About this Event
Apsara Studio is delighted to present (February 20th – March 7th 2026), a solo–collective exhibition by Argentinian artist Alejandra Mizrahi, curated by PhD scholar and curator Gema Darbo. Alongside the exhibition, a workshop in collaboration with the Goldsmiths Textile Collection Library and the Constance Howard Gallery will take place on 6 March 2026.
Number Participants: 15 max
Materials: Basic sewing kit with scissors, needles, and threads
Alejandra Mizrahi is an artist and researcher. Born and based in Tucumán, Argentina, Mizrahi has worked alongside the community of Randeras de El Cercado for over fifteen years. She is currently undertaking a residency at the Delfina Foundation in London.
Rooted in different modes of craft knowledge transmission—oral tradition, manuals, and dechados—this one’day workshop invites participants interested in textile practices to learn the logic of the Randa, a reticular needle lace made through knots and shaped by historical processes of migration. Through the engagement of hands and bodies—knotting, observing, and repeating—the workshop addresses both the textile technique and the colonial histories through which randa became established as a local cultural form within the community.
The workshop will include a close reading of a manual published collaboratively by Mizrahi and Claudia Aybar (EDUNT-IDEP), focusing on the choreographic forms of weaving that emerge from collective experience. It will also draw on specialized lace-related bibliography available in the Goldsmiths Textile Collection Library & The Constance Howard Gallery.
Finally, the workshop foregrounds the material and relational dimensions of textile knowledge through direct work with physical samples and processes, questioning what makes a collective textile practice political at the intersection of history and knowledge transmission.
Readings:
-Mizrahi, Alejandra (Comp.), RandAcerca. 2020, EDUNT.
-Fenik, Silvina; Mizrahi, Alejandra; Trotteyn, Dirk, Randa. Tradición y diseño. Tucu- manos en diálogo. 2013, EDUNT.
Alejandra Mizrahi
Alejandra Mizrahi (Tucumán, Argentina) graduated in Arts from the National University of Tucumán and holds a PhD in Philosophy from the Autonomous University of Barcelona. She is currently a lecturer in the Fashion and Textile Design Program at the National University of Tucumán. Since 2012, she has worked with Randeras de El Cercado, a community of traditional weavers. In collaboration with curator Andrei Fernández, she also coordinates Unión Textiles Semillas, a group of weavers, artists, and activists from northwestern Argentina as part of the 99 Questions Program of the Humboldt Forum. Alejandra’s work features in the permanent collections of the Modern Museum of Art, Buenos Aires; the Palais de Glace, Buenos Aires; the Castagnino MACRO, Rosario; and numerous Argentinian private collections. She is currently in the roster of de Sousa Galería, Buenos Aires.
Goldsmiths Textile Collection
The Goldsmiths Textile Collection, founded in the 1980s by Constance Howard and Audrey Walker, comprises textile art, embroidery and dress from all continents. The collection includes historical and anthropological resources on textiles, books on fibre art, textile materials and techniques, exhibition catalogues, and publications on individual artists. The collection is home to the Constance Howard Gallery, which holds a regular programme of exhibitions. We host a wide variety of researchers and practitioners from different disciplines including art, design, anthropology, theatre and performance, cultural studies, and history. We are open to all staff, students, external artists and researchers, and members of the public.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Deptford Town Hall, Goldsmiths, New Cross Road, London, United Kingdom
GBP 0.00
