The Art of Marco Riha

Born and educated in Austria, I landed in Sri Lanka in 1995. Fascinated by this stunning island I took a sabbatical year from my tour guide job to embark on a long creative journey.

As a self-taught artist, I only learned much later, that what I am doing is called Automatism: 

'In art, automatism refers to creating art without conscious thought, accessing material from the unconscious mind as part of the creative process.'  (Tate Art Term)  

After traveling and painting for some years I found in Mexico my creative home base. 

I experimented with all types of mediums including a long fascination with oils on canvas -

a  symbolic period  filled with therapeutic releases, inner and outer travel logs and first screams in color.  

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 and unity.

2011 :      'wanderjahre', Wien, AT 

2013:        Hotel Asiana, 'behind the surface', Dubai, UAE 

2015:          Las Galerías, 'exposición de arte', Puerto Morelos, MX 

2017:          ArtboxProjects Basel, CH 

2018:         Olympus Tours Gallery, collective expo 'alas' Cancun, MX

2018:          La Verdad  Noticias, MX Issue 01

2019:         Jardín Botánico, 'artistas por la paz', Puerto Morelos, MX 

2019:         ArtboxProjects, Miami, US

2 019:        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

2021/06:  Focus Art Fair, L'Atelier Richelieu, Paris, FR by HongLee Curators:  

2021/08:  Colour of Life, Saatchi Gallery &

2021/09:  Colour of Emotion FOLD Gallery, London, UK 

2021/10:  Tokyo International Art Fair, Japan 

2021/10:   Featured Artist Circle Foundation, Lyon, FR

2021/11:   Dubai Art Expo, UAE 

2021/11:  ARTSPER featured artist

2021/12:  ARTJOBS.COM Artist of the Month

2022:          ARTMAGAZiNEUM, Istanbul, TR, Issue 07