8th Biennial of Contemporary Textile Art
MADRID September 17th to November 3rd, 2019
“The Sustainable City”
Textile Art as an integrating element.
About the 8th Biennial
The Sustainable City
BIENNIAL GOALS
Solidarity Ties
Strengthen solidarity ties among artists from all over the world and the local
Creative Sensitivity
Create a sensitive audience toward this cultural and artistic
The WTA Experience
Provide an experiential event—one of a kind in the Americas bringing together creators and their artworks of textile art with the public
Textile Art Promotion
Strengthen, encourage, and promote artistic manifestation of contemporary textiles at local, national, and international
One of the Largest Contemporary Textile Art Events in the World
Artists from 75 nationalities. Seminars, workshops, and cultural events. Participate with some of the best artists in the world of textile art.
Venues
- LARGE FORMAT TEXTILE ART
- VIDEO ART
- LARGE FORMAT TEXTILE ART
- TEXTILE ART SMALL FORMAT
- TEXTILE PHOTOGRAPHY
INTERNATIONAL CALLLIST OF SELECTED - Click on each format to see the corresponding list for each one
- Large Format Indoors
- Large Format Outdoors
- Small Format Textile Art
- Photography Textile Image
- Video Textile Art
LARGE FORMAT TEXTILE ART SALON- INDOORS
JURY: Velta Raudzepa / Marta Kowalewska / Tania Pardo
| N° | ARTIST | COUNTRY |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anneke Klein | Netherlands |
| 2 | Cyndy Barbone | United States |
| 3 | Cathy Gatley | United States |
| 4 | Consuelo Walker | Chile |
| 5 | Dominika Krogulska-Czekalska | Poland |
| 6 | Association Potakin | France |
| 7 | Atsuko Sasaki | Japan |
| 8 | Elvan Ozkavruk Adanir y Jovita Sakalauskaite | Turkey/Lithuania |
| 9 | Isabel Barbuzza | Argentina |
| 10 | Edith Mizue Hashimoto | Brazil |
| 11 | Ceci Arango | Colombia |
| 12 | Ignacio Netzahualcoyotl Nava | Mexico |
| 13 | Carolyn Halliday | United States |
| 14 | Elena Martínez Bolio | Mexico |
| 15 | Frédérique Breuille | France |
| 16 | Juan de la Cruz Sánchez | Mexico |
| 17 | Krista Leesi | Estonia |
| 18 | Magdalena Kleszyńska | Poland |
| 19 | Rosana Machado Rodríguez | Argentina |
| 20 | Sui Park | Korea |
| 21 | Asuncion Espada Velasco | Spain |
| 22 | Toshie Takahashi | Japan |
| 23 | Ana María Casnati | Uruguay |
| 24 | Anastasiia Podervianska | Ukranie |
| 25 | Carmen Gloria Rodríguez Salgado | Chile |
| 26 | Benthe Ibsen | Denmark |
| 27 | Beatriz Schaaf-Giesser y Andrea Noeske-Porada | Germany |
| 28 | Cristina Vallejo Llopis | Spain |
| 29 | Denise Blanchard | Chile |
| 30 | Malou Zryd | Switzerland |
| 31 | Baiba Osite | Latvia |
| 32 | Yoshiko Sashida | Japan |
| 33 | Maite Travé | Spain |
| 34 | Sara Corenstein Woldenberg | Mexico |
| 35 | Caron Frowein | Canada |
| 36 | Constantino Laura Taboada | Peru |
| 37 | Cristina Colichón | Peru |
| 38 | Juliana Uribe Villa | Colombia |
| 39 | Katrin Knape | Germany |
| 40 | Soile Hovila | Finland |
| 41 | Alejandra Rinaldini | Argentina |
| 42 | Amandine Bouet | France |
| 43 | Ana Atanasio Dolder | Uruguay |
| 44 | Anna Astapova | Netherland/Russia |
| 45 | Zilovic Brankica | France/Serbia |
| 46 | Elizabeth Starčević | United States |
| 47 | Grethe Sørensen | Denmark |
| 48 | Marie Bergstedt | United States |
| 49 | Anne Henriksen | Denmark |
| 50 | Blanka Sperkova | Czech Republic |
LARGE FORMAT TEXTILE ART SALON-OUTDOORS
JURY: Kinor Jiang / Keiko Kawashima / Maribel Doménech
| N° | ARTIST | COUNTRY |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Greta Kardisiute | Lithuania |
| 2 | Lucía Loren | Spain |
| 3 | Ruth Peche | Spain |
| 4 | Monique Lehman | Poland/United States |
| 5 | Verônica Benévolo Lopes Filipak | Brazil |
| 6 | Virginia Calvo | Spain |
| 7 | Ceci Arango | Colombia |
| 8 | Carmen Imbach Rigos | Argntina/Uruguay |
| 9 | Eva Sobán | Brazil |
| 10 | Donna Cleveland | New Zeland |
| 11 | Graciela Miller | Uruguay |
| 12 | Rosa María Castillo Cortés | Chile |
SMALL FORMAT TEXTILE ART SALON
JURY: Silvia Fedorova / Andrea Fischer / Sofía Rodríguez
