ABOUT
EDUCATION
2026 – nowMASTER IN GENDER POLITICS, ‘Roma Tre’ University - Online
2020 – 2022
FABRICADEMY BARCELONA – Fab Lab IAAC
Postgraduate in Textiles & Technology - Wearable Technology, DIY Biology, Biomaterials, Digital Fabrication2021
SEXTECH SCHOOL - Online
Design, prototyping and marketing in the field of sextech
2018 – 2019
BAU - SCHOOL OF DESIGN
Education Stop motion animation and experimental film
2007 – 2010
ISTITUTO MARANGONI MILAN AND LONDON
Fashion Design Diploma
2001 – 2006
Istituto Tecnico Per Attività Sociali ITAS “Matteo Ricci”
Diploma in Business Studies and Languages
SELECTED EXPERIENCE
FREELANCE+ Interaction Designer and Wearable Technology Specialist: designing costumes and experiences integrating electronics, sensors, and soft materials for live performance and moving-image projects.
+ Workshop facilitation and lecturing
- 2026 - UPCOMING -
GRACE EXHIBITION SPACE – New York (March 9–19)
Collective performance on magic, technology, and feminist bioengineering, with Dr. White Feather Hunter
MILAN DESIGN WEEK – BASE MILANO (April 20–26)
RED NOISE – bio-interactive installation, exhibition
Bruixes_Lab — co-Director & Lead Technologist
Led the design and production of 15+ projects across Europe in the fields of sextech, biohacking, and gender-based technologies
Organized and facilitated 10+ workshops at institutions including III – Instrument Inventors Initiative, Ars Electronica, and Transmedia Research Institute
- 2025 -
ERRESÉ ESSECÉ – EUFONIC FEST, Catalunya, Spain
Artistic residency
Artistic research project connecting local knowledge, territory, and ritual practices
TTT (taboo-transgression-transcendence) – Ljubljana, Slovenia
ON/SCENITY – Interactive performance exploring body politics, sexuality, and gender through wearable technologies, ritual practices, and contemporary interpretations of witchcraft
FACCC Festival – Barcelona
ESCOLIOSIS TRANSHUMANA – Performative project employing biomaterials and technology to investigate the limits and complexities of non-normative bodies
SONAR – Festival of Electronic Music and Digital Culture
Design and development of tech uniforms for Operating System Studio, in collaboration with Cognitive Supreme and Umanesimo Artificiale
MUSEUM DEL DESSINY – Barcelona
Workshop: "Prosthetic Agents – Redefining Corporealities through Jewelry and Biomaterials" (Arduino, wearable technology, biohacking)
FESTIVAL ECOSS BARCELONA / FESTIVAL AXOLOT BARCELONA
RED NOISE – Interactive Performance
Exploring wearable technology, bioprosthetics, and speculative sound communication between internal and external bodily fluids
MUESTRA FERVOR – Barcelona (2024–2025)
Independent Porn Film Festival – Festival Production & Curation
- 2023/2024 -
FEMLab RESIDENCY
One-week research and exchange residency grant with Hangar Barcelona and Mz* Baltazar’s Lab in Vienna on the intersection of Art, Science, and Tech through a (trans)feminist lens
HACKATON – Hypersensual Overclocking, Fano (IT)
Participant: Hackathon by YayaLabs and Umanesimo Artificiale, focused on experimental applications of AI and robotics
HANGART FEST – Matermorfo, Pesaro (IT)
Dance Performance Collaboration
Interdisciplinary performance project at the intersection of dance and AI; contributions in costume design, material research, and soft robotics
- 2020/2022 -
MAKER FAIRE – Bilbao
Presentation of the artistic residency project "Sx_bodysuit"
ESPACIO OPEN – Bilbao (2022–2023)
Artistic Research Residency
Development of “Sx_Bodysuit”, a haptic bodysuit made from algae-derived biomaterials, integrating tactile feedback, vibration, heating elements, sound, and experimental non-communicative interfaces
FUTURE MATERIAL BANK – Jan van Eyck (2022–2023)
Researcher – Body Fluid–Based Biomaterial Samples
SX-POIESIS – IAAC, Barcelona (2020–2022)
Research project exploring open-source biotechnology, body biohacking, erotic wearables, sexual prostheses, and biomateriality. Presented at Cinema Zumzeig and Erotic Salon Barcelona
ISEA (International Symposium on Electronic Art) – Barcelona (2020–2022)
Event Organisation Assistant
DOLOROSA DE LOS LLANOS – Dance Company La Cerda, Sala Hiroshima Barcelona (2020–2022)Costume design and fabrication; development of wearable technologies for contemporary dance performance
- 2018/2019 -
HMS PINAFORTE – Charles Court Opera, London
Assistant costume designer and seamstress next to Rachel Szmukler
RODELINDA – Opera Haendel, London
Assistant costume designer and seamstress next to Simon Bejer
PRANGSTA – London
Costume designer / seamstress
- 2011/2012 -
Hussein Chalayan – London
Design Assistant Intern
McQ Alexander McQueen – London
Design Assistant Intern
WORKSHOPS & LECTURES
- 2022/2025 -WetLab – HANGAR.ORG, Barcelona
Akelarre.exe workshop – Biotechnologies and witchcraft practice
E-CUERPO – Mexico
Talk within the online Festival e-Cuerpo V: Art – Action of Life
DA FESTIVAL – Sofia, Bulgaria
SoftW(i)re of Care – Workshop on affective technotouch and intimate circuits
DINACON (Digital Naturism Lab) – Bali, Indonesia
Interactive Totem Installation on site and Workshop Facilitator
OSHWA (Open Source Hardware Association) – Edinburgh
Fellowship and Workshop Facilitator – Open Source Sigils
TRANSMEDIA RESEARCH INSTITUTE – Fano, Italy
Workshop: Oltrepelle by Bruixes Lab
ARS ELECTRONICA – Linz, Austria
Workshop: Hack Eroticism by Bruixes Lab
TTT Conference – Malta
Lecture and Workshop: Oltrepelle
OBSERVATORIO DEL PLACER – Barcelona
Workshop: Oltrepelle by Bruixes Lab
ESPACIO OPEN – Maker Faire Bilbao
Workshop and Lecture on soft sensors and sexual technology
MU Hybrid Art House – Eindhoven
Workshop: Sx-pleasuration by Bruixes Lab
III Instrument Inventors Initiative – The Hague
Workshop: Hack Erotisms by Bruixes Lab
Design Film Kunst School – Luzern, Switzerland
Teaching a course on e-textiles, wearables, and biomaterials
RAYO REBELDE FEST – Las Palmas de Gran Canaria
Workshop of biohacking and intimate biotechnologies by Bruixes_Lab
E-STITCHES – London
Lecture in wearabale technology
Forte Prenestino – Rome, Italy
Workshop of biohacking and intimate biotechnologies by Bruixes_Lab
IAAC Barcelona – Fabricademy Barcelona
Lecture and presentation of Bruixes_Lab