About
A self-taught artist with a passion for decoration, Marcus defines himself as a multidisciplinary art creator. His artistic world encompasses paintings, drawings, sculptures, lightings, photography, videos and installations. Among the artists who have had an influence on his development since the outset are Serge Poliakoff, Josef Frank and Tatsuo Miyajima.
Although Marcus likes to give his imagination free rein, like a floating electron, there has been a guiding thread running through his pictorial work in the early of the 2000s. A characteristic feature of his paintings and drawings is geometrical and organic forms where random elements which come up in the process of composition finally melt into a structured, colourful whole.
More recently, the concept of flying time plays a major role in his approach. Most of his latest works developed in various spaces, forms and techniques provide an answer on how to slow down this process or depict it. Different alternatives in the manufacturing process and time management give him the choice of unique works or original series. His art challenges the viewer caught in the gears of the ticking clock.
On Instagram, he presents shorts videos recounting some little stories of everyday life lived by imaginary characters.
Alongside his career as an artist, he has also been developing a new, targeted way of working in the decorative arts. This concept appeals directly to private individuals and professional interior designers. He offers bespoke hand embroidered cushions and hand painted lampshades decorated with small funny characters.
He wrote his first novel "La Mélodie des Effluves" in 2023. A series of short stories about a talented French chef and a young Japanese pianist locked in a mansion during a pandemic.
Through this global creative act, he delivers different testimonies of the flying time.
Marcus, who comes from Brussels, is now based in Stockholm and works in both cities.
Education
Academy of Arts in Brussels - 1996, 1997, 1998 and 2005.
Solo exhibitions
L´Olivier - Brussels - "Impression et pointillisme" - 1996
Le Sablon - Brussels - "Yellow blue" - 1997
La Commanderie - Brussels - "Les quatre saisons" - 2001
L´Arte - Brussels - "Spirales" - 2002
Actor´s Studio - Brussels - "Ecorces" - 2002
Espace Art Gallery - Brussels - "Etats d´âmes" - 2012
La Petite Galerie Francaise - Stockholm- "Elements sages" - 2013
Hedengrens Gallery - Stockholm - "Come fly with me" - 2018
Galleri Storgatan - Stockholm - "The Molly Wolly Marcus Show II" - 2020
Galleri Hind - Stockholm - "If the walls could talk, between hope and despairs" - 2022
Galleri Hind - Stockholm - "Hey på dig" - 2022 ( Stockholm Design Week )
Galleri Riddaren - Stockholm - "Time flies - What have you done during those years ?" - 2024
Group exhibitions
Château Saint-Anne - Brussels - "Autumn" - 1996
L´Aquarelle - Brussels - "Black and white" - 2001
La Petite Galerie Francaise - Stockholm - 2013 - 2014
Vogelsang Gallery - Affordable Art Fair - NewYork - "Elements Sages" - 2014
Detroit Gallery - Stockholm - 2018
Art Project
Urban Deli - Stockholm - 2016
Bert Van Hoecke Interiors - Stockholm - 2017
Coco and Carmen restaurant - Stockholm - 2018
Gerald Watelet Interiors - Brussels - 2019
Bar à vins - Stockholm - "The Molly Molly Marcus Show" - 2019
Schmaltz Bar and Delikatessen - Stockholm - 2020
Sparrow Hotel - Stockholm - 2021
New collection of cushions with Kisany - Brussels - 2022
Novel
"La mélodie des effluves" - 2023
Press & Bibliography
"Etats d´âmes - âmes d´états: émotions chromatiques" - arts et lettres - Francois Speranza - 2012
Recueil N°5 - Editions d´art EAG Brussels - 2015
Certificate of artistic achievement - Luxembourg Art Prize 2024
Works in private collection in Brussels, London, Luxembourg, Paris, Malta, Milan, NewYork and Stockholm.