PORTUGUESA É ARTISTA CONVIDADA DA BIENAL DE ARTE TÊXTIL DA ESLOVÉNIA

Gerador interviewed Susana Cereja during BIEN 2023, where she was the Portuguese guest artist in Kranj, Slovenia. The article traces her path from architecture to visual art and her work with the Arraiolos stitch since 2015, placing that research within the biennial’s focus on heritage.

A central part of the article is HELIA, created specifically around the theme of the Sun and completed during the artist’s residency in Slovenia. Susana discusses the work’s rotating structure, its use of colour and its interpretation of the Sun as a positive, life-giving force. The feature also covers her solo exhibition ICARUS — A JOURNEY IN SEARCH OF THE SUN, the community workshop and the sustainability choices associated with the project.