The Art of Marco Riha

Originally from Austria, I started my long creative journey 25 years ago in Sri Lanka. 

As a self-taught artist I kept on painting and travelling for some years until I found in Mexico my creative home base. 

The majority of my images are born out of an automatic painting technique. 

"Automatism refers to creating art without conscious thought, accessing material from the unconscious mind"

During my symbolic period, I painted with water colors and crayons on paper, followed by a long fascination with oils on canvas. 

This period includes therapeutic releases, first screams in color and inner & outer travel logs.

The colorDrops series from 2014 mark the beginning of my abstract works in mixed media. This current period includes socio-political pieces  about liberty, multiculturalism, ecocide, division & unity, raising the age old question about the artist's role as a moral compass.  

2011: Galerie am Schillerplatz "wanderjahre" Vienna,  AT

2012: Hotel Asiana "behind the surface" Dubai, UAE

2013: Las Galerias "circuito de arte" Puerto Morelos, MX 

2017: ArtBox.Project Basel, CH

2018: Olympus Tours, "alas"  Cancun, MX

2018: La Verdad Noticias, MX, Issue 01  

2019: Jardin Botanico, "artistas por la paz" Puerto Morelos, MX 

2019: ArtBox Project Miami, US

2019: WOTISART? Art Magazine, London, UK Issue 12

2020: AlTiba9, Contemporary Art, Algier, DZ Issue 04 

2020: Art Habens Contemporary Art Review, London, UK Issue 09 

2020: Winner of the Special Prize, Mellow Art Award, Japan 

2021: Arte Visual Mexico, MX, Issue 01 & 04

2021: Focus Art Fair, L'Atelier Richelieu, Paris, FR by HongLee  Curators

2021: Colour of Life & Colour of Emotion, Saatchi Gallery & Fold Gallery, London, UK 

2021: Tokyo International Art Fair, Japan by Global Art Agency