Education
Techfellowship–Residency, Rijksakademie van beelndende kunsten, Jan–Dec 2022.
Master, Social Design, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL), Gijs Bakker nominee, 2019–2021.
Erasmus, Peter Behrens School of Architecture and Design, Düsseldorf (DE), 2017–2018.
BA, Industrial Design & Advanced Ceramics, ISIA Faenza (IT), Cum laude, 2014–2018.
Experience
Glazes professor, Ceramic Department, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL), Sept 2023–ongoing.
Ceramic advisor, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL), March 2023–ongoing.
Ceramic consulent, Bruno Baietto’s In Bones We Dwell, Dordrecht’s Museum (NL), 2023.
Ceramic specialist, Royal Academy of the Arts, The Hague (NL), January 2023–July 2023.
Workshop, MA Social Design, Biolab course, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL), January 2023.
Tech fellow, Rijksakademie V.B.K., Amsterdam (NL), January–December 2022.
Workshop & Lecturer, MA Artistic Research, Royal Academy of the Arts, The Hague, Nov 2022.
Designer & Production assistant, Humade, Amsterdam (NL), February–November 2022.
Lecturer, “Working with Matter”, DAE Research Festival, Design Academy, (NL), March 2022.
Lecturer, Geo Design Master, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL), February 2022.
Guest tutor, Social Design Master, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL), February 2022.
Designer in residence, European Ceramic Workcentre (EKWC), Oisterwijk (NL), March–May 2021.
Craft stagist, Atelier Desimoni, Pesaro (IT), June–August 2020.
DEsigner in residence, Designing into the Future, Instambul Biennale, August–September 2020.
Intern, Chiara Andreatti Studio, Milan (IT), January–May 2019.
Resident, 3D Wasp, Imola (IT), November 2018.
Craft stagist, Bucci Ceramics, Pesaro (IT), July–September 2015.
Selected exhibitions
In Bones We Dwell, consultancy for Bruno Baietto, Dordrecht’s Museum (NL) 2023.
In Presence of Your Absence, ADI Design Museum, Milan (IT), 2023.
Vestiges, Alcova, Fuorisalone, Milan (IT), 2023.
In Presence of Your Absence, Material District, Utrecht (NL), 2023.
The Future of Art Making, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (NL), 2022.
Ciona Are Doing Well, SVA Bio Art Lab, New York, 2022.
SPAZIO 1/2: Worskshop “Clay Dialogues”, Drop City, Fuorisalone, Milano (IT), 2022.
Clay Dialogues x Frantoio Sociale, collab. with Studio Gisto, Alcova, Milano (IT), 2022.
Sea Silt, collaboration with Humade, Ceramics Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden (NL), 2022.
Conversing with Matter, DAE75!, Fuorisalone, Milano (IT), 2022.
Conversing with Matter, Rethinking Plastic, Yksi Expo , Eindhoven (NL), 2022.
Conversing with Matter, Design Fest Gent, Design Museum Gent, Gent (BE), 2022.
Conversing with Matter, From the Ground Up, Material Source Studio, Manchester (UK), 2022.
Conversing with Matter, Design Open, Kazerne, Eindhoven (NL), 2021–2022.
Conversing with Matter, Dutch Design Week 2021, DAE Graduation Show, Eindhoven (NL).
Thrown Time, Cor Unum, Den Bosch (NL), 2021.
Ciona Are Doing Well, Interspecies Futures, by Oscar Salguero, NY Center for Book Arts, 2021.
The Object is Absent, DDW, MU Space, curated by Lucas Maassen, Eindhoven (NL), 2020.
Arc, Bologna Design Week, Bologna (IT), May 2018.
Arc, Milan Salone, Galleria Barone, Milan (IT), 2018.
Techfellowship–Residency, Rijksakademie van beelndende kunsten, Jan–Dec 2022.
Master, Social Design, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL), Gijs Bakker nominee, 2019–2021.
Erasmus, Peter Behrens School of Architecture and Design, Düsseldorf (DE), 2017–2018.
BA, Industrial Design & Advanced Ceramics, ISIA Faenza (IT), Cum laude, 2014–2018.
Experience
Glazes professor, Ceramic Department, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL), Sept 2023–ongoing.
Ceramic advisor, Gerrit Rietveld Academie, Amsterdam (NL), March 2023–ongoing.
