Profile of a woman wearing a broad white visor, with blue light and black hair flowing into darkness
Profile of a woman wearing a broad white visor, with blue light and black hair flowing into darkness

LIVE FIELD

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50 MM · F/2.8

SUBJECT LOCK

38°43′ N

BLUE BAND ACTIVE

LOOK · MOVE · LOOK · MOVE ·

[ AYA TENNOR / LISBON ]

GAZE

GAZE

GAZE

Now on view

Near Field — Lisbon ↗︎

[ 01 / STATEMENT ]

Looking is never passive.

Looking is never passive.

Every surface looks back,

Every surface looks back,

changing the body that stands before it.

changing the body that stands before it.

Looking is never

Looking is never

passive. Every surface

passive. Every surface

looks back, changing the

looks back, changing the

body that stands before it.

body that stands before it.

Looking is never

Looking is never

passive. Every

passive. Every

surface looks back,

surface looks back,

changing the body

changing the body

that stands before it.

that stands before it.

Aya Tennor

Notes on Near Field, 2026

[ 02 / FOUR WAYS OF SEEING ]

One practice, four ways of testing what an image can hold.

Enter all works ↗︎

01

Interface

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Protected faces

02

Field

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Bodies in colour

03

Wall

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Public surfaces

04

Matter

+

Light made solid

Visor and mask prototypes being tested on a dark studio workbench

Prototype / mould / light test

Visor and mask prototypes being tested on a dark studio workbench

Prototype / mould / light test

Colour-field photography set with lights and a moving figure

Backdrop / light / moving body

Colour-field photography set with lights and a moving figure

Backdrop / light / moving body

Unfinished abstract mural with scaffolding, paint and masking

Scale / pigment / public surface

Unfinished abstract mural with scaffolding, paint and masking

Scale / pigment / public surface

Glass, resin and fibre samples under blue transmitted light

Glass / resin / transmitted light

Glass, resin and fibre samples under blue transmitted light

Glass / resin / transmitted light

01

Interface

+

Protected faces

02

Field

+

Bodies in colour

03

Wall

+

Public surfaces

04

Matter

+

Light made solid

Visor and mask prototypes being tested on a dark studio workbench

Prototype / mould / light test

Colour-field photography set with lights and a moving figure

Backdrop / light / moving body

Unfinished abstract mural with scaffolding, paint and masking

Scale / pigment / public surface

Glass, resin and fibre samples under blue transmitted light

Glass / resin / transmitted light

Visor and mask prototypes being tested on a dark studio workbench

[ 01 / INTERFACE ]

Interface

Protected faces

Portraits in which a visor, mask or veil stands between the sitter and the viewer. Each piece starts in the studio as a prototype — moulded, lit and tested — before it is photographed.

6 works · 2024–2026

View the series ↗︎

Close

Blue mural beneath an anonymous overpass

[ 04 / FEATURED WORK ]

Under
Signal

The mural is visible only in passing. Wet ground doubles it, holding the image for a second time.

View the work ↗︎

[ 05 / STUDIO / LISBON ]

Every work begins with a surface that resists.

Aya tests pigment, transparent material and reflected light in a river-edge studio before each work moves into a street, gallery or photograph.

Artist painting a blue and white wall in a studio

Studio study for Near Field · Lisbon · 2026

  • HALDEN REVIEW — PERIPHERAL IMAGE — NACRE ARTS — HALDEN REVIEW — PERIPHERAL IMAGE — NACRE ARTS —

[ 07 / NOTES FROM ELSEWHERE ]

“Tennor makes the act of looking feel physical—something that can be interrupted, reflected and returned.”

Halden Review · 2024

Soft Architectures

Peripheral Image Annual · 2025

Featured artist

Nacre Arts Fellowship · 2026

Recipient

Dark installation with a blue projected figure

[ 08 / CONTACT ]

Bring the work into another field of view.

For exhibitions, commissions, available works and press.

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