May I share my story with you? A story about pink, red, and gold, about monks and latte macchiato, about desert sand and mountains with eternal snow, about lipstick and school buses, about construction sites, party plots, and palaces, about 10 buffaloes and 40 cows.
About India, the country where I have lived for years, and the Netherlands, the West, where I come from. A story about what is different, yet also the same.
I observe, collect fragments - colors, impressions, patterns, parts from conversations with friends and strangers - write reflections, and visualize my research in collages and textiles.
The diverse, often contradictory, realities naturally become part of my story. I would love to show you what moves me and invite you to look further, to be open to another perspective, another story. A story that evokes beauty and wonder, and connects the familiar with the unfamiliar.
Eline's work has been on display in Fashion and Textile Museum London, Fries Museum, Zuiderzeemuseum, Dutch Design Week and other galleries.
She has given talks and lectures at institutions such as National Institute of Design (NID), National Institute of Fashion Technology (NIFT), Nirma University, Gerrit Rietveld School of Art & Design and HZ University of Applied Science Middelburg.
For collaborations, commissions and other enquiries please contact: hello[at]studiobhatt.com
Eline Groeneweg-Bhatt is a Dutch artist and textile designer living and working in India. She is committed to creating collages and limited edition textiles for interior spaces. Her studio practice blurs the boundaries between art, craft and design, and creates a visual dialogue between cultures.