Katja van den Eijnden is an artist creating interactive installations at the intersection of space, sustainability and participation. Working mainly with waste materials, she builds immersive worlds that invite people to slow down, explore and marvel.

Projects in public space, solo exhibitions and presentations at Dutch Design Week mark key moments in her artistic practice. By transforming discarded materials into participatory installations, she creates spaces where visitors become contributors to shared experiences.

She also shares her knowledge through workshops and education. She has worked at the Weaving Museum Geldrop for over ten years, connecting traditional textile techniques with contemporary making. As a community artist with the Art & Technology Foundation, she develops projects that bring together art, craft and local communities, reflecting her belief that creativity can inspire social and environmental change.

“I collect what has been left behind. Fragments, discarded materials, forgotten objects—they carry stories, possibilities, and the seeds of new worlds. Through interactive installations, I transform them into spaces where people can wander, play, and connect.

My work begins with making, but it is completed through participation. I create environments that invite curiosity, where slowing down becomes an act of attention and wonder opens space for new perspectives.

For me, sustainability is not only about materials but about relationships: with each other, with the places we inhabit and with what we choose to value.”

EXHIBITIONS

2026 july- august Art in the public space, installation WOW (Wondere Onderwater Wereld) in a glass container for the Summer Expo at the Weavingmuseum

2025 april – november Art in the public space, the old Postoffice, Threads & Light and Tumbling Teatowels 2.0 (commisioned by municipality Geldrop-Mierlo)

2025  Group Exhibit Kunstenaars Eindhoven, de Kruisruimte Eindhoven

2024 19 – 27 october Dutch Design Week, Manifestations Eindhoven

2024 01 september – 27 october exhibition “DE TACHTIGJARIGE VREDE” Landgoed Kasteel Geldrop

2024 09 – 12 mai Group Exhibit Kunstenaars Eindhoven, de Kruisruimte Eindhoven

2024 23 – 24 march Artfair at Landgoed Kasteel Geldrop

2023 18 – 21 mai Group Exhibit KEK040, de Kruisruimte Eindhoven

2022 17 september – 4 dec participant ClimateExpo’22, Museum de Fundatie Zwolle

From 2022 Shoppingwindow “de kleine Ruimte” , Noorderlicht Academie, molenstraat 2, Geldrop, at my disposal for exhibitions and experiment

2021 Kunstzaal Dommeldal at Library Mierlo 31 oktober – 26 november solo-expositie “De onzin van Rubbish”

2021 POK(Pop Op Kunst(Art)) project in the public space, “Let there be light(ness)I”  Geldrop

2020 1 maart – 30 Augustus solo-exhibition “Rubbish”  Kasteel Geldrop, Installations, Objects and Photos

2020 Art in the public space (commisioned by municipality Geldrop-Mierlo), “Rainbowbench”  Mierlo

2019 Albert van Abbehuis Eindhoven , Studio route,  installations and photos

2018  Van Abbemuseum and the old ABN-Amro building Eindhoven, KEK040 exhibition “Room of Hope”, installations and photos

2018 Art in the public space (commisioned by municipality Geldrop-Mierlo) “Verweven” (“Intertwined”),  Geldrop

2016 Kunstspoor exhibition  Gallery “De Ruimte”, Public Library  and the Weavingmuseum Geldrop-Mierlo, paintings en installations

2015 Gallery “Brunswijck” Eindhoven, paintings

2015  Gallery “Beelden in Gees” Gees, SIM, objects

2015  Gallery “Kleine Brogel” (BE), SIM, objects

2015  Studio route Jura Aumont (F), SIM, objects

2014  Museum “Het Kruithuis” Den Bosch, SIM, objects en installations

2014 Sieboldhuis Leiden (Japanmuseum) Leiden, SIM, objects

2013 Gallery “De Ruimte” Geldrop, paintings and objects

2013 Expopavilion Mill, opening Sekimori Ishi Modern (International Traveling Exhibition, participant and co-organizer)

2012 Gallery “De Ruimte” Geldrop, paintings and objects

2012 Shop/Gallery “World of Wonders  Cascais (Prt), objects

2012 International Art Bazar Malveira da Serra (Prt), paintings and objects

2011 International Art Bazar São João do Estoril (Prt), paintings and objects

2011 Gallery “Ruimte in Beeld” Nuenen, paintings and objects

2010 “Kunst en ontmoeting” Mill, paintings and objects

2009 International Bazar Napels (Ita), paintings and objects

2008 International Bazar Napels (Ita), paintings and objects

STUDIES

1992-1997 Hogeschool Katholieke Leergangen Tilburg, Handvaardigheid vrije studierichting, graduated in ceramics

1987-1989 MDGO De Diesbergen Eindhoven , Fashion, grafics study