Marta Figueiredo

Naarm/Melbourne

Marta Figueiredo is an Australian-Portuguese multidisciplinary artist and designer based in Naarm/Melbourne. Her practice spans experimental design, sculpture, installation, public art, and performance – exploring how materials, objects, and spacial experiences can express stories of care, resilience, and the body. These investigations are grounded in chronic illness, feminist thought, and engagement with ecology and place.

She embraces a discursive approach to design, using form and spatial interaction as tools for reflection, critique, and dialogue. Drawing from personal and collective experience, she brings feminist and disability-led perspectives to question normative ideas of productivity, functionality, and the “average user.” Through colour, texture, scent, sound, and form, she creates playful, multisensory works that invite emotional and embodied engagement. Marta is increasingly exploring participatory methods – gathering impressions and responses from others to inform her process and surface overlooked narratives and alternative ways of knowing.