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Marcos Medina was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico in 1997. He is a contemporary artist, graduated from Escuela Especializada Central de Artes Visuales, where he specialized in Drawing and Painting directed by Prof. Eluciano Vega. He obtained his Summa Cum Laude BFA in Printmaking, with a minor in Painting, at Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico, in 2020. This under the guidance of professors such as Haydée Landing, Marcos De Jesús Carrión, and Javier Maldonado-O'Farrill. Through his years of formation and experimentation, he found his visual language in the fusion of xylography and painting, creating images that employ, mainly, the use of line, space, and high contrast, characteristic of engraving, and the use of light, stain and color of painting.

Medina captures the essence of both artistic practices, giving them a contemporary twist and exploring non-traditional media and supports. His work highlights social, economic, and cultural issues. He revisits history, creating relationships between the issues of the past and their relevance to today's most pressing conflicts. He also finds great inspiration and influence in the work of great Puerto Rican masters, such as Lorenzo Homar, Carlos Raquel Rivera, Rafael Tufiño and Francisco Oller.

Education

2020

Escuela de Artes Plásticas y Diseño de Puerto Rico, San Juan, PR

Printmaking BFA with a Painting minor

2015

Escuela Especializada Central de Artes Visuales, San Juan, PR

Drawing & Painting

Exhibitions 

Solo

2022

Platanal, Galería San Patricio Art Center SPACE, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Shared

2024

Diálogo Gráfico, Galería San Patricio Art Center SPACE, San Juan, Puerto Rico

Shared exhibition with Néstor Millán

Group

2023 - 2024

Serie de Exhibiciones Inmersivas: Colectivo Ciclos Gráficos, Galería Espacio Emergente, Bayamón, Puerto Rico

2023

Celebración, Galería San Patricio Art Center SPACE, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2021

Del equinoccio al solsticio, Galería San Patricio Art Center SPACE, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2021

Equinoccio artístico, Galería San Patricio Art Center SPACE, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2019

Nor Wind Nor Water, Da Vinci Art Alliance DVAA, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 

2018

Bienal Graphi-K 2018, Taller Cultural Luis Díaz Oduardo, Santiago de Cuba, Cuba

2017

Pop Up Studio, Open Studio Project @ Paseo Caribe, San Juan, Puerto Rico

2017

Graffiti + Arte Urbano Contemporáneo, Galería Urbe Apie, Caguas, Puerto Rico

© 2024 Marcos Medina Studio. All rights reserved. 

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