Marcos Valella received a Master of Fine Arts from The University of Iowa. He is the recipient of the Here and There Grant, Bass Museum of Art, Miami Beach; a resident at the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) Miami and SOMA Teaching Artist in Residence, Mexico City; a participant in Dialogues in Cuban Art artist exchange program and a resident in Andrea Zittel’s A–Z West.

His exhibitions include Echoes of the Ancient in Contemporary Voices, Orlando Museum of Art, Orlando, FL; Paradise, Forecast, New York, NY; After the Last Sky, Columbia University, New York, NY; The Commonplace of Things, Dimensions Variable, Miami; Interlay, Augustana Teaching Museum of Art, Rock Island, IL; While watching T.V., Windows@Walgreens, Miami Beach; framekini, Bikini Wax, Mexico City; Grid’s World, Locust Projects, Miami; Fish Scales, Michael Jon & Alan Gallery, Miami; Practices Remain, Regina Rex, New York; MRV, Nina Johnson Gallery, Miami; New Work Miami, Miami Art Museum, Miami; Present, Centro Cultural Español, Miami; and Painting’s Edge, Riverside Art Museum, Riverside, CA.

Collections include Pérez Art Museum Miami, NSU Art Museum Fort Lauderdale, Augustana Teaching Museum of Art, Girls’ Club Foundation, University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art, Patricia and Phillip Frost Art Museum, Museum of Art and Design Miami. He has been included in various publications such as Artforum, The New Yorker, The Miami New Times, The Miami Herald, The Miami Rail, and Time Out New York.