12 may 2026, Flor Linckens
Three studio visits: a look behind the scenes
Ever wanted to see up close how an artist works? Now is your chance, as Rademakers Gallery is organising three Open Studios in late May and early June. Alfhild Sarah Külper, Sofie Aaldering and artist duo Rive Roshan will welcome visitors into their studios, where they will share more about how their works come into being, from initial idea to final result. Each practice departs from a distinctly different material investigation, ranging from leftover wool and textiles to coloured glass, reflection and translucent fabrics. Registration is simple and free through a Google Form.
Swedish artist and designer Alfhild Sarah Külper creates intuitive wall works, sculptures and installations from leftover wool, sourced from the textile industries of India, Nepal and the Netherlands. Her process is deliberately slow and exceptionally labour-intensive. Using both traditional and contemporary techniques such as tufting, felting and (3D) embroidery, she transforms discarded materials into soft and tactile compositions. The resulting works exist somewhere between textile, landscape and three-dimensional sculpture. Softness plays a significant role throughout her practice, both physically and emotionally. Külper explores the ways materials can evoke feelings of calm, safety, care and connection. How can an awareness of softness influence the way we see the world? Her practice is driven by curiosity and a continuous search for unconventional and innovative ways of applying her materials. Before founding her own studio in 2021, she spent ten years working at fashion house Viktor & Rolf as Head of Design. There, she came to understand the fashion industry from within, something that remains visible in her attention to sustainability, construction and material research.
Alfhild Sarah Külper was born in Sweden in 1982 and studied at Central Saint Martins in London. Her work has been acquired by Rijksmuseum Muiderslot and featured in various publications, including Financial Times, Wired and Architectural Digest. During the last Milan Design Week, one of her installations was presented in collaboration with Stepevi Carpets.
Open Studio — Alfhild Sarah Külper
Sunday 24 May from 13:00–17:00 — Amsterdam
Amsterdam-based artist duo Rive Roshan consists of Ruben de la Rive Box (Netherlands, 1981) and Golnar Roshan (Australia, 1986). Together, they create spatial installations and sculptural objects in which light, colour, reflection and material appear to shift continuously. This sense of transience and our bodily sensory experience lie at the core of their practice. Rive Roshan investigates how perspective, movement and changing light conditions influence space and perception, and how that experience can be actively shaped. In that process, scientific research is equally important as a more holistic and intuitive approach. The result is a series of striking immersive artworks, design objects and installations featuring coloured glass, transparent, mirrored and opaque surfaces, subtle colour gradients and moving light.
Ruben de la Rive Box studied at HKU University of the Arts Utrecht and Golnar Roshan graduated from the University of Technology Sydney. The duo has collaborated with designers including Tom Dixon and Marcel Wanders, and their work is held in the collections of the National Gallery of Victoria in Melbourne, Museum JAN, the Shanghai Museum of Glass and the Musée des Arts Décoratifs in Paris. During this Milan Design Week, Rive Roshan presented the site-specific installation ‘Garden of Hope’ in the hangar of a former military hospital.
Open Studio — Rive Roshan
Thursday 29 May from 16:00–19:00 — Amsterdam
Dutch artist Sofie Aaldering creates sculptural works using materials such as tulle, mesh, organza, fibreglass, foam and beads, many of which are given a second life. She manipulates, distorts and compresses these translucent and delicate fabrics entirely by hand, layer upon layer. Her practice is defined by experimentation and an intensely labour-intensive process. Aaldering is deeply interested in materiality and explores how textile can acquire a spatial and physical presence, moving beyond more traditional applications of the medium. The resulting works revolve around contrasts: vulnerability versus strength, lightness versus monumentality, transparency versus density. At the same time, they invite us to look at these materials differently and think in terms of possibility.
Sofie Aaldering was born in 1998 and graduated cum laude from HKU University of the Arts Utrecht in 2021. In 2023, she created a special commissioned artwork for Dior. Her work has been collected by DELA and in 2024, ELLE Decoration named Aaldering one of its ‘artists to watch’.
Open Studio — Sofie Aaldering
Saturday 7 June from 13:00–17:00 — near Arnhem
