Marcos Marin

Born and raised in São Paulo, Marin initially pursued a career as a pianist. Marin came to France to study music in Angers.^{[clarification needed][1][better source needed]} Marin came into contact with Victor Vasarely while working as an assistant to a printmaker in Montmartre.^{[2][better source needed]} He met gallerist Delphine Pastor at Art Basel in 2004^[2] where he exhibited a portrait of Grace Kelly at her gallery that was acquired by the New National Museum of Monaco.^[2] The portrait was later installed at Princess Grace Hospital in December 2020.^[3]

In 2007, under the patronage of Pierre Cardin, he took up a residency at Château de Lacoste.^[2] His first project was a series of portraits of classical musicians for Pierre Cardin's Festival de Lacoste.^{[citation needed]}

In 2019, Marin's sculpture of Neymar was unveiled in Paris.^[4]

• Official website Archived June 12, 2018, at the Wayback Machine
• Instagram
• Interview
• Marcos Marin
• A arte de Marcos Marin em Mônaco