Marco Maggi


Marco Maggi is a New York- and Uruguay-based artist whose work incorporates common materials such as office paper, aluminum foil, graphite, and apples to create micro drawings, sculptures, and macro installations.
Maggi represented Uruguay at the 2015 Venice Biennale.

Education

Maggi received an MFA from the State University of New York in New Paltz.

Public collections

Maggi's work is included in the public collections of Museum of Modern Art, Museum of Fine Arts Houston, Walker Art Center, Whitney Museum of American Art, Fine Arts Museum of San Francisco, Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Indianapolis Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago Art Institute, Hammer Museum, Los Angeles Museum of Contemporary Art, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston, Cisneros Collection, and the Daros Foundation.

Selected shows

, São Paulo Biennial, Havanna Biennial, Construcciones & Demoliciones, Gwangju Biennial, Pontevedra Biennial, Poetics of the Handmade, New Perspectives in Latin American Art, 1930 - 2006 , Bienal de Guatemala, Optimismo Radical, Bienal de Cuenca, Lentissimo, Drawings in Portuguese, Figari Prize, Career Award.

Publications