Ana Isabel Freitas

I am a Portuguese artist based in Paris since 2015. My work moves between painting, textile, and documentary cinema, exploring memory, transmission, territory, and identity. Through stitching, embroidery, and material interventions, I investigate how personal and collective stories take form—how they are inscribed into matter and passed across generations.

I studied Painting at FBAUP (Porto) and Cinema at ESTC (Lisbon), and I am currently pursuing a PhD in research-creation at the University of Paris Nanterre. My work has been exhibited, awarded, and screened in France, Portugal, and internationally.

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Available Works
Art Prints - available!
Books - availabe!
Original Work - coming soon

If you’re interested in a specific piece, feel free to reach out—some works may be available for direct purchase.

Art

I work across painting, drawing, textile, installation, and performance to reflect on presence, gesture, and landscape as carriers of memory. Through stitching, layering, and surface work, I trace the movements of personal and collective stories across time.

Body as Gesture
Landscapes
Threads of Lineage
Inside
VOICE & STAGE - WORK IN PROGRESS
Materiality in Practice - WORK IN PROGRESS
Connections - Commissioned Work - WORK IN PROGRESS

Projects in Motion – Art

Camera Obscura
Cinema

Writing & Research

I work through practice-based research—where artistic inquiry, writing, and collaboration trace the paths of my work, from reflection to creation.

TEXTS ON RESEARCH & PRACTICE

Publications

TALKS & SEMINARS
Research in Dialogue

WRITING BEYOND RESEARCH
EdIsmenia

PROJECTS IN MOTION
Writing & Researcg

Public Presence

This space gathers the public life of my work—through exhibitions, screenings, and media presence.

ART IN PUBLIC
Exhibitions

CINEMA IN PUBLIC
Screenings

PEDAGOGICAL & SOCIAL
Projects

MEDIA
Articles & Interviews