sobre mi…
Diseñadora, tejedora e investigadora con una práctica en la que la creación individual, las acciones colectivas y la indagación académica se entrelazan. Su trabajo entreteje estudios textiles, perspectivas feministas, decoloniales y posthumanistas, estudios críticos del diseño. Se concentra en la investigación basada en la práctica. Ha liderado y participado en proyectos colectivos a nivel nacional e internacional, encontrando en las creaciones textiles territorios de experimentación desde los cuales fabricar dispositivos para imaginar otros mundos posibles. Su trabajo habita tanto las esferas académicas —a través de publicaciones en revistas científicas y participación en eventos académicos— como espacios artísticos de exhibición, residencias y becas.
Su experiencia incluye la dirección de procesos de investigación, el desarrollo curricular y la formulación y desarrollo de proyectos de diseño participativo. Su investigación aborda los tejidos no solo como objetos o técnicas, sino también como formas de pensar, lógicas de creación de mundo y encuentros relacionales que deshacen y rehacen a quiénes/lo qué participa.
Participaciones Editoriales
2023 – Presente Integrante del Comité Editorial — Facultad de Arquitectura y Diseño, Universidad de los Andes.
2020 – Presente Editora — Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of World Textiles, Volumen 9: Sacred and Ceremonial, coeditado con Louise Hamby.
2019 – 2024 Editora Regional – América Latina — Revista Textile: Cloth and Culture. Taylor & Francis, Inglaterra.
Residencias y Fellowships
2025 Residente en Poco a Poco - SUR O NO SUR. Oaxaca - México.
2023 Fellowship en Estudios Interdisciplinarios (medio tiempo) — The University of Warwick, Facultad de Estudios Interdisciplinarios, Coventry, Reino Unido.
Proyectos
abr. 2025 – ene. 2026 | Tejemos con hilos y palabras los mundos magütá | Co-investigadora | Colaboración con el Semillero de Creación-Investigación Amanecer la Palabra | Por invitación de Jhon Sebastián Parente, miembro de la comunidad Magüta del Resguardo Castañal Los Lagos, desarrollamos una serie de piezas gráficas y organizamos acciones colectivas de tejido y caminatas como acciones concretas orientadas a la revitalización del idioma Magüta y, por consiguiente, de su cultura, a través de un quehacer situado y tangible como el tejido, anclado en su cultura material. Proyecto beneficiario de la Beca para Movilidad Nacional e Internacional del Ministerio de las Culturas, las Artes y los Saberes (septiembre de 2025).
ene 2021 – Presente | Del laboratorio y el estudio al jardín, los bosques y de regreso | Co-investigadora con Alexandra Cuarán Jamioy y Susana Patricia Chicunque Agreda | Liderado por Andrea Botero Cabrera | Financiado por el Consejo de Investigación Finlandés | Conducción de investigación participativa con mujeres Kamëntŝa (comunidad indígena colombiana), examinando la tecnología textil y la infraestructura en el tejido tradicional tsômbiach, y su contexto ambiental.
ago 2023 – Presente | Design After-Progress | Colaboración internacional - Estudio de caso | Linnaeus University, Malmö University y Universidad de los Andes | Exploración de paradigmas de diseño post-progress a través de estudios de caso colombianos.
ene 2023 – 2025 | Fashion Fictions | Colaboración internacional - Estudio de caso | Nottingham Trent University y Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia | Fashion Fictions está liderado por la Dra. Amy Twigger Holroyd en Nottingham Trent University. Promueve sistemas de moda sostenibles mediante investigación multisituada e internacional. Liderando estudios participativos y basados en la práctica para explorar transiciones de la moda hacia poscrecimiento, nuestra colaboración se basó en una serie de estudios de caso colombianos.
ene 2018 – 2020 | Remendar lo nuevo: Practicando reconciliaciones a través del quehacer textil y la memoria digital en la transición al posconflicto de la Colombia rural | Co-investigadora | Dirigido por Tania Pérez-Bustos. Contribuí a la formulación del proyecto y a talleres de investigación participativa. Logró reconocimiento con la Convocatoria 791-2017 del Ministerio de Ciencia por "Trabajando por la reconciliación". Obtuvo la Beca ODA UKRI Newton-Colciencias (£524,733) para la recolección de narrativas de reconciliación desde la base a través de artes textiles. En alianza con la Universidad Nacional de Colombia, la Universidad de Los Andes, la Universidad de Antioquia, la University of Nottingham, la Lancaster University y la University of Warwick.
