If murals and sculptures gave Brilliant Lady its boldest gestures, textiles, prints, and mixed media works added nuance, bringing touch, tradition, and detail to the experience of sailing. These pieces show that softness and craft can be as powerful as monumental installations, inviting sailors to pause, lean in, and find meaning in texture.
TEXTILES & MIXED MEDIA — THREADS OF NARRATIVE
At The Wake restaurant, Shaolin Girlan’s tapestry brings warmth, color, and acoustic softness, turning a grand dining space into something more intimate. Federica Colletti continues the dialogue with surreal porthole collages that merge sophistication with curiosity, while Valero Doval’s digital collages bring playful marine forms to Gunbae and the Smoking Lounge, wrapping interiors in layered storytelling that rewards close attention.
At the Coffee Shop, Trish Andersen’s hand-tufted textile installation adds movement and color to a high-traffic space, grounding Virgin’s sustainability ethos in fiber. In the Forward Stair Corridors, Jessica Poundstone’s luminous abstractions capture movement, love, and play, transforming hallways into spaces of energy. In The Dockhouse, Emily Hett’s ceramics and murals of organic forms meet Emily Nicolaides’ circular weavings inspired by Mediterranean heritage, together creating rhythm and connection within the lounge and stage. Beyond these large-scale commissions, the collection extends into suites and staterooms with curated framed works that offer moments of color, narrative, and quiet reflection.
“STORYTELLING IS A HUGE PART OF WHO WE ARE AND WHAT WE DO. AND I KNOW THAT OUR SAILORS, AND EVERYONE WHO COMES ON BOARD, CAN FEEL THAT AS THEY VENTURE THROUGH AND APPRECIATE THE INTERIORS, TOGETHER WITH THE ARTWORK.”
