Usoa García Sagüés—Royal College of Art, London




Woman. Body. Vessel. World.
My textile sculptures explore an alternative motherhood story


‘If things can be imagined differently they can be done differently,’ Margaret Atwood

1. Mother Earth Renewal Sanctum. Totemic Deities. Terrain. Fertility. Spirituality. Legacy.

Ceres Totem, 2025 
Fibre and Aluminium weave. 120x30x40cm without stand
Salacia Totem, 2025 
Cotton and copper knit. 120x30x40cm without stand

II. Mother, Interrupted. Manufactured Figure. Polluted Glow. Privately Public.

Pietà, 2025
Recycled domestic fabrics, yarn-copper knit. 1x1m
Mobile installation Hyde Park March 2025
Rice Mother, 2025
 Electroplated copper knit on sports jersey. 50cm tall
Birthing, 2025
Recycled domestic fabrics, copper knit. 60x60x100cm
Swollen Feet, 2025
Recycled fabrics, paper, cotton-copper knit. 60x60x60cm
Lost Mother, 2025
Recycled weaved domestic fabrics, copper knit. 60x60x100cm

III. Body. Part. Service. Femmage. Unpaid. Unfair.

Mother’s Milk Factory, 2025
Recycled fabric, knitted wire. 30x30cm
Mother’s Eye, 2025
Metallic fibre, leather, copper & rope crochet, veil. 60cm tall
Unpaid Labour,  2024
Utensils, cotton & chiffon crochet. 50x50cm
Mother’s Back, 2025
Black card, cotton-wire knit, electroformed basket. 65cm tall
Hats Off to Mothers,  2024
Handmade mixed hats, copper backbone knit. 1x1m
Mother Shield, 2025
Tartan bundles, wire-cotton knit, wool brains, card knives. 25x25x25cm
 
Entrañas (guts),  2023
Cotton crochet, aluminium coils, stitched on card . 55x75cm
Mothers Have Balls, 2022
Yoga block, cotton and metal crochet. 20x15x15cm

IV. Mother. Infant. Vessel. Home. Fragile Fold. Rooted, Fierce Growth.

Petra & Carolina, 2024
Jersey, paper, wire knit, tall 40cm  
Princess Nuria, 2024
Leather, inner wire knit, coconut fibre, tall 50cm
At LumiNoir Art Gallery, February 2025
Roly, 2025
Orange fibre fabric quilt, wire knit, tall 35cm
Carlo, 2024
Copper-angora knit, paper-cotton quilt, tall 25cm
Busto Madre, 2023
Copper, cord and sari silk crochet. 70x50x15cm without stand
Beatrice, 2025
Silk crepe-paper quilt, wire knit, tall 40cm
Spiky, 2024
Coir, jute weave, knitted protrusions , tall 50cm
Gorka, 2024
Copper-angora knit, orange fibre fabric, tall 30cm
Broad Shoulders, 2024
Cotton & copper wire knit, tall 25cm
Luis, 2024
Coir crochet, orange fibre fabric wrap, tall 20cm
Nest, 2025
Jute, sari silk weave, knitted newborns. 40x40x15cm
Upcoming Exhibitions

House of Haberdash in association with TEXTUS, Torriano Meeting House, 7 June- 10 August 2025

Textile Festival, Royal College of Art Battersea, 17-19 July 2025


Past Exhibitions

all love begins and ends here, motherhood collective exhibition, Royal College of Art Kensington, 24-28 March 2025

TEKHNE,  Royal College of Art Kensington, 19-22 March 2025

draw_a_line_RCA mobile installation against gender based violence, March 2025

Veridical, LumiNoir Art Gallery, KOPPEL project NW1 8BB, 24 February - 5 March 2025

je m'amuse, RuptureXIBIT, Hampton Wick, 11-25 September  2024 (SOLO show)

Murmuration, J/M Gallery Portobello Rd, 15-21 May 2024

Artnumber23 Prague, 19-24 April 2024

LumiNoir Art, Espacio Gallery Bethnal Green London, 19-25 February 2024

S B Art Gallery, Unit 10 The Archives, N15 London, 9-11 February 2024

The Dark Side, Boomer Gallery, Tower Bridge London, 9-14 February 2024

Cosmic -The Holy Art, Dalston London (Dec 2023)

Living Christmas- Business Design Centre, Angel London (Nov 2023) Paragon The Holy Art, Dalston London (Oct 2022)

D31 Gallery, Doncaster (Autumn 2022)
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