About
Aheneah is Ana Martins, a Portuguese textile artist, researcher, and material maker who is currently based in New York. Her work explores the intersection of traditional textile and contemporary art, innovating with fiber, bioplastics and creating new textile structures. Fascinated with dualities - soft versus hard, structured versus fluid, delicate versus robust - Aheneah explores materials, scale, and movement, seeking the perfect balance between opposing forces.
Her journey has led her to create public art installations across Europe, exhibit at the United Nations in New York, collaborate with brands such as Tous and Taguspark, and participate in collective exhibitions. Her work has been featured in publications like Unravelling Women's Art, Designboom and This is Colossal.
Currently, Aheneah is pursuing a MFA in Textiles at Parsons School of Design, with the support of the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation. She is committed to challenging the boundaries of textile art by creating a dialogue between craft and innovation.
Contacts
→ aheneah@gmail.com
Instagram
Facebook
Twitter
Featurings
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