DIRECTORY 2026

Carla Rump | Installation, Sculpture

Carla Rump is a visual artist working across installation, sculpture, and drawing. Her art investigates transformation, materiality, and the interplay between creation and dissolution, inspired by natural processes and organic forms. Through both intuitive and research-led methods, Rump creates immersive environments that engage viewers’ senses and perceptions of space and the body.

Using materials like wood, natural skins, translucent textiles, and hand-drawn images, she builds installations resembling temporary ecosystems. These spaces invite movement and contemplation, highlighting the coexistence of fragility and resilience. Metamorphosis, viewed biologically and metaphorically, remains a central theme, reflecting on personal, social, and cultural transformation.

Rump’s artistic perspective is deeply influenced by time spent in nature, especially in the Peruvian jungle, where cycles of growth and decay shaped her sensitivity to change and impermanence. This ongoing connection informs her material choices and approach to art-making.

Her work is exhibited in varied settings, from independent art spaces to major institutions, and often responds to specific sites. By merging sculpture, drawing, and installation, Rump explores interconnected systems and shared processes of becoming. Her art highlights how individuals, despite diverse backgrounds, are linked to each other and their environments through reflection, adaptation, and change.

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