ene. 2017 – dic. 2020 | Pensamiento Textil: Pensar el diseño desde los textiles | Investigadora Principal | Análisis del impacto de las producciones textiles en los activismos feministas. Investigación basada en la práctica en la que se documentaron técnicas textiles como formas de pensamiento y de creación de mundo, así como manifestaciones de activismo textil y sus implicaciones sociales | Financiado por la Universidad de los Andes y la Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Práctica creativa
Exposición “Envolviendo territorios: especulaciones vestidas” - Coautora junto con Andrea Botero, Alexandra Cuarán Jamioy y Susana Patricia Chicunque Agreda
Diálogo entre las fajas tejidas tradicionales kamëntŝa (tšombiach) y una serie de prendas especulativas tejidas a mano, explorando temas de cuidado del agua y del territorio a través de prácticas de envolvimiento.
11–13 de octubre de 2023 — Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia — Pabellón.
21–22 de octubre de 2023 — Casa de la Cultura, Sibundoy, Putumayo, Colombia.
30 de noviembre – 1 de diciembre de 2023 — Galería Dipoli, Universidad de Aalto, Espoo, Finlandia – Art of Research.
Exposición “Los tiempo(s) de la escucha”, participación como parte de la colectiva Artesanal Tecnológica.
Colección de textiles digitales testimoniales que visibilizan las experiencias de mujeres de cuatro colectivos textiles en el contexto del conflicto armado en Colombia. Parte del proyecto “Remendar lo nuevo”. Exposición en línea.
28 de octubre – 1 de noviembre de 2019 — Cumulus, The Design After. Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
15 – 19 de junio de 2020 — Participatory Design Conference, Situated Action. Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia.
20 de septiembre – 5 de octubre de 2021 — Convento de Quibdó, Quibdó, Colombia.
28 de junio – 30 de julio de 2021 — Claustro Comfama San Ignacio, Medellín, Colombia.
30 de marzo – 5 de abril de 2023 — Universidad de Aalto, Espoo, Finlandia.
Exposición “Ventanas trenzadas” Ventanas digitales tejidas para viajar sin moverse.
10–11 de noviembre de 2020 — flora ars+natura. Exposición individual. Bogotá, Colombia.
10–12 de julio de 2021 — Casa de la Cultura, Sibundoy, Putumayo, Colombia.
Educación y credenciales
2023 - PhD en Ciencias Sociales y Humanas, Graduada con la máxima mención honorífica | Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
2016 - Feminismo, construcción de paz y desarrollo global | Universidad de los Andes (CIDER). Bogotá, Colombia.
2013 - Máster en Ciencias en gestión textil - Especialización en Gestión de la Cadena de Valor Textil | Swedish School of Textiles · Universidad de Borås, Borås, Suecia.
2013 - MA en Arte y Diseño Textil | Un año como estudiante de intercambio en Aalto University, Helsinki, Finlandia.
2005 - BA en Diseño Industrial (First Class Honours) | Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia.
about
Designer, weaver, and researcher with a practicel creation, collective action, and academic inquiry are deeply intertwined. Her work weaves together textile studies, feminist, decolonial, and posthumanist perspectives, alongside critical design studies, with a strong emphasis on practice-based research. She has led and participated in collective projects at both national and international levels, exploring textile practices as experimental territories to develop assemblages for imagining alternative worlds. Her work traverses academic spheres—through publications in peer-reviewed journals and participation in scholarly events—and artistic contexts such as exhibitions, residencies, and fellowships. where individua contributed to
Her experience includes leading research processes, developing curricula, and formulating and carrying out participatory design projects. Her research approaches textiles not only as objects or techniques, but also as ways of thinking, world-making logics, and relational encounters that unmake and remake who and what participates.Artistic Practice & Projects
Editorial Contributions
2023 – Present: Member of the Editorial Committee — Faculty of Architecture and Design, Universidad de los Andes.
2020 – Present: Editor — Bloomsbury Encyclopedia of World Textiles, Volume 9: Sacred and Ceremonial, co-edited with Louise Hamby.
2019 – 2024: Regional Editor – Latin America — Textile: Cloth and Culture journal. Taylor & Francis, United Kingdom.
Residencies and Fellowships
2025 Resident at Poco a Poco - SUR O NO SUR. Oaxaca, Mexico.
2023 Fellowship in Interdisciplinary Studies (part-time) — The University of Warwick, Faculty of Interdisciplinary Studies, Coventry, United Kingdom.
