Marco Perego

Marco Perego, born in 1979 in Vimercate (MI), lives and works in Los Angeles. The artist has a profound interest in the reuse of materials full of history as well as avant-garde. His body of work addresses the turbulent situations and times we are living in. The artist aims to start a conversation about the incessant change of the world around us and within us, with the continuous search for transformation and transcendence. His works have been exhibited in international group exhibitions at the Rennie Museum in Vancouver, BC, Canada, the Museum of Modern Art in Bologna, the Archaeological Museum in Florence, The Andy Warhol Museum in Pittsburgh and the Untilthen in Paris, France . Perego's personal exhibitions have also been hosted at the Michele Maccarone Gallery and in Paris at Untilthen. The artist is a part of the 2024 Venice Biennale for the Vatican Pavilion. In 2025 an installation will be presented at The Capsule of the Center Pompidou - Mertz. His works are present in public collections, from the Jumex in Mexico City, CDMX, to the Rennie Museum in BC, Canada, to the Hammer Museum in Los Angeles, California. He just completed his writing and directing debut on his first feature film, "The Absence of Eden," starring Zoe Saldana, Garret Hedlund and Adria Arjona. “The Absence of Eden” is produced by Oscar winner Martin Scorsese. Currently, Perego resides in Los Angeles with his wife and their three children.