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 explores atmosphere, evoking an endless plane upon which gravity holds elements afloat, wandering on and off the canvas in a state of flow. At times the air evokes calm and tranquility through a careful use of blues and warm yellows - a reflection of the sky at dawn. Other times, wind is the protagonist that sets the world in motion through expressive marks and bold strokes.
Education
Royal Danish Academy of Design, CPH
Masters of Design, Strategic Design & Entrepreneurship
Pratt Institute, NYC
Bachelor of Fine Arts, Interior Design
Pratt Institute, NYC
Painting & Pictorial Practice, Summer Scholars
2025-2027
2013-2017
2012
Experience
2015-2025
Interior Designer
Rosan Bosch Studio, Copenhagen Denmark
Freelance Designer, US & Denmark
Catherine Cleare Interiors, Greenwich US
Corporate Clients & Collaborations
Kreatima-Panduro, CPH
NH Collection Copenhagen Hotel
Background
2019-Current
1996-2019
1995
Lives and works in Copenhagen, Denmark
Grew up in Connecticut, USA
Born in Baños, Ecuador
2025
2023
Art Fairs
2025
2024
Bella Unika, CPH
Gallopperiet, CPH
Volunteering
2025
2025
Noma, CPH
CHART Art Fair, CPH
Corporate Clients & Collaborations
2025
Kreatima-Panduro, CPH
2023
NH Collection Copenhagen Hotel
Art Fairs
2025
Bella Unika, CPH
2024
Gallopperiet, CPH
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
2012
Pratt Institute, NY USA
Painting & Pictorial Practice, Summer Scholars
Experience
2015-2025
Interior Designer, CPH & USA
Volunteering
2025
Noma, CPH
2025
CHART Art Fair, CPH
Background
2019-Current
Lives and works in Copenhagen
1996-2019
Grew up in Connecticut, USA
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.
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 to create art that is meaningful and full of intention.
