Marisa Ferreira (born 1983) is a

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artist whose work includes both

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and

geometric art Geometric art is a phase of Greek art, characterized largely by geometric motifs in vase painting, that flourished towards the end of the Greek Dark Ages, . Its center was in Athens, and from there the style spread among the trading cities of the ...

. Her work is held in several private and public collections in Germany, Spain, Switzerland, France, Portugal, and particularly Norway at the Stavanger Art Museum.

Life and career

Ferreira was born in Guimarães, in the north of

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, where she studied the visual arts the Francisco de Holanda secondary school. From 2002 to 2007, she studied art at the Universidade de Évora and from 2007 to 2008 art and design for public spaces at the Faculty of Fine Arts of the

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. She has participated in various short courses and residencies including ones at the

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and th
Node Center for Curatorial Studies
in Berlin. She has exhibited regularly since 2005 in both solo and joint exhibitions in Europe, the United States, and Asia. Her first solo exhibition, ''Space+Form'' took place in 2010 at the Galleri Sult in Stavanger. She has lived in

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, Norway since 2008.

Artistic style

Ferreira's style is based on a rigid geometric forms and an idiosyncratic color palette often incorporating aluminum surfaces cut into strips. As curator Joakim Borda-Pedreira pointed out, "Marisa Ferreira makes us aware of our own subjectivity, since two people can see the same painting at the same time and have completely different experiences—where one sees blue, the other sees red."

Public art projects

*2015: ''Rear window'', art installation on the facade of the Oslo Central Station in

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as part of the "Rom for kunst" (Room for Art) initiativeRom for kunst
''Rear Window''
*2013: ''Colour Visions'', large scale

painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

for the main entrance of the oil platform Ekofisk 2/4L, ConocoPhillips;

Solo exhibitions

*2016: ''Depth, Space and Colour'', Gallerie Messmer, Germany *2015: ''Space, rhythm & movement'', :de:Kunsthalle Messmer, Germany *2015: ''Space, rhythm & movement''
Galleri Ask
Horten, Norway *2015: ''Space, rhythm & movement'', Galleri Gann, Sandnes, Norway *2013: ''Colour on Colour'', Galleri Pushwagner v/ Window Box, Oslo, Norway *2012: ''Colour + Space''
Kunstplass -5

, Norway *2012: ''Colour + Form'', Galleri Sult, Stavanger, Norway *2009: T''wo ways of thinking'', Galleri F12, Stavanger, Norway

Awards and bursaries

*2016: Bildende Kunstneres Vederlagsfond bursary, Norway *2015: Kulturrådet,

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bursary, Norway *2012: Bildende Kunstneres Vederlagsfond bursary, Norway *2011: Statens Kunstnerstipend bursary, Norway *2011: Special Jury Prize, IX Bienal de Pintura do Eixo Atlântico, Spain/Portugal *2006: 1º Prize, Cow Parade Lisbon – GuimarãeShopping, Portugal *2006: 1º Prize, Ceranor Competição Jovens Designers, Portugal *2005: Honorable Mention, Pintura, Salúquia às Artes, Moura, Portugal

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ferreira, Marisa 1983 births Living people 21st-century Portuguese painters 21st-century Portuguese women artists Women installation artists People from Guimarães Portuguese women sculptors