Giulia Pompilj is an Italian designer and artistic researcher based in Eindhoven, the Netherlands. Her work investigates the biological, historical, and social aspects of ecosystems, using a research-driven approach that bridges scientific methods with craft-based narratives.
Specializing in ethnobotanical research, she conducts fieldwork across ecosystems in Europe and South America. Her process often incorporates natural dyeing, where plant-based materials become both medium and message—revealing the interconnectedness of human and ecological systems.
Collaboration is central to her methodology. She has worked with the biology research center ITA Inkaterra Asociación (Peru), anthropologist Prof. Francesco D’Angelo Piaggio, the interdisciplinary research center Mater Iniciativa (Peru), and PhD researcher Steffie de Gaetano (Netherlands), among others.
ART RESIDENCY, AWARDS, GRANTS
GoctaLab - Chachapoyas, Peru | 2025
Fundacion la Tintorera - San Pedro de Atacama, Chile | 2025
La Wayaka Current - San Pedro de Atacama, Chile | 2024
Stimulerings Fonds - Residency Abroad | 2024
Make Eindhoven - Eindhoven, Netherlands | 2023
Amyrlin Bazar - Eindhoven, Netherlands | 2023
Cultuur Eindhoven Grant - Eindhoven, Netherlands | 2023
Stimulerings Fonds - Residency Abroad | 2023
Amsterdam Fund for the Arts - Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2022
Spark Narration - ACED - Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2022
Dr. Hauschka - in(UN)becoming | 2022
dieDAS - Saaleck, Germany | 2022
Draussen Stadt - Berlin, Germany | 2022
Berliner Projectfonds Urbane Praxis - Berlin, Germany | 2022
Berliner Projectfonds Urbane Praxis - Berlin, Germany | 2021
Stiftung für Kulturelle Weiterbildung - Berlin, Germany | 2021
Stiftung für Kulturelle Weiterbildung - Berlin, Germany | 2020
ITA Inkaterra Asociacion - Madre de Dios, Peru | 2019
Mater Iniciativa - Moray, Peru | 2018
EXHIBITIONS (selected)
Het Noord-Brabants Museum - Try-out Oud Herlaar - Vught, Netherlands | 2025
Art Rotterdam - Keilepand - Rotterdam, Netherklands | 2025
Van Abbemuseum - Soil - Eindhoven, Netherlands | 2024
Expo Cultural Park - ITALY: A New Collective Landscape - Shangai, China | 2024
HKDI Gallery - ITALY: A New Collective Landscape - Hong Kong, Hong Kong | 2024
Museum Orto Botanico - Fragile Ecosystem (Solo Exhibition) - Roma, Italy | 2024
Eye Filmmuseum - May Contain Trace Of... - Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2023
ARC - May Contain Trace Of... - Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2023
Arteinvita - LA DIMENSION CACHÉE - Abruzzo, Italy | 2023
Temporary Art Centre - What on Earth - Eindhoven, Netherlands | 2023
ADI Museum - ITALY: A New Collective Landscape - Milan, Italy | 2023
New York Textile Month - Colour of the Earth - New York, USA | 2022
Kazerne Gallery - Participants... - Eindhoven, Netherlands | 2022
DieDAS - in(UN)becoming - Saaleck, Germany | 2022
Kazerne Gallery - Between No-Longer and Not-Yet - Eindhoven, Netherlands | 2022
Milano Design Week - MISSED YOUR CALL - Milan, Italy |2022
Gimle - DIS-POSITION - Føllenslev, Denmark | 2021
Kazerne Gallery - IMPROMPTU 2.0 - Eindhoven, Nethrlands | 2020
DAE GRADUATION SHOW - Design Academy Eindhoven - Eindhoven, Netherlands | 2020
Museo Nazionale Scienza e Tecnologia Leonardo da Vinci - RO GUILTLESSPLASTIC- Milan, Italy | 2020
TEACHING, LECTURES, WORKSHOP (selected)
Speaker, Sustainable Design
- Museo Orto Botanico, Il Nostro Futuro -Rome, Italy | 2024
Workshop tutor, Street art interventions
- Street Art Museum Amsterdam, Breien - Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2024
Tutor, Water Lab
- Karlsruhe University of Arts and Design - Karlsruhe, Gernamy | 2023
Workshop tutor, Natural Dye
- ADI Museum - Milan, Italy | 2023
Artist Keynote and panel discussion
- Spark Narration - Amsterdam, Netherlands | 2023
Guest lecturer and workshop tutor, Dirty Dyes: Fashion industry
- Textile Art Camp - Berlin, Germany | 2022
Workshop tutor, Natural Dye
- KNOT - Berlin Germany | 2022
Workshop tutor, Natural Dye
- OZ Officine Zero - Rome, Italy | 2021
Lecturer and workshop tutor
- Dutch Design Week, De Buut - Eindhoven, Netherlands | 2021
Workshop tutor, Sutainable Textile
- AB Café - Berlin, Germany | 2021
Guest lecturer and workshop tutor, Dirty Dyes: Fashion industry
- URBAN RE:SOURCE - Berlin, Germany | 2021
Guest Tutor, Kunsthøjskolen
- BGK Holbæk - Holbæk, Denmark | 2020
Tutor, Sutainable Material
- Ort-schafft-Material - Berlin, Germany | 2020
Guest lecturer and workshop tutor, WARMI
- Materi Iniciativa, Momento Mater Amazonia -Madre de Dios, Peru | 2019
PUBLICATIONS, PRESS (selected)
AD Italia n.513-4 - Nuovi talenti | 2025
Exibart - Viaggi straordinari | 2024
Van Abbemueum - Soils | 2024
Plural Magazine - Soils | 2024
DesignWanted - Soils | 2024
Il Messaggero - Fragile Ecosystem | 2024
Zero - Fragile Ecosystem | 2024
SVDJ - Spark Narration | 2023
Luminary Issue n.29 - Chromatography | 2023
Robida Magazine n.9 - Suolo Prst soil | 2023
Plural Magazin - Designing Metabolic Reltions | 2022
DAMN Magazine n.80 - What Does Colour Mean | 2021
Archipanic - Dutch Design Week | 2021
Urbane Praxis - Ort-Schafft-Material | 2021
Elle Decoration - Isola Goes Digital | 2020
Mater Iniciativa - The Colors of the Apu Wañinmarcca | 2019