Ruta Vronevskyte is a designer and researcher working across sustainable and regenerative material design, with a focus on biomaterials, post-human design, and material ecologies of care.
Combines research, material experimentation, and speculative design to explore how living and biodegradable materials, such as mycelium, bacterial cellulose, and bioplastics, can be integrated into systems of healthcare, fashion, and the built environment.
Practice
Reach out via biostudio.ruta@gmail.com
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VACMA Bursary Award
2024 - Visual Artist and Craft Maker Award, Scotland.
Clason-Harvie Bursary
2023 - Awarded to the highest achieving student in the School of Design, University of Edinburgh
Feature in Dezeen
2023 - Feature in the world’s most influential design magazine
A CMS Future Design Star Prize Shortlisted Candidate
2023 - New Designers - the annual showcase of the UK’s most innovative emerging design talent
Hallmark Award Shortlisted Candidate
2023 - New Designers - the annual showcase of the UK’s most innovative emerging design talent
Sustainable Colour Award
2023 - Society of Dyers and Colourists.
Colour Award
2023 - Worshipful Company of Dyers.
Bradford Textiles Society Award
2022 - Mixed Media Category
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2025 April - Edinburgh Science Festival - Operation Biodegradable, Inspace Gallery, Edinburgh, United Kingdom
2024 April - Fashion Revolution Week -Guggenheim Museum Bilbao, Spain
2024 April - Edinburgh Science Festival -National Museum of Scotland, Edinburgh , United Kingdom
2024 November - ArtxScience - La Brea, Los Angeles, USA
2023 July - New Designers - London, United Kingdom
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Edinburgh College of Art, The University of Edinburgh
Biodesign Symposium, New York, USA
Domus Academy, Milan, Italy
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Certificate - Industrial Biotechnology - University of Manchester
Certificate - Introduction to Material Sciences - Arizona State University
Textiles Design - Edinburgh College of Art - The University of Edinburgh