| N° | ARTIST | COUNTRY |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | June Lee | South Korea |
| 2 | Gabriele Wehrmeyer | Germany |
| 3 | Makiko Wakisaka | Japan |
| 4 | Andrea Noeske-Porada | Germany |
| 5 | Asuncion Espada Velasco | Spain |
| 6 | Felipe Maqueira | Uruguay |
| 7 | Francisca Henneman | Netherlands |
| 8 | Minako Watanabe | Japan |
| 9 | Dorota Taranek | Poland |
| 10 | Luciana Rabih | Argentina |
| 11 | Laura Tabakman | United States |
| 12 | Sofía Ramírez | Peru |
| 13 | Ying-Ting Chen | Taiwan |
| 14 | Angelina Voskopoulou | Greece |
| 15 | Jelke Hulse | Brazil |
| 16 | Stella Redruello | Argentina |
| 17 | Christine Rummel | Germany |
| 18 | Livia Ugolini | Italy |
| 19 | Ludwika Zytkiewicz – Ostrowska | Poland |
| 20 | Macarena Crisóstomo Caldera | Chile |
| 21 | Maciej Mesznik | Poland |
| 22 | Phoebe Wang | Hong Kong |
| 23 | Kenji Sato | Japan |
| 24 | Marcela Gutiérrez Arreguín | Mexico |
| 25 | Tereza Albano | Brazil |
| 26 | Mie Vaale Noddeland | Norway |
| 27 | Ana Foos | Argentina |
| 28 | Andrea Bustelo | Uruguay |
| 29 | Estela Halpert | Argentina |
| 30 | Francesca Di Girolamo | Chile |
| 31 | Heather Beardsley | United States |
| 32 | María Villares | Brazil |
| 33 | Toshie Takahashi | Japan |
| 34 | Carolina Raggio | Chile |
| 35 | Connie Strayer | United States |
| 36 | Mami Idei | Japan |
| 37 | Tina Struthers | Canada |
| 38 | Javiera Montenegro | Chile |
| 39 | Krisztina Vigh | Hungary |
| 40 | Maria José Antelo | Argentina |
| 41 | Alessandra Sequeira | Costa Rica |
| 42 | Ann Goddard | United Kingdom |
| 43 | Ayako Matsumura | Japan |
| 44 | Ceci Arango | Colombia |
| 45 | Greta Arlet Alcántara Matías | Mexico |
| 46 | Krista Leesi | Estonia |
| 47 | Amelia Tarditti | Argentina |
| 48 | Cécile Meraglia | Belgium |
| 49 | Gerda Schimmel | Netherlands |
| 50 | Gladys Ahumada Mazuranich | Chile |
PHOTOGRAPHY TEXTILE IMAGE SALON
JURY: Silvia Fedorova / Andrea Fischer / Sofía Rodríguez
| N° | ARTIST | COUNTRY |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Rocío Gómez Germán-Palacios | Peru |
| 2 | Txaro Otxaran | Spain |
| 3 | Elizabeth Koning | Norway |
| 4 | David Catá | Spain |
| 5 | Mathieu Christine | France |
| 6 | Nanon Morsink | Norway |
| 7 | Chung Chiung Yi | Taiwan |
| 8 | Montserrat Gual Rodríguez | Spain |
| 9 | Yoshiko Sashida | Japan |
| 10 | Kae Newcomb | Spain |
| 11 | Claire Barber | England |
| 12 | Reyhan Polat | Turkey |
| 13 | Beatriz Oggero | Bolivia |
| 14 | Francesca Piñol Torrent | Spain |
| 15 | Juan Ojeda | Brazil |
| 16 | Alejandra Domic Rojas | Spain |
| 17 | María Paz Lira Eyzaguirre | Chile |
| 18 | Consuelo I. Zori Miñana | Argentina |
| 19 | Cristina Gámez | Spain |
| 20 | Francisca Prado R. | Chile |
| 21 | Ligia Maria Eça Negreiros | Brazil |
| 22 | Rodolfo Enrique Salmerón Gutiérrez | Mexico |
| 23 | Mariana Eça Negreiros | Brazil |
| 24 | CritTeam (Eugenia López Reus y Miguel Jaime) | Spain |
| 25 | Ruth Peche | Spain |
| 26 | Adriana Gragnani | Brazil |
| 27 | Taller Textil, Centro Cultural “El Parque” | Spain |
| 28 | Ariane Garnier | Costa Rica |
| 29 | Elena Caja | Uruguay |
| 30 | Jimena Villaseca | Chile |
| 31 | María de los Ángeles Viar | Argentina |
| 32 | Yolanda Lalonso | Spain |
| 33 | Fátima Gómez Arroyo | Spain |
| 34 | Ana Rita de Albuquerque | Portugal |
| 35 | Joedy Marins | Brazil |
VIDEO-TEXTILE ART SALON
JURY: Clara Garavelli / Susana Blas / Marisol Salanova
| N° | ARTIST | COUNTRY |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert Burton | United Kingdom |
| 2 | Lee Yunkyung | Korea |
| 3 | Cristina Gámez | Spain |
| 4 | Silvia Beatriz Guiducci | Spain |
| 5 | Francesca Piñol Torrent | Spain |
| 6 | Tim Gregory | Australia |
| 7 | Maite Izquierdo | Chile |
| 8 | Lourdes de la Cal Montoya | Spain |
| 9 | Beatriz Martín López | Spain |
| 10 | Cesc Biosca Soler | spain |
| 11 | Francisco Ríos Araya | Chile |
| 12 | Birnur Karatimur Çutsay | Turkey |
| 13 | Mónica Urquijo | Colombia |
| 14 | Ana Celia Martínez Hernández | Mexico |
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Madrid 2019 News
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