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== Life and work ==
Born in Rotterdam to Sjoerd and Marianne van Leeuwen, Van Leeuwen grew up in [[Mijnsheerenland]]. Her father ran a timber trading company in [[Overschie]], and her uncle is the photographer Piet van Leeuwen (born 1942).<ref>[https://rkd.nl/nl/explore/artists/48993 Piet van Leeuwen (1942-)] at the Netherlands Institute for Art History.</ref> She studied handicrafts and textile art at the teacher education in Delft from 1984 to 1989, and ceramic design at the [[Gerrit Rietveld Academy]] in Amsterdam from 1989 to 1993<ref>[http://wietskevanleeuwen.nl/wietske_van_leeuwen/curr._vitae.html Curriculum Vitae] at wietskevanleeuwen.nl. Accessed 22.05.2015.</ref> under [[Jan van der Vaart]], and [[Henk Trumpie]].<ref>Press release "[http://www.carlakoch.nl/persberichten/janenleerlingen.html Jan van der Vaart en leerlingen]," in Galerie Carla Koch, Delft 2005. Accessed 15.05.2015.</ref>
After graduation she settled in Amsterdam as independent artist and started her own studio. In 1996 Van Leeuwen was nominated for the NPS Cultuurprijs 1996, a battle between jung unknown artists on national television weekly in ten programs in the summer of 1996.<ref> Simone van der Burg. "[https://www.nrc.nl/nieuws/1996/07/16/jong-talent-strijdt-om-nieuwe-nps-cultuurprijs-7317392-a35548 Jong talent strijdt om nieuwe NPS-cultuurprijs: De NPS-cultuurprijs, wekelijks vanaf woensdag 17 juli, Ned.3, 20.55u.]," ''NRC Handelsblad'' 16.07.
1996</ref><ref>[https://www.flickr.com/photos/marceldouwedekker/7081542847/ Fragments of NPS-cultuurprijs, 1996] at flickr.com (in Dutch). Accessed 22.04.2017.</ref>
Van Leeuwen received a number of grants from the Mondriaan Fonds, Dutch Foundation for Visual Arts. Since 1997 she is also working as teacher ceramics and drawing at [[Altra College]], Amsterdam.
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