The Art of Marco Riha

Originally from Austria, I started my long creative journey in Sri Lanka in the  nineties. As a self-taught artist I kept on painting and travelling for some years until I found in Mexico my inspiring home base. 

The visual arts fascinate me, like the possibility of screaming without making a sound, the possibility of liberation and the realization of being on an artistic quest.

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. A lot of my personal soul searching themes, dream-like realities and travel impressions were worked through in this period. 

The colorDrops series mark the beginning of my abstract works mixing oils, acrylics & tints. This period also includes some socio-political pieces about liberty, multiculturalism and ecocide. Shifting my focus from personal to collective themes opened up questions about the artist's role as a moral compass.  

2011: Galerie am Schillerplatz "wanderjahre" Vienna,  AT

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

2015: Las Galerias "exposición 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 

2021: Winner of the Special Prize, Mellow Art Award, Japan 

2021: Virtual Lockdown-Exhibition by Fitzrovia Circle, London, UK

2021: Arte Visual Mexico, MX, Issue 04