
Sandra Parguiña (Pontevedra, 1995).
I am an artist and textile graphic designer. My work stems from a reflection on memory—both individual and collective—and on the ways in which objects can preserve and convey emotions, stories, and gestures. From this perspective, I develop a practice that explores the intersection between drawing, textile art, and visual narrative. Through silk scarves and other woven media, I conceive visual archives that reactivate the symbolic and emotional charge of traditional materials through contemporary processes.
My language combines manual techniques such as watercolour, gouache, and ink with digital experimentation, building bridges between craftsmanship and innovation. The textiles, whether hand-painted or printed, are conceived as carriers of memory: objects meant to be preserved, carried and shared. The imagery of the 19th century—travel, discovery and exploration—is a recurring source of inspiration, which I reinterpret from a critical and poetic perspective to rethink the relationships between art, design and the preservation of memory.
I studied Fine Arts and Fashion, and have been working and engaging with the textile printing industry for the past seven years. Currently, for my doctoral thesis, I am researching the creation of silk scarves within fashion houses — the collaborating agents and their cultural purposes — analysing the dialogue between craftsmanship and art.
I am particularly interested in bringing this object — the silk scarf — to Galicia, a place rich in stories, traditions, and legends. Although it is not a traditional object here, I see it as a medium with great potential to convey our collective memory. Through workshops and creative projects, I aim to celebrate and reinterpret local narratives, transforming the scarf into a living canvas for storytelling and cultural transmission.
FORMACIÓN ACADÉMICA
2021 - Actualmente | Programa de Doctorado en Creación e Investigación de Arte Contemporánea. Universidade de Vigo.
2017 - 2019 | Master en Diseño y Dirección Creativa de Moda. Universidade de Vigo.
2013 - 2017 | Grado en Bellas Artes. Universidade de Vigo.
EXPERIENCIA PROFESIONAL
2025 - Actualmente | Ilustradora en directo para eventos
2021 - Actualmente | Diseñadora gráfica textil y de pañuelos.
2013 - Actualmente | Dibujante de retratos a lápiz.
2019 - 2023 | Diseñadora Gráfica Textil. Mitwill Textiles Europe. Mulhouse, Francia.
IDIOMAS
Castellano y gallego: lenguas nativas.
Inglés: B2 Cambridge.
Francés: B1 Alliance Française.
EXPOSICIONES
2025
Exposición itinerante:
Obra incluida en la muestra correspondiente al XXVI Premio Fundación Unicaja de Artesanía. Tapiz "¡Que coman pasteles!".
-Museo Fundación Unicaja Joaquín Peinado. Plaza del Gigante, Ronda
-Centro Cultural Fundación Unicaja de Antequera. Málaga.
Exposición Individual. "Literatura Téxtil".
Galería La Doce. Boiro, A Coruña.
Exposición itinerante:
Obra incluida en la muestra correspondiente al XV Certame de Artesanía Antonio Fraguas Fraguas en 2024, Pañuelo “O Tesouro de Caldas de Reis”
-Centro cívico de Arteixo Do 12 ao 25 de maio
-Casino de Noia Do 27 de maio ao 15 de xuño
-Casa da cultura de Pontedeume Do 17 de xuño ao 6 de xullo
-Liceo de Betanzos Do 8 ao 27 de xullo
-Casa da cultura de Mazaricos Do 19 de agosto ao 7 de setembro
-Casa da cultura de Cerceda Do 9 ao 28 de setembro
-Casa da Cultura de Negreira Do 30 de setembro ao 19 de outubro
-Casa da Cultura de Outes Do 21 de outubro ao 9 de novembro
-Casa da Cultura da Pobra Do 10 ao 30 de novembro
-Pazo da Cultura de Narón Do 1 ao 21 de decembro
