Bio:
PATH — an artistic practice by Janine Grosche
Janine Grosche is a Berlin-based multidisciplinary artist and fashion designer working at the intersection of art, experimental fashion, soft sculpture, and material research.
Drawing on fifteen years of experience in the fashion industry and eight years as a Lecturer in Fashion and Textile Design, Grosche has developed a distinctive artisanal process of moulding natural liquid latex into translucent, self-supporting membranes. Developed through years of experimentation and refinement, these thin yet resilient forms combine translucency, flexibility, and structural stability, behaving almost like biological membranes or shed skins.
Their unique material behaviour has become the foundation of Grosche's signature material language, allowing her work to move fluidly between garment, artefact, installation, and sculpture.
Her ongoing Skin Series evolves into OMEN, an expanding body of work exploring the human form as a temporal vessel through processes of moulding, casting, and material transformation. Rather than approaching garments as finished objects, Grosche approaches garments as temporary bodies, creating intuitive latex works that frame the body in a state of deliberate exposure. The translucent second skin reveals vulnerability as a conscious expression of strength and self-possession, functioning as a soft psychological armour.
Inspired by mythology, ecology, and organic structures, Grosche transforms bio-derived materials through intricate casting techniques into works that invite viewers into a psychological landscape shaped by seduction, vulnerability, and uncertainty. Existing somewhere between garment, relic, and ritual object, her translucent membranes evoke a distinctly uncanny sense of bodily presence, resisting easy categorisation as either fashion, sculpture, or installation.
She has dressed artists including FKA Twigs and COBRAH, and has recently collaborated with Nike and UGG Europe. Her practice has led to ongoing collaborations across performance, movement and fashion, including collaborative projects with multidisciplinary artist and performer Ylva Falk.
Her work has been featured across publications including i-D, Vogue, Coeval, SLEEK Magazine, Cake Magazine, and Alice D Magazine.
Her experimental latex works form part of the Future Materials Bank at the Jan van Eyck Academie, an archive dedicated to advancing ecologically conscious approaches to art and design.
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Other works extend into wax objects for PATH Lab, exploring wax sculpture and candle-making through ethereal forms and site-specific installations. Each piece is meticulously hand-sculpted, evoking ephemeral yet sacred energies and ritual.