Leander Burkhard

Born in 1979. Swiss
Guest Performer 2026

@leandre.burkhard

TRAINING

1999 Apprenticeship as a biology lab technician at Agroscope in Changins (CH)
1999–2003 Training as a ceramist at the Vevey Vocational Training Center (CEPV)
2016 Master's Degree, China Academy of Art in Hangzhou (CN)


Anything that spins can become a potter’s wheel, as long as you can attach clay to it; a table, a squash, a pot, or even a spinning head can do the trick. When taken out of its original context and used in an unconventional way, the potter’s wheel becomes a space for free experimentation. Laughs guaranteed.


Read the full text in the 2026 exhibition catalog