Projects
Apr 2025 – Jan 2026 | Ta mueta: We weave with threads and words the magütá worlds. | Co-Researcher | Collaboration with the Artistic Research Group Amanecer la Palabra | At the invitation of Jhon Sebastián Parente, a member of the Magüta community of the Castañal Los Lagos Indigenous Reserve, we developed a series of graphic pieces and organized collective weaving actions and walks as concrete initiatives aimed at revitalizing the Magüta language and, consequently, its culture, through a situated and tangible practice such as weaving, grounded in material culture. This project was a recipient of the National and International Mobility Grant awarded by the Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Knowledges (September 2025).
Jan 2021 – Present | From the Lab and the Studio to the Garden, the Forests, and Back | Co-Researcher with Alexandra Cuarán Jamioy and Susana Patricia Chicunque Agreda | Led by Andrea Botero Cabrera | Finnish Research Council Funded | Conduct participatory research with Kamëntŝa (Colombian indigenous community) women, examining textile technology and infrastructure in traditional tŝombiach weaving, and its environmental context.
Jan 2023 – 2025 | Fashion Fictions | International collaboration - Case study | Nottingham Trent University and University of Los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia | Fashion Fictions is led by Dr Amy Twigger Holroyd at Nottingham Trent University. Promoting sustainable fashion systems through multisituated, international research. Leading participatory and practice-based studies to explore post-growth fashion transitions, with a focus on Colombian case studies.
Aug 2023 – Present | Design After-Progress | International collaboration - Case study | Linnaeus University, Malmö University, and University of Los Andes | Exploring post-progress design paradigms through Colombian case studies.
Jan 2021 – Present | From the Lab and the Studio to the Garden, the Forests, and Back | Co-Researcher | Led by Andrea Botero Cabrera | Finnish Research Council Funded | Conduct participatory research with Kamëntŝa (Colombian indigenous community) women, examining textile technology and infrastructure in traditional tŝombiach weaving, and its environmental context.
Jan 2018 – 2020 | Mending the New: A Framework for Reconciliation Through Testimonial Digital Textiles in the Transition to Post-Conflict Rural Colombia | Co-Researcher | Led by Tania Pérez-Bustos. Contributed to project formulation and participatory research workshops. Achieved recognition with Science Ministry Call 791-2017 for "Working towards reconciliation." . Secured UKRI Newton-Colciencias ODA Award (£524,733) for collecting grassroots reconciliation narratives through textile crafts. Partnered with National University of Colombia, University de Los Andes, University of Antioquia, University of Nottingham, University of Lancaster, and University of Warwick.
Jan 2017 – Dec 2020 | Textile Thinking: Rethinking Design through Textiles | Principal Investigator | Analysis of the impact of textile productions within feminist activisms. Practice-based research documenting textile techniques as forms of thinking and world-making, as well as textile activist practices and their social implications | Funded by Universidad de los Andes and Universidad Nacional de Colombia.
Creative practice
Exhibition “Involve(ing) territories: 8 Tšombiach and 5 woven speculations” — Co-author along with Andrea Botero, Alexandra Cuarán Jamioy and Susana Patricia Chicunque Agreda A dialogue between traditional kamëntŝa woven bands (tšombiach) and a series of hand‑knit speculative garments, exploring themes of care for water and territory through practices of wrapping.
11–13 October 2023 — Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia — Pavilion.
21–22 October 2023 — Casa de la Cultura, Sibundoy, Putumayo, Colombia.
30 November – 1 December 2023 — Dipoli Gallery, Aalto University, Espoo, Finland — Art of Research.
Exhibition “The Time(s) of Listening” — participation as part of the Artesanal Tecnológica collective. A collection of testimonial digital textiles that make visible the experiences of women from four textile collectives in the context of the armed conflict in Colombia. Part of the project “Mending the New.” Online exhibition.
28 October – 1 November 2019 — Cumulus, The Design After. Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá, Colombia.
15–19 June 2020 — Participatory Design Conference, Situated Action. Universidad de Caldas, Manizales, Colombia.
20 September – 5 October 2021 — Convento de Quibdó, Quibdó, Colombia.
28 June – 30 July 2021 — Claustro Comfama San Ignacio, Medellín, Colombia.
30 March – 5 April 2023 — Aalto University, Espoo, Finland.
Exhibition “Woven Windows” — digital woven windows for travelling without moving.
10–11 November 2020 — flora ars+natura. Solo exhibition. Bogotá, Colombia.
10–12 July 2021 — Casa de la Cultura, Sibundoy, Putumayo, Colombia.
Education and Credentials
2023 - PhD Social and Human Sciences, Graduated with the Highest honorific mention | National University of Colombia, Bogotá, Colombia.
