Batten and Kamp

Batten and Kamp is the art and design practice of Alexandra Batten and Daniel Kamp, born in Aotearoa New Zealand and now working between Paris and Hong Kong. They met studying design and architecture at Victoria University of Wellington in 2008-2012, and in 2020 formalised a collaboration turning furniture into sculpture: angular chairs bolted to raw boulders and neon lights dripping from aluminium branches.

Their pieces mix organic and artificial elements, drawing on science fiction and natural history, and are represented by Carpenters Workshop Gallery in Paris, New York, Los Angeles and London. Solo shows were staged in Paris, Hong Kong and Tokyo, with group shows in Copenhagen, Shanghai and New York and installations at Art Basel Hong Kong and the OMM Museum in Türkiye; in 2024 Design Anthology named them leading emerging designers from Asia Pacific.