Luis
Marques

Born in 1984, Portugal, graduated in Architecture from the University of Porto (Portugal), Luis is based in Geneva (Switzerland) since 2011 where he works in the public sector, for the Département du territoire. 

He started developing his artistic work based in his long-time love for drawing. Using mixed media (graphite, ink, watercolour, amongst others), he proposes a certain sort of imaginary topographies (most of them inhabited) that could be seen as subconscious, internal and personal places, with natural inspired rules. 

At first, one might get lost in the textures and some hypnotic pattern, but looking closer, one gets fascinated by the change of perspective where natural environments (although simulated) emerge with a hint of familiarity that comes with recognizable landscape traces. 

He also explores the boundaries of sculpture with his paper cut assemblages, assessing notions of scale, rhythm and relief along with ideas of loneliness, isolation or the human impact on the landforms