Aurélie d’Incau (*1990) is a Luxembourgish visual artist and art educator working between Lisbon and Luxembourg. With a background in Visual Arts (Maastricht) and a Master’s in Art Education (Lisbon), her research-based art practice explores the intersection of art and play, focusing on adult participation. She integrates pedagogy, psychology, and neuroscience into intuitive methods like performance, storytelling, and installation. Key projects include Antropical (2016–2023), Noitibihoc (2021), Planet Future (2023), and the ongoing Ministry of Strange Affairs. Her current work investigates grief and care systems, including the intergenerational project Liewen and curatorial work with Mais uno +1 (since 2022). This year, she became the founder and member of Art-education collective Coletivo Migalha Lisbon (2026).

EDUCATION

2020-2023 Master in Artistic Education ULisboa, PT

> Ministry of Strange Affairs, an exploratory case study on activating play in the adult art audience.

> diploma Master of Arts 2024

2013–2017 Bachelor in Visuel Arts MAFAD, NL

> artistic research on Play and social change in Art

> diploma Bachelor of Arts in august 2017

2012–2013 European Studies Maastricht University, NL

> political science, history, economy

Languages: Luxemburgish - French - German - English - Dutch - Portuguese - Spanish

@RuiHenriques

AWARDS

2026

Prix de jeune talent du CAL, Luxembourg

2022

Nomination Edward Steichen

award, Luxembourg

2017

Thesis prize Faculteit van de

Kunsten Hogeschool Zuyd 2017

Performances & exhibitions

(upcoming) Exhibition Galerie Dominique Lang, Dudelange, LU

(upcoming) solo Exhibition Escher Theater

(upcoming) Community art project with Coletivo Migalha Loures, PT

‘Liewen’, ongoing intergenerational auto- ethnography with my mother Luxembourg, LU

• residency Abbaye Neimënster January 26

• residency Squatfabrik #2, KUFA, May, 2026

• Process exhibition Neimënster, 9.05-25.05

‘Window’, Cal du printemps, collective exhibition,Tramschapp, LU

'Störende Wahrheiten - die Entzauberung der Welt', public art group show, Lorentzweiler, LU

‘Ministère des affaires étranges on tour’, performance with the participation of Gonçalo Fialho (PT), Marieke Sytema (NL), Vittoria Quartararo (DE/IT), Performissima, Centre Wallonie Bruxelles, Paris, FR

'PLAY(THE)GROUND', organiser and participator in residency in community art, Mais uno +1 collective, Talude, PT

'Feast of the Birds', artist in residence Kintai Arts, Kintai Arts, LT

‘Planet Future - die 11 Kreaturen’, Participatory video-project with Tania Soubry, Orangerie 3, fondation EME, Ettelbruck, LU

Berry the Sun': Participatory exhibition and performance in collaboration with Mais Uno +1 Lisbon, Picoas, PT

‘Missfish’, interactive performance with Gonçalo Fialho (PT), Hors Lits, Lisboa, PT

‘Ministry of strange affairs’, ongoing participatory performance

• 2020-2023 -Lisbon, PT, self organised

• 2023 - 48h Neukölln, Berlin, DE

‘Previsões do quase depois’, street performance with Carlos and Gonçalo Fialho (PT)

• 06.2022 -Caldas Late Night Festival, Caldas da Rainha, PT

• 07.2025 - FMM Sines, self organised, Sines, PT

sept 2027

March 2027

July 2026

2024 - present

03.2026

06-09.2025

24.10.2025

07.2025

04.2025

08.2024

06.2024

03.2024

10.2022 - present

2022 - present

Quero presente instinto cebola, quero!, Performance at Fake extreme art, Galeria Ana Lama, Cisterna FBAUL, Lisboa, PT

‘Noitibihoc': Play Laboratory with Clio Van Aerde, CAW Walfer, LU

Ech Gesinn eppes Wat's Du Net Gesaïs' Created for the #5 triennale de la jeune création with the title of ‘Brave New World Order’, Rotondes/Casino, Luxembourg, LU

'Carlos': fictitious non-fiction, marionette persona appearing in Portugal, Luxembourg, and France.

'Dobausseministar': Nomad performance in nature in “Eng Aner Siicht Op D’Natur” , West Luxembourg, LU

“Eng Aner Siicht Op D’Natur” , art trail in forest with Antropical colective, in Collaboration with ANF - Ministry of environment Luxembourg, LU

'Zuch': Mixed media. This installation is only visible through the eye of the smart-phone, our magic mind- and body-extension.

LU

03.03.2022

November 2021

2021

2020- ongoing

July-Sept 2020

2020–2024

2018

COMMITMENTS

Founder, curator, participator

• 2026 - co-founder Coletivo Migalha (PT/EU)

  • art education

  • community art

• Founder and member of the international collective Antropical, LU

  • artistic research on the role of art in society

Member

• Member of Mais uno +1 curatorial collective, PT

  • art research on the commons

  • social art projects

TALKS & TEACHING

9.11.2025

Fourth AIE International Conference (Art, Research and Education) presentation research Ministry of strange affairs., Madrid, ES

13.07.2023

Artists Talk - Artistas Anónimos, Galleria Monumental, Lisboa, PT

2022-2026

Play as a pedagogical attitude - formation continue Centre Formida, Esch, LU

15.06.2018

Talk: Playful arts festival

s-Hertogenbosch, NL

Publications & catalogues

• Coming up: Publication LIEWEN 2027

• Coming up: Intervention Woxx newspaper September 2026

• CAL, (3.2026), Catalogue The Window, Printemps du Cal, Cercle Artistique de Lucembourg, LU

• Lorentzweiler (6-9.2025), Catalogue Störende Wahrheiten - die Entzauberung der Welt, Lorentzweiler, LU

• d’Incau, A., Nowraty, Z., Doheem #1: Alfredo Lorenzo, publication for Störende Wahrheiten, Lorentzweiler, LU

• d’Incau A., Fialho, G. (2024) Trilogy of Microstories, self published, PT

• Dorottya Ács, (06/23),“Landmade”, cultural mapping zine, Mais uno +1, Lisbon, PT

• Cataloque 'Brave new world order' (2021) Triennale de la jeune creation, Casino & Rotondes, LU

• Ministère de l’environnement &, Antropical, (07.2020) “État de la nature”, Carte and Passeport, Luxembourg, LU

• d’Incau A., Louis C.. Wagner. N., Weis T., (25/03/2021) Publication Jamais peut-être, Casino, LU

• Antropical Residence Publications under my direction:

  • 2019 : Play until United

  • 2018 : Kolla as a Microcosm

  • 2017: Involving the audience

  • 2016 : Art VS Nature

• Graduation Catalogue ‘BACK TO MAYBE’ MAFAD Maastricht Academy of Fine Arts and Design, 22.06.201

Academic articles

d’Incau A.,Fernandes L., (23/05/2025) FROM CONSUMER TO COMMUTER TO COMMUNITY SPIRIT, Leida magazine Issue 6 Travels in the Consumption Zone, https://leida.artun.ee/en , EE

d’Incau A., (2023) “The Ministry of Strange Affairs : an exploratory case study on activating play in adults within the arts”, Faculty of Arts, University of Lisbon, PT