Contextile 2024 – Contemporary Textile Art Biennial congratulates and thanks the 1.300 artists (from 79 countries) who submitted 1.505 artworks for the International Exhibition competition.

The high number and quality of the works made it difficult for the jury, a multidisciplinary team composed by Lala de Dios (professor of Art and Textile History, curator), Janis Jefferies (emeritus professor of visual arts, curator, writer and artist), Cindy Steiler (textile artist), Magda Soboń  (artist and art teacher), and Cláudia Melo (artistic director of Contextile).

The Jury gathered in person on the 11th, 12th and 13th of April in Guimarães, Portugal, and, after a long and challenging evaluation process, selected 57 works by 50 artists (from 29 countries) according to the criteria of the call’s regulations (high creativity, originality and technical competence around the textile element, by its construction, theme or material used) as well as the Contextile 2024 concept: “TOUCH”.  From the submitted proposals, artistic interventions were also selected to be presented in public spaces during the 7th edition of the Biennale of Contemporary Textile Art in 2024.

The Acquisition Prize and the Honourable Mentions of the International Exhibition will be awarded at the opening of Contextile 2024, scheduled for the 7th September in Guimarães, Portugal.