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MaRTA Ornelas Monteiro
Born in Lisboa and shaped by a global curiosity, Marta Ornelas Monteiro is an architect turned multidisciplinary artist whose creative journey is grounded in a profound dialogue with nature. While her formal training lies in architecture, her heart has always followed the pulse of the natural world—drawing inspiration from organic forms, raw materials, and the unseen patterns that connect all life.
Traveling across continents and ecosystems, she collects not only visual and tactile references, but also fragments of stories carried by landscapes. Her art practice transforms found natural materials into poetic compositions, giving these elements a second life beyond their original context. Each piece becomes a living testimony to nature’s resilience, memory, and transformation.
Her latest work, Layers of Life, Layers of Body, Layers of Nature’s Reality, explores the unseen strata of existence. In this body of work, nature is both subject and medium. Using earth’s textures as a canvas, she reveals the hidden narratives embedded in time: the rings of a tree, the folds of skin, the sediment of memory. The work speaks to the interconnectedness of all life, inviting viewers to consider how their own layers—physical, emotional, and spiritual—are mirrored in the natural world.
Each piece invites quiet contemplation and deeper connection—to the earth, to the body, and to the layered realities we inhabit.