Afra Eisma (born 1993) is a Dutch artist who creates ceramics and textile installations using vibrant colors and encompassing cartoonish alien beings, sometimes accompanied by music. Her work invites interaction with the viewer.
She was educated at the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague and went on to study in London at Central Saint Martins. Her first museum solo exhibition was at the Fries Museum in 2021.Afra Eisma at the Fries Museum Eisma opened her solo exhibition 'splashdown tender' in 2023 at The Tetley in Leeds.Splashdown Tender at The Tetley, 23 Jun 2023 – 22 Oct 2023Short film of the artist interacting with children in her installation, at The Tetley, Oct 18, 2023, Yorkshire Contemporary In 2025 her work can be seen at Amsterdam Airport Schiphol in a temporary gallery featuring Dutch artists adjoining the main hall.New Dutch Horizons at Schiphol.nl
Eisma has said that her art addresses shame.
Exhibitions Eisma's work has had solo exhibitions among which:
2025 Institute Contemporary Art, San Diego 2024 dandelions milk, No Man’s Art Gallery, Amsterdam 2023 Hop to Hope, Wälnö Aaltosen Museo, Turku 2023 Splashdown Tetley, The Tetley, Leeds 2021 your silence will not protect you, Fries Museum, Leeuwarden NL 2020 Feline Whispers, 1646, The Hague
References
External links Interview of the artist at The Tetley by Anne Barlow BK1599 in the Textile Museum, Tilburg Works on show at No Man's Art Gallery official website