MAREO
DESERT SKINS 2
ARTWORK
Desert Skins 2 is a contemporary artwork by multidisciplinary artist Mareo (Mario Rodríguez). Its layered, folded surface evokes the shifting textures of a desert landscape — both fragile and enduring. The work captures a geological sensibility, where light flows through the creases of matter, revealing traces of movement, erosion and transformation.
Mareo’s process translates physical sensation into visual form, transforming the surface into a living topography. Desert Skins 2 invites slow observation, a meditation on impermanence and continuity, where the material becomes a mirror of inner landscapes. Subtle yet powerful, it embodies the artist’s pursuit of equilibrium between chaos and stillness.
Dimensions: 140×170 cm
Materials: Acrylic on canvas.
Year: 2020
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About the artist
MAREO
MAREO (Mario Rodríguez Echeverry, b. 1981) is a multidisciplinary artist whose practice unfolds between painting, sculpture, digital media, and large-scale installations. His work navigates the intersection of nature, light, and spiritual transformation, often creating immersive environments where perception becomes experience.
Educated in architecture, design, and fine arts across Medellín, Barcelona, and Buenos Aires, Mareo has developed an international career marked by solo exhibitions, public art projects, and festival presentations. His works have been shown in Europe, Asia, North America, and the Middle East, from monumental land art pieces in Italy and light installations in Malta and Istanbul, to site-specific projects in Beijing and Hungary.
Mareo’s artistic language combines architectural precision with a profound sensibility toward immateriality. Light, scale, and materiality are used as tools to question the limits between the physical and the spiritual, the visible and the invisible. His installations, whether ephemeral or permanent, become thresholds that invite contemplation and transformation.
Today, Mareo continues to expand his exploration of form and perception, creating works that reveal the energy hidden within space and matter, and affirming his place among the most intriguing voices of contemporary art.
