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Beatriz Freire (Portugal) visual and textile artist.
The focus of her artistic practice lies in two lines of research: the convergence between textiles and film, in which materials, techniques, tools and processes from both fields integrate with each other in an organic way, creating a continuous dialog that attempts to expand the creative possibilities in each area. And the use of textile codes and notations as an alternative language, a translation tool capable of interpreting and deciphering the surrounding world.

The artist works in a context of "expanded weaving", which seeks to transcend its traditional uses, exploring new creative territories and transforming weaving into a means of interpreting the world. This holistic approach is reflected in the form of her creations and the essence of her creative process.

 

Artistic career:

- Resident artist at VAPORES Residency. Artistic Production incubator, and River Sociocultural Ecosystems Observatory. Spain. 2025.

– Selected for ISEA - 30th International Symposium on Electronic/Emerging Art, with "Descartes LAV". South Korea, 2025.

- Selected for the 30th Jóvenes Realizadores Festival - Granada Film Fest, with “Santa Pola”. Spain. 2024.

– Selected for the 17th edition of PROYECTOR, with “Descartes LAV – 16mm”. Madrid, Spain. 2024.

- Descartes LAV” solo exhibition at Casa de Gigante. Portugal. 2024.

– Hypertextile - Córtex Frontal artistic residency. Arraiolos, Portugal. 2024.

– Selected for the (S8) Mostra Internacional de Cinema Periférico - Sinais section, with “Santa Pola”. A Coruña, Spain. 2024.

- Selected for the 15th Visual Arts Biennial Mulier, Mulieris. Alicante, Spain. 2024.

- She took part as a guest artist in the Doc's Kingdom International Documentary Film Seminar. Odemira, Portugal. 2023.

- Selected for the international competition at the Punto y Raya Festival, with "Descartes Lav, 16mm". Lisbon, Portugal. 2023.

- Selected with the project "Textil en el medio fílmico" at Input, as part of (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico. A Coruña, Spain. 2023.

– Textile and musical performance "Film Codes", with Agnès Hayden. Encuadres LAV #03. Cineteca Madrid, Spain. 2023. 

- Her textile short story/book "Metáxi" is published on the Brazilian online platform Urdume.e, dedicated to textile arts. Brazil. 2023.

- Film screening "Weaving languages“. Encuadres LAV #02. Cineteca Madrid, Spain 2023. 

- Curatorship “Coreografías Celestes”. 16mm projection. Círculo de Bellas Artes. Madrid, Spain. 2023.

- She took part in the official section of the 67th edition of the Valladolid International Film Week (Seminci), with the short film "O Penico Branco". Spain. 2022.

– Selected with the feature film «Calada» in the ARCHÉ working group, as part of the Porto/Post/Doc documentary film festival. Portugal. 2021.

- First prize in the Versiona Thyssen X competition, organized by the Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum. Madrid, Spain. 2021.

Education:

- Master LAV: Audiovisual Laboratory for Creation and Contemporary Practice (Madrid)

- Master in archivistics (Universidad Carlos III de Madrid).

- Specialization course on archives and human rights (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona).

- Law degree (University of Coimbra).

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