Artist Statement:
In 1975 he was born in Iowa City, Iowa to migrant workers and spent his childhood in the small town of Premont, TX. As a young man he enrolled at Texas State Technical College and chose to study Drafting and Design. At the early age of five he drew murals, in pencil, in his bedroom walls. He started painting studies (life-drawing, sketching and anatomy) at the age of 25. Marco Antonio studied under Hector Aristo (in charcoal) and Aldo Biglione (in ink). He was influenced by many different art styles in his work, including western art, expressionism, cubism, and surrealism. The beginning of his painting career did not start until late 2001, at the early age of 25, after moving from San Antonio to the Rio Grande Valley and began experimenting with rubbing alcohol and acrylics (a technique also taught by Hector Aristo), then progressing into oils. Once he was able to understand both the ink technique and the rubbing alcohol he began to combine the two. Most of the paintings were constructed simple by using individual objects, off-centered subject and unusual angels and by allowing all mistakes to take form in his work. As he continued to paint he started to see newer techniques start to develop. After graduating for TSTC, in 2004, he worked as an assistant organizing and coordinating art exhibitions at Espana Mediterranean Cuisine with Hector Aristo and Isaac Guerra. As he continued to paint he joined the McAllen Creative Incubator in November of 2005. .
Published work:
The Town Crier News Paper, McAllen TX 2005
The Monitor News Paper (Festiva), McAllen TX 2005
Artwork has been published on the "Street to Studio: The Art of Jean-Michel Basquiat" web site. http://www.basquiatonline.org 2005
Prosaic Magazine 2004 September issue 2004 www.prosaicmagazine.com
"Interstice" An Annual Publication of South Texas College, McAllen TX- 2006
Victoria Advocate, Restoring Ancient Remains, 2006
McNews Publication Chamber of Commerce, McAllen a mixed media show , 2006
MSN Channel 12, Interview, McAllen TX (aired 08-2006)
The Monitor, Art ache (Cover) - McAllen TX 2006
Rio Grande Valley Publication Business Journal, cover, August 21, 2006
TV AZTECA 13, September 8, 2006, Interview aired September 15, 2006
RUMBO del Valle, 2006 Interview
Interview by the Nancy Moyer writer for the Festiva, The Monitor, 9/2006
Valley Morning Star News Paper, 2006
The Monitor News Papaer, 2006
Head Magazine/ 2006 Issue
Jack Magazine/ 2006 Volume 3 No.1
"Detours" Featured Film by M3 Productions 2006
An Annual Publication South Texas College, "Interstice" 2007 issue
The Paper of South Texas - May 2-8, 2007 issue Number 11 page 15, McAllen
AJSLP - American Jouranl of Speech Language Pathology 2008
Art Shows:
Project 1676 Fundraiser, 2004 Espana Mediterranean Cuisine, McAllen Tx
Virgin de Guadelupe 2002 Espana Mediterranean Cuisine, McAllen Tx
Valentine Day 2002 Espana Mediterranean Cuisine, McAllen Tx
Paseo Plaza, Brownsville Tx 2003
Dia de La Muerte, 2003 Espana Mediterranean Cuisine, McAllen Tx
Virgin de Guadelupe December, 2003 Espana Mediterranean Cuisine, McAllen Tx
Artarma 2004 Art Center of Corpus Christi,
Art Walk 2004 Espana Mediterranean Cuisine McAllan, Tx
ArtWerks Gallery & Studios Corpus Christi, Tx
McAllen Ballet, Cuban dancer in Nutcracker (Rolando Sarabia) 2005
ArtWalk- February -2006 Espana Mediterranean Cuisine
The Loft 2006, McAllen TX
McAllen Ballet, Performance 2006/ - SYLVIA - Choreography by Richard d'Alton
Prisioners of the Past, Play, Written by Jim McKone-In direction of Teatro Nuestra Cultura 2006
ArtWalk- March -2006
Art Awakenings May 2006 - McAllen TX
Aldo Biglione Exhibition, June 2006 - McAllen Creative Incubator, McAllen TX
Solo EXhibition "A.R.T. e" - A Reason To Escape - 09/2006
Cinesol's 2nd Annual 36 Hour Film Race
