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Beate Leonards
1967 Born in Konstanz. 1987-1991 Studied at the Staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau. 1991-1994 Silversmith with Georg Jensen and Allan Scharff, Copenhagen, DK. 1994-1999 Studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nuremberg, class for gold- and silversmithing. 1997 Master student. Since 1999 Own workshop in Lübeck. 2004 Guest lecturer in the gold and silversmithing class at the School of Art, Canberra, AU. 2009 Artist-in-Residence in Vallauris, FR. 2011-2019 Collaboration with Koch & Bergfeld Corpus, Bremen.
1967 Born in Konstanz. 1987-1991 Studied at the Staatliche Zeichenakademie Hanau. 1991-1994 Silversmith with Georg Jensen and Allan Scharff, Copenhagen, DK. 1994-1999 Studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste, Nuremberg, class for gold- and silversmithing. 1997 Master student. Since 1999 Own workshop in Lübeck. 2004 Guest lecturer in the gold and silversmithing class at the School of Art, Canberra, AU. 2009 Artist-in-Residence in Vallauris, FR. 2011-2019 Collaboration with Koch & Bergfeld Corpus, Bremen.
Awards
1996 Akademiepreis, Nuremberg. 1998 Bayerischer Staatspreis für Nachwuchsdesign, recognition. 1999 Justus-Brinkmann-Förderpreis, Hamburg. 2000 Sponsorship by the Paul-Brockhaus-Stiftung, Lübeck. 2001 Hessischer Staatspreis, Frankfurt am Main. 2002 Bayerischer Staatspreis, Munich. 2007 15th Silbertriennale International, 2nd prize for cutlery, Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V., Hanau. 2015 Bayerischer Staatspreis. 2018 First prize HammerClub Award, Hanau.
1996 Akademiepreis, Nuremberg. 1998 Bayerischer Staatspreis für Nachwuchsdesign, recognition. 1999 Justus-Brinkmann-Förderpreis, Hamburg. 2000 Sponsorship by the Paul-Brockhaus-Stiftung, Lübeck. 2001 Hessischer Staatspreis, Frankfurt am Main. 2002 Bayerischer Staatspreis, Munich. 2007 15th Silbertriennale International, 2nd prize for cutlery, Gesellschaft für Goldschmiedekunst e.V., Hanau. 2015 Bayerischer Staatspreis. 2018 First prize HammerClub Award, Hanau.
Works in public collections
Kunstgewerbemuseum, Staatliche Museen zu Berlin. Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt am Main. Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg. Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte, Dortmund. Die Neue Sammlung – The Design Museum, Munich. St. Annen-Museum, Lübeck. Zilvermuseum Sterckshof, Antwerp, BE. Kolumba, Kunstmuseum des Erzbistums Köln.
Selection of space-related works in the liturgical field
Communion set “Islevs Kirke”, Copenhagen, DK. Design of communion cups for “Selskabet for Kirkelig Kunst”, Copenhagen, DK. Communion set “Kunigundenkirche”, Lauf.