Ceramic consulent, Bruno Baietto’s In Bones We Dwell, Dordrecht’s Museum (NL), 2023.
Ceramic specialist, Royal Academy of the Arts, The Hague (NL), January 2023–July 2023.
Workshop, MA Social Design, Biolab course, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL), January 2023.
Tech fellow, Rijksakademie V.B.K., Amsterdam (NL), January–December 2022.
Workshop & Lecturer, MA Artistic Research, Royal Academy of the Arts, The Hague, Nov 2022.
Designer & Production assistant, Humade, Amsterdam (NL), February–November 2022.
Lecturer, “Working with Matter”, DAE Research Festival, Design Academy, (NL), March 2022.
Lecturer, Geo Design Master, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL), February 2022.
Guest tutor, Social Design Master, Design Academy Eindhoven (NL), February 2022.
Designer in residence, European Ceramic Workcentre (EKWC), Oisterwijk (NL), March–May 2021.
Craft stagist, Atelier Desimoni, Pesaro (IT), June–August 2020.
DEsigner in residence, Designing into the Future, Instambul Biennale, August–September 2020.
Intern, Chiara Andreatti Studio, Milan (IT), January–May 2019.
Resident, 3D Wasp, Imola (IT), November 2018.
Craft stagist, Bucci Ceramics, Pesaro (IT), July–September 2015.
Selected exhibitions
In Bones We Dwell, consultancy for Bruno Baietto, Dordrecht’s Museum (NL) 2023.
In Presence of Your Absence, ADI Design Museum, Milan (IT), 2023.
Vestiges, Alcova, Fuorisalone, Milan (IT), 2023.
In Presence of Your Absence, Material District, Utrecht (NL), 2023.
The Future of Art Making, Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten (NL), 2022.
Ciona Are Doing Well, SVA Bio Art Lab, New York, 2022.
SPAZIO 1/2: Worskshop “Clay Dialogues”, Drop City, Fuorisalone, Milano (IT), 2022.
Clay Dialogues x Frantoio Sociale, collab. with Studio Gisto, Alcova, Milano (IT), 2022.
Sea Silt, collaboration with Humade, Ceramics Museum Princessehof, Leeuwarden (NL), 2022.
Conversing with Matter, DAE75!, Fuorisalone, Milano (IT), 2022.
Conversing with Matter, Rethinking Plastic, Yksi Expo , Eindhoven (NL), 2022.
Conversing with Matter, Design Fest Gent, Design Museum Gent, Gent (BE), 2022.
Conversing with Matter, From the Ground Up, Material Source Studio, Manchester (UK), 2022.
Conversing with Matter, Design Open, Kazerne, Eindhoven (NL), 2021–2022.
Conversing with Matter, Dutch Design Week 2021, DAE Graduation Show, Eindhoven (NL).
Thrown Time, Cor Unum, Den Bosch (NL), 2021.
Ciona Are Doing Well, Interspecies Futures, by Oscar Salguero, NY Center for Book Arts, 2021.
The Object is Absent, DDW, MU Space, curated by Lucas Maassen, Eindhoven (NL), 2020.
Arc, Bologna Design Week, Bologna (IT), May 2018.
Arc, Milan Salone, Galleria Barone, Milan (IT), 2018.
Publications
︎︎︎In Presence of Your Absence, Italy: A New Collective Lanscape, Mousse Magazine Ed., April 2023.
︎︎︎Conversing with Matter, DAMN Magazine, Issue N° 82, June 2022.
︎︎︎Conversing with Matter, Plural Magazine, 2022. ︎︎︎Conversing with Matter, Elementa Oslo, 2022.
︎︎︎Conversing with Matter, The Color Association, 2021.
︎︎︎Conversing with Matter, Het Financieele Dagblad, Culture section, 2021.
︎︎︎Conversing with Matter, Wallpaper Magazine, Design section, 2021.
︎︎︎Ciona Are Doing Well, Ocean Archive, 2020.
︎︎︎Ciona Are Doing Well, Design Parallax, curated by Angela Rui, MDFF Greece, 2020.
︎︎︎The Object is Absent, Dezeen, MU Hybrid Art Space, 2019.
Nominations, Grants, Awards
Award, Young New Talent, Material District, Utrecht (NL), 2023.
