Ieva Drobenkaite is a Lithuanian textile designer based in The Hague, The Netherlands. Her focus is knit structures created with domestic and industrial knitting machines. In her work, she continues to dig deeper into sensitive, fragmented personal subjects as well as challenge modular thinking within knitting.
Experience
KNITWEARLAB · production assistant · Dec 2025
Almere, Flevoland, the Netherlands
Textile Museum|Textile Lab · knitting intern · Feb 2025 - July 2025
Tilburg, North Brabant, the Netherlands
· Assisting in the production of knitted products by setting up circular and flatbed knitting machines;
· Operating the programs and supervising the process;
· Maintaining and servicing the machines in case of errors;
· Programming M1plus software.
deparel · knitting assistant · Apr 2023 - Jun 2023
· Producing garments and accessories on a Silver Reed knitting machine;
· Sample making;
· Solving problems and designing solutions;
· Working with delicate materials like elastic and mohair;
· Editing pictures for a collection line sheet.
Ann Demeulemeester · show assistant · Sep 2021
Paris, Île-de-France, France
Interning for Ann Demeulemeester - Paris Fashion Week;
· Dressing and assistance work at the showroom
Exhibitions
2026 Kunsthuis Waterland
2025 Personal Exhibition ''Loops Form Loop Forms'', The Hague
2024 Kunstgarage Franx 'Makersmomenten'. Zoetermeer
2023 Exposed - textile show. Paradise, The Hague
2024 Graduation Show. Royal Academy of Art, The Hague
2023 Exposed - textile show. The Grey Space in the Middle, Den Haag
2022 Exposed - fashion and textile show. Amare, Den Haag. June
Education
Royal Academy of Art, The Hague | Koninklijke Academie van Beeldende Kunsten (KABK)
Bachelor's degree, Textile and Fashion
2020 - 2024
Saxion University of Applied Sciences
BASc, Fashion and Textile Technology
2019 - 2020
Grants
2024 Stichting M.C. de Visser Fonds