Rute Chaves is a research-based designer and artist based between Naarm/Melbourne, Australia and Matosinhos, Portugal. She holds a BA (Textile and Surface Design) from School of Art and Design Berlin-Weissensee, Germany and is currently a PhD candidate, research scholarship awardee and sessional lecturer in the College of Design and Social Context, RMIT (Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology), Naarm/Melbourne, Australia. Rute is also a researcher in esad—idea research centre and lecturer in ESAD.
Their practice focuses on performing experimental material investigations, exploring alternative methodologies and critical approaches for making in a multispecies’ world. Their studio work focuses on contemporary craft, kinship and open-source processes and has been presented and exhibited at conferences, museums and workshops including the Deutsches Technikmuseum Berlin, re:publica, Textílsetur Íslands Blöndós (Iceland), Australian Tapestry Workshop, Craft Victoria and Arts Project Australia.