ELISA KUSCHNIR
Born in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (1988)
Lives and works in Görlitz, Germany


EDUCATION
2019-2021 – Friends of Handicraft School, Advanced Textile Handicraft Diploma | Stockholm, Sweden.
2017-2018 – Friends of Handicraft School, Textile Handicraft: Foundation Diploma | Stockholm, Sweden.
2013-2015 – Rio de Janeiro State University (ESDI/UERJ), M.A. in Design | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2007-2011 – PUC-Rio University, B.A. in Product Design | Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

OTHER EDUCATION
2019 – Jornades de Plantes Tintòries (University Extension Course) | Universitat des les Illes Balears, Palma de Mallorca, Spain.
2014 – From Textile to Text and Vice-versa (University Extension Course) | PUC-Rio University,
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
2011 – AIEDUC: Integrated Arts for Education | TEAR art institute, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

EXPERIENCE
2011-today – Atelienave Ernesto Neto’s art studio, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. 
Design, production and assembly of large-scale artworks.
2010-2011 – Anísio Teixeira Educational Centre School (CEAT), Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Auxiliary teacher in the Department of Arts.

ACADEMIC PRODUCTION
Master’s thesis
Kuschnir, E. (2015). ‘All of that is innovation’: mediation and creativity in the meeting between the designer and the artisans. Written in Portuguese and developed with financial support of Brazilian research funding agency CAPES. Available for download here.

GRANTS
2018 – Stiftelse Maria Lindgrens Sömmerskehem
2013-2014 – CAPES Scholarship | Brazilian Ministry of Education
2009 – FAPERJ Scientific Initiation scholarship | Research Foundation of Rio de Janeiro

SKILLS
Languages:  Native Portuguese, fluent English, intermediate Spanish, intermediate Swedish
Digital:  Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator and InDesign; Weavepoint and Rhinoceros
Fabrication: Hand weaving, embroidery, yarn spinning, sewing and crochet; book binding.