Rachel Freire CV 2019

RACHEL FREIRE CURRICULUM VITAE

Rachel Freire is an artist and designer working in fashion, costume and garment technology. Her work inhabits the spaces where disciplines meet with emphasis on intricate, evocative detailing, narrative garments and exploring the relationship between futuristic applications and traditional techniques. She believes close collaboration between artists and engineers can make sustainability inherent in future design logic and create tangible visions for a positive future. She is currently fascinated with eTextiles, modular fashion, open hardware, maniacal documentation and data democratisation. Her work is designed to tell stories, or to inspire them.

WORK

2018 - Visiting lecturer and workshop host soft systems MA, Royal Collage of Art, London 2018/19 Research assistant etextiles development, Bela project, School of Electrical Engineering and Computer Science, Queen Mary University, London 2017 Mentor and design advisor, WEARsustain, European sustainability funding, second call 2012 - Mi·MU Gloves textile designer and artistic director - www.mimugloves.com Design, R&D and fabrication of mi.mu gloves gestural musical interface 2011 - 20016 Specialist leather couturier, technician, machinist, London Clients include: Alexander McQueen, McQ, Templerley, Victoria Beckham, Kanye West, Giles Deacon 2011-2012 Leather designer and consultant ECCO Leather R&D, Dongen, The Netherlands 2009 - Designer and creative director Rachel Freire Studio Conceptual fashion label and atelier making commissioned luxury goods with focus on tactile narratives and value attribution: anti-fashion, slow fashion, ethical manufacture, waste reduction, upcycling, functionality and emphasis of craftsmanship. 2009-2011 showing at London and Paris fashion weeks. Clients include: Madonna, Rihanna, Christina Aguilera, Imogen Heap, Lily Allen, Beth Ditto, Peaches, Courtney Love, SaintSaviour/Groove Armada, Lady Gaga 2006 - Costumiere Consultant/Cutter/maker: Dune, Brave New World, Black Panther, The Avengers: Age of Ultron, Guardians of the Galaxy, Alien Covenant Design credits: Royal Shakespeare Company, The Roundhouse, Bloomsbury Theatre, Wilton's Music Hall, Glastonbury Festival, Burlesque Fairytales (feature film) Commercial clients: HBO, Warner Bros, NBC, Virgin Media, Universal Music, Sony Music, Lexus

EDUCATION

2003-2006 Central Saint Martins BA Hons Theatre Design for Performance

2002 University of Liverpool Multimedia Technology certification

1998-2001 Liverpool Community College HND Fine and Applied Arts, Foundation Art and Design EXHIBITIONS 2018 ART IN FLUX: Experiments in Media Arts Now, Embodisuit. London UK Digital Fancies: Bioresponsive E-Textiles and 3D Printing in Fashion. eTextile Crystallography London Tech Week, London ACM TEI 2018 Embodisuit . Stockholm, Sweden 2017 ACM IoT 2017 Embodisuit. Ars Electronica Center, Linz, Austria ACM SIGGRAPH: Mind-Body Dualism Embodisuit. Asia, Bangkok, Thailand ACM TEI 2017 Second Skin etextile bodysuit. Yokohama, Japan 2016 On You: Wearing Technology MI·MU Gloves and interactive bolero. Museum of Design Atlanta (MODA), Georgia, USA 2015 Nirvana: Strange forms of Pleasure AW10 Jumpsuits MUDAC, Lausanne, Switzerland 2011 Iconoclast SS12 Sept/Oct. London and Paris Fashion Weeks Jus In Bello AW11 Feb. London Fashion Week, Somerset House 2010 The Girl I never Was SS11 Sept. London Fashion Week, The Masonic Temple, Covent Garden Notes on Quitting July. Machine-A, Soho, London Future Noir AW10 Feb. London Fashion Week, The Masonic Temple, Covent Garden 2009 Pandoras Box AW09 Debut catwalk show at The Science Museum Feb. London Fashion Week, South Kensington

INVITED TALKS

2018 Royal College of Art, London, UK. MA textiles speaker and guest lecturer Munich Fabric Start, Munich, Germany. KEYHOUSE The Fabric frontier: The Future is Smart Textiles, Panel discussion 2017 V&A, London, UK. Digital Futures: E-Stitches

AWARDS

2020 Golden Glove Award for innovation The Worshipful Company of Glovers, London 2017 WEARsustain sustainable technology funding for MI·MU Gloves textile development Artist in Residence at Autodesk Pier 9, San Francisco Artist in Residence at The Growlery, San Francisco 2016 The Arts Foundation Fellowship for Materials Innovation (shortlisted) 2009 On|Off Presents.. On schedule launch show at London Fashion Week

IN PRINT

The person who says it cannot be done, should not interrupt the person doing it - Chinese Proverb