Born in Montevideo, UY in 1957, Marco Maggi lives and works in New Paltz, New York. Select exhibitions include: MUBE, San Paulo, Brazil (2018); Nasher Sculpture Center, Dallas, TX, (2017); Mercosul Biennial, Porto Alegre, BR; New York Public Library, New York; East Wing Biennial, Courtauld Institute of Art at Somerset House, London (2016); Currier Museum of Art, Manchester, NH (2017); 3rd Bienal de Montevideo, Palacio Legislativo, Espacio Monitor, Caracas, VE (2016); The Morgan Library & Museum, New York (2015); Instituto Tomie Ohtake, Sao Paulo, BR (2012); NC-arte, Bogota, CO (2011); Museum of Modern Art, New York (2008); Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, CA (2007); Fifth Gwangju Biennial, KR (2004); VIII Havana Biennial, CU (2003); 25th Sao Paulo Biennial, Sao Paulo, BR (2002); Global Myopia, Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO (2001). His work is included in public collections such as: CIFO, Miami; El Museo del Barrio, New York; Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco; Hammer Museum, Los Angeles; Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Washington, D.C.; Morgan Library and Museum, New York; MoCA, Los Angeles; Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; MoMA, New York; Perez Art Museum, Miami; SFMOMA, San Francisco; Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. He represented Uruguay at the 56th Venice Biennale in 2015. In 2013, he received the Premio Figari (Career Award), UY.