COMMISSION

4A STUDIO brings together the fields of visual arts, architecture, and craftsmanship through an energetic, vibrational approach, transporting observers with frequencies that resonate within the space. The studio is a chromatic exploration, delving into sensory perceptions that shape the material world around us and, in the invisible realm, construct our reality.

At the center of this practice stands the azulejo—an ancestral medium that I reimagine as a contemporary language. More than ornament or decoration, it becomes a living material, capable of carrying resonance, memory, and identity within architecture. My work with azulejos is nourished by all my disciplines: painting, ceramics, dance, performance, and architecture converge to create compositions that are both visual and vibrational.

Each project seeks to reveal the infinite potential of azulejos today: monumental frescoes that highlight and sublimate structures, mural paintings that change with light throughout the day, or site-specific pieces that transform space into a field of energy. By crossing craftsmanship and contemporary research, I aim to inscribe azulejos into the present—between heritage and innovation, matter and spirit, art and life.

In a society of specialists that often confines us to a singular vision of life, I offer architectural, artistic, and artisanal projects grounded in a holistic approach, an approach that liberates all our senses, harmonizing with our environment and allowing the environment to resonate in return.

Commission project :

Architectural and design projects
Art commissions
Artistic performances
Workshops & seminars
Research community

Aurore Monteil

State-certified in architecture in 2023, painter on azulejos (tiles), and multi-passionate artisan since 2022, I founded 4A STUDIO this year to explore all my potentials. Trained in classical and contemporary dance at a conservatory from my young age, the body moving in space has always been central in my research approach. This has led me to embrace ecstatic dance and intuitive movement practices, which now guide me in all the disciplines I embrace.

Constantly seeking new experiences, I see everything as an opportunity to explore the invisible world around us. Every sense, every gesture, every thought is material to be elevated, touched, and contemplated.

Curriculum vitae

GENESIS

Essence of all, disregarding the distance of forces, beyond the Earth's atmosphere, subtly intangible, ether fills infinite space.

We are all here in the eternal time and space. We are always going to be here.

We are just doing the divine dance, we are dancing and dancing and dancing.

Dance after dance in one body, in another body, and we are all here.

We are all staying right here…

We haven’t even begun the trip, we are still hung up on form.

It’s all the same trip.

Any trip we want to take leads to the same place.

We are without form.

Beyond space. Beyond time.

We are in everything. Everything is us.

We are the bliss of the universe.

Everything we are.

We are in everything and anything.

We are full and empty.

All at once.

Emptiness is not a substance or an alternate reality to escape to; rather, it is an explanation of how things exist. The outside world is 'empty' of permanent, substantial existence. Scientists can break down molecules into atoms, particles, quarks, strings, and so on, yet we cannot find any essential substance in any phenomenon. Similarly, the inner world of emotions is empty of permanent, substantial existence. Emotions come and go, constantly changing, and if we analyze them, we find nothing substantial or enduring. The self, too, is empty of any permanent, substantial existence. The self is always shifting, never fixed. Nothing is permanent.