About
Based in Copenhagen, Ariel is an artist with a background in interior design. She is currently undertaking an MA in Design at The Royal Danish Academy.
As a designer, she learned how environments affect the way people feel - how a quiet room can calm the body and how color can tease the subconscious forward.
Ariel's art is based in an exploration of color and the boundless emotions and atmospheres it creates. Each piece begins with looking inwards and aims to preserve a moment of calm through a practice of patience and intention.
Education
Royal Danish Academy of Design
Masters of Design, Strategic Design & Entrepreneurship
Pratt Institute
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Interior Design
2025-2027
2013-2017
Experience
2015-2025
Interior Designer
Rosan Bosch Studio, Copenhagen Denmark
Freelance Designer, US & Denmark
Catherine Cleare Interiors, Greenwich US
Corporate Clients & Collaborations
2023
Kreatima-Panduro, Copenhagen
Background
1995
Born in Baños, Ecuador
1996-2019
Grew up in the United States
2019-Current
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark
2025
NH Collection Copenhagen Hotel
Art Fairs
2025
Bella Unika, Copenhagen
Corporate Clients & Collaborations
2025
Kreatima-Panduro, Copenhagen
2023
NH Collection Copenhagen Hotel
Art Fairs
2025
Bella Unika, Copenhagen
Education
2025-2017
The Royal Danish Academy of Design
MA, Strategic Design & Entrepreneurship
2013-2017
Pratt Institute, NY USA
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Interior Design
Experience
2015-2025
Interior Designer, Copenhagen & US
Background
2019-Current
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark
1996-2019
Grew up in the United States
1995
Born in Baños, Ecuador
An Eternal Refuge
Aro Design Studio is a practice grounded in sensitivity to place, light, and feeling.
When the world feels too fast, loud, and overstimulating, Ariel dives inwards to find a place of calm in her art. An eternal refuge that can only be held for a moment - like a fragment of a forgotten memory, lost on the edge of waking from a deep sleep. Sometimes adventurous and daring, sometimes peaceful and calm.
Her art is an exploration of that space created between breaths. It is an invitation to pause, to breathe and to reconnect with the underlying current that runs through all life.
Interior Designer to Artist
Ariel's art is strongly influenced by her background in architecture and design.
With a BFA in Interior Design from Pratt Institute in NYC and her current MA in design at the Royal Danish Academy, she continuously recycles her design experience and color theory back into her practice in order to create art that is meaningful and full of intention.
