Marco DaSilva is a Brazilian-American artist whose symbol-based works explore hybridity through the intersections of painting and craft. His graphic style blends the collaging of objects, textures, and mediums. His work investigates ritual and storytelling through a queer lens. DaSilva creates his own mythology in the process, offering viewers a richly saturated landscape of his world to the viewer.
He was a NYFA Artist as Entrepreneur Fellow, a Visual Art Fellow for Queer|Art|Mentorship, and an artist-in-residence at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Arts Center. His work has been featured in NBC OUT’s “12 queer artists whose work is making us pay attention” and is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Watson Library.
In fall 2023, DaSilva attended Beaux-Arts de Paris on exchange as part of his graduate studies, earning his MFA in Painting from Hunter College in spring 2025. He is currently an artist-in-residence at AnkhLave Arts Alliance on Governors Island.
Contact: mdasilva115@gmail.com
Instagram: @quaintstruggle
