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 & Publications

2026      Upcoming: Publication in Summer(Arts to Hearts Project, 2026), an international juried collection distributed worldwide via Amazon & Barnes & Noble

2026     Dutch Design Week, 17 October – 25 October, Installations, Objects, Photos

2026      Art in the public space, July – August, Installation WOW (Wonderful Underwater World) in a glass container for the Summer Expo at the Weaving Museum

2025      Art in the public space, April to November, in the Old Postoffice, commission Municipality Geldrop-Mierlo, Installations Threads & Light and Tumbling Teatowels 2.0

2025      Artists Eindhoven,  Kunstenaars Eindhoven, expo at “De Kruisruimte”, Eindhoven, Installation

2024      Dutch Design Week, Expo “Yes, but how does it grow?” at Manifestations Art & Technology, Eindhoven, Installation

2024     Castle Geldrop, group Expo “DE TACHTIGJARIGE VREDE” Landgoed Kasteel Geldrop,  1 September – 27 October

2024      Artists Eindhoven, Kunstenaars Eindhoven, Expo at “De Kruisruimte”, Eindhoven, Installation en Photos

2024     Artfair Estate Castle Geldrop, 23 – 24 March

2023      KEK040, group expo at “De Kruisruimte”, Eindhoven,  Installation /performance

2022      Museum de Fundatie, Zwolle, ClimateExpo’22, 17 September – 4 December, Installation /performance “Blue”

2022 -2025 Shopwindow “De Kleine Ruimte”, Geldrop, at my disposal for expos and experiments, Installations/performance, Objects en Photos

2021      Solo Exhibition at  Artspace Dommeldal Library Mierlo, 31 October – 26 November,   “Nonsense of Rubbish”, Installations, Objects en Photos

2021      POK(Pop Up Art) project in the public space, “Let there be light(ness)”, Townhall Geldrop, Installation

2020      Solo-exhibition “Rubbish” at Castle Geldrop, March – September Installations, Objects, Photos

2020      Art in the public space, “Rainbowbench”,  Mierlo, commission Municipality Geldrop-Mierlo

2019      Albert van Abbehuis, Eindhoven , Studiotour,  installations, Photos

2018      Van Abbe Museum and the old ABN-Amro Building Eindhoven, KEK040 Exhibition “Room of Hope”, Installations, Photos

2018      Art in the public space “Intertwined” , Geldrop, commission Municipality Geldrop-Mierlo

2016      Gallery “De Ruimte”, Exhibition “Kunstspoor”, Public Library  and the Weaving Museum Geldrop-Mierlo, Paintings and Installations

2015      Gallery “Brunswijck”, Eindhoven, Paintings

2015      Gallery “Beelden in Gees”, Gees,  International Travelling Exhibition “Sekimori Ishi Modern”, Objects

2015      Gallery “Kleine Brogel” (BE), International Travelling Exhibition “Sekimori Ishi Modern”, Objects

2015      Open atelierroute Jura in Aumont (F), International Travelling Exhibition “Sekimori Ishi Modern”, Objects

2014      Museum Kruithuis, Den Bosch, International Travelling Exhibition “Sekimori Ishi Modern”, Objects, Installations

2014      Japanmuseum Sieboldhuis, Leiden, International Travelling Exhibition “Sekimori Ishi Modern”, Objects

2013      Gallery “De Ruimte”, Geldrop, Paintings, Objects

2013      Expopaviljon Mill, Opening Exhibition Sekimori Ishi Modern (International Travelling Exhibition, participant and co-organizer), Objects

2012      Gallery “De Ruimte”, Geldrop, Paintings, 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      Expo “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