Artist CV

Material storytelling through puppetry, textiles, and responsive systems

Sabrina Recoules Quang

I am an artist, puppeteer, and researcher working with material-led storytelling across textiles, objects, movement, and responsive technologies. In my performances and installations, puppets interact with their environments, materials shift in colour or texture, and narratives unfold through embodied, sensory engagement.

My practice imagines worlds where objects, plants, fabrics, and people share the act of storytelling. I draw on traditions of puppetry, body-based theatre, and computational art to create spaces where materials behave, react, and respond. Influenced by thinkers such as Donna Haraway and Ron Wakkary, I explore how creative practices can foster attentiveness, connection, and more-than-human collaboration.

Education

PhD in Textiles, Royal College of Art, London (2024)  
Thesis: “Storytelling with Material Interferences” – practice-led research in puppetry, responsive textiles, and material agency

MFA in Computational Arts, Goldsmiths, University of London (2016–2018)

Movement and Improvisation Practitioner, LISPA, Berlin (2014–2015)

Diploma in Puppetry, London School of Puppetry (2010–2013)  
Additional training at Little Angel Theatre and Puppets in Prague  
Clowning with Angela de Castro (Why Not Institute)

Academic & Research Roles

Visiting Lecturer, Royal College of Art (2019–2024)  
Textile Design, Design Research, Executive Education

Member, Soft Systems Research Group, Royal College of Art

Selected Works

2024  
E-stitches (zine publication)

2018  
The Code is a Shadow Bubble, EVA Conference, V&A London, UK

2017  
Look at the Other, Virtuality Mortality, Ugly Duck, London , UK 
Overlap, MA/MFA Computational Arts, Goldsmiths, UK

2016  

My Name Is, Drama Art Centre, Malta, ITL 
Working Girl Goes to Motherhood, Nursery Theatre London, UK

2015  
My Name Is, Eden Gallery Berlin, DE & Drama Art Centre Malta, ITL  
Metamorphosis, Suspense Festival, Little Angel Theatre, UK

2014  
City Girl, Trunkated, Blue Elephant Theatre, London, UK

2013  
City Girl, Skipton Festival

2012  
Wild Night of the Witches, Little Angel Theatre