Ainhoa Cortés


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Ainhoa (which means ‘fertile land’ in Spanish) was born and raised in Spain. She has a background in footwear and textile design. With a keen interest in textiles, including their creation, history and social impact.







Education
MFA Design | HDK, Valand-
Gothenburg University
, 2023 - 2025

BA Textile Design | The Swedish
School of Textiles
 2019 - 2022

Fashion Summer course | 
University of Arts, London
London, 2011

BA Fashion Design |
Higher School of Design Madrid
Madrid, 2010-2015




Employment
Product Designer, Soft Goods | Ostrichpillow
Sweden-Spain Hybrid,
 April 2023-October 2024

Design Director | Muroexe -Mascaró
Sweden-Spain Hybrid, 
January 2022 - June 2023

Internship in the Knitwear Department | 
Textiel Museum
Tilburg, Netherlands, (6 months) 2022

Footwear and Accessories Designer | Muroexe
Madrid, August 2015- September 2019

Designer & Founder | Hälb Studio
Madrid, 2014-2016

Patternmaking internship | Femke Agema
Amsterdam, Netherlands 2013 (7 months)






Grants/ scholarships
Slojdforeningen

ADLERBERTSKA STIPENDIER 2024

TEKO 2021









Exhibitions
Archeology of  our time | Syntropia Space                     Gothenburg, Sweden 2024    

Making Transparency  | Stockholm Furniture Fair       Stockholm, Sweden 2024                        

Exit, 2023 | Textil Museet                                                     Borås, Sweden 2023

Meta Rural | 12 Miradas, Art Residency                         Galicia, Spain 2023   

Siesta Matter  | Dutch Design Week, Design Perron   Eindhoven, 2023                                 








Last Updated 10.03.26


Projects

Soft Architecture
Publication

Hoi An, Vietnam, 
2025

Art Residency 

My stay in Hoi An, navigating the rhythm of the floods and observing the inherent flexibility of the city and its culture. The project focuses on the ‘màn treo’ as a textile gesture of division: hanging veils that gently sculpt the space.

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Carrying as Culture
Publication Gothenburg, Sweden 
2025

Carrying as Culture redefines publishing as a research site where thinking and making converge through a feminist lens. By reimagining the encyclopedia as a living format of fragments , the project embraces multiplicity and temporary knowledges. Central to this thesis is the act of carrying, physically and symbolically, as a curatorial practice of collecting and editing.

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Hooks 
Gothenburg, Sweden
2021


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CIRCUMLOCUTION
Publcation Gothenburg, Sweden
2025

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Meta Rural
Galicia, Spain,
2022
Art Residency

What value do we place on materials that cannot be reprocessed or

returned to their original state in certain environments?


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The Enlightened Skein
PublicationA Certain Ratio — Knife Slits Water
Factory Records — FAC 62
UK, September 1982
Graphic design by Peter Saville

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Siesta Matter
Textile research Sweden, 2022
This research explores relaxation in workplaces through inflatable knitted objects that minimize waste using circular technology. The project concludes with three tactile prototypes designed to enhance physical well-being and sensory comfort

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Inlay
Textile research, 
TextielMuseum


Tilburg, Netherlands
2020

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Multiple perspectives
Textile prints

Borås, Sweden 
2020

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HÄLB Studio Madrid, Spain
2015



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HÄLB Studio Madrid, Spain
2016

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HÄLB Studio Madrid, Spain
2016

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HÄLB Studio .Madrid, Spain
2015

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MuroexeMadrid, Spain
2017


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MuroexeMadrid, Spain
2022

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The Enlightened Skein
Publication











Carrying as Culture
Publication






Being in Dialogue
Publication






Multiple perspectives
Textile prints




Siesta Matter
Textile Research



Meta Rural
Art Residency




HÄLB Studio
ClothingJoseph Beuys
Installation
Felt, stool, sculptor’s trestle, copper, tin, wire and rubber
Photograph by Volker Döhne

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Hooks
Exhibition
Alex Frost
Continuous Profile
Sculpture, 2004

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Inlay
Textile Research
Alex Frost
Continuous Profile
Sculpture, 2004

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HÄLB Studio
Clothing
Alex Frost
Continuous Profile
Sculpture, 2004

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Inlay
Textile Research
TextielMuseum


Alex Frost
Continuous Profile
Sculpture, 2004

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Muroexe
Footwear  Design




HÄLB Studio
Clothing
Workwear









































The Enlightened Skein
Publication




Carrying as Culture
Publication







Being in Dialogue
Publication



Multiple perspectives
Textile prints




Siesta Matter
Textile Research




Meta Rural
Art Residency



HÄLB Studio
Clothing





Hooks
Exhibition
Alex Frost
Continuous Profile
Sculpture, 2004

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Inlay
Textile Research
Alex Frost
Continuous Profile
Sculpture, 2004

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HÄLB Studio
Clothing
Alex Frost
Continuous Profile
Sculpture, 2004

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Inlay
Textile Research
TextielMuseum


Alex Frost
Continuous Profile
Sculpture, 2004

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Muroexe
Footwear  Design

Alex Frost
Continuous Profile
Sculpture, 2004

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HÄLB Studio
Clothing
Workwear


Alex Frost
Continuous Profile
Sculpture, 2004

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