contextile – contemporary textile art biennial

CONTEXTILE invites all artists (national and international) to present artworks to the competition for the International Exhibition (competitive), as part of the programme of its 8th Edition, Contextile 2026 – Contemporary Textile Art Biennial, to be held in the city of Guimarães, Portugal, from the 5th September to the 29th November 2026.

In 2026, the Contextile biennial focuses its activities on the thematic concept BY A THREAD, transversal to all the rubrics of its programmatic contents.

The International Competitive Exhibition will be composed by 50 artworks from 50 artists, selected by an international jury, composed by Lala de Dios (curator, textile artist), Magda Soboń (artist and teacher), Magali Junet (chief curator of Fondation Toms Pauli), Susana Pires (visual artist and teacher) and Cláudia Melo (artistic director of Contextile 2026).