The studio of... Leonie Schneider
24 june 2025
For her graduation project at the Piet Zwart Institute in Rotterdam, Leonie Schneider built a painting capsule in the garden: a tent that allowed her to paint in 360 degrees. Nature became both workspace and source of inspiration. Inside this shelter, she developed ideas that that took shape during a hiking trip in Norway. Since childhood, Schneider has invented characters whenever she isn’t otherwise stimulated. During her travels, she imagined a group of mushroom characters: mythical beings who have left the modern world behind and surrendered themselves entirely to nature. Through her tapestries, Schneider seeks to spark ecological awareness. She offers a hopeful vision for the future: “I aim to contribute to a space for collective dreaming, where the weight of guilt is replaced with the possibility of recovery and solidarity.”
