About Francisca Rosner

Francisca Rosner is a Dutch textile artist whose practice centers on the sensory and mnemonic qualities of fabric. She creates installations and sculptural works that explore the role of material in shaping memory, identity, and emotion. Her process is both intuitive and research-driven, rooted in cycles of collecting, combining, deconstructing, and reassembling fabric fragments — often from personal archives, family history, or found sources.

Rosner’s work is informed by her East German heritage, with visual references to the aesthetics of the former GDR, (DDR) Saxon folklore, and the Neue Leipziger Schule. Color plays a crucial role in her practice — not as decoration, but as a portal for resonance, sensation, and embodied memory.

In 2025, she became a member of the European Textile Network (ETN), an acknowledgment of her dedication to textile as both artistic and research medium. She is also the founder of Art and the City, an educational platform for graphic design and visual arts, active since 2014 in seven Dutch cities.

Recent & past projects include:

• You Are So Welcome! – Galerie Sophie, The Hague (May–June 2025)
• CBK Zomersalon 2025 – Amsterdam 750 Years – CBK Amsterdam (July–August 2025)
• Blauwe Zone Festival – Amsterdam Nieuw-West (5–6 July 2025)
• The Blue Zone (2024) – in collaboration with the Van Eesteren Museum
• The Digital Forest (2009) – traveling installation with the Stedelijk Museum
• Groen (2010) – community project on the perception of green
• Radio Red (2004) – spoken word & visual research with Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen
• Art and the City (2014–2025) – ongoing educational project across the Netherlands

Exhibitions & collections:
Her work has been shown nationally and internationally in museums, art fairs, and community contexts. Collections include Rijkswaterstaat, PWC, Oxxio, Be Informed, and various private collectors.

Upcoming exhibitions: