João Ferro Martins (Santarém, 1979) lives and works in Lisbon and studied Visual Arts at ESAD, Escola Superior de Arte e Design, Caldas da Rainha. He has presented his work in numerous solo exhibitions, including Objetos em Eterno Colapso, Pavilhão Branco, Galerias Municipais de Lisboa, 2020; condition report, 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2020; and 3+1 Arte Contemporânea, Lisbon, 2017.
He has also participated in group exhibitions such as The Happy Death of Images, Book Art Museum, Łódź, Poland, 2022; Pintura: Campo de Observação Parte II, Cristina Guerra Contemporary Art, Lisbon, 2021; Germinal – O Núcleo Cabrita Reis na Coleção de Arte the EDP Foundation, MAAT, Lisbon, 2018; THEM OR US! Um Projeto de Ficção Científica Social e Política, Galeria Municipal do Porto, 2017; Visões do Desterro, Caixa Cultural do Rio de Janeiro, 2013; and I wish this was a song, Music in Contemporary Art, Nasjonalmuseet, Oslo, 2012.
His work is included in collections such as the EDP Foundation, the PLMJ Foundation, Coleção Figueiredo Ribeiro, Coleção de Arte Contemporânea do Estado (Portugal); Coleção Bjorn & Gundorph, Denmark; Coleção Nasjonalmuseet, Norway; and Coleção Oliva Arauna, Spain.