ROBERTA SCHREYER
Roberta Schreyer is a textiles artist investigating how the arts can set hope in the climate narrative and restore the broken human-nature relationship. Her practice integrates ancient knowledge with a focus on natural dyes aiming to build communities of care to encourage social and environmental justice.
Education
2020 - 2022 Royal College of Art, MA Textiles Design including Dissertation
2017 - 2020 Chelsea College of Art (UAL), BA (Hons) Textiles Design, Knit
2016 - 2017 City and Guilds of London Art School, Foundation Diploma in Art and Design
Exhibitions
2024 Exhibition Future Festival Mexico, ‘Fabricating Equity’, Puebla, Mexico
2024 Exhibition Future Fabrics Mexico, Universidad Tecnológica Metropolitana, Mérida, Mexico
2024 Exhibition 'Public', Shapes & Things, Virtual Exhibition
2024 London Craft Week: Craftworks, Shoreditch Townhall, London, UK
2023 London Design Festival: Green Grads Exhibition, Heal’s London, UK
2023 Crossing through the Spike Isle, Wutong Gallery, Nanjing, China
2023 London Craft Week: Artefact, Design Centre Chelsea Harbour, London, UK
2023 Grand Designs Exhibition Green Grads, ExCel London, UK
2022 Pop-up Shop, “MultipleorNot?”, Ingolstadt, Germany
2022 London Design Festival: Green Grads Exhibition, Samsung Center London, UK
2021 ‘The Movement of Voices’, Aesthetical Ecology, Seoul, Korea and London, UK
Residencies
2024 (August) Texere Residency by Threadcaravan, Oaxaca, Mexico
2024 (March) Texere Residency by Threadcaravan, Oaxaca, Mexico
2024 Arquetopia Residency, Natural Ink Silkscreen Print, Oaxaca, Mexico
2021 Bio-inspired textiles summer school x Royal College of Art led by Dr. Veronika Kaspali
2019 Research Programme Scholarship for Textiles Residency, Kyoto Institute of Technology Design Lab
Workshop / Teaching
2024 Craftspace IN:SITE 2024, Community engagement Project, Birmingham, UK
2024 Visiting Lecture, “Hope in the climate crisis”, Falmouth University
2023 Grand Designs Exhibition and Live making talk: Green Grads, ExCel London, UK
2022 Workshop, “Dreamstones for the Planet”, Royal College of Art, London
Further Experience
2024 Show Assistant, Decorex, for Allwina, London, UK
2024 Future Fabrics Mexico, Research project working with Mayan communities, Fabricademy, FabLab Yucatán, Mérida, Mexico
2023 Beat the System, A/Political and Wikileaks one-day workshop and Exhibition at EartH Hackney, London, UK
2023 Assitant to Freddie Robbins to create digitally knitted artwork, Essex, UK
2022 Creation of the trademark brand NATURE IS AN ACTIVIST ®
2022 Symposium and collaborative project with Kings College London
2021/22 Showlead for Work in Progress and Final Show, Royal College of Art
2021/22 President of SustainLab Society Royal College of Art
2020/21 Graduate Studio Assistant Textiles Department, Chelsea College of Art, UAL
Awards
2022 Finalist Dorothy Waxman International Textiles Price
2022 Finalist Global Design Graduate Degree Show, Artsthread x Gucci, Virtual exhibition
Member
2023 Design Nation
2022 Green Grads
Languages
German
English
Spanish
Italian