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ON THE WORK OF MARCELO JÁCOME >>> BACK
Marcelo Jácome was born in 1980 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.
Arising from a constructive drive linked to an interest in making, his work unfolds within the notion of the expanded field. His practice manifests at the intersection of painting, architecture, and object — a condition that enables him to conceive spatial activations and site-specific installations.
Perceiving the city as a pictorial instance, he seeks to articulate in his projects the aesthetics, chromatic relations, and the unseen aspects that shape urban landscapes. To achieve this, he draws on a material repertoire sourced from commercial hubs of the city, allowing him to propose formal, chromatic, literal, and symbolic assemblages from the artifacts he chooses to highlight.
His trajectory includes exhibitions and projects in institutions in Brazil and abroad, among them the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation (Lisbon, PT), Saatchi Gallery (London, GB), Brasilea Foundation (Basel, CH), and Museu do Açude (Rio de Janeiro, BR). He has also collaborated with groups and brands such as Nike/Nike Lab, ICArt/Royal Caribbean, Farm, ArtRio, Cidade Matarazzo, and DW!, among others.
