Marco DaSilva is an artist whose symbol-based works explore hybridity through the intersections of painting and craft. His mosaics examine camouflage and syncretism, combining symbols from American culture, Catholic saints, and Afro-Brazilian deities into hybrid works that examine objects as relics. His graphic style blends the collaging of objects, textures, and mediums to investigate ritual and storytelling through a queer lens. DaSilva creates his own mythology in the process, offering a richly saturated landscape of his world to the viewer.
DaSilva’s work has exhibited at The Latinx Project at NYU, Beverly’s at Feria Material (Mexico City), with solo exhibitions at Abrons Arts Center and The Bureau of General Services – Queer Division. He has participated in the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council’s Art Center Residency (Governors Island, NY), Queer|Art|Mentorship (New York, NY) and Anklave Art Alliance's Garden Project. His work is included in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art’s Watson Library and the Beth Rudin DeWoody Collection. He holds a BFA from SUNY New Paltz and an MFA from CUNY Hunter College.
Contact: mdasilva115@gmail.com
Instagram: @quaintstruggle
Photo by Yitian Yan