Estudio Rafael Freyre

At for Paris Art Week, RF Studio presents sculptural works rooted in natural fiber research and coastal ecosystems. Vegetable Fabric N°12, Coral Weave, and Wetland N°6 are woven from reed and totora gathered from Peru’s coastal wetlands, where water shapes ecosystems, memory, and material life.

These works were developed in close collaboration with the Goicochea family, a lineage of weavers from Cajamarca whose knowledge of vegetable fibers sustains both tradition and experimentation across generations.

At RF Studio, natural fibers are not only a medium, but a way of thinking through territory—material as a living system of relations between landscape, craft, and contemporary form.

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Abrimos las puertas del taller para compartir una mirada cercana a nuestros procesos creativos de este año: los materiales, las técnicas y las investigaciones que venimos desarrollando.

Somos un estudio peruano de arte y arquitectura experimental que explora la relación entre los hábitats contemporáneos y los ecosistemas naturales, creando proyectos en diálogo con los paisajes y materiales locales.

Our sculptural works Tejidos Vegetales Nº12, Tejido Coral, and Humedal Nº6 weave a dialogue between body, landscape, and memory. Each piece grows within an ecosystem — a living fabric shaped by water, migration, and transformation.
Rooted in the traditional use of vegetable fibers native to Peru’s wetlands, these works explore the continuous exchange between organic systems and cultural practices. Reed and totora, gathered from the Huacho wetlands on Peru’s Pacific coast, are naturally sun-dried and bundled for weaving. Each project brings together designers, artists, and expert weavers.
On view at , Paris — until April 2026.
Discover more: boon-room.com/exhibitions/16-paris-art-week
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We’re proud to share RF Studio’s latest project: a residential extension for Yayasan Bali Purnati (The Bali Purnati Center for the Arts), one of Bali’s leading cultural foundations. Since 2000, it has welcomed artists from around the world, becoming a hub for experimentation and dialogue. The new complex strengthens this mission by supporting residencies and performances.

Built with local materials—salvaged wood, bamboo, volcanic stone, terracotta—the design adapts to the terrain, weaves around trees, and opens to rice fields. Crafted with local artisans, interiors feature custom furniture and fixtures made for the site.

Conceived as both a stage for creation and the everyday performances of life, the project points to a quieter, more sustainable path for Bali, where tradition and modernity remain in conversation.

Observing the geography of the Peruvian Andes and the islands of the Indo-Pacific ocean, we witness the expression of subterranean flows. Earth’s internal forces shape landscapes, fracture crusts and create new land. Lava moves beneath us like water: dense fluid energy sculpting terrain over millennia. Lava Cores capture this deep-time movement, suspending a moment of matter’s transformation, like a trace of the Earth in flux.

Observando la geografía de los Andes peruanos y las islas del océano Indo-Pacífico, somos testigos de la expresión de flujos subterráneos. Las fuerzas internas de la Tierra moldean los paisajes, fracturan la corteza y crean nuevas tierras. La lava se mueve bajo nuestros pies como el agua: una energía fluida y densa que esculpe el terreno a lo largo de milenios. Núcleos de Lava captura este movimiento del tiempo profundo, suspendiendo un momento de la transformación de la materia, como una huella de la Tierra en constante cambio.

Mapa de Suelos explores the layered complexities of body, land, and memory—translating them into material and conceptual form. Visit rfstudioperu.com to learn more about the series and the stories that inspired it.

Table commissioned for Central Restaurant

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2024: A Year of Exploration and Creativity
This year, RF Studio embarked on a journey of exploration, collaboration, and innovation, creating projects that intertwine nature, culture, and tradition.

• Tidal Threads: A weaving piece inspired by Pacific and Indian Ocean currents, drawing on traditions from Polynesia, Micronesia, Indonesia, and South America.

• Painted Shirts - Natural Dye: Collaborating with Shipibo artist Jessica Soria to create cotton shirts painted with Amazonian materials, blending art with endangered rainforest landscapes.

• Vegetal Fabrics: Liana, a woven sculpture for Massimo Dutti’s Art in Progress, captures the essence of life between plant and animal forms.

• Soil Map Pieces: Objects crafted from Andean mineral fragments, reconstructing landscapes and celebrating Peru’s geological diversity.

• Zona Maco - Down the River: Two artworks by Ana Barboza and Rafael Freyre that explore water’s cyclical flow in the Amazon and Andes, merging plants, rivers, and communities.

• Soil Map Table: A monumental, sculptural table designed for the expanded dining area of Central Restaurant.

• Bali: A project in Sukawati, Bali, integrating bamboo and sustainable materials to honor local traditions and Tri Hita Karana.

EXPLORATIONS

Thank you to everyone who joined us for our Open Studio. We close another year by sharing processes of design and interdisciplinary experimentation with fellow artists, designers, and specialists from various fields.

“Explorations” is a space for immersing ourselves in the complexity of territories, materialities, and bodily rituals—a quest for new languages and ways of inhabiting the world.

We believe in the importance of building connections across different forms of knowledge, sharing discoveries, and fostering responsible ways of relating to the natural environment.










EXPLORACIONES

Gracias a tod@s los que nos acompañaron en nuestro Estudio abierto. Cerramos un año más compartiendo procesos de diseño y experimentación interdisciplinar con colegas artistas, diseñadores, y especialistas de varios rubros.

“Exploraciones” es un espacio de inmersión en la complejidad de los territorios, las materialidades y los rituales del cuerpo, una búsqueda hacía nuevos lenguajes y modos de habitar.

Creemos en la importancia de generar lazos entre conocimientos, compartir hallazgos, y buscar formas responsables de relacionarnos con el entorno natural.

Abrimos las puertas del taller para compartir con ustedes una mirada cercana a nuestros procesos creativos: los materiales con los que trabajamos, las técnicas que perfeccionamos y las investigaciones que desarrollamos

Somos un estudio de arte y arquitectura experimental dedicado a explorar el hábitat contemporáneo en diálogo con los entornos naturales y las comunidades locales: vemos el territorio como un tejido vivo en constante transformación.

Sábado 07 de Diciembre
11 am - 6 pm

We open the doors of our workshop to offer an up-close look at our creative processes: the materials, the techniques, and the research we pursue.

We are an experimental art and architecture studio dedicated to exploring contemporary habitats in dialogue with natural environments and local communities, envisioning the territory as a living fabric in constant transformation.