Marie Mees (°1956, lives and works in Ghent) creates textiles where pure simplicity and attention to detail meet. In her creations, art and design flow seamlessly into one another. A love for the traditional skills of hand-spinning and hand-weaving textiles forms her starting point. She collaborates with local artisans in Nepal who produce high-quality and sustainable handwork using Tibetan highland wool. At her invitation, they dye the wool with plant-based pigments in carefully selected solid tones, weave it into specific formats with balanced colour proportions. A professional ethic that engages respectfully with local practice is central to this process. Marie Mees then intuitively composes the materials into a sensory experience by interweaving, cutting, and/or working them with subtle accents. In this way, small, intimate textile collages emerge alongside minimalist runners — also referred to as ‘textile panels’. Hung or laid flat, they explore the boundaries between art, architecture, and matter. They connect time and space, and make a quiet serenity tangible.
Marie Mees also had a design agency, Maison Mees – Biasino. They developed ideas for, among others, architects such as Marie-José Van Hee and Robbrecht & Daem, Galerie Maniera, and design label Valerie_Objects. Marie was also a master mentor at Luca School of Arts.
-text: Sofie Crabbé, 2024-
