary Badass Magazine, August 2019
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Archipiélago (exhibition review), Former British Embassy Madrid, Beis Revista , Nr. 9, December 2018
Biopsie, (exhibition catalogue) Exhibition Catalogue: Biopsie, Artburst Berlin, September 2018
Rock Heads (photo documentation), Stillifemagazine, August 2018
So Juicy (photo documentation), Food & Love Magazine, July 2018
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Leonie Brandner (artist portrait), sage und schreibe, Schülerzeitgung Alte Kantonsschule Aarau, Schweiz, Nr. 25, May 2017
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Rock Heads, Pample Mousse Magazine, Kunstmagazin, First Edition: I Told You So, Nr.1, November 2016
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Bildschirm: ‘We all try really hard to be a cube.’ (artist portrait), Juli Magazin, Nr. 58, October 2015
Junge Aargauer Künstlerin für kurze Zeit zurück aus London.’ (artist portrait) Aargauer Zeitung 20.8.15, August 2015
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Radio Interviews
Radio Interview Jungkunst, Radio Stadtfilter, 29.10.2022
Report about My Ears Are My Eyes, 100komma7, Radio Luxembourg,26.1.2022
Story telling, Dinge Sind Dinge Für Dinge, Kanal K, Switzerland, 2016
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