Born in Portugal (1979) and now based in Naarm/Melbourne, Marta Figueiredo is a multidisciplinary designer and artist. Working across design, sculpture, installation, and public art, she explores craft as a vessel for personal and collective narratives. Rooted in lived experience and cultural heritage, Figueiredo dissolves boundaries between design and art, and tradition and innovation. Her work fosters witnessing, transformation, and tactile engagement.
Figueiredo was awarded the 2024 Australian Furniture Design Award and the 2021 Northern Beaches Environmental Art & Design Prize. Her work has been exhibited at Melbourne Now, Sydney Contemporary, and internationally in Milan, Paris, Shanghai, and Belgium. She recently completed a major commission with Craft Victoria for Home Docklands.