[ 01 / AYA TENNOR / LISBON ]

Looking is
a material act.

Artist painting a blue and white mural in a studio

Studio edge · Lisbon · 2026

[ 02 / PRACTICE ]

Aya works where bodies meet

Aya works where bodies meet

constructed surfaces—where light,

constructed surfaces—where light,

weather and movement alter the image.

weather and movement alter the image.

Aya works where bodies

Aya works where bodies

meet constructed surfaces—

meet constructed surfaces—

where light, weather and movement

where light, weather and movement

alter the image.

alter the image.

Aya works where

Aya works where

bodies meet constructed

bodies meet constructed

surfaces—where light,

surfaces—where light,

weather and movement

weather and movement

alter the image.

alter the image.

Her four ongoing series—Interface, Field, Wall and Matter—converge in GAZE, a 2026 body of work about the pressure exchanged between viewer and image.

[ 03 / SELECTED MILESTONES ]

A practice measured by changes in distance.

1994

Born in Faro, Portugal

2016

BA Spatial Image, Saltpan School of Arts

2019

Moved to Lisbon; began Interface

2022

Co-founded Tide Mark Workshop

2024

Colour Ground, Atrium No. 6

2026

Near Field, Serein Assembly

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

[ 04 / RECOGNITION ]

2026

Nacre Arts Fellowship

Recipient

2025

Peripheral Image Annual

Featured artist

2024

Halden Review

Soft Architectures

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