Marlene Almeida (Bananeiras, 1942. Lives in João Pessoa) is a painter, art restorer, and philosopher. Since the 1970s, she has researched natural pigments and binding agents, seeing the earth as both material and symbol of social and ecological struggle. Committed to ideals of justice since her involvement with the Peasant Leagues, she works across painting, sculpture, and installation, embracing the earth as the foundation of her art-life practice. She served as president of the Association of Professional Visual Artists of Paraíba and taught courses on natural pigments at the National Festival of Women in the Arts, the Summer Festival of Petrópolis, MAM Rio, and the Fundação Espaço Cultural da Paraíba. She has exhibited at MASP, MAC-USP, the Memorial da América Latina, and the Fundação Espaço Cultural da Paraíba.