Marisa Ferreira
was born in 1983, Portugal.
Lives and works between London and Oslo.
Marisa Ferreira’s body of work encompasses painting, sculpture, photography, and public works. Her work draws from childhood memories of being born in a context of loss and industrial decline that characterized the 1980s in the north of Portugal, and investigates the intersection of material, industrial landscape, and ecological transformation. Through practice-led and interdisciplinary methodologies, recent works investigate the intersection between colonialism and the Anthropocene. Often blurring reality, fiction and imagination, her works explore the ways memory, place and cultural identity intersect to explore creative and speculative methods to reimagine a more inclusive and sustainable future.
Collections include: Louis Vuitton, Stavanger KunstMuseum (Norway), Norlinda and José Lima (Portugal), Messmer (Germany), REV Ocean, Deloitte, ConocoPhillips, Wintershall, Norwegian Tax Authorities.
Marisa Ferreira holds a PhD in Arts & Humanities from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London, United Kingdom, funded by Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) with the thesis “Waste Matter: Public Art and the (Im) Materiality of Post-Colonial Memory”. Ferreira is currently a Postdoctoral research assistant at Sites & Situations at the Royal College of Art.
REPRESENTED BY
Galeria Presença - Porto, Portugal
studiomarisaferreira@gmail.com
@marisaferreirastudio
Curriculum Vitae (EN)
Lives and works between London and Oslo.
Marisa Ferreira’s body of work encompasses painting, sculpture, photography, and public works. Her work draws from childhood memories of being born in a context of loss and industrial decline that characterized the 1980s in the north of Portugal, and investigates the intersection of material, industrial landscape, and ecological transformation. Through practice-led and interdisciplinary methodologies, recent works investigate the intersection between colonialism and the Anthropocene. Often blurring reality, fiction and imagination, her works explore the ways memory, place and cultural identity intersect to explore creative and speculative methods to reimagine a more inclusive and sustainable future.
Collections include: Louis Vuitton, Stavanger KunstMuseum (Norway), Norlinda and José Lima (Portugal), Messmer (Germany), REV Ocean, Deloitte, ConocoPhillips, Wintershall, Norwegian Tax Authorities.
Marisa Ferreira holds a PhD in Arts & Humanities from the Royal College of Art (RCA) in London, United Kingdom, funded by Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT) with the thesis “Waste Matter: Public Art and the (Im) Materiality of Post-Colonial Memory”. Ferreira is currently a Postdoctoral research assistant at Sites & Situations at the Royal College of Art.
REPRESENTED BY
Galeria Presença - Porto, Portugal
studiomarisaferreira@gmail.com
@marisaferreirastudio
Curriculum Vitae (EN)
Photo by Stefan Pereira, 2024