Heinzi Wurst

lives and works in Halle (Saale), Germany

With a background in conceptual textile and fashion design, she has developed an artistic practice that consistently challenges the status quo, exploring the tension between humanity and nature. At the heart of her work lies the ambivalence of the Anthropocene: on the one hand, humanity's role as a geological force, and on the other, its increasing loss of control over the altered ecological systems.

Her works serve as speculative harbingers of these developments. Soft, colourful and seemingly harmless in their textile appearance, they simultaneously point to profound and often destructive processes of transformation.

2026

Stipendium der Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt und der Kloster Bergesche Stiftung für das Projekt Perpetuum

2025

Förderung Cross-Innovation der IB Sachsen-Anhalt für das Verbundprojekt Textilport

2023

Stipendium der Kunststiftung Sachsen-Anhalt und der Kloster Bergesche Stiftung für das Projekt Postanthrobiosis

2016

Nominierung German Design Award Newcomer
Nominierung Bayerischer Staatspreis für Nachwuchsdesigner

Heinzi Wurst

Halle (Saale), Germany


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