lady in rug is a soft robotic sculpture covered with 12 square meters of hand-tufted carpet. the visitor sees a female body being absorbed into a large, ornate rug. the body breathes, the arm moves. the sculpture invites touch, encouraging interaction between the viewer and the artwork

the sculpture explores the boundaries between fashion, objects, the human body, and its environment. does the body conform to the object, the object to the body, or the body to the environment? the interaction between the sculpture and the viewer is inherent to the work: the object, both captivating and tactilely inviting, challenges the binary distinction between disciplines and aims to humanize the object, objectify the body, and deterritorialize creative disciplines. the sculpture challenges our traditional perception of disciplines by blurring their defining characteristics and altering their dna.

2025 textielmuseum, tilburg

2024 big art, amsterdam

2024 kunstrai, amsterdam

2023 bureau europa, maastricht

2023 carpet design awards, hannover

2022 dutch design week, eindhoven

2022 this art fair, amsterdam