Marcos KUEH
Born in Sarawak in 1995, Marcos Kueh lives and works in the Netherlands. His textile-based practice draws on Borneo’s ancestral weaving traditions to explore themes of identity, labour and globalisation. Growing up in post-colonial Malaysia, Kueh interrogates how the developing nation is portrayed through different narratives, reconciling these representations and his lived experience through weaving. His latest research examines diasporic labour and factory-floor stories within textile production, inspired by his own experience in European industries as an ethnic Chinese immigrant.
Kueh holds a BA in Graphic and Textile Design from the Royal Academy of Art, The Hague, and has received the Ron Mandos Young Blood Award (2022) and Dutch Design Awards’ Young Designer of the Year (2023). His works are in the collections of Museum Voorlinden and the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, with recent highlights including the solo exhibition Marcos Kueh: Smooth Sailing, 一路順風 at esea contemporary, Manchester (2025), and participation in Manifesta 15 (2024).