Artist

Rop van MIERLO

BLACK PANTHER, Animal Kingdom, Ruby Soho Gallery (The Netherlands) 2023

Butterflies, Bench Players Solo, Reference Studios, Berlin (Germany) 2021

Tiger Merch, Tiger Merch Presentation, Atelier, Amsterdam, 2020

Rop van MIERLO

Born in The Netherlands, live in Amsterdam
2008 Willem de Kooning Academy, Design Academy Eindhoven

Amsterdam-based designer and illustrator Rop studied at Design Academy Eindhoven, graduating back in 2008.
Collaborating with major names across fashion, culture and music, Rop’s playful and peculiar works take many forms – ranging from paintings to mohair wall hangings, hand-tufted wool rugs and trippy animations but the process starts mostly with drawing or painting.
Control – or the absence of it – is an important and intriguing part of his work. The artist often makes animals his muse but his work is less about the creatures and more about a free-spirited process. Rop's signature technique is wet-on-wet painting, which involves using liquid watercolor on paper or board that has been wetted with a sponge, resulting in an unpredictable final product. This untameable process allows the artwork to take its own form, resulting in mesmerizing images.
In 2020 he launched ‘Wild Animals (W.A.)’, a product label based on his free-spirited series.

Major Awards

Vimeo Best of the Year Award, 2018

Winner of Dutch Design Award, 2011

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