João Ferro Martins

3+1 ARTE CONTEMPORÂNEA


Untitled, 2024
Silicone on a solar panel
102 x 67,5 cm.

The work of João Ferro Martins (Santarém, 1979) is characterised by its multidisciplinary approach and the use of found objects. Working with painting, installation, drawing, performance and music, the artist appropriates everyday objects or images, from both collected and personal sources, in turn, attributing new meanings, translating ideas and memories into what is real and concrete. The use of unexpected materials – in place of paint, brush, canvas or instrument – challenges the viewer’s preconceived expectations of each artistic medium explored by Ferro Martins, who, never forgetting humour, constantly questions, tests and seeks to overturn the rules.