2016 - Feminism, peacebuilding, and global development | University of Los Andes. (CIDER). Bogotá, Colombia
2013 - Master of Science in textile management - Specialisation in Textile Value Chain Management | The Swedish School of Textiles · University of Borås, Borås, Sweden
2013 - MA in Textile Art and Design | One year as Exchange Student Aalto University, Helsinki, Finland
2005 - BA Industrial Design (First Class Honours) | National University of Colombia. Bogotá, Colombia
Conferences
June 2024 - "Bejay (water) is our Sister”: Wearable Speculations to Entangle Collectively. Design Research Society Conference, Boston | Co-authors: Andrea Botero, Eliana Sanchez-Aldana, Susana Patricia Chicunque Agreda, Alexandra Cuaran Jamioy
November - December 2023 - "Inter-weavings of Practice and Research in the Tšombiach (Woven Sashes) of the Kamëntŝa Biya People" Art of Research, Dipoli Gallery, Aalto University, Espoo | Co-authors: Andrea Botero, Eliana Sanchez-Aldana, Susana Patricia Chicunque Agreda, Alexandra Cuaran Jamioy
November 2022 - "Building Epistemic Bridges Amid Fractured Landscapes: Transnational Praxis of Feminist Decoloniality" National Women Studies Association Conference, Minneapolis | Panel featuring: Emina Buzinkic (University of Minnesota), Eliana Sánchez-Aldana (University of Los Andes), Carol Betemps (LiU Sweden), Maria Vlachou (LiU Sweden)
Jun 2022 - "Affecting Infrastructures: Crafting and Interweaving as Alternative Repairs" European Feminist Research Conference, Milan | | Co-author: Fredy Mora-Gamez
October 2021 - "Choibá Dolls: Material Meanings That Grow as They Touch Other Bodies" | 4S Conference, Toronto. Panel: Un/Making a Difference: The Possibilities of Extra-Ordinary Acts of Mundane Resistance in Unequal and Uncertain Worlds.
October 2021 - Chair of Session III: Publics, Participation, Cities, Communities & Repair Co-authors: Kat Jungnickel (Goldsmiths, London), Laura Forlano (Chicago), Åsa Ståhl & Kristina Lindström (Malmö), Carl DiSalvo (Georgia), Eliana Sánchez-Aldana (University of Los Andes)
Mar 2020 - "Unmaking, Mending and Combing: Textile Gestures to (Un)make Design(s)" Santiago de Chile
"How Can Digital Textiles Embody Testimonies of Reconciliation? (Exploratory Paper)"
June 2020 - 16th Participatory Design Conference "Participation(s) Otherwise", Manizales, Colombia | Co-authors: Laura Juliana Cortes Rico, Jaime Patarroyo, Tania Pérez-Bustos, Eliana Sánchez-Aldana
Apr 2019 - "Testimonial Digital Textiles: Material Metaphors to Think with Care About Reconciliation with Four Memory Sewing Circles in Colombia" | Nordes 2019: Who Cares?, Aalto University, Espoo | Co-authors: Jaime Patarroyo, Laura Cortés-Rico, Eliana Sánchez-Aldana, Tania Pérez-Bustos, Nasif Rincón.
Awards
September 2025 | National and International Mobility Grant | Awarded by the Colombian Ministry of Cultures, Arts, and Knowledges. Supported research-creation activities focused on collective weaving practices and graphic production for the revitalisation of the Magüta language and culture, developed in collaboration with the Magüta community of the Castañal Los Lagos Indigenous Reserve.
June 2020 | Artful Integrators Award | Recognised with the Artful Integrators Award for contributions to Mending the New: A Framework for Reconciliation Through Testimonial Digital Textiles in the Transition to Post-Conflict Rural Colombia. This project was also the winning project of the Colombian Ministry of Science Call 791-2017, Working Towards Reconciliation, and was funded by a UKRI Newton–Colciencias ODA Award (2018–2020, £524,733; Grant Reference AH/R013640/1).
July 2016 | Research Grant for Museum Projects on Historical Memory and Armed Conflict |
Awarded by the Colombian Ministry of Culture, Social Understandings of Armed Conflict (Category 2).
Led the project Itinerant Sewing Box, focused on the co-design of a museographic quilt integrating mending practices with processes of historical memory in Colombia.
May 2012 | Global Swede | Honoured as Global Swede by the Swedish Ministry for Foreign Affairs, Stockholm, Sweden.
August 2012 – June 2013 | Erasmus Scholarship | Received Erasmus Scholarship for academic excellence and international study.
August 2011 – June 2013 — University of Borås Scholarship | Awarded the University of Borås Scholarship for outstanding academic performance at the University of Borås, Sweden.