Marta Troya (b. 1995) is a Spanish visual artist whose interdisciplinary practice explores the relationship between contemporary art, traditional craft, and ancestral knowledge. She studied Fine Art and History of Art at Kingston School of Art in London, followed by a scholarship to study Sculpture at the Central Academy of Fine Arts in Beijing. In 2018, she completed an MA in Painting at the Royal College of Art in London.

Working across textiles, ceramics, glassmaking, printmaking, and mixed-media installation, Troya’s practice has been shaped by encounters and collaborations with artisans and traditional makers across Morocco, China, India, and Europe. Her research explores the knowledge, stories, and values rooted in artisan communities and their territories, examining how craft can support intergenerational knowledge transmission, strengthen relationships with the land, and sustain traditional ways of creating and living that are increasingly threatened by contemporary social and environmental change. By questioning the colonial hierarchies that have historically placed craft below fine art, she approaches tradition as a living form of knowledge, reinterpreting techniques and narratives to explore their relevance to contemporary culture.

Troya’s work also investigates the relationship between artistic practice, personal transformation, and ritual. Drawing on autobiographical experience, she explores the intersections between nature, the body, and the psyche, with a particular interest in femininity, embodiment, and maturation. Approaching the art object as a means of marking moments of transition, she examines the disconnection between individuals, their bodies, and their capacity for self-trust, while considering the potential for renewed relationships with the natural world. Through repetitive, intuitive, and materially grounded processes, Troya explores making as a means of reflection, transformation, and the ritualisation of lived experience.

Her work has been exhibited internationally and developed through residencies across Europe, Asia, North Africa, and the United States.

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