Marcia Marx

Who was Marcia Marx?

Marcia Marx, a world-renowned artist, was born in Newark, NJ. She attended Yale University, School of Fine Arts and Columbia University. After completing her studies, Marcia Marx moved to Mexico City where she lived for more than 10 years and received her inspiration for visual imagery.

Marcia Marx is a world famous artist who has frequently painted "Felliniesque characters and impressions" in her works, often using modernist techniques. "Blue Figures In The Studio" is one such example. As a "visual satirist", Marcia Marx’s works, paintings and sculptures, showed a sense of the ridiculous and an eye for the bizarre and comedic elements in the human experience. Marx’s works clearly reflected her strong mastery of medium and message.

As an artist, Marcia Marx was versatile with an assortment of media ranging from paints to clay and left the "storytelling" and interpretation to the public - "No matter what I was thinking when I created it, the viewer writes his or her own script making it a far more intriguing experience", the artist once stated.

She was the first woman to have a one-person show at the Instituto Nacional de Bellas Artes, which Time magazine called a "smash hit".