About
Valentina Autran is a multidisciplinary artist whose work explores the relationship between material, place, and identity. Born in Chile and deeply influenced by her life in Hawai‘i, her work reflects a dialogue between both cultures.
Her work spans digitally designed woven textiles and painting. Each piece begins as a hand-drawn sketch, is translated into a digital composition, and then woven on advanced textile looms.
Autran’s work has been featured in international publications, where her large-scale textile pieces have been recognized for their ability to “play the main character in a room,” adding warmth and dimension to interiors.
Sustainability
Sustainability is a core part of her practice. Her woven pieces are crafted at a specialized textile mill using organic and recycled cotton fibers, with solar-powered production and a zero-waste approach where all yarn, plastic, and paper waste is recycled.
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vi·da: Property or essential quality of animals and plants, for which they evolve, adapt to the medium, develop and reproduce.
a·lo·ha: "the presence of breath" or "the breath of life." It comes from "Alo," meaning presence, front and face, and "ha," meaning breath. Aloha is a way of living and treating each other with love and respect. Aloha was a way of reaching self-perfection and realization for our own body and soul. Its deep meaning starts by teaching ourselves to love our own beings first and afterwards to spread the love to others.
Through Vidaloha Studio, Autran creates work that merges art, culture, and materiality — pieces designed to be lived with.
“Art should not be inaccessible. I believe art is something you live with — something that transforms a space and how you feel within it.”
-Valentina