Berit Greinke is an e-textile researcher and artist whose work exists at the intersections of design, art, material science and engineering. Applying textile design skills to smart textiles for responsive and interface design, she uses electronic tools to investigate visual, tactile and audio perception. Her work is set in a laboratorial field of design, installation and performance, developing prototypes and textile-sound installations.
In 2009 she was awarded an MA in ‘Design for Textile Futures’ at Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design. In 2007 she graduated from Art School Berlin with a Textile and Surface Design diploma. Since October 2010, she has been studying a Ph.D. in Media and Arts Technology at Queen Mary University of London,
Her research as part of the Antenna & Electromagnetics Group focuses on designing tunable textile antennas, looking into material developments on a molecular scale such as liquid crystals, metallisation of fabrics and electroactive polymers.
Her work has been exhibited internationally and won several awards, such as the NOBELini Award funded by the MRC, and the Surface Bursary from London Printworks Trust funded by the Leverhulme Trust.
Awards and Scholarships
2010-2014 EPSRC DTC Scholarship, UK
2009 Surface Bursary, London Printworks Trust, funded by the Leverhulme Trust, UK
2009 Nobelini Award in collaboration with Jay Stone, funded by the Medical Research Council, UK
2008 Runner-up for Samsonite Award “Future Travel”, UK
2008 DAAD (German Academic Exchange Service) Annual Scholarship for Graduates, Germany
2008 Nominee of the digital sparks award
2007 Mart-Stam Award, Germany
Exhibitions and Events include
2007 – 2011 Audax Textielmuseum Tilburg (Netherlands), Culture Lab OnSite (Newcastle/UK), Gallery 3,14 (Bergen, Norway), Dana Centre at Science Museum London, Thursday Club Goldsmiths College (London/UK), Central St Martins College of Art and Design (London/UK), Smart Textiles Conference (Ghenk/Belgium), Bethanien Kreuzberg (Berlin/Germany), MONOLINE (Berlin/Germany), TEASE Artfair (Cologne/Germany), Performances and workshops in the UK, Romania, Lithuania, Germany and Belgium.
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