Madeleine Schwinge is a transdisciplinary art and future researcher who works as an artist, curator, consultant, speaker, and moderator—with more than two decades of experience in the realms of creative entrepreneurship and transformation design.
She is the founder and head of re:future lab, an independent institute at the interface of art, science, and society, launched in 2020 to catalyze debate on topical ecological, technological and cultural challenges. Co-produced with a community of visionary fellows, and often in collaboration with academic and institutional partners, its hybrid program explores diverse possible future scenarios, fosters preparedness for uncertainty, and sparks agency for change through the kaleidoscope of art.
Her work sits at the intersection of creativity, human insight, and strategy, inspiring hope, curiosity, and empathy to drive change in complex contemporary contexts. Her practice is rooted in the belief that artistic intelligence is key to tackling disruptive change—by asking deeper questions, nurturing imagination, and combining critical, and speculative perspectives.
Madeleine's fields of activity include artistic practice, exhibitions, talks, lectures, workshops, writing, and advisory – she creates spaces that enable people to experience, explore, and develop new perspectives on themselves, their social relationships, and global contexts.