Marco Bizzarri (Santiago, 1988) is a Chilean artist based in West Sussex, UK. His practice explores memory, the passage of time, and the tension between decay and endurance, often through the lens of rural landscapes and abandoned spaces. Drawing primarily from his explorations in the Atacama Desert, Bizzarri intertwines elements from his daily life with the remnants and traces he encounters in these desolate, industrial, and rural environments. The act of walking, discovering, and documenting these remote sites plays a crucial role in his creative process, as does his attention to the marks left by human presence—whether through physical remnants or subtle, atmospheric traces.
Bizzarri’s paintings confront challenges of composition and colour, focusing on the dynamic interplay between light and space. Light in his work acts as both a revealing and concealing force: it illuminates while simultaneously obscuring, generating a tension between the visible and the hidden. This duality creates a feeling of suspension, as if the viewer is observing particles floating in the air. By using layers of splattered paint and carefully rendered lines, Bizzarri merges abstraction with figuration, crafting compositions that evoke a sense of ambiguity and nostalgia.
MARCO BIZZARRI
1988 - Santiago, Chile.
Represented by Patricia Ready Gallery, Chile.
EDUCATION
2021 - 2022
Turps Art School Studio Painting Programme , (London, UK)
2010 - 2014
Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile (Santiago, Chile)
Fine Arts
2007 - 2009
Universidad del Desarrollo (Santiago, Chile)
Architecture
SOLO
2024
Distancia Visible, Galería Patricia Ready (Santiago, Chile)
2023
The temple still stands, INCUBATOR ( London, UK)
2020
Unearthed, Unit 1 Gallery ( London, UK)
2019
Incuria, Galería Animal (Santiago Chile)
2018
Silente CV Galería (Santiago Chile)
2017
Anótese cuidadosamente su procedencia, Espacio Vilches, Universidad Católica (Chile)
Plan de cierre, Centro ARC. (Atacama, Chile)
2015
Efecto de pares, Galería Madhaus. (Santiago, Chile)
COLLECTIVE
2024
Mind to hand, INCUBATOR (London, UK)
End of residency exhibition, The Fores Project (London, UK)
Take a seat , Lamb Gallery (London, UK)
Ouverture, À l’inconnu, Palm Gallery (Taipei, Taiwan)
Lay Bare, Night Café Gallery ( London, UK)
Mi basta uno scorcio, Rubedo art projects (Milán, Italy)
Marking Time, Cooke Latham Gallery ( London , UK)
Dickson Russell Art Management, Watson Farley & Williams ( London , UK)
2023
But dearer still is truth, Plato Gallery in collaboration with WARBLING (Évora, Portugal)
Imágen Auxiliar, Collectio Galería ( Santiago, Chile)
Recursion, The Split Gallery (London , UK)
Fauna Presents Auction, Arundel Castle ( Arundel, UK)
2022
Turps Gallery On-site final show, (London, UK)
Mood times ten, Fitzrovia Gallery (London, UK)
Gilbert Bayes Award Exhibition , Royal Society of Sculptors, Cromwell Place, (London, UK)
Friends with benefits, Safe House two Copeland (London UK)
RSS GBA Exhibition, CASC Gallery, University of Chester (Chester, UK)
2021
Art Nova 100 Annual exhibition, Guardian Art Center (Beijing, China)
Arte Laguna Prize, Venice Arsenale (Venice, Italy)
The Bomb Factory Artist's Film Festival (London, UK)
Royal Society of Portrait Painters Annual Exhibition, Mall Galleries (London, UK)
2020
The Invitational I, Unit 1 Gallery (London, UK)
"XIII Edición Premio de Video arte Ayuntamiento de Astillero", Sala Bretón (Astillero, Spain).
"XIV Premio MAVI arte joven", MAVI Museum (Santiago, Chile)
Cómo delimitar un cuerpo, Espacio Alonso, (Santiago, Chile)
2019
Habitantes , Centro Cultural Matta, (Buenos Aires. Argentina)
2016
Cohabitar, Cede Galería, (Lima, Perú́)
2014
Outsider, Gare Strasbourg. (Strasbourg, France)
Umbrales, Centro de Extensión UC. (Santiago, Chile)
Spring Collection Collective, Línea Gallery (Florence, Italy)
2013
The Young Collectors Exhibition, Leila Heller Gallery. (New York, U.S.A)
AWARDS
2021
The de Laszlo Foundation Award 2021 (London, UK)
Gilbert Bayes Award 2021, Royal Society of Sculptors (London, UK)
Finalist of the Firs Plinth Public Art Award, Royal Society of Sculptors (London, UK)
2020
100 Jóvenes líderes 2020, Revista El Sábado of El Mercurio and Universidad Adolfo Ibáñez (Chile)
Solo Residency Unit 1 Gallery Workshop (London, UK)
First prize Ayuntamiento de Astillero XIII Videoart Award, (Spain).
RESIDENCY
2024 The Fores Project (London, UK)
2021 High House Residency, (Norfolk, UK)
2020 Unit 1 Gallery , Solo residency (London, UK)
2017 Centro ARC, (Atacama, Chile)