Filant la natura: els tapissos de Maria Assumpció Raventós

This November the Fundació Felícia Fuster opens an exhibition devoted to the textile output of Maria Assumpció Raventós (Sant Sadurní d’Anoia, 1930), a key figure in the renewal of contemporary Catalan tapestry.

Initially trained at the Escola Superior de Belles Arts de Sant Jordi, she consolidated her practice at the Escola Catalana del Tapís with Josep Grau-Garriga and, decisively, with the Argentine artist Susana Rolando, from whom came the adoption of knotting techniques that turn the fabric into a three-dimensional relief.

After periods in Paris, Washington and Japan, Raventós — associated with the currents of Catalan informalism, awarded the Creu de Sant Jordi and an academician of the RACBA de Sant Jordi — built a singular universe that binds craft and formal research, always championing the role of women creators.

The show brings together nine pieces of great textural richness, made with her own dyes on virgin fibre, in which the work leaves the wall to engage with the memory of her native Penedès, sea voyages and an early ecological awareness influenced by the art of indigenous American cultures.

Find out more about the exhibition « Filant la natura: els tapissos de Maria Assumpció Raventós » on the Fundació Felícia Fuster website. Last updated: 09/11/2026