MAUD BRUNSTEIN
is a textile designer specializing in knits and the exploration of experimental materials. Aligned with an ethical and circular approach, she envisions transformative materials using threads sourced from surplus production and a high technical mastery of knitting. She plays with colors to establish an interaction between the material, the body, and space.
Education
2021-2023 Master’s degree in Textile Design ENSAV La Cambre,
Brussels, Belgium
2018-2021 Bachelor’s degree in Textile Design ENSAV La Cambre,
Brussels, Belgium
2015-2018 DNAP Art and Photography, ESADMM, Marseille, France
2011-2015 Literary and Visual Art Baccalaureat, Waldorf school, Logelbach, France
Awards
2023 «Les amis de la Cambre» award, Brussels, Belgium
2023 Higher Artistic Education Prize of the Wallonia-Brussels Federation. During the «BeCraft» award, Mons, Belgium
2023 The «Crazy Thread» Award presented by the Dupond Family, Brussels, Belgium
2024 Milano Design Week, with «Belgium is design», Italy
2024 Faire «Talente» Munich, Germany
2024 Six month internship, knitwear designer for Ester Manas, Brussels, Belgium
2023 Four weeks as a knitwear designer for A. Roege Hove for the Copenhagen Fashion Week, Danemark
2023 Master’s Degree Exhibition at MAD home of creators, Brussels, Belgium
2022-2023 Knitting tutor for ENSAV La Cambre, Brussels, Belgium
2022 Two weeks weaving project «Territoir tissé» Abomey, Benin
2022 Seven weeks internship at
A. Roege Hove, Copenhagen, Danemark
2021 Eight weeks internship with artist Delphine Denereaz, Marseille, France
2021 Exhibition «Itinérances» with Valérian Goalec, Abattoirs de Bomel, Namur, Belgium
2020 Eight weeks internship at Christian Wijnants, Antwerpen, Belgium
2020 Plant dyeing workshop with Charlotte Marembert, Brussels, Belgium
2019 Two weeks internship with Christoph Hefti, Brussels, Belgium
2018 Eight week internship with artist Dominique Zinkpé, La Friche Belle de Mai, Marseille, France