About
I'm Aheneah, a Portuguese artist passionate about the fusion between traditional craftsmanship and digital innovation. Born in 1996, I witnessed the arrival of the internet during my childhood. Having one foot in the analogue world and another in the digital world has shaped both my personal life and my work as an artist.
From a young age, I was captivated by the skilled hands of the women in my family, carefully embroidering, sewing, and knitting. Their craft ignited within me a profound fascination with textiles. With a degree in Graphic Design, I seek to push the boundaries of techniques and materials, delving into their inherent plasticity and three-dimensional possibilities.
Whether working on large public art installations or small, more intimate pieces, my primary goal is to connect generations by reviving ancestral wisdom and channeling it into contemporary and innovative forms of expression.
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Portuguse Visual Education School Manual
Unravelling Women's Art, Creators, Rebeles
and Innovator in Textile Arts Book
Optimum Typeface Book
Tramontana Magazine – Issue 4
Typefaces Endowed with Extraordinary Feature Book
Colossal Blog
RTP – Criar.pt TV Show
Designboom Blog
RTP1 – Outras Histórias TV Show
What Women Create Magazine
NiT Blog
DMC Blog
P3 — Público
Public Art Festivals
Gulia Urbana IT, 2023
Rio Loco FR, 2022
The Crystal Ship BE, 2022
Festival Batom PT, 2022
Urban Week Paris FR, 2021
No Walls Oeiras PT, 2021
WOOL PT, 2021
Peinture Fraîche FR, 2020
Asalto ES, 2020
Group Exhibitions
Ethereal Garden PT, 2024
Marmotto PT, 2023
Land, Wool Innovation Week PT, 2023
Moliere's 400th Anniversary FR, 2022
Icônes by Susan Kare FR, 2022
L'art Urbain Au Féminin FR, 2022
This is not a zoo ES, 2019
Special Projects
MAU Taguspark
PT, 2024 - Public Art Installation
Coimbra Book Fair
PT, 2023 - Participatory Public Art Installation
Festival International de Géographie
FR, 2022 - Indoor Installation
Lievesbier Hotel
DE, 2021 - Indoor Installation
Toys 100th Anniversary
PT, 2020 - Shop Window Installation
The Hood
PT, 2010 - Celling Installation
Cais Urbana, Associação Cais
PT, 2019 - Exhibition / Solidarity Auction
British Textile Biennial
UK, 2019 - Public Installation
About
Aheneah (b.1996) is a Portuguese artist. The improbable match happened when, during her bachelor's, she combined her design knowledge with her grandmothers’ precious embroidery teachings.
Since then, her artistic journey turned into an exploration of connections between digital and analog mediums, seeking to deconstruct, decontextualize and transform a traditional technique into a modern graphic, connecting cultures, and generations.
Aheneah has previously collaborated with Asalto, Associação Cais, Association TROI3, Circus Network, European Parliament | Portugal, Fiamma, Lata 65, Mistaker Maker, Plano B, Sebenta da Quarentena, Space Junk, The Hood, and Tous.
Her work can be found all over Portugal, but also in Spain, France, and the United Kingdom.
Urban Art Festivals
Asalto – 2020, Spain
Peinture Fraîche – 2020, France
Tons de Primavera – 2020, Portugal
Points de Vue – 2019, France
Desvelarte – 2019, Spain
Fazunchar – 2019, Portugal
Francisca Oaz – 2019, Portugal
Loures Arte Pública – 2019, Portugal
WOOL – 2018, Portugal
Estau – 2017 Portugal
Exhibitions
Rewind – 2020
Online Group Exhibition
This is not a zoo, Tenerife – 2019
Collective Exhibition
Special Projects
TOUS 100th Year – 2020
Shop WIndow Installation
The Hood – 2019
Celling Installation
Cais Urbana, Associação Cais – 2019
Exhibition / Solidarity Auction
British Textile Biennial – 2019
Public Installation, Blackburn UK
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