Mineral Garden - Sustainability in Colors
Transforming mining waste into paints and coatings, Ana Elisa Murta’s exhibition combines art, sustainability, and social and economic impact.
By MM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
by Ana Elisa Murta
The Mineral Garden exhibit in the Sharp Tongue hall (2025-08-13) by Matheus GramignaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
The Mineral Garden exhibition was presented at MM Gerdau – Mines and Metal Museum from April 2 to June 1, 2025.
Mineral Garden: Nineteen (2025-08-13) by Matheus GramignaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Nineteen, by Ana Elisa Murta
Color is living matter, a witness to time and transformation. In Mineral Garden, Ana Elisa Murta reveals the power of natural pigments extracted from mining tailings, re-signifying what was once discarded into art and sustainability.
Mineral Garden: Eighteen (2025-08-13) by Matheus GramignaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Eighteen, by Ana Elisa Murta
Mineral Garden: Seventeen (2025-08-13) by Matheus GramignaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Seventeen, by Ana Elisa Murta
Mineral Garden: Seventeen (2025-08-13) by Ana Elisa MurtaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Seventeen, by Ana Elisa Murta
More than an aesthetic proposal, Ana Elisa’s work embodies a gesture of recovery and renewal: what was once waste becomes surface, texture, color, and expression.
Mineral Garden: Sixteen (2025-08-13) by Matheus GramignaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Sixteen, by Ana Elisa Murta
The Mineral Garden exhibit (2025-08-13) by Matheus GramignaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
The "Mineral Garden Exhibit" (2025-08-13) by Matheus GramignaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Mineral Garden: Fourteen (2025-08-13) by Matheus GramignaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Fourteen, by Ana Elisa Murta
Mineral Garden: Fourteen (2025-08-13) by Ana Elisa MurtaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Fourteen, by Ana Elisa Murta
Inspired by the hues of the earth and the natural processes of sedimentation and erosion, the artist transforms traces of mining into new possibilities.
The painting "Fifteen" behind the "Sharp Tongue" sculpture (2025-08-13) by Matheus GramignaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Fifteen, by Ana Elisa Murta
Mineral Garden: Fifteen (2025-08-13) by Ana Elisa MurtaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Fifteen, by Ana Elisa Murta
Her research expands the horizons of sustainable art and design, inviting us to reflect on the human impact on the environment and the ways to restore what has been exploited.
Mineral Garden: Twelve and Thirteen (2025-08-13) by Matheus GramignaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Twelve and Thirteen, by Ana Elisa Murta
Mineral Garden: Twelve (2025-08-13) by Ana Elisa MurtaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Twelve, by Ana Elisa Murta
In addition to celebrating the re-signification of materials, Mineral Garden also marks the launch of ecological mineral paints for application on both exterior and interior walls.
Mineral Garden: Eleven (2025-08-13) by Ana Elisa MurtaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Eleven, by Ana Elisa Murta
Taking this innovation beyond the exhibition space and extending its impact into sustainable construction.
Mineral Garden: Twenty (2025-08-13) by Ana Elisa MurtaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
Twenty, by Ana Elisa Murta
Mineral Garden: One (2025-08-13) by Ana Elisa MurtaMM Gerdau - Museu das Minas e do Metal
One, by Ana Elisa Murta
Each color carries a geological and social story, reminding us that in the encounter between art and nature, transformation is always possible.
Exhibition: Mineral Garden - Sustainability in Colors
Artist: Ana Elisa Murta
Curatorship: Roberto Bethonico
Coordination: Márcia Tolentino
Exhibition Design: Traço Arquitetura
Sponsorship: Gerdau
Organization: MM Gerdau - Mines and Metal Museum
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