Designer and artistic researcher Billie van Katwijk is fascinated by nature: that endlessly shapeshifting growing, blooming, dying, sprouting phenomenon. From these natural cycles, all sorts of materials emerge. Some are treasured (gold, oil, diamonds), while other materials remain unseen or unappreciated. Billie van Katwijk unravels the beauty of these materials. Slaughterhouse waste becomes a luxury leather. A residue from the sewer shows its hidden colours when turned into a glaze. Cremation ashes are transformed into delicate porcelain. Van Katwijk believes in showing contradictions and taboos, but she doesn’t judge. Her projects seduce people to think and to engage in a dialogue. “My concepts are completed by the user, with his or her thoughts.”
Van Katwijk graduated from Design Academy Eindhoven (NL) in 2017 and accomplished her master's degree in artistic research at the University of Amsterdam in 2022. Next to her design practice, she teaches at Amsterdam Fashion Institute.
Studio Billie van Katwijk is based in Amsterdam.
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Exhibitions
currently and upcoming:Blut & Staub – Wenn Reststoffe zu Werkstoffen werden
Gewerbemuseum
Winterthur, CH
March – September 2024
WaterSchool Hubertusburg
Castle Hubertusburg
Wermsdorf, DE
May 26 – October 13 2024
WaterSchool
Museum Cuypershuis
Roermond, NL
June 14 - January 2025