No. 3, Geological Faults (2026) explores the idea of the Earth as raw material in constant motion and transformation by translating fragmentation, tension, and displacement into modular forms to evoke the fault lines of the Earth’s crust. Ferreira imagines geological faults not as something fixed, as they unfold over millions of years, but as something unstable, continuously shifting and unfolding as the viewer moves in space as a way to mirror Earth processes and remind us that human and geological timelines are interconnected.
The artwork was part of Ferreira’s solo exhibition EcoNarratives of a Trembling Earth at Galeria Presença in Porto, Portugal, January-March 2026. The exhibition examined the relationship between nature and geometric abstraction to investigate how colour, fragmentation, and materiality can translate ecological instability. The works presented landscapes as ‘silent witnesses’ of extractive exploitation, and redefined monumentality as modular, fragmented, and mutable.
Marisa Ferreira (b. 1983) is a Portuguese artist and researcher based in Oslo and London. She holds a PhD in Arts & Humanities from the Royal College of Art (RCA), London, funded by the Foundation for Science and Technology (FCT). She is currently a Postdoctoral Research Assistant at the Sites & Situations Research Lab at the RCA.
Ferreira’s work has been presented in national and international exhibitions, including EcoNarratives of a Trembling Earth at Galeria Presença (PT), On the Most Visible Side of the Images at CACE (PT), As Far as My Eyes Can See – The Expedition Exhibition at Bomuldsfabrikken, Arendal (NO), and Sculpture in the City (UK).
Her practice spans public art commissions and large-scale site-specific projects across Norway, the UK, Ireland, Japan, and the United States. Her work is held in public and private collections, including Stavanger Kunstmuseum (NO), Skatteetaten (NO), REV Ocean (NO), Louis Vuitton (JP/US), The Royal Liverpool University Hospital (UK), the Norlinda and José Lima Collection (PT), the Messmer Foundation (DE), Deloitte (NO), ConocoPhillips (NO), and Wintershall (NO). Ferreira is represented by Galeria Presença, Porto.