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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.

 

Solo Exhibitions

  • 2024: Descartes LAV, Casa de Gigante, Portugal.

Group Exhibitions

  • 2025: Weave the Wave: Material Agencies in Motion, Slovakia.

  • 2025: III Textile Video-Art Salon, Argentine Center for Textile Art, Argentina (honorable mention).

  • 2025: ISEA – 30th International Symposium on Electronic/Emerging Art, South Korea, with Descartes LAV.
  • 2024: 17th edition of PROYECTOR, Madrid, Spain, with Descartes LAV – 16mm.

  • 2024: 15th Visual Arts Biennial mulier, mulieris, Alicante, Spain.

Residencies and Programs

  • 2025: UNIDEE Residency Program: Languages, Please, Italy.

  • 2025: 11 Residencies for Artistic Creation and Research, MUA, Spain. Resulting exhibition at Sala Sempere, MUA.

  • 2025: VAPORES Residency, Artistic Production Nursery and River Observatory, Spain. Resulting exhibitions at Casa de Cultura El Campello and Las Cigarreras Cultural Center.

  • 2024: Hypertextile – Córtex Frontal, Arraiolos, Portugal.

  • 2023: Input, (S8) Mostra de Cinema Periférico, A Coruña, Spain, with Textil en el medio fílmico.

Festivals / Seminars / Film Selections

  • 2025: Trapitos Fashion films screening, The Hague, Netherlands.
  • 2024: 30th Festival of Young Filmmakers – Granada Film Fest, Spain, with Santa Pola.

  • 2024: (S8) International Peripheral Cinema Showcase – Sinais section, A Coruña, Spain, with Santa Pola.
  • 2023: Participated as guest artist in the International Documentary Film Seminar Doc’s Kingdom, Odemira, Portugal.

  • 2023: Festival Punto y Raya, Lisbon, Portugal, with Descartes LAV, 16mm.
  • 2022: Valladolid International Film Festival (Seminci), Spain, with The White Potty.

  • 2021: Porto/Post/Doc, Portugal, with the film Calada (feature film, ARCHÉ group).

Awards and Recognitions

  • 2021: First Prize, Versiona Thyssen X, Thyssen-Bornemisza Museum, Madrid, Spain.

Projects / Performances / Curatorship

  • 2023: Textile and musical performance Códigos fílmicos, Encuadres LAV #03, Cineteca Madrid, Spain.

  • 2023: Screening of Tecer línguas, Encuadres LAV #02, Cineteca Madrid, Spain.

  • 2023: Curatorship Coreografías Celestes, 16mm Screening, Círculo de Bellas Artes, Madrid, Spain.

  • 2023: Publication of the textile story/book Metáxi, plataforma Urdume.e, Brazil.

Catalogues / Publications

  • 2025: 11 Residències de Creació i Investigació Artística, Museo de la Universidad de Alicante (MUA), Espanha. ISBN: 979-13-990194-4-5.

  • 2024: 15th Visual Arts Biennial mulier, mulieris, Museo de la Universidad de Alicante (MUA), Espanha. ISBN: 978-84-126694-4-2.

  • 2018: Baalberit [Recurso eletrónico], Revista Nº7, Mestrado em Arquivística, Universidad Carlos III de Madrid. Madrid: Universidad Carlos III, ISSN 2660-6097.

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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    • The Construction of the Word
    • A texture map of Monnegre river
    • Santa Pola
    • Descartes LAV
    • Weaving languages
    • Rayograma de una chica rebobinando
    • Metáxi
    • The White Potty
    • The weight of the world
    • The Factory
    • Made In
    • La textura de Arlés
  • SERIES
    • Secret
    • PST! Posidonia Starts Talking
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    • ENCUADRES LAV #03: PRÁCTICAS DE RESISTENCIA
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    • Poetic Codes
    • Desire lines
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