Barbora Žilinskaitė (b. 1996) is a Lithuanian artist and designer based in Brussels, Belgium. Working across sculpture and design, she transforms ordinary objects into bodily forms that remain functional while taking on a symbolic presence. Through material experimentation and anthropomorphic forms, she explores how everyday objects can shift between the functional, the performative, and the alive.
Her work explores the boundaries between logic and fantasy, the human and the non-human, and control and agency. By giving objects a sense of body, character, and presence, she creates space to look at familiar things differently and to consider the less visible relationships we form with the material world. In doing so, her work opens up a space to reflect on the reciprocal connections between ourselves and the environment around us.
Barbora Žilinskaitė graduated in Product and Spatial Design from the Vilnius Academy of Arts in 2019 and has since developed an independent practice in Brussels. Žilinskaitė’s work is presented by Friedman Benda and is included in public collections such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Odunpazarı Modern Museum.
New Traditionalists
The Hole, New York, US
July 2nd - August 23rd, 2026
Le Rendez-vous des Amis, 1976 – 2026
Galerie Christophe Gaillard,
Brussels, Belgium
Design Salon by Barbora Žilinskaitė
TheMerode
Brussels, Belgium
2025
Creatures of Comfort
OMM – Odunpazarı Modern Museum
Eskisehir, Turkey
Curated by İdil Tabanca
Distorted Gaze
DMW Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2024
Barbora Žîlinskaitė: Chairs Don’t Cry
Friedman Benda, Los Angeles, CA
Enthroned
Curated by Jessica Silverman and Marc Benda, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023
Women Choose Women
Curated by Christine Berry and Martha Campbell, The Barn, Bridgehampton, New York
2022
Design Miami/ Basel
Represented by Friedman Benda gallery
The New Figuration
Curated by Glenn Adamson, Friedman Benda, New York
The Endless Summer
Friedman Benda, albertz benda, Los Angeles
2021
The Salon Art + Design 2021
Represented by Friedman Benda, New York
Collectible Salon
Represented by Vartai gallery
2020
Virtual Design Destination
By Adorno, London Design Festival
2019
Budapest Design Week 2019
Exhibition "Design Lithuania", Budapest
Design processes: Design X Education
Galery "Akademija", Vilnius
2018
Redesign,
Curated by EKODA, Vilnius
Odunpazarı Modern Museum
Eskisehir, Turkey
Friedman Benda Gallery
For everything else email at
Her work explores the boundaries between logic and fantasy, the human and the non-human, and control and agency. By giving objects a sense of body, character, and presence, she creates space to look at familiar things differently and to consider the less visible relationships we form with the material world. In doing so, her work opens up a space to reflect on the reciprocal connections between ourselves and the environment around us.
Barbora Žilinskaitė graduated in Product and Spatial Design from the Vilnius Academy of Arts in 2019 and has since developed an independent practice in Brussels. Žilinskaitė’s work is presented by Friedman Benda and is included in public collections such as the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston and the Odunpazarı Modern Museum.
Selected Exhibitions
2026New Traditionalists
The Hole, New York, US
July 2nd - August 23rd, 2026
Le Rendez-vous des Amis, 1976 – 2026
Galerie Christophe Gaillard,
Brussels, Belgium
Design Salon by Barbora Žilinskaitė
TheMerode
Brussels, Belgium
2025
Creatures of Comfort
OMM – Odunpazarı Modern Museum
Eskisehir, Turkey
Curated by İdil Tabanca
Distorted Gaze
DMW Gallery, Antwerp, Belgium
2024
Barbora Žîlinskaitė: Chairs Don’t Cry
Friedman Benda, Los Angeles, CA
Enthroned
Curated by Jessica Silverman and Marc Benda, Jessica Silverman Gallery, San Francisco, CA
2023
Women Choose Women
Curated by Christine Berry and Martha Campbell, The Barn, Bridgehampton, New York
2022
Design Miami/ Basel
Represented by Friedman Benda gallery
The New Figuration
Curated by Glenn Adamson, Friedman Benda, New York
The Endless Summer
Friedman Benda, albertz benda, Los Angeles
2021
The Salon Art + Design 2021
Represented by Friedman Benda, New York
Collectible Salon
Represented by Vartai gallery
2020
Virtual Design Destination
By Adorno, London Design Festival
2019
Budapest Design Week 2019
Exhibition "Design Lithuania", Budapest
Design processes: Design X Education
Galery "Akademija", Vilnius
2018
Redesign,
Curated by EKODA, Vilnius
Public Collections
Museum of Fine Arts, Houston, TXOdunpazarı Modern Museum
Eskisehir, Turkey
Contact
Please direct all available work inquiries to:Friedman Benda Gallery
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