I am a textile artist currently pursuing a Master’s degree at the Swedish School of Textiles (Year 2) , where I specialize in weaving as both a material practice and a conceptual language. My work is rooted in an ongoing fascination with how textiles can carry memory, biography, and transformation. I approach weaving as a space of tension between construction and deconstruction, where traditional techniques are continuously challenged, disrupted, and reimagined.
Experimentation lies at the core of my practice. I work with a wide range of yarns and found materials, often incorporating cutting and tufting to create surfaces that look fragile or in flux. Natural processes such as decay strongly influence my thinking, both formally and conceptually. I am drawn to moments where materials begin to fail or change, as these moments mirror human vulnerability and resilience.
Alongside my current research, sustainability has been a fundamental pillar of my work since graduating cum laude from the Royal Academy of Art in The Hague (KABK) in 2022. Living for several years in the largest female student house in the Netherlands profoundly shaped my material research and fascination. Surrounded by shared ecosystems of consumption and waste, I began working almost exclusively with discarded, everyday materials: old clothing, plastic bags, dryer lint, vacuum dust, packaging, and textile remnants. Through techniques such as weaving, tufting, needle felting, knitting, embroidery, and knotting, I deconstruct and recompose these materials into new textile forms.
My current project, Continues Flux, uses multi-layered weaving as a method to translate life stories into material structures. The work is based on the narratives of ten women, five from my close personal circle and five from diverse cultural and social backgrounds. Rather than illustrating their stories literally, I allow biography to inform material choices, structural decisions, and layered processes. The project reflects my own lived experience of resilience and transformation, while simultaneously addressing the universality of these experiences among women.
I see my practice as one of constant renewal. Each project is a way to question what I already know and to deliberately place myself in unfamiliar territory. I am motivated by an ongoing desire to evolve, both technically and conceptually and to let my work remain in continues motion.
Curriculum Vitae
2024 - now
Master year 2 at The Swedish School of Textile
- Fine Art and Textile Design, specialization in weaving
2019 - 2024
Working Assistant
Joana Schneider
- Assisting in various projects in the art and design domain.
2023 - 2024
Working Assistant
Laurence Aegerter
- Assisting in various art and design projects.
2025
- Exhibition, Moving Gallery Utrecht
- Exhibitor, Robuust Amsterdam, showroom
- Exhibition, Art Noord Frank Welkenhuysen Galerie
- Hotel, De groene afslag designed a hotelroom
- Penal Talk, Foundation Rembrandt
- Exhibition, ART NORD, gallery Frank Welkenhuysen
- Exhibition, Coolsingel Rotterdam, EDGE
- Exhibitor, solo show, Hoxton/Loyd hotel
- Exhibitor, Elswout group expo
- Auction, SOS kinderdorpen designed a chair for charity
- Exhibitor, GLUE Amsterdam, selected STICKY participant, Robuust
- Exhibitor, Kunst RAI Amsterdam, Frank Welkenhuysen Gallery
- Exhibitor, 1m2 Amsterdam during GLUE
- Exhibitor, Moving Gallery Utrecht
- HOXTON former Loyd hotel, solo expo
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COCOON HOUSE, group expo
- Exhibition, Hotel Indigo Dubai Downtown, Double J Collective Gallery
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Exhibition, RAK art, Ras El Kaimah, Organisation in design
- Exhibition, Human = non human at Kazerne, Eindhoven
- Exhibition, MARE Amsterdam, DDW talk
- Publication, Vogue Business
- Publication, Interior Design Magazine
- Kunstuitleen, museum Kranenburgh
2024
- Exhibition, Dutch Design Week (DDW) at De Kazerne
- Exhibition, KAE Maarssen, Galerie Frank Welkenhuysen
- Exhibition, Art Noord V, Galerie Frank Welkenhuysen
- Exhibition, Big Art, Slotervaart Ziekenhuis
- Publication, Hardhoofd.com
- Exhibition, RCL Design Interieur
- Publication, Collator Magazine
- Artist Talk & Workshop, House of Arts and Crafts
- Group Exhibition, GROEN, K38 Art Center
- Exhibition, Milan Design Week, Isola
- Exhibition, Kunst RAI Amsterdam, Frank Welkenhysen Galerie
- Publication, Fashion Room Bookstore
- Artist Talk, Vila Romana, Florence
- Residency, SOPRA SOTTO, Tuscany (3 weeks) – Topic: Senses and Sustainability
- Exhibition, Kleinste Gallerietje, De Hallen, Amsterdam (6 months)
- Exhibition, Object Rotterdam
- Publication, Straatkrant Z
2023
- Publication, Meubel + Interieur
- Designer, Time-out – Designed a coat for a theater show
- Presentation, Elle Decoration ETC Design Center
- Recap Exhibition, Mad Art Galleries
- Exhibition, Big Art Bijlmer Bajes
- Exhibition, Qkunst, Province House, South-Holland
- Exhibition, Art Noord V, Galerie Frank Welkenhuysen
- Exhibition, Art & Luxury Fair, Hotel Huis ter Duin
- Duo Exhibition, Mad Art Galleries with Benjamin Nyari
- Curated Selection, Young Design, The New Institute, Rotterdam
- Exhibition, Object Rotterdam
- Exhibition, Soesoe Art for Students
2022
- Exhibition, ETZ Hospital, Tilburg – Commissioned Work
- Exhibition, Dutch Design Week, Eindhoven at Piet Hein Eek
- Exhibition, Glue Amsterdam, VIVA Fabrics
- Graduation Show 2022
- Exhibition, Exposed, Amare, The Hague
- Graduated Cum Laude, Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague
2020
- Intern, Textiel Museum, Tilburg – Weaving Department; Collaborated on a significant project with Studio Drift
- Masterclass, Hella Jongerius
- Masterclass, Claudy Jongstra
Education
- Royal Academy of Art (KABK), The Hague – Bachelor’s Degree in Textile Design (Graduated Cum Laude) 2018-2022
- Von Erlenbach Kunstschule, Berlin – Portfolio Training 2017-2018
- Rudolf Steiner College, Haarlem – VWO Diploma 2011-2017
Languages
- Dutch (Fluent)
- English (Fluent)
- German (Basic)
References
Available upon request.
