ABOUT

Maria Constanza Ferreira (1994, Caracas) is a Venezuelan-Portuguese-American artist based in Porto. Her practice combines experimental film, photography, installation, and other formats through which she explores images, objects, and narratives that usually remain unseen.

She approaches art as a means of studying practices and memories, testing the boundaries between science and the occult, and reflecting on how we relate to cultural and material landscapes. Her work proposes new ways of perceiving, evoking subtle layers of sensory, historical, and symbolic experience.

CURRENT

︎Aug. 2024 - June 2025
Artworks Artistic Residency “NoEntulho” (Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal)
︎June 2025
Group Exhibition: Hidden Gallery (Atlanta, Georgia)

UPCOMING

︎July 2025 - July 2026
Porto Digital Gallery: Porto Digital x Galeria Municipal do Porto

LINK TO CV

 

Her works have been showcased at places such as Times Square Midnight Moment, Konstpaus (public exhibit organized by the Municipal Department of Art of Stockholm), Monstra Animation Festival & Punto y Raya Festival “100 years of Portuguese Abstract Animation”, Indielisboa Film Festival, MoMA PS1, The Exploratorium Museum in San Francisco,  and at New York University Abu Dhabi Art Gallery. In Porto, Ferreira participated in group exhibitions such as ARTES - Mota Galiza, Mármol’s “Uncertain Neighbors”, as well as having a published studio visit from Galeria Municipal do Porto. This year she was one the three jury members for CERN’s Cineglobe where she also exhibited her installation Crystal Landscapes. Additionally in 2024, Ferreira showcased her films and artworks at MONSTRA Animation Festival, where she gave a masterclass. In 2023, with the support of the Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, Ferreira created a series of artistic projects that are currently exhibited at Casa de la Ciencia in Sevilla and will also be showcased at El Parque de La Ciencia in Granada. From 2019 to 2020, Ferreira was awarded a year-long residency in the chemistry laboratory of the Kahr Research Group at New York University, funded by the National Science Foundation of the United States. She was the recipient of the GLAS Animation Festival Grant, the singular grant of its kind for independent animators in the United States, in addition to receiving two nominations for Vimeo’s Best of the Year Films. Ferreira earned a Bachelor of Fine Arts from the Rhode Island School of Design in Film/Animation/Video.