Statement
My eyes capture thousands of images, mental photos.
Saved on my memory reel.
That come to life through what I create, a new narrative.
Resignifying fragments of life, weaving living memories.
Inviting to the deep, silent and a introspective contemplation.
Ana Grajales
Uruguayan Textile Artist and Industrial Designer, based in Mallorca.
'For me to create is to capture my unique way of seeing and feeling through shapes, colors and textures.
I create slowly, weaving pieces on a loom, giving new meaning to an ancestral craft.
My work focuses mainly on experimentation with natural fibers, especially wool, using both Uruguayan and Mallorcan wool, seeking the fusion of both identities.
I also experiment through sculpture, light and writing, fusing various media and materials in the quest to build my own experiential universe.'
My Story
My story with wool comes from another life.
In this one, it came back to me in 2017.
It came back to transform my pain, to help me in my reconquest, to intertwine fragments of my life.
That day was the beginning of everything.
Throughout the years, many things changed, but there was something that remained intact, that force, that voice that always told me there was something more than what I knew waiting for me.
To be writing this today, I fought several battles, I had to tear down a few beliefs and peel back a few layers.
Wool and art allowed me to connect with new parts, places I didn't know existed, but above all they showed me the way, the one that gives me goosebumps.
In 2021, after a vacation in Mallorca, I realized that the life I had built no longer resonated with me.
A year and a half later, I left Uruguay and moved to the island, where I still am today.
I embarked on a return journey to this land, one very similar (and not so similar) to the one my great-grandmother Saladina made more than 90 years ago from Spain to Uruguay.
I began to navigate new depths, explore new territories, and my perspective changed once again.
I began to inhabit silence, time stopped slipping away, and I understood that as long as I have myself, I will always be home.
I write my story every day, weaving together living memories.
The process
Contact me and let's chat.
If you want to know more about this trip, I invite you to browse my diary, there you will find short stories that I share from my Substack account. Convesations at home, away from the noise and urgency. Subscribe to receive them in your inbox by clicking here. ¡See you soon!
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Graduated from Uruguay`s University of the Republic - Industrial Designer - 2016
Part of the brand Uruguay Natural / Uruguay Wools - since 2017.
Worked as a Graphic Designer in the corporate and advertising field - 2015 to 2024
Finalist in the Uruguay Teje by Texturable call with the "destello" luminaires - 2022
Part of Galería Único in Barcelona, art and crafts for architects and interior designers. - 2022
Part of the Wescover community, A Marketplace for Mindful Art & Decor - EEUU, 2023
Part of Galería Único in Barcelona, art and crafts for architects and interior designers. - 2022
Part of La Luna Gallery - Spain, Ibiza desde 2024
Part of Archive X, a possible alternative archive, living, collective, and counter-hegemonic - Uruguay, 2024
Collabs
She collaborated as an artist and artisan for Manos del Uruguay brand - 2019
Exhibitions
Collective exhibition at ELLAS 3.0 at CAMPO GARZÓN as part of the Uruguay Teje collective - Uruguay, 2022
Artdemossa, Nit del art Valldemossa - Collective exhibition 2024 l Spain, Mallorca.
Articopes, Installation 'New Identities' - Collective exhibition as part of ArtJove final l Spain, Mallorca.
Fórum Llanatura - Collective exhibition, 2024 l
Spain, Mallorca.
Contornos Desiguales, Galería Raco Art
2024 l Spain, Mallorca.
Retrospective, The Holy Art Galery - Collective exhibition 2024 l United Kingdom, Londres.
Territorio Textil, Museum of Porreres - Collective exhibition 2024 l Spain, Mallorca.
The Vase - Collective exhibition 2024 l
Spain, Mallorca.
The House of the Sisters- Exhibition 2024-25 l Uruguay, Pueblo Grazón
Press
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Note for EL PAÍS, Uruguay - 2022 - Link to the note
Note for Home Magazine Officiel, France - 2025 - Link to the note
Note for EL PAÍS, Uruguay - 2024 - Link to the note
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