Andreja Benedejčič

I am a multidisciplinary artist with a background in architecture and visual arts, working at the intersection of illustration, textiles and murals. Rooted in the wild natural landscapes of Slovenia’s Soča Valley, my practice grows from a need for self-expression, freedom, and connection. I draw on mythology, folk traditions, dreams, and psychology.
What excites me is transforming inner visions into shared spaces of beauty, curiosity, and healing. My work lives in “in-between” places, where ancestral memory meets contemporary longing, and where art becomes both storytelling and a bridge to the human spirit.

My current focus is on wool tapestries and hand-tufted carpets, where I translate intuitive illustrations into vibrant, textured worlds. I came to this craft through a longing for slow, tactile making in contrast to the speed of the digital age, 3 years ago.
Working with wool allows me to stay loyal to human senses, exploring color combinations and atmospheres. Over the past years, I have developed my own approach, drawing from folk traditions, archetypes, and natural cycles. My favorite technique is tufting, as it transforms flat drawings into physical, haptic surfaces—turning symbols, dreams, and stories into something people can touch, feel, and live with. Through this process, I aim to create textiles connecting people with memory, myth, and the natural world.

Craft projects

The Dragonfly’s Dream

This 90×150 cm wool tufted tapestry is part of the series Pattern of Spacetime, which I created last year. The Dragonfly’s Dream A dragonfly begins life as a nymph under water, where it preys on other small creatures. One day it climbs onto a leaf, takes in the air for the first time, and its wings grow. The work is inspired by the Soča River and its many tributaries, whose diversity from source to estuary is too vast to capture in one piece. I chose one part of its flow as a starting point.

The Forest: Tender Wilderness

This 90×150 cm wool tufted tapestry is part of the series Pattern of Spacetime, which I created last year. The Forest: Tender Wilderness Deep in the forest hides a shy wilderness. There is the endless presence of trees, and all the creatures that share the depths of shadow and winter cold. Fallen trunks lie across the ground. Decaying wood becomes the wound of the forest, yet through it new life emerges—mushrooms and fungi growing from the cycle of decomposition.

mountains

Same series as before. Depicting the mountains, golden horn goat and the story of immortality.

Meadows

Same series as before. Depicting meadows, grass, the miniature world of insects and sun’s tears on the grass in morning dawn.