Grant, Arita Residency (JP), Stimuleringsfonds, 2022.
Grant, Building Talent, Stimuleringsfonds, 2021.
Nomination, Gijs Bakker Design Award, Design Academy Eindhoven, 2021.
Nomination, Take Your Time Design Contest, Cor Unum Ceramics (NL), 2021.
First prize, Jewellery Design, AllMazing, Modena (IT), 2017.
Benedetta Pompili (IT, 1995) is a social designer based in Amsterdam. A dedication to materials with a focus on their narratives and environmental impact identifies her practice. She rethinks manufacturing techniques and their aesthetics toward circular making. Her research aims to share knowledge, motivate care, and retrace tradition by thinking and acting in an interdisciplinary way.
In parallel with her own studio practice, she is technical advisor and glaze professor at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
She was designer in residence at Sunday Morning EKWC (European Keramik Work Center) in 2021. In 2022 she covered the role of Tech Fellow in ceramics atRijksakademie van beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.
She is among the recipients of the upcoming Creative Residency Arita (2024) and of the Stimuleringsfonds Building Talent Grant (2022). Her works have been displayed at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Design Museum Gent (BE), and at the Keramiekmuseum Princessehof (NL), among others.
In 2018, she graduated with honors with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design and Ceramics from ISIA Faenza (IT). Urging to approach making through an environmental and conceptual lens, in 2019 she attended the Social Design Master's at Design Academy Eindhoven (NL), where in 2021 she graduated with a nomination for the Gijs Bakker Award.
KvK 84375779
Btw-id NL003954350B29
︎︎︎In Presence of Your Absence, Italy: A New Collective Lanscape, Mousse Magazine Ed., April 2023.
︎︎︎Conversing with Matter, DAMN Magazine, Issue N° 82, June 2022.
︎︎︎Conversing with Matter, Plural Magazine, 2022. ︎︎︎Conversing with Matter, Elementa Oslo, 2022.
︎︎︎Conversing with Matter, The Color Association, 2021.
︎︎︎Conversing with Matter, Het Financieele Dagblad, Culture section, 2021.
︎︎︎Conversing with Matter, Wallpaper Magazine, Design section, 2021.
︎︎︎Ciona Are Doing Well, Ocean Archive, 2020.
︎︎︎Ciona Are Doing Well, Design Parallax, curated by Angela Rui, MDFF Greece, 2020.
︎︎︎The Object is Absent, Dezeen, MU Hybrid Art Space, 2019.
Nominations, Grants, Awards
Award, Young New Talent, Material District, Utrecht (NL), 2023.
Grant, Arita Residency (JP), Stimuleringsfonds, 2022.
Grant, Building Talent, Stimuleringsfonds, 2021.
Nomination, Gijs Bakker Design Award, Design Academy Eindhoven, 2021.
Nomination, Take Your Time Design Contest, Cor Unum Ceramics (NL), 2021.
First prize, Jewellery Design, AllMazing, Modena (IT), 2017.
Benedetta Pompili (IT, 1995) is a social designer based in Amsterdam. A dedication to materials with a focus on their narratives and environmental impact identifies her practice. She rethinks manufacturing techniques and their aesthetics toward circular making. Her research aims to share knowledge, motivate care, and retrace tradition by thinking and acting in an interdisciplinary way.
In parallel with her own studio practice, she is technical advisor and glaze professor at Gerrit Rietveld Academie in Amsterdam.
She was designer in residence at Sunday Morning EKWC (European Keramik Work Center) in 2021. In 2022 she covered the role of Tech Fellow in ceramics atRijksakademie van beeldende Kunsten in Amsterdam.
She is among the recipients of the upcoming Creative Residency Arita (2024) and of the Stimuleringsfonds Building Talent Grant (2022). Her works have been displayed at Rijksakademie van beeldende kunsten, Design Museum Gent (BE), and at the Keramiekmuseum Princessehof (NL), among others.
In 2018, she graduated with honors with a Bachelor’s degree in Industrial Design and Ceramics from ISIA Faenza (IT). Urging to approach making through an environmental and conceptual lens, in 2019 she attended the Social Design Master's at Design Academy Eindhoven (NL), where in 2021 she graduated with a nomination for the Gijs Bakker Award.
KvK 84375779
Btw-id NL003954350B29