Barrage, 2023-2024
Marco Scorti, born in Lugano in 1987, is a Swiss artist, who lives and works between Geneva and Lugano. He studied at the Haute École d’Art et de Design (HEAD) in Geneva, earning a Bachelor's degree in Painting and Drawing (2007–2010) and a Master's in Visual Arts from the TRANS department (2010–2013).
Scorti's artistic practice focuses on the representation of landscapes, not as natural elements, but as components of the painting itself. He explores the tensions between illusory space and the pictorial surface, and consequently the physical relationship that the viewer can develop with the depicted objects. His realistic paintings depict places emerging from his memory, where human presence is only perceivable through traces and clues. The images created are, on one hand, present and concrete but on the other hand, they are distant, ambiguous, and timeless.
Marco's pictorial research aligns with the tradition of modern landscape painting, recalling Claude Monet's approach of painting en plein air to capture variations in light and atmosphere. Scorti, while maintaining a realistic technique, adopts an analytical and meditative method: during his walks in nature, he digitally photographs landscapes and identifies the color tones of various surfaces. These specific tones, determined by season, time, and position relative to the sun, are cataloged and used as references in studio painting.
Marco's pictorial research aligns with the tradition of modern landscape painting, recalling Claude Monet's approach of painting en plein air to capture variations in light and atmosphere. Scorti, while maintaining a realistic technique, adopts an analytical and meditative method: during his walks in nature, he digitally photographs landscapes and identifies the color tones of various surfaces. These specific tones, determined by season, time, and position relative to the sun, are cataloged and used as references in studio painting.
Marco Scorti has received numerous accolades, including the Manor Ticino Prize in 2016, which allowed him to hold a solo exhibition at the Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana (MASI) in Lugano, and the Kiefer Hablitzel Prize in 2014. In 2022, he was awarded an artistic creation grant by the city of Gland.
His solo exhibitions include "Zone de Frontière" at da Mihi Gallery in Bern (2024), "L’oscurità è il silenzio della luce" at Galleria Daniele Agostini in Lugano (2021), and "Garavee" at Monte Verità in Ascona (2020). He has also participated in numerous group exhibitions, such as "NOW AND FOREVER" at Shedhalle in Zug (2022) and "The Garden of Earthly Delights" at Speerstra Gallery (2023–2024).
His works are part of public and private collections, including the Museo d’arte della Svizzera italiana, the Crédit Suisse Collection, and the BNP Paribas Swiss Foundation.